"Global Business of the Year" Awarded to Bottomline Technologies.

PORTSMOUTH, N.H. -- Bottomline Technologies (NASDAQ: EPAY), a leading provider of collaborative payment, invoice and document automation solutions, today announced that the company has been named the "Information & Computer Technology (ICT) Global Business of the Year" by the Software Association of New Hampshire and the New Hampshire Office of International Commerce.

Bottomline's portfolio of award-winning solutions for payments, invoicing, global cash management, supply chain finance and document process automation have been deployed by the world's leading corporations, banks and financial institutions, including 15 of the top 25 global banks, 80 of the Fortune 100 and 70 of the FTSE (Financial Times) 100.

The ICT Global Business of the Year award is given annually to an organization "demonstrating trade relationships that have created higher sales, more jobs, boosted its profitability, and increased the image of the NH software or information technology industry."

"We are delighted to be selected as the ICT Global Business of the Year by the Software Association of New Hampshire and the New Hampshire Office of International Commerce. New Hampshire is home to an exciting and thriving technology industry, and we're proud to play a role in helping raise awareness for the innovation and success being generated across the state," said Rob Eberle, President and CEO of Bottomline Technologies.

About SwANH

Founded in 1994, the Software Association of NH is a non-profit organization representing over 1400 software industry professionals throughout the State. SwANH sponsors networking events, educational programs through its SIGs and affiliates, and discount programs that provide members with opportunities to gain information, connect with resources, grow their businesses, and succeed. For more information, visit www.swanh.org.

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. Organizations trust these solutions to meet their needs for cost reduction, competitive differentiation and optimization of working capital. Founded in Exeter, New Hampshire, and today headquartered in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, 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 2009 and any recently filed Form 8-Ks. 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.