Global Sources announces tender offer at a purchase price of $8 per 
share for 6.25 m shares


 Global Sources Announces Tender Offer

 HONG KONG, Nov. 13, 2008 - Global Sources Ltd. (NASDAQ: GSOL) today
 announced that it intends to commence an issuer tender offer before the 
 end of November 2008, with expected completion before the end of December 
 2008, for 6.25 million shares, or approximately 13.4% of its outstanding common
 shares as of Sept. 30, 2008, at a purchase price of $8.00 per share in 
 cash. As of Sept. 30, 2008, Global Sources had total cash, cash equivalents and
 available-for-sale securities of approximately $183 million.

 The offer will afford tendering shareholders liquidity for some or all of
 their shares and will permit them to have their shares repurchased at a
 34.9% premium over the closing price per share of $5.93 on Nov. 12, 2008,
 the last full trading day before the date of this announcement. 
 Shareholders who elect not to tender their shares in the offer will increase their
 relative percentage ownership in Global Sources following completion of 
 the offer. Global Sources has been informed that its Directors and Officers 
 who own shares can be expected to tender their shares in the offer. Such
 Directors and Officers beneficially owned approximately 63.7% of Global
 Sources outstanding common shares as of April 30, 2008, as indicated in 
 its last Form 20-F filed on June 25, 2008.

 THIS PRESS RELEASE CONSTITUTES NEITHER AN OFFER TO BUY NOR THE 
 SOLICITATION OF AN OFFER TO SELL SHARES. THE SOLICITATION AND THE OFFER TO BUY GLOBAL
 SOURCES' COMMON SHARES WILL ONLY BE MADE PURSUANT TO AN OFFER TO PURCHASE
 AND RELATED MATERIALS THAT GLOBAL SOURCES WILL BEGIN MAILING TO ITS
 SHAREHOLDERS BEFORE THE END OF NOVEMBER 2008. SHAREHOLDERS SHOULD READ 
 THESE MATERIALS CAREFULLY BECAUSE THEY WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION,
 INCLUDING VARIOUS TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE OFFER. SHAREHOLDERS WILL BE
 ABLE TO OBTAIN FOR FREE THE OFFER TO PURCHASE AND OTHER FILED DOCUMENTS AT
 THE SEC'S WEBSITE AT HTTP://WWW.SEC.GOV. ONCE AVAILABLE, THESE DOCUMENTS 
 MAY ALSO BE OBTAINED FOR FREE IN THE INVESTOR RELATIONS SECTION OF GLOBAL
 SOURCES' WEBSITE AT HTTP://WWW.GLOBALSOURCES.COM.

 About Global Sources

 Global Sources is a leading business-to-business media company and a 
 primary facilitator of trade with Greater China. The core business uses English-
 language media to facilitate trade from Greater China to the world. The
 other business segment utilizes Chinese-language media to enable companies
 to sell to, and within Greater China.

 The company provides sourcing information to volume buyers and integrated
 marketing services to suppliers. It helps a community of over 753,000 
 active buyers source more profitably from complex overseas supply markets. With 
 the goal of providing the most effective ways possible to advertise, market 
 and sell, Global Sources enables suppliers to sell to hard-to-reach buyers in
 over 230 countries.

 The company offers the most extensive range of media and export marketing
 services in the industries it serves. It delivers information on 4.3 
 million products and more than 196,000 suppliers annually through 14 online
 marketplaces, 13 monthly magazines, over 100 sourcing research reports and 
 9 specialized trade shows which run 27 times a year across eight cities.

 Suppliers receive more than 43 million sales leads annually from buyers
 through Global Sources Online (http://www.globalsources.com) alone.

 Global Sources has been facilitating global trade for 37 years. Global
 Sources' network covers more than 69 cities worldwide. In mainland China,
 Global Sources has over 2,800 team members in more than 44 locations, and 
 a community of over 1 million registered online users and magazine readers 
 for Chinese-language media.


 Safe Harbor Statement

 This news release may contain 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.



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 29 Wong Chuk Hang Road,
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 Hong Kong