Press Release - 23rd February 2010

PORTSMOUTH, N.H. – February 23, 2010 - Bottomline Technologies (NASDAQ: EPAY) a leading provider of collaborative payment, invoice and document automation solutions, today announced the company has donated $20,000 to the International Response Fund of the American Red Cross to support relief efforts in earthquake-ravaged Haiti.

The Red Cross is currently on the ground in Haiti, providing water, food and shelter to the estimated 1,000,000 people made homeless by the January 12 earthquake.

“As a company we felt compelled to respond to the human suffering in Haiti,.” said Rob Eberle, chief executive officer at Bottomline Technologies. “We believe it is our responsibility to help our local and global community, when we can, and we hope other local companies do the same.”

In addition to acting quickly on disaster relief, including the 2004 Asian Tsunami and Hurricane Katrina in 2005, the company has ongoing programs in place to ensure that giving back remains deeply embedded in the corporate culture.  Bottomline programs such as the Employee Choice Program (which allows employees to direct donations to the organization of their choice) and the Charitable Giving Committee, among others, bring employees directly into the philanthropic process and provide support to people in need.

Calculate the Environmental Savings
To help raise awareness of the environmental benefits achieved by transitioning from paper to electronic processing, Bottomline has posted a green savings calculator on its Web site at: www.bottomline.com/gogreen.

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.


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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 Contact::

Alana Burns
Bottomline Technologies
(603) 501-6601
aburns@bottomline.com