Completion of Lewes Holdings Ltd acquisition

The Quarto Group, Inc.

Completion of the acquisition of Lewes Holdings Ltd.

Further to the announcement on 24 February 2015, The Quarto Group Inc. ("Quarto" or "the Group") announces that it has today completed the acquisition of Lewes Holdings Limited.

For further information, please contact:

Quarto

Mick Mousley, CFO 020 7700 9004

Bell Pottinger 

Elly Williamson 020 3772 2491

Lucy Stewart

About The Quarto Group

The Quarto Group (LSE: QRT) is the leading global illustrated book publisher and distribution group and is listed on the London Stock Exchange. Quarto employs about 400 talented and creative people in four distinct but complementary businesses - Quarto International Co-Editions Group; Quarto Publishing Group USA; Quarto Publishing Group UK and Books & Gifts Direct, Australia & New Zealand.

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.