NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwire - Oct 24, 2011) - Diligent Board Member Services (NZX: DIL) ([ www.boardbooks.com ]) recently closed its fifth-consecutive record-breaking quarter, recording additional net annualized global license fee income of $US 5 million for the third quarter of 2011. New Canadian-based clients accounted for 10% of the net annualized growth, or $US 473,000, compared to $US 216,000 for third quarter of 2010 -- an increase of 219%. Driven by demand for [ Diligent Boardbooks® for the Apple iPad ], Diligent increased its cumulative global annualized license fee income to $US 19.7 million.

During the third quarter Diligent signed a total of 170 in 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 more than 1,200 boards and 21,000 individual users worldwide on the [ Diligent Boardbooks ] platform; including 134 Fortune 1000 companies and 62 TSX listed 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 Canadian companies choose to replace their traditional, cumbersome board packages in favor of the more mobile and secure [ Diligent Boardbooks application ]."

Net sales revenue for Q3 2011 increased to $US 4.8 million, easily surpassing the previous quarterly revenue record by more than $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.

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