PORTSMOUTH, N.H. – February 27, 2007 - Bottomline Technologies (NASDAQ: EPAY), a leading provider of collaborative payment and invoice automation solutions, today announced that UTC Power, a United Technologies Corp.  (NYSE:UTX) company, has selected Bottomline’s document processing automation software to streamline select components of its finance function.          

Bottomline’s award-winning platform for automating document-centric business processes allows organizations to replace paper-based forms such as invoices, checks and purchase orders with efficient and cost-effective electronic documents. Integrating with industry-leading Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems, organizations such as UTC Power, a full-service provider of environmentally advanced power solutions, can quickly create and deliver these documents across multiple communication channels such as fax, email, print or the Web.

“As part of UTC, we are focused on improving all processes and taking out costs using our Achieving Competitive Excellence (ACE) quality program,” said Bruce LaBrecque, Chief Information Officer for UTC Power. “The Bottomline solution will help increase back-office efficiencies by speeding up our customer and supplier billing and purchasing processes and reducing materials and distribution costs.” 

“By taking the paper out of the process, our platform can offer organizations the opportunity to very quickly compose and deliver invoices, purchase orders and other important business documents,” said Rob Eberle, President and Chief Executive Officer of Bottomline Technologies. “We are pleased that UTC Power has selected Bottomline for this initiative and look forward to helping them achieve greater efficiency within their financial processes.”

UTC Power, headquartered in South Windsor, Conn., is a subsidiary of Hartford, Conn.-based United Technologies Corp., a Fortune 50 company that provides high-technology products and services to the building and aerospace industries worldwide.

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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