Ann: QUARTER: DIL: Diligent Announces First Quarter 2015 Results

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QUARTER: DIL: Diligent Announces First Quarter 2015 Results

May 12, 2015

Diligent Board Member Services, Inc. Announces First Quarter 2015 Financial
Results

Total revenue of $US 22.8 million, up 19% year-over-year
Adjusted EBITDA of $US 7.3 million, up 14% year-over-year
Adjusted Net Income of $US 4.1 million, or $0.03 per share

May 12, 2015 --Diligent Board Member Services, Inc. ("Diligent" or the
"Company") (NZX: DIL) (www.boardbooks.com), provider of the world's most
widely used secure board portal, today announced financial results for the
first quarter ended March 31, 2015.

Brian Stafford, President and Chief Executive Officer of Diligent, said,
"Diligent delivered another solid quarter, with revenue coming in above the
guidance range.  More importantly, we continue to see strong demand in the
market for our board collaboration product. Companies are increasingly
turning to our solution for an expanding array of use cases beyond the
boardroom because of its intuitive, feature-rich design and world-class
security. I'm looking forward to building momentum as we refine our
strategies and ensure we have the right assets in place to build a foundation
to drive additional growth."

First Quarter 2015 Financial Highlights

o Revenue: For the quarter ended March 31, 2015, total revenue was $US 22.8
million, an increase of 19% compared with $US 19.1 million in the prior year.

o Gross Profit: Gross profit for the first quarter was $US 18.4 million, an
increase of 20% compared with $US 15.3 million in the prior year. Gross
margin was 80.7% compared with 80.2% in the first quarter of 2014.

o Adjusted EBITDA: For the quarter ended March 31, 2015, Adjusted EBITDA was
$US 7.3 million, an increase of 14% compared with $US 6.4 million in the
prior year. Adjusted EBITDA margin was 32.1% compared with 33.5% in the prior
year.

o Net Income: For the quarter ended March 31, 2015, net income was $US 3.1
million, an increase of 59% compared with $US 1.9 million in the prior year.
Diluted earnings per share were $US 0.02, compared with $US 0.02 in the prior
year.

Adjusted Net Income for the first quarter of 2015 was $US 4.1 million, an
increase of 14% compared with $US 3.6 million in the prior year. Adjusted Net
Income per diluted share was $US $0.03, compared with $US $0.03 in the prior
year.

o Balance Sheet: As of March 31, 2015, Diligent had $US 65.2 million in cash
and cash equivalents and no bank debt, a decrease of $US 5.6 million as
compared to the cash and cash equivalents on December 31, 2014.

First Quarter Business Highlights

o Boardbooks Users and Client Agreements: During the first quarter of 2015,
the number of Diligent Boardbooks(R) users increased by approximately 4,000
to over 96,000 users. As of March 31, 2015, total client agreements exceeded
3,150.

o Revenue Retention Rate: In the first quarter, Diligent's annual revenue
retention rate (excluding upsells into the existing customer base) continued
to exceed 95%; which the Company believes places it among the best-in-class
for SaaS companies.

o Industry Recognition: In March, Diligent was named a finalist in the
European IT & Software Excellence Awards 2015. The company was shortlisted in
both the Managed Services Solution of the Year and Storage/Information
Management Solution of the Year categories.

A reconciliation of GAAP to non-GAAP financial measures has been provided in
the financial statement tables included in this press release. An explanation
of these measures is also included below under the heading "Non-GAAP
Financial Measures."

Revenue Outlook

As of May 11, 2015, Diligent is initiating revenue guidance for the second
quarter 2015 and reiterating guidance for the full year 2015, as follows:
o Second Quarter 2015: The Company expects revenue to be between $US 23.6
million and $US 23.8 million, or an increase of 16% to 17% year-over-year.
o Full Year 2015: The Company continues to expects revenue to between $US 97
million and $US 99 million, or an increase of 17% to 19% over full year 2014.
Diligent continues to expect adjusted EBITDA margin for full year 2015 to be
between 24% and 26%.

Quarterly Conference Call

Diligent will host a conference call today at 9:30 a.m. NZDT (5:30 p.m. US
ET) to review the Company's financial results for the first quarter ended
March 31, 2015. To access this call participants should dial 0800 452 092
(New Zealand), 1-855-327-6837 (U.S.) or +1-778-327-3988 (international). A
live webcast of the conference call will be accessible from the investor
relations section of Diligent's website at
http://boardbooks.com/investor-relations/events-presentations/. A replay of
this conference call can also be accessed through May 18, 2015 at 11:59 p.m.
USET, by dialing 0800 452 092 (New Zealand), 1-800-319-6413 (U.S.). The
replay pass code is 78523.

About Diligent

Over 96,000 individual directors, executives and board teams worldwide rely
on Diligent Board Member Services, Inc. (NZX: DIL) to speed and simplify how
board materials are produced, delivered, reviewed and voted on. Providing the
world's most widely used secure board portal via iPad, Windows devices and
browsers - Diligent has pioneered ease of use, stringent security, and
superior training and support since 2001. Diligent Boardbooks provides
directors and management with immediate access to their most time sensitive
and confidential information along with the tools to review, discuss and
collaborate on it. It also helps administrative staff accelerate production
and delivery, and corporate executives streamline board communications and
decisions.

Diligent uses the Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) model to distribute its
Diligent Boardbooks application to the market and maintain the security and
integrity of its clients' data. Under this model, Diligent offers annual
renewable subscriptions for customer access to its Diligent Boardbooks
product which is hosted on Diligent's secure servers, and offers a complete
suite of related services including training, support, data migration and
data security/backup.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

This earnings release presents Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted Net Income and
Adjusted Net Income per share information, which are provided to investors to
supplement the results of operations reported in accordance with accounting
principles generally accepted in the United States of America ("GAAP"). We
define these terms as follows:

o Adjusted EBITDA: operating income before depreciation and amortization
expense, stock based compensation expense, costs associated with the
restatement of our historical financial statements, and other costs, such as
the former CEO's replacement awards and restatement bonuses.

o Adjusted Net Income: net income before costs relating to non cash stock
based compensation, costs associated with the restatement of our historical
financial statements, and other costs, such as the former CEO's replacement
awards and restatement bonuses, net of tax.

These supplemental measures of the Company's performance are not required by,
or presented in accordance with GAAP. The Company's management uses these
non-GAAP financial measures internally in analyzing its financial results and
believes they are useful to investors, as a supplement to the corresponding
GAAP measures, in evaluating the Company's ongoing operational performance
and trends and in comparing its financial measures with other companies in
the same industry, many of which present similar non-GAAP financial measures
to help investors understand the operational performance of their businesses.
However, it is important to note that the particular items the Company
excludes from, or includes in, its non-GAAP financial measures may differ
from the items excluded from, or included in, similar non-GAAP financial
measures used by other companies in the same industry. Non-GAAP financial
measures should not be considered in isolation from, or a substitute for,
financial information prepared in accordance with GAAP. For a quantitative
reconciliation of Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted Net Income to the most
directly comparable GAAP financial performance measure see Schedule 4:
Reconciliation of GAAP to Non-GAAP Operating Results in this earnings
release.

Safe Harbor Statement

Statements made in this press release that state Diligent's or management's
intentions, beliefs, expectations, or predictions for the future are
forward-looking statements within the meaning of The Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including without limitation Diligent's
revenue outlook for the second quarter and full year 2015. Readers are
cautioned that these statements are only predictions and may differ
materially from actual future events or results. All forward
looking-statements are only as of the date of this press release and Diligent
undertakes no obligation to update or revise them. Such forward-looking
statements are subject to a number of risks, assumptions and uncertainties
that could cause Diligent's actual results to differ materially from those
projected in such forward-looking statements. For example, if we do not
successfully develop or introduce new product offerings, or enhancements to
our existing Diligent Boardbooks offerings, or keep pace with technological
changes that impact the use of our product offerings, or suffer security
breaches or service interruptions, we may lose existing customers or fail to
attract new customers and our financial performance and revenue growth may
suffer. Factors which could cause our actual results to differ materially
from those projected in forward-looking statements include, without
limitation, economic, competitive, regulatory and technological factors
affecting Diligent Board Member Services, Inc.'s operations, markets,
products, services and other factors set forth in the Company's Risk Factors
included in its Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on March 16,
2015.

Investor inquiries:
Sonya Joyce
Ph: + 64 4 894 6912

Media inquiries:
Geoff Senescall
Ph: + 64 21 481 234
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