Annual Report

The Quarto Group, Inc.

Annual Report

The Quarto Group, Inc. ("Quarto" or "the Group"), the leading global illustrated book publisher and distribution group, announces that in accordance with rule 9.6.1 of the Listing Rules, copies of the Annual Report have been submitted to the UK Listing Authority's Document Viewing Facility, via the National Storage Mechanism, and are available for inspection at:

http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM 

For further information please contact:

The Quarto Group, Inc. 020 7700 9004

Michael Connole, CFO

About The Quarto Group

The Quarto Group (LSE: QRT) is the leading global illustrated non-fiction book publisher and distribution group and is listed on the London Stock Exchange. Quarto has about 400 talented people in five distinct but complementary businesses - Quarto International Co-editions Group; Quarto Publishing Group USA; Quarto Publishing Group UK; Books & Gifts Direct, Australia & NZ and Quarto Hong Kong.

The Group is well positioned in resilient segments of book publishing with rich reserves of Intellectual Property. Quarto is uniquely positioned for growth as the industry adapts to new means of marketing, sales and routes to market. The Group's headquarters are in London where the Company was founded in 1976.