UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON,
D.C. 20549
FORM
8-K
CURRENT
REPORT
Pursuant
to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date
of Report (Date of earliest event reported): January 9, 2008
Bottomline
Technologies (de), Inc.
(Exact
Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
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Delaware
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000-25259
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02-0433294
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(State
or Other Jurisdiction
of
Incorporation
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(Commission
File Number)
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(IRS
Employer
Identification
No.)
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325
Corporate Drive, Portsmouth, New Hampshire
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03801
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(Address
of Principal Executive Offices)
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(Zip
Code)
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Registrant’s
telephone number, including area code: (603) 436-0700
Not
Applicable.
(Former
Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
Check
the
appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously
satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following
provisions (see General
Instruction A.2. below):
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On
Thursday,
January 10, 2008, Robert A Eberle, President and Chief Executive Officer
of
Bottomline Technologies (de), Inc. (the “Corporation”), plans to speak at
Needham & Company’s 10th
Annual
Growth Stock Conference, being held in New York City.
During
the
course of his presentation, Mr. Eberle plans to highlight certain information
about revenues recorded and orders received from the Corporation’s significant
bank customers during the six months ended December 31, 2007 as compared
to the
six months ended December 31, 2006.
In
particular, Mr. Eberle intends to note that revenues from significant bank
customers for software and professional services is expected to be approximately
$8.3 million for the six months ended December 31, 2007 as compared to
approximately $6.5 million for the six months ended December 31,
2006. Similarly, orders for software and professional services are
expected to be approximately $8.7 million during the six months ended December
31, 2007 as compared to approximately $4.8 million during the six months
ended
December 31, 2006.
Significant
bank customers are defined as bank customer engagements for which the software
and professional services revenues are projected to exceed $200,000 on an
annual
basis.
Statements
contained in this Form 8-K about Bottomline Technologies (de), Inc. that
are not
purely historical, and all other statements that are not purely historical,
may
be deemed to be forward-looking statements for purposes of the safe harbor
provisions under The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of
1995. Without limiting the foregoing, the words “believes,”
“anticipates,” “plans” and “expects” and similar expressions are intended to
identify forward-looking statements and all statements as to revenues and
orders
for the six months ended December 31, 2007 are forward-looking
statements. These forward-looking statements involve known and
unknown risks and uncertainties that may cause the Corporation’s actual results,
performance or achievements to be materially different from those expressed
or
implied by these forward-looking statements. For example, the
revenues and orders results for the six months ended December 31, 2007 are
preliminary and subject to change. Important factors that may cause or
contribute to such differences include competition, market demand, technological
change, strategic relationships, recent acquisitions, international operations
and general economic conditions, and such other factors as are set forth
in the
risk factors detailed from time to time in the Corporation’s periodic reports
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission including, without limitation,
the risk factors detailed in the Corporation’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for
the quarter ended September 30, 2007, which are incorporated herein by
reference. The Corporation specifically disclaims any obligation to
update these forward-looking statements. These forward-looking
statements should not be relied upon as representing the Corporation’s estimates
or views as of any date subsequent to the date of this Form 8-K.
The
information in this Form 8-K shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section
18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”) or otherwise
subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated
by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Exchange
Act,
except as expressly set forth by specific reference in such a
filing.