FORM 6-K
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Report of Foreign Private Issuer
Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
For the month of March 2005
Commission File Number 000-30678
GLOBAL SOURCES LTD.
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(Translation of Registrant's Name into English)
Canon's Court
22 Victoria Street
Hamilton, HM 12, Bermuda
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(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports
under cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F.
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permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1): _________
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Form 6-K if submitted solely to provide an attached annual report to security
holders.
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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.
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contained in this Form, the registrant is also thereby furnishing the
information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Signatures
Exhibit 1 Press Release dated March 24, 2005.
Financial Statements and Exhibits.
Exhibit 99.1 Press Release dated March 24, 2005.
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/ Eddie Heng Teng Hua
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Name: Eddie Heng Teng Hua
Title: Director and Chief
Financial Officer
Date: March 24, 2005