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OFFICE: DIL: Diligent appoints Chief Sales Officer

Diligent Corporation Appoints Top Enterprise Sales Executive Melinda Lee
Ferguson as its Chief Sales Officer

Former CA Technologies General Manager and SVP Brings More than 17 Years'
Experience in Building, Leading and Scaling Sales Teams in the US and
International Markets

WELLINGTON, New Zealand, Sept. 15, 2015 - Diligent Corporation (NZX: DIL),
the Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) based platform for the secure electronic
production, distribution and collaboration of confidential information for
boards, committees and leadership teams, today announced the appointment of
Melinda Lee Ferguson as Executive Vice President and Chief Sales Officer.
Ferguson brings a long track record of scaling multiproduct sales teams
globally and deep expertise into the secure solutions that senior executives
and leading companies rely on to run their businesses. She will report
directly to Brian Stafford, President and CEO of Diligent. Ferguson will take
the lead on driving the growth and efficiency of Diligent's global sales
organization, transforming the organization into a multiproduct sales team
and supporting client development.

"I'm pleased to welcome Melinda to our Diligent team as we enter into this
exciting new phase of growth for the company. Melinda is a proven industry
leader who has successfully built and led sales teams to outperform across a
variety of regions and across multiple products," said Brian Stafford,
President and CEO of Diligent. "As part of the Diligent leadership team,
we're excited for Melinda to leverage her expertise in scaling our growth
initiatives and supporting our transformation from a single product company
with Diligent Boards to a multiproduct company with the addition of Diligent
Teams."

Ferguson comes to Diligent from CA Technologies where she served more than 17
years in various sales and senior leadership roles, most recently as General
Manager and SVP of UK and Ireland for the security and systems software
provider. Ferguson's prior role at CA Technologies was SVP and Area General
Manager of the Central US and Canada and SVP of North America Customer
Portfolio Management.

"Diligent is leading the way in secure SaaS-based collaboration solutions and
is used by more than 100,000 senior executives and board members who want
compliant solutions to better communicate." Ferguson said. "I am excited to
join the team at Diligent to scale its growth initiatives across multiple
products and drive a winning sales culture that is aligned with Diligent's
strong focus on customer success."

Ferguson joined CA Technologies in 1998 and worked her way through direct
sales roles and sales leadership positions, taking on several regional
leadership positions throughout North America, until she was elevated to her
most recent role as the GM and SVP for CA Technologies' UK and Ireland
business. During her career at CA Technologies, Ferguson won the prestigious
CA Worldwide Sales Leader of the Year award.  Ferguson graduated from the
University of Colorado Boulder's Leeds School of Business.  She will be
relocating from London to New York City to be based out of Diligent's
headquarters.

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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included in its Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on March 16,
2015.

Investor inquiries:  Media inquiries:
William Maina
NZ toll free: 0800 995 082
International: +1-646-277-1236
[email protected]
 Geoff Senescall
Ph: + 64 21 481 234
or
ICR Inc. for Diligent
Austin Taczli,
Ph: 1-646-277-1235
[email protected]

Shawn Lankton
Chief Marketing Officer
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