Bottomline Technologies to Present at Eighth Annual Needham Growth Conference

PORTSMOUTH, NH – January 05, 2006 – Bottomline Technologies (NASDAQ: EPAY), a leading provider of payments and invoice automation software and services, today announced the company will be presenting at Needham & Company's Eighth Annual Growth Conference being held in New York City, January 10-13, 2006. Kevin Donovan, Chief Financial Officer of Bottomline Technologies, is scheduled to present on Wednesday, January 11, 2006.

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. Headquartered in the United States, 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, 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 that involve risks and uncertainties, including statements regarding expected benefits of use of the Company's products and future growth or results. Among the important factors which could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the 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 10K filed September 2005, Form 10Q filed November 2005 and any recently filed Form 8K's.

 Company Contact:
Billy Balfour
Bottomline Technologies
603-501-5219
bbalfour@bottomline.com