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Gateway Names Deloitte & Touche as Independent Auditor POWAY, Calif. and IRVINE, Calif., April 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Gateway, Inc. announced today that it has appointed Deloitte & Touche LLP to serve as its independent auditor. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20020930/LAM050LOGO ) Gateway announced last month that it was in negotiations to appoint a new independent auditor, following PricewaterhouseCoopers' (PwC's) decision not to stand for re-appointment. As previously stated, there were no disagreements between Gateway and PwC on any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure, or auditing scope or procedure. About Gateway Since its founding in 1985, Gateway (NYSE:GTW) has been a technology and direct-marketing pioneer, using its call centers, website and sales force to build direct customer relationships. Gateway offers consumers, businesses, government agencies and schools a wide range of thin TVs, digital cameras, connected DVD players, enterprise systems and other products, which work together seamlessly with its award-winning line of PCs. Through the eMachines brand, Gateway offers affordable, high-value PCs, notebooks and monitors sold exclusively through leading retailers in the U.S. and abroad. Since acquiring eMachines in March 2003, Gateway has become the third largest PC company in the United States and among the top ten worldwide, based on 2003 data. Visit http://www.gateway.com/ for more information. http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20020930/LAM050LOGO http://photoarchive.ap.org/ DATASOURCE: Gateway, Inc. CONTACT: Bob Sherbin of Gateway, Inc., +1-858-848-3886, Web site: http://www.prnewswire.com/micro/GTW Web site: http://www.gateway.com/ Company News On-Call: http://www.prnewswire.com/comp/144245.html

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