Telligent Receives Strategic Investment from Investec

Johannesburg, South Africa and Dallas, TX – October 25, 2011 — Investec Bank Limited (JSE: INL, LSE: INVP), an international specialist banking and asset management group, announced today it has made a strategic investment in Telligent Systems, Inc., a leading provider of social community software for the enterprise.

“The Investec brand is incredibly strong internationally and gives Telligent another truly global partner.” said Patrick Brandt, CEO of Telligent. “To have Investec as a customer is exceptionally rewarding, but to have Investec join with Intel Capital, our primary investor, as a key strategic investor in Telligent validates the strong interest in enterprise social community software and the spreading adoption across all key verticals and global markets.”

About Investec
Investec is an international specialist banking and asset management group, providing a range of financial products and services to a select client base in three principal markets: the United Kingdom, South Africa and Australia. Listed on the London and Johannesburg Stock Exchange Investec is a FTSE 100 company.

Investec's South African headquarters are at 100 Grayston Drive Sandown, Sandton.
Investec's UK headquarters are at 2 Gresham Street in Central London.

For more information about Investec please visit their website.

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Telligent Media Contact

Wendy Gibson
wgibson@telligent.com
+1 (214) 420 1354

About Telligent
One of the pioneers in enterprise social community and workforce collaboration software, Telligent helps companies worldwide to implement social communities for their employees, customers and partners. Its powerful community development platform allows customers and partners to customize their community experiences and build award-winning applications on top of the platform.

Telligent differentiates itself with an ease of business and a level of confidence to which seasoned and successful organizations are accustomed. With a customer-focused culture, Telligent sets the social enterprise standard for positive business outcomes. With Telligent, thousands of organizations worldwide have created successful communities that drive collaboration, communication, innovation, networking and support, including American Marketing Association, Dell, Microsoft, Psion, U.S. Department of Defense - All Partners Access Network (APAN) and more.

Learn more about Telligent by visiting http://telligent.com.

Telligent Systems Inc.
17950 Preston Rd., Ste. 310
Dallas, TX 75252
Press Contact:
Caroline Scholes
caroline@powerpublicrelations.com
(630) 947-5185

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