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Global Sources' Investor Relations Website Wins Top Awards for the Third Consecutive Year

2008-04-07 15:16 1360

Honored for Best IR Website, Corporate Governance Section and Financial Disclosure Procedures

HONG KONG, April 7, 2008 /Xinhua-PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Global Sources (Nasdaq: GSOL) has won three top awards in the 2008 Investor Relations Global Rankings (IRGR) in the small/mid cap category:

(Logo: http://www.prnasia.com/sa/200708071747.jpg )

-- "Best IR Websites": selected based on content, technology and data

manipulation, interactivity, design and timeliness.

-- "Best Corporate Governance Practices": selected based on creating,

maintaining and managing value, while balancing stakeholder

interests.

-- "Best Financial Disclosure Procedures": selected based on earnings

releases and disclosure processes, prioritizing equal treatment and

assuring that all investors receive the same information

simultaneously.

Global Sources' Chief Financial Officer, Eddie Heng, said: "We are delighted to be recognized by IRGR for the third consecutive year and aim to continue implementing these best practices for corporate governance and financial disclosures procedures. Both awards demonstrate our commitment to deliver transparency and equality to all of our shareholders."

IRGR ( http://www.irglobalrankings.com ) surveys, audits and ranks IR websites, corporate governance practices and financial disclosures procedures. It is organized by MZ Consult and sponsored by KPMG and Bloomberg among others. Altogether, 160 participants in 32 countries were considered in this year's rankings.

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 is facilitating trade from Greater China to the world, using a wide range of English-language media. The other business segments facilitate trade from the world to Greater China, and trade within China, using Chinese-language media.

The company provides sourcing information to volume buyers and integrated marketing services to suppliers. It helps a community of over 657,000 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 2 million products and more than 170,000 suppliers annually through 14 online marketplaces, 13 monthly magazines, over 100 sourcing research reports and 9 specialized trade shows which run 29 times a year across nine cities.

Suppliers receive more than 27 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 2,100 team members in more than 44 locations, and a community of over 1 million registered online users and magazine readers for Chinese-language media.

Global Sources Press Contact in Asia:

Camellia So

Tel: +852-2555-5021

Email: cso@globalsources.com

Global Sources Investor Contact in Asia:

Investor Relations Department

Tel: +852-2555-4777

Email: investor@globalsources.com

Global Sources Press Contact in U.S.:

James W.W. Strachan

Tel: +1-480-664-8309

Email: strachan@globalsources.com

Global Sources Investor Contact in U.S.:

Christiane Pelz & Kirsten Chapman

Lippert/Heilshorn & Associates, Inc.

Tel: +1-415-433-3777

Email: investor@globalsources.com

Source: Global Sources
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