Quarto : Notification of Transactions of Directors

6 June 2016

The Quarto Group, Inc ('Quarto')

NOTIFICATION OF TRANSACTIONS OF DIRECTORS, PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITY OR CONNECTED PERSONS

In accordance with Disclosure Rule 3.1.4R(1), Quarto announces that it has received notice that, on 6 June 2016, Mr Peter Read, Chairman, purchased 10,000 ordinary shares in Quarto at a price of 237.50 pence per share.

Following the share purchase Mr Read holds 10,000 ordinary shares representing approximately 0.05% of Quarto's issued share capital.

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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.