NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwire - Oct 13, 2011) - Diligent Board Member Services (NZX: DIL) ([ www.boardbooks.com ]) recently closed its fifth consecutive record-breaking quarter, recording additional net annualized license fee income of $US 5 million for the third quarter of 2011, an increase of over $US 2 million over the previous second quarter high, an extraordinary 479% increase. Driven by demand for [ Diligent Boardbooks® for the Apple iPad ], Diligent increased its cumulative annualized license fee income to $US 19.7 million.

During the third quarter Diligent signed a total of 170 net new licenses compared to 41 in the same quarter last year -- an increase of 315%. Diligent now serves 823 public and private companies, encompassing over 1,200 boards and 21,000 individual users on the [ Diligent Boardbooks ] platform; including 134 Fortune 1000 companies and 15% of the FTSE 100 companies. The sustained growth surge over the past five record-breaking quarters has solidified Diligent's position as the world's leading provider of board portals.

"Our easy-to-use, yet amazingly powerful and secure [ Diligent Boardbooks iPad application ] combined with our commitment to concierge-level training and support has given Diligent a distinct competitive advantage over other board portal products," said Alex Sodi, president and CEO of [ Diligent Board Member Services ]. "We are seeing unparalleled demand for [ Diligent Boardbooks ] as more businesses choose to replace their traditional, cumbersome board papers in favor of the more mobile and secure Diligent Boardbooks application."

Net sales revenue for Q3 2011 increased to $US 4.8 million, which also easily surpasses the previous quarterly revenue record by over $US 1 million.

About Diligent Board Member Services, Inc (NZX: DIL) [ www.boardbooks.com ]

Diligent Board Member Services provides company directors, executives and administrators with Diligent Boardbooks®, an easy-to-use system of securely compiling, distributing, viewing, and archiving board and committee materials within a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) model.

"Diligent Boardbooks" is a registered trademark of Diligent Board Member Services.

This document contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the safe harbor provisions of the Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Terms such as "expect," "believe," "continue," and "grow," as well as similar comments, are forward-looking in nature. Although the Company believes its growth plans are based upon reasonable assumptions, it can give no assurances that such expectations can be attained. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the Company's expectations include: general business and economic conditions, competitive factors, raw materials purchasing, and fluctuations in demand. Please refer to the Company's Securities and Exchange Commission filings for further information.