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Global Sources 20-F 2010
UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
FORM
20-F/A
(Amendment
No. 2)
Commission
file number 000-30678
GLOBAL
SOURCES LTD.
(Exact
name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
Global
Sources Ltd.
(Translation
of Registrant’s name into English)
Bermuda
(Jurisdiction
of incorporation or organization)
Canon’s
Court
22
Victoria Street
Hamilton,
HM 12 Bermuda
(Address
of principal executive offices)
David
Gillan, Chief Financial Officer
Telephone:
(65)-65472620
E-mail:
dgillan@globalsources.com
Facsimile:
(65) – 65472223
Global
Sources Ltd.
c/o
Media Data Systems Pte Ltd.
1
Sims Lane, # 08-01, Singapore - 387355
(Name,
Telephone, E-mail and /or Facsimile number and Address of Company Contact
Person)
Securities
registered or to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the
Act:
Securities
registered or to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the
Act: NONE
Securities
for which there is a reporting obligation pursuant to Section 15(d) of the
Act: NONE
Indicate
the number of outstanding shares of each of the issuer’s classes of capital or
common stock as of the close of the period covered by the annual
report:
44,543,330
common shares, $0.01 par value, outstanding as of April 30, 2009.
Indicate
by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in
Rule 405 of the Securities Act
If this
report is an annual or transition report, indicate by check mark if the
registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Note-Checking
the box above will not relieve any registrant required to file reports pursuant
to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 from their
obligations under those Sections.
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be
filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the
preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required
to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for
the past 90 days.
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on
its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Date File required to be
submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (232.405 of this
chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the
registrant was required to submit and post such files).
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an
accelerated filer, or a non-accelerated filer. See definition of “accelerated
filer and large accelerated filer” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check
one):
Indicate
by check mark which basis of accounting the registrant has used to prepare the
financial statements included in this filing:
If
“Other” has been checked in response to the previous questions, indicate by
check mark with financial statement item the registrant has elected to
follow.
If this
is an annual report, indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell
company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act)
(APPLICABLE
ONLY TO ISSUERS INVOLVED IN BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDINGS DURING THE PAST FIVE
YEARS)
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant has filed all documents and reports
required to be filed by Sections 12, 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934 subsequent to the distribution of securities under a plan confirmed by a
court.
EXPLANATORY
NOTE
Global
Sources Ltd. hereby amends its Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year
ended December 31, 2008 previously filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on June 26, 2009 (the “Original 20-F Filing”) as amended by Amendment
No. 1 filed on Form 20-F/A on July 15, 2009 (“Amendment No. 1”).
Specific
Change
Limited
Amendment
Except as
specifically and expressly disclosed in this filing, this Amendment No. 2 does
not, and does not purport to,
amend,
update or restate any information in any Items or sections of the Original 20-F
Filing or Amendment No. 1, or reflect any events having occurred after the
filing of the Original 20-F Filing on June 26, 2009.
All
statements in this Explanatory Note are subject to and qualified by the full
contents of this Amendment No. 2.
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SIGNATURE
The
registrant hereby certifies that it meets all of the requirements for filing on
Form 20-F/A and that it has duly caused and authorized the undersigned to sign
this annual report on Form 20-F/A on its behalf.
Date:
January 13, 2010
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