GlobeNewswire Inc | Jan 5, 2022 08:00AM EST

January 05, 2022

NEW YORK, Jan. 05, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Magnite (NASDAQ: MGNI), the worlds largest independent omnichannel sell-side advertising platform, today announced it is bringing on the team from Nth Party, a startup developing cryptographic software for secure audience data sharing and analysis. The move reinforces Magnites ongoing commitment to build leading identity and audience solutions for sellers and buyers. Under the terms of the deal, Nth Partys team of 7 employees, including 5 engineers, will report to Magnites Vice President of Engineering Robert Lyons. Financial terms were not disclosed.

First-party audience data is becoming increasingly important to the future of advertising. The seasoned Nth Party team will accelerate our existing data activation efforts immensely, said Adam Soroca, Chief Product Officer at Magnite. Our teams share the same principles around data compliance and safety, and Nth Partys approach to handling audience data in a secure and privacy-centric way will continue at Magnite.

We are excited to join Magnite to scale our efforts within a global company, said Shereen Shermak, CEO at Nth Party. By combining our specialized strength in leveraging secure multi-party computation to enhance data privacy with Magnites talented team of experts and their first-rate clients, well be able to bring effective audience data solutions to an even larger market.

About MagniteWere Magnite (NASDAQ: MGNI), the worlds largest independent sell-side advertising platform. Publishers use our technology to monetize their content across all screens and formats including CTV, online video, display, and audio. The world's leading agencies and brands trust our platform to access brand-safe, high-quality ad inventory and execute billions of advertising transactions each month. Anchored in bustling New York City, sunny Los Angeles, mile high Denver, historic London, and down under in Sydney, Magnite has offices across North America, EMEA, LATAM, and APAC.

Forward-Looking StatementsThis press release contains forward-looking statements, including statements concerning the acquisition of Nth Pty Ltd and/or the anticipated benefits thereof. Forward-looking statements are based on assumptions and estimates, and are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause our actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from expectations or results projected or implied by forward-looking statements, including factors identified under the caption "Risk Factors in filings we have made and will make from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, including our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020 and subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance or events and investors are cautioned not to place undue reliance on any forward-looking statement. Furthermore, forward-looking statements speak only as of the date on which they are made, and, except as required by law, the company disclaims any obligation to update these forward-looking statements to reflect future events or circumstances.

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