19 Aug 2008 14:47
Tuesday August 19, 2008
THE QUARTO GROUP, INC.
INTERIM ANNOUNCEMENT DATE - THURSDAY AUGUST 21, 2008
Quarto (QRT.L), the fully listed international specialist book publisher based in London, proposes to announce its results for the half year to June 30, 2008 on Thursday August 21, 2008.
Notes for Editors:
Quarto is an international book publisher and producer with two principal strands of activity: it publishes books, under imprints owned by the Group, in the US, the UK and Australia; and it creates books that are licensed to other publishers for publication under their own imprints in many languages around the world.
In 2007, Quarto increased revenue by 7% to £100.1m, adjusted EBITDA by 11% to £20.0m, adjusted pre-tax profit by 5% to £7.7m and adjusted diluted earnings per share by 8% to 24.4p, paying total dividends per share up 6% at 7.15p.
At yesterday's closing mid-market share price of 133.5p, Quarto has a market capitalisation of £27.3m.
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