"Global Business of the Year" Awarded to Bottomline Technologies

PORTSMOUTH, N.H.--(Business Wire)--
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.

Bottomline Technologies and the BT logo are trademarks of Bottomline
Technologies (de), 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 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.

Bottomline Technologies
Billy Balfour, 603-501-5219
bbalfour@bottomline.com

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