Conversion of Securities

Quarto Group Inc
28 April 2005




                              THE QUARTO GROUP, Inc
                                        

          Final conversion date for the convertible preference shares
                                        
Quarto, the London-based and listed international book publisher, has today
despatched a letter to the holders of convertible cumulative redeemable shares
of preferred stock of US$ 0.10 par value each in the capital of the Company. The
letter states, inter alia, that the period during which convertible preference
shareholders, if they so wish, must exercise the conversion rights attaching to
their convertible preference shares in this calendar year is from 2 May 2005 up
to and including 1 June 2005, which is the conversion date this year, as well as
the final conversion date.

A copy of the above document will shortly be available for inspection at the UK
Listing Authority's Document Viewing Facility, which is situated at:

                          Financial Services Authority
                             25 The North Colonnade
                                  Canary Wharf
                                 London E14 5HS
                          (Telephone no: 020-7066 1000)
                                        
Enquiries:

The Quarto Group, Inc
Mick Mousley (Chief Financial Officer)                       020-7700 9005

Bankside Consultants Limited
Charles Ponsonby                                             020-7444 4166




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