Ann: DIRECTOR: DIL: Diligent Announces Appointments to Board of Directors

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DIRECTOR: DIL: Diligent Announces Appointments to Board of Directors

April 29, 2015

Diligent Announces Appointments to Board of Directors

Diligent Board Member Services, Inc. ("Diligent" or the "Company") (NZX:
DIL), provider of the world's most widely used secure board portal, today
announced Abby Foote and Brian Stafford have been appointed to the Company's
Board of Directors effective as of April 29, 2015 New Zealand time (April 28,
2015 Eastern Time, United States).

Abby Foote is an experienced director in both publicly-listed and Crown
companies. Based in Christchurch, she has worked in a range of corporate,
treasury and legal roles over the last 20 years. Abby's current directorships
include Z Energy Limited, the New Zealand Local Government Funding Agency
Limited and Livestock Improvement Corporation Limited. Abby has served on the
board of Transpower New Zealand Limited and as a Chief Executive of
internet-based financial services company, Fundit Limited.  She has also held
senior positions at Telecom New Zealand, Cable and Wireless Plc and the
Pharmaceutical Management Agency.

Abby replaces Mark Weldon who resigned from the Board of Directors effective
as of April 9, 2015 New Zealand Time (April 8, 2015 Eastern Time, United
States). For the purposes of NZSX Listing Rules, Abby has been determined by
the board to be an independent director. The intention is for Abby to join
the Audit and Compliance Committee following the release of the Company's
financial results for First Quarter 2015 on May 12, 2015 New Zealand time
(May 11, 2015 Eastern Time, United States).

Mr. David Liptak, Chairman of the Board, said: "Abby's extensive legal and
finance background and her experience as a director in both publicly-listed
and Crown companies make her an excellent addition to Diligent's board.  We
are pleased to have someone of her calibre join our team."

In addition, at the Annual General Meeting shareholders approved the proposal
to change the maximum number of directors to eight. Subsequently, the Board
has appointed Brian Stafford, Diligent President and Chief Executive Officer,
to the Board.

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

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

About Diligent

Over 92,000 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.
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