[The Company's shares trading on NASDAQ was halted on April 3, 2012 at 10:13:42 a.m. Eastern Time by NASDAQ for an “additional information request”, which was subsequently provided by the Company. The trading of the Company’s shares is scheduled to resume on Wednesday, April 4, 2012, at 7:15 a.m. Eastern Time. GLOBAL SOURCES LTD.]

[__________________________________________ THE GLOBAL SOURCES EQUITY COMPENSATION (2007) MASTER PLAN (AMENDED EFFECTIVE AS OF JANUARY 1, 2012) __________________________________________ CONTENTS No. Section Page 1. Name of the Plan 2 2. Purpose of the Plan 2 3. Shares Subject to the Plan 2 4. Eligible Persons 2 3 5. No Payment 3 6. Non-transferability 3] [EFFECTIVE AS OF THE 1ST DAY OF JANUARY 2012 __________________________________________ THE GLOBAL SOURCES RETENTION SHARE GRANT PLAN II __________________________________________ CONTENTS Section Heading 1. Name of the Plan 2. Purpose of the Plan 3. Shares Subject to the Plan 4. Grants to Eligible Persons 5. Non-transferability 6. Adjustments]

[th YEAR 2011 / 4 RESULTS OF OPERATIONS OF GLOBAL SOURCES LTD. The following discussion of our financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with the accompanying financial statements. Overview We are a leading business-to-business (B2B) media company and a primary facilitator of two-way trade with Greater China. The core business is facilitating trade from Greater] [GLOBAL SOURCES LTD. AND SUBSIDIARIES CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (In U.S. Dollars Thousands, Except Number of Shares and Per Share Data) As at December 31, As at December 31, 2011 2010 (Unaudited) ASSETS Current assets Cash and cash equivalents $ 81,903 $ 101,298 Term deposits with banks 2,764 1,411 Financial assets, available-for-sale 13,250 - Accounts receivables 4,711 3,919 Receivables from sales]

[Press Contact in Asia Investor Contact in Asia Camellia So Suzanne Wang Tel: (852) 2555-5021 Tel: (852) 2555-4747 cso@globalsources.com e-mail: investor@globalsources.com e-mail: Press Contact in U.S. Investor Contact in U.S. Brendon Ouimette Mary Magnani & Cathy Mattison Tel: (1-480) 664-8309 LHA bouimette@globalsources.com e-mail: Tel: (1-415) 433-3777 mmagnani@lhai.com e-mail: Global Sources acquires an 80 percent interest in China’s leading fashion show]

[Global Sources Press Contact in Asia Global Sources Investor Contact in Asia Camellia So Suzanne Wang Tel: (852) 2555-5021 Tel: (852) 2555-4747 cso@globalsources.com e-mail: investor@globalsources.com e-mail: Global Sources Press Contact in U.S. Global Sources Investor Contact in U.S. James W.W. Strachan Mary Magnani & Cathy Mattison Tel: (480) 664-8309 LHA strachan@globalsources.com e-mail: Tel: (415) 433-3777 mmagnani@lhai.com e-mail: Global Sources announces]