Sec Form 4 Filing - Bowden Adam Bruce @ BOTTOMLINE TECHNOLOGIES INC - 2022-05-13

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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person Bowden Adam Bruce 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol BOTTOMLINE TECHNOLOGIES INC [ EPAY] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) X __ Director _____ 10% Owner X __ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) Chief Financial Officer (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O BOTTOMLINE TECHNOLOGIES, INC., 325 CORPORATE DRIVE 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (MM/DD/YY) 05/13/2022 (Street) PORTSMOUTH, NH03801 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed (MM/DD/YY) 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) __ X __ Form filed by One Reporting Person _____ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip)

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned 1.Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (MM/DD/YY) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (MM/DD/YY) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price Common Stock 05/13/2022 D( 1 ) 96,822 D $ 57 0 D

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned ( e.g. , puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities) 1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3) 2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Transaction Date (MM/DD/YY) 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (MM/DD/YY) 4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5) 6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (MM/DD/YY) 7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4) 8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5) 9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4) 10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares

Reporting Owners Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships Director 10% Owner Officer Other Bowden Adam Bruce C/O BOTTOMLINE TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 325 CORPORATE DRIVE PORTSMOUTH, NH03801 X Chief Financial Officer Signatures /s/ Gwendolen Long as POA for Adam B. Bowden 05/17/2022 Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

( 1 )On May 13, 2022, Project RB Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation ("Merger Sub") and a wholly owned subsidiary of Bottomline Intermediate Holdings III, LLC (formerly known as Project RB Parent, LLC), a Delaware limited liability company ("Parent"), completed its merger (the "Merger") with and into Bottomline Technologies, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), pursuant to the terms of the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated December 16, 2021, by and among Parent, Merger Sub and the Company. The Company was the surviving corporation in the Merger and, as a result, is now a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent. Parent and Merger Sub are affiliates of Thoma Bravo Fund XV, L.P., managed by Thoma Bravo, L.P. As of the effective time of the Merger, each share of common stock of the Company outstanding immediately prior to the effective time of the Merger was converted into the right to receive $57.00 in cash, subject to applicable withholding taxes.

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