Media Alert - 17 October 2011

Who: Bottomline Technologies (NASDAQ: EPAY) provides collaborative payment, invoice and document automation solutions to corporations, financial institutions and banks around the world. The company’s solutions are used to streamline, automate and manage processes involving payments, invoicing, global cash management, supply chain finance and transactional documents. Organizations trust these solutions to meet their needs for cost reduction, competitive differentiation and optimization of working capital. Headquartered in the United States, Bottomline also maintains offices in Europe and Asia-Pacific. For more information, visit www.bottomline.com.

What: Announcement of First Quarter Fiscal 2012 Financial Results

When: On Thursday, Oct. 27, a press release summarizing the company’s financial results will be issued at 4 p.m. EDT. An investor conference call will follow at 5 p.m.

Conference Call Details:

Dial-In Number: U.S. 800-230-1951
International 651-326-0027

A digital replay of the conference call will be available from 7 p.m. on Oct. 27 through midnight on Nov. 10. The replay can be accessed by dialing U.S. 800-475-6701 or International 320-365-3844, Access Code: 220435. The conference call will also be available live at www.bottomline.com. Following the call, a replay will be available on the website and will remain accessible for a period of 12 months.

About Bottomline Technologies
Bottomline Technologies (NASDAQ: EPAY) provides collaborative payment, invoice and document automation solutions to corporations, financial institutions and banks around the world. The company's solutions are used to streamline, automate and manage processes involving payments, invoicing, global cash management, supply chain finance and transactional documents. organisations trust these solutions to meet their needs for cost reduction, competitive differentiation and optimisation of working capital. Headquartered in the United States, Bottomline also maintains offices in Europe and Asia-Pacific. For more information, visit . www.bottomline.com,

Bottomline Technologies and the BT logo are registered trademarks of Bottomline Technologies, Inc. which may be registered in certain jurisdictions. All other brand/product names are trademarks of their respective holders.

Cautionary Language
This press release may contain "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Actual results may differ materially from those indicated by such forward-looking statements as a result of various important factors. Among the important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated by such forward-looking statements are competition, market demand, technological change, strategic relationships, recent acquisitions, international operations and general economic conditions. For additional discussion of factors that could impact Bottomline Technologies' financial results, refer to the Company's Form 10-K filed September 2006, Form 10-Q filed November 2006 and any recently filed Form 8K's. Any forward-looking statements represent our views only as of today and should not be relied upon as representing our views as of any subsequent date. We do not assume any obligation to update any forward-looking statements.

Media Contacts:

US: Alana Burns
603-501-6601
aburns@bottomline.com

UK: Nadine Ter Meulen
0118-982-2342
ntermeulen@bottomline.com