globalsources_6k.htm
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
Form 6-K
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 or 15d-16
UNDER THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the month of May 2010
| Commission File Number |
|
000-30678 |
| GLOBAL SOURCES
LTD. |
| (Translation of Registrant's Name into
English) |
| |
| Canon’s Court |
| 22 Victoria Street |
| Hamilton, HM 12,
Bermuda |
| (Address of Principal Executive
Office) |
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under
cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F. Form
20-F x Form 40-F o
Indicate
by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted
by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1): o
Note: Regulation
S-T Rule 101(b)(1) only permits the submission in paper of a Form 6-K if
submitted solely to provide an attached annual report to security
holders.
Indicate
by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted
by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7): o
Note: Regulation
S-T Rule 101(b)(7) only permits the submission in paper of a Form 6-K if
submitted to furnish a report or other document that the registrant foreign
private issuer must furnish and make public under the laws of the jurisdiction
in which the registrant is incorporated, domiciled or legally organized (the
registrant's "home country"), or under the rules of the home country exchange on
which the registrant's securities are traded, as long as the report or other
document is not a press release, is not required to be and has not been
distributed to the registrant's security holders, and, if discussing a material
event, has already been the subject of a Form 6-K submission or other Commission
filing on EDGAR.
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the information contained in
this Form is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant
to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Yes o No x
If "Yes"
is marked, indicate below the file number assigned to the registrant in
connection with Rule 12g3-2(b): 82- ________
The
exhibits attached hereto are being furnished and shall not be deemed “filed” for
purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
“Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of such
section.
| Exhibit No. |
|
Description |
| 15.1 |
|
Proxy Statement for the Global Sources
Ltd. Annual General Meeting of Shareholders to be held on June 23,
2010. |
|
|
|
|
| 15.2 |
|
2009 Annual Report, including audited
financial statements. |
Signatures
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has
duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized.
| GLOBAL SOURCES LTD. |
| (Registrant) |
| |
| |
| By: |
/s/ David Gillan |
| |
Name:
David Gillan |
| |
Title:
Chief Financial Officer |
Date: May 24,
2010