PORTSMOUTH, N.H. – January 8, 2008 - Bottomline Technologies (NASDAQ: EPAY), a leading provider of collaborative payment and invoice automation solutions, today announced that LaSalle Bristol, a subsidiary of Heywood Williams Group PLC and leading service provider to the systems-built housing and recreational vehicle industries, has selected Bottomline’s advanced capabilities for transactional process automation to enhance the efficiency of corporate payment, invoicing and purchase order processes.

“As an organization standardized on Oracle JD Edwards, we sought a solution that not only offered the flexibility, ease of use and process efficiency gains our business demanded, but the ability to integrate seamlessly with our JD Edwards platform,” said Michael Caldwell, Vice President of IS, LaSalle Bristol. “Bottomline’s solution gives us the ability to quickly transform our transactional document processes into more cost-efficient ones, and improve how we interact with customers and suppliers on a daily basis.”

Bottomline’s award-winning document process automation solution allows organizations to streamline business processes that rely heavily on paper-based documents. By automating the composition, routing, delivery and storage of transactional documents, users can operate more efficiently and cost-effectively. Integrating with industry-leading enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems, Bottomline’s solution allows customers to deliver electronic documents across multiple communication channels such as fax, email, print or the Web.

“By deploying our document process automation solutions, organizations can proactively introduce greater levels of efficiency and cost-effectiveness into a wide range of business functions such as purchasing, accounts payable, receivables and shipping,” said Rick Bell, Vice President and General Manager of Bottomline Technologies. “We are delighted that LaSalle Bristol has chosen Bottomline and look forward to helping them capitalize on the business benefits our solution offers.”

About Bottomline Technologies
Bottomline Technologies (NASDAQ: EPAY)provides collaborative payment and invoice automation solutions to corporations, financial institutions and banks around the world. The company’s solutions are used to streamline, automate and manage processes and transactions involving global payments, invoice approval, purchase-to-pay, collections, cash management and document process automation. 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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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 May 2007 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.

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Bottomline Technologies   
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