Gateway International News Gateway International's CEO
Issues Update on Company Activites

TUSTIN, CA, May 29, 2008

Gateway International Holdings, Inc. issued the following report by its CEO, Timothy D. Consalvi:

To Our Shareholders:

  • Gateway has made significant strides forward since the de-registration of its securities by the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") in 2006. We have addressed many of the issues which resulted in the deregistration of the Company in 2006. We believe we have now assembled a management team to build the infrastructure and controls necessary to allow us to become a reporting company once again and timely comply with the reporting requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 going forward. We are pleased to announce that on May 16, 2008, we filed a Form 10-12G ("Form 10") with the SEC. Our Form 10 is subject to review by the SEC. We cannot assure you we will be successful in our ultimate goal to have our common stock re-listed, however we can assure you we are committed to regaining our status as a publicly-traded company. A copy of the Form 10 can be found on the SEC website www.SEC.gov, by searching the Edgar filings and inputting our company name.
    • As part of our Form 10 filing, we released our internal financial report for the nine months ended March 31, 2008. The following is a brief summary of these financial results: (Please note that financial result for the nine months ended March 31, 2007 reflect the continuing operations of Eran Engineering, Elite Machine Tool and All American CNC exclusive of discontinued operations, unless stated otherwise.)
      Nine Months Ended Nine Months Ended    
      March 31, 2007 March 31, 2008 Change($) Change(%)
    Sales 11,504,509 13,279,306 1,774,797 15%
    Cost of Sales 8,208,294 9,965,664 1,757,370 21%
    Gross profit 3,296,215 3,313,642 17,427 1%
             
    Operating expenses        
    Selling, general and administrative 2,527,650 3,618,134 1,090,484 43%
    Amortization of intangible assets 64,155 81,565 17,410 27%
    Impairment of goodwill       0%
    Total operating expenses 2,591,805 3,699,699 1,107,894 43%
    Operating income (loss) 704,410 (386,057) (1,090,467) -155%
             
    Interest expense (254,764) (108,296) 146,468 -57%
    Interest income 1,221 4,237 3,016 247%
    Gain on sale of assets 681,465 43,437 (638,028) -94%
    Other net (28,046)   28,046 -100%
    Income (loss) from continuing operations        
    before income taxes 1,104,286 (446,679) (460,498) -42%
             
    Income tax (provision) benefit Income (loss)        
    from continuing operations (435,712) 156,639 592,351 -136%
      668,574 (290,040) 131,853 20%
    Loss from discontinued operations, net of income taxes (2,459,764)   2,459,764 -100%
    Net loss (1,791,190) (290,040) 2,591,617 -145%



      Nine Months Ended March 31      
      2007 2008 Change($) Change(%)
    Sales by segment        
    Machine Sales 7,651,755 8,975,782 1,324,027 17%
    Precision Manufacturing 3,852,754 4,303,524 450,770 12%
      11,504,509 13,279,306 1,774,797 15%
    Gross profit by segment        
    Machine Sales 1,255,772 1,784,477 528,705 42%
    Precision Manufacturing 2,404,443 1,529,164 (511,279) -25%
      3,296,215 3,313,641 17,426 1%
    Gross margin        
    Machine Sales 16% 20% 3%  
    Precision Manufacturing 53% 36% -17%  


    • Sales in 2008 increased 15% compared to the comparable period in 2007. The change is attributable to increases in sales from both the Precision Manufacturing and Machine Sales groups. The Precision Manufacturing group experienced increases demand from Panasonic while the Machine Sales group had increases in sales volume for both new and used machines.
    • Gross profit increased by 1% compared to the comparable period in 2007. Gross margin decreased to 25% from 28%. The change resulted from higher gross margins from the Machine Sales group, offset by a decrease from the Precision Manufacturing group. The increase in the Machine Sales group was attributable to lower acquisition and refurbishment costs for used machines. The decrease in gross margin in the Precision Manufacturing group resulted from increased rent and facility costs related to its relocation of its manufacturing facility to Tustin, California from a company-owned facility sold in February 2007.
    • Selling, general and administrative costs increased by $1,090,484 or 43% compared to the comparable period in 2007. The increase is attributable to higher professional services (legal, accounting and investor relations), increases in personnel headcount and wages increases in facilities costs. During the 2008 period, we also recorded an impairment charge of $101,142 for termination of an enterprises resources planning system implementation.
    • Amortization expense for intangible assets increased by $17,410 compared to the comparable period in 2007. The change is attributable to the amortization of customer relationship intangible asset acquired in connection with the acquisition of CNC Repos, Inc. in October 2007.
    • Interest expense decreased by $146,468 compared to the comparable period in 2007. The change is attributable to lower average debt balances and decreases in the average interest rate paid on our debt and capital lease obligations.
    • Gain on sale of assets decreased by $638,028 compared to the comparable period in 2007. On February 23, 2007, we completed the sale of our former manufacturing facility for proceeds sale price of $2,017,000 resulting in a gain on the sale of the building of $691,967, net of income taxes.
    • The losses from discontinued operations were $0 and $2,459,764 for the nine months ended March 31, 2008 and 2007, respectively. As noted above, for the period ended in 2007, this was primarily related to the sale of Accurate and Nu-Tech in March 2007. See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in our Form 10 filing for further discussion.

    Sincerely,
    Timothy (Tim) D. Consalvi
    Chief Executive Officer
    Gateway International Holdings, Inc.

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    Tim Consalvi – President and Chief Executive Officer

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