UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549

Washington, D.C. 20549

Form 6-K

REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER

PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 orOR 15d-16

UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the month of May 2017

Commission File Number

000-30678

GLOBAL SOURCES LTD.

(Translation of Registrant's Name into English)

Canon’s Court

22 Victoria Street

Hamilton, HM 12, Bermuda

(Address of Principal Executive Office)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or ~~will~~ will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F. Form 20-F x Form 40-F ¨

~~Form~~Indicate ~~20-F~~by x check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 406-FK in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1): ¨

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1): ____

Note: Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1) only permits the submission in paper of a Form 6-K if submitted solely to provide an attached annual report to security holders.

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7): ~~____~~¨

Note: Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7) only permits the submission in paper of a Form 6-K if submitted to furnish a report or other document that the registrant foreign private issuer must furnish and make public under the laws of the jurisdiction in which the registrant is incorporated, domiciled or legally organized (the registrant's "home country"), or under the rules of the home country exchange on which the registrant's securities are traded, as long as the report or other document is not a press release, is not required to be and has not been distributed to the registrant's security holders, and, if discussing a material event, has already been the subject of a Form 6-K submission or other Commission filing on EDGAR.

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Yes ¨ No x

Exhibit No.	Description
15.1	Proxy Statement for the Global Sources Ltd. Annual General Meeting of Shareholders to be held on June 23, 2017.
15.2	2016 Annual Report, including audited financial statements.

If "Yes" is marked, indicate below the file number assigned to the registrant in connection with Rule 12g3-2(b): 82- ________

Exhibit 1 Press Release dated May 25, 2017.

Exhibit 2 Amendment No. 1 to Agreement and Plan of Amalgamation by and among Global Sources Ltd., Expo Holdings I Ltd and Expo Holdings II Ltd., dated May 25, 2017.

Signatures

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

	GLOBAL SOURCES LTD.
	(Registrant)

	By:	/s/ Connie Lai
		Name: Connie Lai
		Title: Chief Financial Officer

Date: May 2531, 2017

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