NEW YORK, August 3, 2009 – Global Sources Ltd. (NASDAQ: GSOL) expects to release results for the second quarter 2009 before the market opens on August 17, 2009.

Chairman and CEO Merle A. Hinrichs and CFO David Gillan are scheduled to conduct a conference call at 8:00 a.m. ET on August 17, 2009 (8:00 p.m. on August 17, 2009 in Hong Kong) to review these results in more detail. Investors in the United States may participate in the call by dialing (888) 212-8315, and non-Hong Kong international participants may dial (1-706) 643-0144. Investors in Hong Kong are required to provide the conference ID 16846155; are encouraged to dial into the call 10 to 15 minutes prior to the call to prevent delay in joining; and may participate by dialing (852) 3011-4522. A live webcast of the conference call is scheduled to be available on Global Sources' corporate site at http://www.investor.globalsources.com .

For those who cannot listen to the live broadcast, a webcast replay of the call is scheduled to be available on the company's corporate site for 30 days. A telephone replay of the call is also scheduled to be available through August 19, 2009. To listen to the telephone replay dial (800) 642-1687 or dial (1-706) 645-9291 outside the United States, and enter pass code 16846155#. For those in the Hong Kong area, the replay dial-in number is (852) 3011-4541, and the pass code is 16846155#.

Safe Harbor Statement

This news release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27-A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended and Section 21-E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. The company's actual results could differ materially from those set forth in the forward-looking statements as a result of the risks associated with the company's business, changes in general economic conditions, and changes in the assumptions used in making such forward-looking statements.