Director Shareholding

FOR:  GENESIS WORLDWIDE INC.

TSX, AIM SYMBOL:  GWI

May 14, 2008

Genesis Worldwide Inc. Announces Director Dealings and Notification of Holdings by Significant
Shareholder

MISSISSAUGA, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - May 14, 2008) - Genesis Worldwide Inc. ("Genesis" or the
"Company"), (TSX:GWI)(AIM:GWI), a leading provider of 'green' structural building technology using
light steel, announces that on May 8, 2008, a director of the Company, Timothy Armstrong, purchased
2,500 common shares of Genesis at a price of $1.40 per share and now holds a total of 2,500 common
shares, representing 0.008% of the issued share capital of the Company.

Also, on May 6, 2008, the Company was notified by Turtle Creek Asset Management Inc. ("Turtle Creek"),
an investment management company located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, that it now holds 3,401,400
common shares of the Company, representing 11.0% of the issued share capital of the Company. Turtle
Creek holds the common shares on behalf of a number of shareholders and manages and exercises control
or direction over the common shares on behalf of those shareholders.

As at May 14, 2008, the Company had 30,982,858 common shares outstanding.

About Genesis Worldwide Inc.

Genesis develops and licenses structural building technology aimed at the residential, commercial and
institutional building markets. Genesis offers licensees a turn-key solution enabling them to custom
design, manufacture and install complete light steel building structures. The Genesis Solution
encompasses engineered processes and materials that are environmentally sustainable or 'green'.
Genesis is headquartered in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, and currently has nine licensees worldwide.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT:

Genesis Worldwide Inc.
Catherine Smyth
Manager, Investor Relations
[phone], ext. 302
Website: www.genesisworldwide.com

OR

Canaccord Adams
Robert Finlay
[phone]

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Genesis Worldwide Inc.