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www.bottomline.com - Bottomline Technologies Billy Balfour, 603-501-5219 bbalfour@bottomline.com Bottomline Technologies (NASDAQ: EPAY), a leading provider of collaborative payment, invoice and document automation solutions, today announced continuing momentum for its legal spend management solution, Legal eXchange, among the nation's leading insurance organizations. With claims litigation costs rising, more insurers are selecting Bottomline's solution to better align case handling strategies and budgets in order to secure the best possible outcomes for their businesses and policyholders.

Among the group of insurers to recently select Bottomline's solution are Ophthalmic Mutual Insurance Company and MDAdvantage. Supported by an active network of 5,300 law firms, Legal eXchange has been deployed by many of the nation's leading property & casualty insurers, including Liberty Mutual, Safeco, ACUITY

and Shelter Insurance.

"We've made a significant investment to build out a team of professionals who understand the nuances of the insurance industry and it's gratifying to see our clients benefit from their time, energy and expertise," said Tom Gaillard, Vice President and General Manager of Bottomline Technologies. "Our ability to provide advanced capabilities for legal spend management to a diverse group of insurance organizations is indicative of our unparalleled focus on client success."

Through the use of Legal eXchange, insurance claims departments can manage legal spend more efficiently through comprehensive budgeting, invoice management and reporting. With the ability to access and analyze data electronically, users can collaboratively align and manage budgets and case handling strategies with outside counsel, while also establishing benchmarks from which future performance can be measured. Complementing the solution's functionality are Bottomline's on-staff experts, who help new customers gain significant return on investment by configuring e-billing guidelines and workflow that map closely to the client's business processes.

"From an insurer's perspective, the ability to move beyond simple invoice management is one of the determining factors in selecting Legal eXchange," said Karen Fettig, Legal eXchange Product Manager, Bottomline Technologies. "By expanding the solution's functionality to help insurers identify and analyze major claims litigation cost drivers such as matter venue, and matter severity and complexity, for example, we're able to provide our customers with the information they need to answer important questions relative to the overall cost of a claim and the expenses they can expect to incur in planning a defense."

Bottomline Technologies was recently named to the 2008 Insurer's Choice, an annual ranking of the top technology providers serving the insurance industry. Organized by research advisory firm Financial Insights and Tech Decisions magazine, Bottomline was identified as a preferred vendor by insurance professionals in six of the survey's nine categories, including analytics, workflow, financials and operations.

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 and transactions involving global payments, invoice approval, purchase-to-pay, collections, cash management and document process automation. 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, Legal eXchange 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" 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 2007, Form 10-Q filed May 2008 and any recently filed Form 8-K'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.

Ability to Identify Cost Drivers and Work More Collaboratively
with Outside Counsel to Improve Case Outcomes and Reduce Indemnity
Fuels Demand