Cardlytics Closes $33M of Expansion Capital

Announces Long-Term Global Strategic Alliance for Transaction-Driven Marketing with Groupe Aeroplan

ATLANTA, September 8, 2011- Cardlytics, the pioneer of transaction-driven marketing^TMannounced today that it has signed a long-term global strategic alliance with Groupe Aeroplan, a global leader in loyalty management. As part of the alliance, Groupe Aeroplan and existing investors are injecting an additional $33 million in capital to fund U.S. and International growth.“Transaction-driven marketing^TM is an incredibly powerful channel for retailers of all sizes. Cardlytics drives store volume more effectively than any untargeted daily deals provider. It pioneered the convenience of offers linked to the payment card. However, beyond this, transaction-driven marketing^TM provides an unmatched level of targeting and measurability,” said David Perdue, Cardlytics Board Member and former Chairman and CEO Dollar General and Reebok Brand. “Marketers know they are reaching the right customers with the right message and can precisely measure the results during a campaign and over-time so they have absolute confidence in the ROI. I would love to have had this level of marketing precision when I was with Dollar General and Reebok.”Cardlytics is the leader in transaction-driven marketing^TM. Through the Cardlytics platform, retailers nationwide are presenting consumers with relevant offers via trusted electronic banking channels including mobile, SMS, email and on-line banking. Cardlytics will reach 70% of all U.S. households in Q1 2012.“Given how the Cardlytics solution so fundamentally changes how marketers can invest to grow their business with confidence, it is going to become a global solution,” said Scott Grimes, Cardlytics’ CEO. “Groupe Aeroplan is an organization that deeply appreciates the needs of sophisticated marketers throughout the world and accelerates our ability to serve retailers and financial institutions globally.”Cardlytics’ solution is groundbreaking in the world of marketing. By deploying technology within partner financial institutions, Cardlytics can leverage all of a household’s purchases to target and measure marketing in a way that full protects consumer privacy and financial institution data. All of this is done in a ‘pay for performance’ model thereby eliminating all risk for the merchant.Groupe Aeroplan owns Aeroplan, Canada’s premier coalition loyalty program; Carlson Marketing, an international loyalty marketing services, engagement and events provider; and Nectar, the United Kingdom’s leading coalition loyalty program. Additionally, it operates LMG Insight & Communication, an international customer-driven insight and data analytics business; holds majority equity positions in Air Miles Middle East and Nectar Italia; and a minority position in Club Premier, Mexico’s leading coalition loyalty program. As such, its investment positions Cardlytics to capitalize on its U.S. dominance and greatly accelerate its level of growth internationally.“We heard first-hand from Cardlytics' bank and merchant partners about the impact that Cardlytics’ transaction-driven marketing^TM is making,” said Rupert Duchesne, President and Chief Executive Officer at Groupe Aeroplan. “Banks and their customers are benefitting from great rewards programs but the biggest impact is on the merchants, who are able to leverage market insights, targeting and measurement that is ground-breaking. We are very excited to take this global.”This latest round of funding marks the fourth successful funding event for Cardlytics as it continues its phenomenal growth providing rewards program for financial institutions. Current investors including Canaan Partners, Polaris Venture Partners, TTV Capital, ITC Holdings and Kinetic Ventures are all participating in this round of funding. Morgan Keegan Technology Group advised Cardlytics on this financing. The company is consistently recognized by the industry, most recently as a Red Herring Global 100 Winner, a Top Ten Financial Service Best Practice by Forrester and a Judge’s Choice Award winner for 2011 by PayBefore.“Our company’s history has been defined by consistent growth and industry acceptance, which validates our belief that transaction-driven marketing^TM represents the evolution of direct marketing to consumers,” said Lynne Laube, President and COO of Cardlytics. “As we look beyond our own country to business opportunities abroad, Groupe Aeroplan is an ideal partner to help us realize that vision.”About Groupe AeroplanGroupe Aeroplan Inc., a global leader in loyalty management, owns Aeroplan, Canada’s premier coalition loyalty program, Carlson Marketing, an international loyalty marketing services, engagement and events provider , as well as Nectar, the United Kingdom’s largest coalition loyalty program. Groupe Aeroplan also operates LMG Insight & Communication, an international customer-driven insight and data analytics business. In addition, Groupe Aeroplan has majority equity positions in Air Miles Middle East and Nectar Italia as well as a minority position in Club Premier, Mexico’s leading coalition loyalty program. For more information about Groupe Aeroplan, please visit groupeaeroplan.com.About CardlyticsBack in 2008, Cardlytics developed a suite of technologies that enabled banks to leverage their power of consumer purchase data, without violating privacy. Why? We saw the emergence of a valuable new channel: online banking and mobile banking. The technology was the first of several innovations that lead to the development of a new sector: card-linked marketing.This new channel was valuable to three important audiences:

• Financial institutions Providing incremental value to their customers helping them develop stronger relationships and build engagement
• Advertisers A one-to-one advertising medium with both scale and precise targeting
• Consumers helping them save money on the things they buy every day

Since 2008, Cardlytics has been developing new technologies, programs, and services to optimize this opportunity for advertisers, our financial partners, and purchasing consumers. We are a team of analysts, developers, programmers, marketers, account managers and bankers who are creating a new generation of media that consumers can really use.Cardlytics is a private company with over 250 employees headquartered in Atlanta with offices in London and San Francisco. Our clients are financial institutions and consumer brands. Through our partnerships with nearly 400 financial institutions, including Bank of America, PNC Bank and Regions Bank, we work with thousands of retailers you know, providing millions of marketing offers to consumers across the US, and soon, around the world.