Post-effective Amendment to Registration Statement (pos Am)
August 28 2017 - 5:06PM
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 28, 2017
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Registration No. 333-204083
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO
FORM F-3
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES
ACT OF 1933
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GLOBAL
SOURCES LTD.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in
its charter)
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Bermuda
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Not Applicable
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(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
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(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
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Canon’s Court
22 Victoria Street
Hamilton, HM 12, Bermuda
(441) 295-2244
(Address and telephone number of Registrant’s
principal executive office)
James J. Clark, Esq.
Stuart G. Downing, Esq.
Cahill Gordon & Reindel
LLP
80 Pine Street
New York, New York 10005
(212) 701-3000
(Name, address and telephone number of agent
for service)
Copies
to:
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James J. Clark, Esq.
Stuart G. Downing, Esq.
Cahill Gordon & Reindel
LLP
80 Pine Street
New York, New York 10005
(212) 701-3000
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James Bodi, Esq.
Appleby (Bermuda) Limited
Canon’s Court
22 Victoria Street
PO Box HM 1179
Hamilton HM EX, Bermuda
(441)
295-2244
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Approximate date
of commencement of proposed sale to the public: Not applicable. Removal from registration of securities that were not
sold pursuant to the above referenced registration statement.
If the only securities
being registered on this Form are being offered pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please check the following
box.
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If any of the
securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the
Securities Act of 1933, please check the following box.
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filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, check the following
box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.
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a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities
Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.
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a registration statement pursuant to General Instruction I.C. or a post-effective amendment thereto that shall become effective
upon filing with the Commission pursuant to Rule 462(e) under the Securities Act, check the following box.
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If this Form is
a post-effective amendment to a registration statement filed pursuant to General Instruction I.C. filed to register additional
securities or additional classes of securities pursuant to Rule 413(b) under the Securities Act, check the following box.
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Indicate by check
mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1993. Emerging growth
company
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If an emerging
growth company that prepares its financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP, indicate by check mark if the registration
has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided
pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act.
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DEREGISTRATION OF SECURITIES
This Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 (the
“Post-Effective Amendment”) relates to the Form F-3 registration statement file no. 333-204083 (the “Registration
Statement”) of Global Sources Ltd. (the “Registrant”), which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
on May 12, 2015, as amended on June 2, 2015, and became effective on June 4, 2015.
The Registrant is filing this Post-Effective
Amendment to the Registration Statement to withdraw and remove from registration the unsold securities previously registered under
the Registration Statement by the selling shareholder as referred to in the Registration Statement.
On May 23, 2017, the Registrant, Expo Holdings
I Ltd (“Parent”), an exempted company with limited liability incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands, and
Expo Holdings II Ltd. (“Amalgamation Sub”), an exempted company incorporated under the laws of Bermuda as a company
limited by shares, entered into an Agreement and Plan of Amalgamation (as amended on May 25, 2017 and as may be further amended
from time to time, the “Amalgamation Agreement”). On July 24, 2017, at a special general meeting of the Registrant,
the shareholders of the Registrant voted in favor of, among others, the Amalgamation Agreement and the transactions contemplated
thereby.
On August 28, 2017 (the “Effective
Time”), pursuant to the Amalgamation Agreement, the Registrant and Amalgamation Sub were amalgamated with the amalgamated
company continuing as a Bermuda exempted company limited by shares and becoming a wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent.
The Registrant hereby removes from registration,
by means of this Post-Effective Amendment, any and all of the securities registered under the Registration Statement which remain
unsold as of the Effective Time.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933,
the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form F-3
and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China on August 28, 2017.
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GLOBAL SOURCES LTD.
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By:
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/s/
Connie Lai
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Name: Connie Lai
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Title: Chief Financial Officer
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act
of 1933, this Post-effective Amendment has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature
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Title
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Date
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/s/ Merle A. Hinrich
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Executive Chairman of the Board; Director
(a principal executive officer)
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August 28, 2017
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Merle A. Hinrich
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/s/ Craig Pepples
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Chief Executive Officer
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August 28, 2017
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Craig Pepples
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/s/ Connie Lai
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Chief Financial Officer (principal financial officer and principal accounting officer)
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August 28, 2017
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Connie Lai
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/s/ Sarah Benecke
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Director
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August 28, 2017
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Sarah Benecke
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/s/ Eddie Heng Teng Hua
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Director
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August 28, 2017
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Eddie Heng Teng Hua
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/s/ David F. Jones
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Director
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August 28, 2017
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David F. Jones
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/s/ Funmibi Chima
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Director
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August 28, 2017
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Funmibi Chima
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/s/ Michael J. Scown
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Director
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August 28, 2017
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Michael J. Scown
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/s/ Brent Barnes
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Chief Operating Officer (authorized representative in the United States)
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August 28, 2017
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Brent Barnes
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