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GENERAL: DIL: WomenCorporateDirectors Announces Collaboration with DIL

WomenCorporateDirectors Announces Collaboration with Diligent Corporation to
Drive Smarter, More Diverse Corporate Governance

WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND - September 25, 2015

WomenCorporateDirectors (WCD), the largest organization of women board
members worldwide with more than 3,500 members in 70 global chapters, today
announced a new collaboration with Diligent Corporation to drive best
practices in corporate governance. Diligent and WCD will work together to
shape regional and global WCD events and to develop thought leadership
programs that encourage greater diversity among top executives and highlight
the accomplishments of women directors.

"Diligent brings unparalleled expertise in many of the hot-button issues that
directors care about today," said Susan Stautberg, CEO, global co-chair, and
co-founder of WCD. "Boards need an intuitive platform that not only
facilitates global collaboration and decision-making but also supports
corporate compliance and security concerns - something that Diligent
understands and makes possible. Diligent's commitment to boards and directors
makes them a perfect match for WCD."

Diligent provides a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS)-based platform for the
secure electronic production, distribution, and collaboration of confidential
information to boards, committees, and leadership teams. Used by more than
3,300 companies across more than 60 countries, Diligent works with more than
a third of the Fortune 1000.

"WCD possesses deep knowledge of the vanguard issues that today's board
members face and is raising the standard for board service with programs for
directors that highlight smart governance with global vision," said Brian
Stafford, CEO of Diligent. "Sponsoring WCD and its programs allows Diligent
to collaborate with the world's most influential leaders and explore
solutions to evolving corporate governance challenges. In addition, we look
forward to contributing to the expanding body of knowledge that recognizes
diversity of gender, ethnicity, age, and experience as vital drivers of
internal innovation, creativity, and business growth."

In this collaboration, WCD and Diligent will work to advance best practices
in corporate governance with thought leadership programs and initiatives,
including conducting surveys among Diligent's more than 100,000 users to shed
light on how directors think about issues such as board diversity and the
gender gap among leading executives. WCD and Diligent will also team up on
projects that underscore the challenges and successes faced by individual
women in top corporate positions.

In addition, Diligent will provide consultation, research, and other content
for the WCD "Institutes," a series of conventions in which top executives and
policy experts gather to discuss solutions to problems ranging from
contemporary cybersecurity to guiding companies during an era when technology
is driving corporate, political, and cultural transformation.

"So many of our members use the Diligent Boards solution every day for their
board meetings," said Stautberg. "It's a strong, valued brand that simplifies
our lives and makes us more effective directors."

For more information, please contact Suzanne Oaks Brownstein or Trang Mar of
Temin and Company at 212-588-8788 or [email protected].

About WomenCorporateDirectors (WCD)
WomenCorporateDirectors (WCD) is the only global membership organization and
community of women corporate directors, comprised of more than 3,500 members
serving on over 6,500 boards in 70 chapters around the world, with many more
slated in the next two quarters. The aggregate market capitalization of
public companies on whose boards WCD members serve is $8 trillion - if WCD
were a country, its economy would be the world's third largest, behind only
the U.S. and China. In addition, WCD members serve on numerous boards of
large private companies globally.

WCD membership provides a unique platform for learning from the intellectual
capital of accomplished women from around the world, and WCD's mission is to
increase courage, candor, inclusion, and cohesion in the boardroom. KPMG is a
Global Lead Sponsor of WCD. Spencer Stuart is a Premier Global Sponsor,
Diligent is Global Executive Sponsor, and WCD Strategic Sponsors include
Marriott International, Marsh & McLennan Companies, McGraw Hill Financial,
and Pearl Meyer & Partners; WCD Alliance Sponsors include International
Finance Corporation (IFC), JPMorgan Chase, and Northern Trust.

WCD has 70 global chapters, located in Arizona, Atlanta, Beijing, Boston,
Charlotte, Chicago, Chile, Cleveland, Colombia, Columbus, Dallas/Fort Worth,
Delhi, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greater Colorado, Greater New
Mexico, Guatemala, Gulf Cooperation Council, Hanoi, Hawaii, Ho Chi Minh City,
Hong Kong, Houston, Iceland, Indonesia, Israel, Japan, Kansas City, Kenya,
London, Los Angeles/Orange County, Malaysia, Melbourne, Mexico, Milan,
Minnesota, Mongolia, Morocco, Mumbai, Netherlands, New York, New Zealand,
Nigeria, Northern California, North Florida/South Georgia, Panama, Peru,
Philadelphia, Philippines, Quebec, Rio de Janeiro, Rome, San Diego, Sao
Paulo, Seattle, Shanghai, Singapore, South Africa, South Florida, Spain,
Switzerland, Sydney, Tampa, Tennessee, Toronto, Turkey, Washington, D.C., and
Western Canada. For more information, visit www.womencorporatedirectors.com
or follow us on Twitter @WomenCorpDirs, #WCDboards.

About Diligent (NZX: DIL)
Diligent is the leading provider of secure corporate governance and
collaboration solutions for boards and senior executives. Over 3,300 clients
in more than 60 countries and on all seven continents rely on Diligent to
provide secure, intuitive access to their most time-sensitive and
confidential information, ultimately helping them make better decisions. The
Diligent Boards (formerly Diligent Boardbooks) solution speeds and simplifies
how board materials are produced, delivered and collaborated on via any
device, removing the security concerns of doing this by courier, email and
file sharing. Diligent is a publicly listed company (NZX:DIL) with nearly $US
100 million in annual recurring revenue, based on previously reported revenue
retention rates. Visit www.diligent.com to learn more.

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technological factors affecting Diligent Corporation'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:
William Maina
NZ toll free: 0800 995 082
International: +1-646-277-1236
[email protected]

Media inquiries:
Geoff Senescall
Ph: + 64 21 481 234
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ICR, Inc. for Diligent
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Shawn Lankton
Chief Marketing Officer
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