QRT.L Regulatory News (QRT)

3 Feb 2005 16:02

Quarto Group Inc03 February 2005 THE QUARTO GROUP, INC PRELIMS DATE - MONDAY 14 FEBRUARY 2005 Quarto, the London-based and listed international book publisher, proposes toannounce its results for the year ended 31 December 2004 on Monday 14 February2005. Notes for Editors: Quarto is an international book publisher with two principal strands ofactivity: it publishes, under imprints owned by the Group, books and art printsin the US, the UK, and Australia; and it creates books that are licensed toother publishers for publication under their own imprints in many languagesaround the world. 2003 was Quarto's fifth successive year of increase in underlying EPS. On 22October 2004, Quarto announced that its unaudited results for the nine monthsended 30 September 2004 continued the substantial growth of profit demonstratedat the six months' stage. Quarto made three acquisitions in the second half of2004, in the USA, the UK, and Australia. Quarto is listed on the London Stock Exchange under the symbol QRT. Its HeadOffice is situated in City Road, London EC1. Quarto is a Delaware corporation. Enquiries:The Quarto Group, Inc. 020-7700 9000Laurence Orbach (Chairman & CEO)Mick Mousley (Finance Director) Bankside Consultants LimitedCharles Ponsonby 020-7444 4166 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange