SEPTENI CO., LTD. (Headquarters: Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director and President: Yusuke Shimizu; hereinafter "Septeni") has been recognized as a "Platinum" partner in the "SmartNews Ads Partner Program" at the "SmartNews Ads Agency Summit 2024" held by SmartNews, Inc. (Headquarters: Shibuya-ku, Tokyo; Co-Founder and CEO: Kaisei Hamamoto; hereinafter "SmartNews") on Wednesday, May 21, 2024.

The "SmartNews Ads Partner Program," launched in April 2023, is a certification system for advertising agencies that handle SmartNews's advertising products and services and engage in direct transactions with SmartNews. Agencies are evaluated based on their SmartNews Ads sales and other criteria and are certified as "SmartNews Ads Partners."

Within this certification program, the partner rank system recognizes agencies with outstanding sales performance of SmartNews Ads over the course of a year. The ranks include "Diamond," "Platinum," "Gold," "Silver," and "Bronze," each with exclusive benefits corresponding to the rank.
Based on its sales performance for the fiscal year 2023, Septeni has been recognized as a "Platinum" partner.

Septeni will continue to support corporate marketing activities through various collaborations with SmartNews.

[About SmartNews Ads]
■Service website: https://ads.smartnews.com/home/
SmartNews Ads are advertisements that can be delivered within the SmartNews app, a news application. SmartNews offers various ad formats on its platform, including in-feed, video, and display ads. Additionally, advertisements are presented as one of the useful pieces of information alongside personalized news tailored to each user's interests.

[Inquiries about the news]
Septeni Japan, Inc., Integration Marketing Headquarters, Media Strategy Promotion Department
E-mail: new.media-strategy@septeni.co.jp

[Inquiries about press release]
Septeni Holdings Co., Ltd., Public Relations Department, Public Relations Division, Onuma & Kojima
E-mail: koho@septeni-holdings.co.jp

■Overview of SEPTENI CO., LTD.
Main Business: Digital marketing support business
Head Office: Sumitomo Fudosan Shinjuku Grand Tower 28F, 8-17-1 Nishishinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan
Representative: Yusuke Shimizu, Representative Director and President
Corporate URL: https://www.septeni.co.jp/