GLOBAL SOURCES LTD
Cash in trust
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Not yet disclosed
Trust per share
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Redemption value
IPO
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Combination deadline
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Not disclosed
Filings on record
41
Latest Aug 17, 2020
Overview
GLOBAL SOURCES LTD is a special purpose acquisition company incorporated in Delaware and registered with the SEC under CIK 0001050370. The vehicle is sponsored by GLOBAL SOURCES. IPO closed, trust funded, no definitive agreement announced.
Scores
Recomputed 6m agoThree readings of GLOBAL SOURCES LTD, each an unweighted mean of the components shown beneath it, and each component a percentile against every live SPAC rather than an absolute we invented. They describe the setup, not the merit. How they are built
FOMO
LowHow much attention is this vehicle attracting right now?
0/100
- Filing activity0
0 in 30 days
- News coverage0
0 stories in 30 days
Attention is not quality. FOMO rises on news volume and on the market paying above trust, both of which have preceded plenty of disappointments.
These are derived measures, not ratings of investment merit. They carry no view on the target, no price target and no recommendation, and a high score is not a reason to buy anything.
SEC filing history
Free tier: filings older than 24 hours- REVOKED
REVOKED filing
Accession 9999999997-20-004385
- NTN 10K
NOTIFICATION OF LATE FILING FOR 10K
Accession 0000910680-01-500484
- 10QSB/A
FORM 10QSB/A
Accession 0000891092-01-500277
- 10QSB/A
FORM 10QSB/A
Accession 0000891092-01-500278
- 10QSB/A
FORM 10QSB/A
Accession 0000891092-01-500279
- 10QSB
FORM 10QSB
Accession 0000891092-01-500226
- NT 10-Q
Late quarterly report notification
Accession 0000910680-01-500112
- 10-Q/A
AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO FORM 10Q (9/30/2000)
Accession 0000910680-01-500058
- 10-Q/A
AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO FORM 10Q (12/31/2000)
Accession 0000910680-01-500059
- 10-Q
FORM 10Q FOR 9/30/2000
Accession 0000910680-01-500017
- 10-Q
FORM 10Q 12/31/2000
Accession 0000910680-01-500018
- 8-K
Current report
Accession 0000910680-01-000213
- 10KSB
ANNUAL REPORT ON FORM 10-KSB
Accession 0000910680-01-000218
- NT 10-Q
Late quarterly report notification
Accession 0000910680-01-000155
- 8-K
Current report
Accession 0000910680-01-000048
- NT 10-Q
Late quarterly report notification
Accession 0000910680-00-000840
- NT 10-K
Late annual report notification
Accession 0000910680-00-000677
- 8-K/A
AMENDMENT TO FORM 8-K FOR GLOBAL SOURCES LIMITED
Accession 0000910680-00-000646
- 8-K
Current report
Accession 0000910680-00-000525
- 10QSB
FORM 10-QSB FOR GLOBAL SERVICES LIMITED
Accession 0000910680-00-000360
May 22, 2000
26y ago
- NT 10-Q
Late quarterly report notification
Accession 0000910680-00-000340
May 16, 2000
26y ago
- 8-K
Current report
Accession 0000909012-00-000358
May 11, 2000
26y ago
- 8-K
Current report
Accession 0000890163-00-000079
Mar 20, 2000
26y ago
- 10QSB
QUARTERLY REPORT
Accession 0000909012-00-000186
Feb 22, 2000
26y ago
- NT 10-Q
Late quarterly report notification
Accession 0000909012-00-000165
Feb 15, 2000
26y ago
- 424B3
Prospectus supplement
Accession 0001050370-00-000007
Jan 14, 2000
27y ago
- 424B3
Prospectus supplement
Accession 0001050370-00-000004
Jan 6, 2000
27y ago
- 8-A12G
8-A12G filing
Accession 0001050370-99-000005
Dec 9, 1999
27y ago
- 10QSB
10QSB filing
Accession 0001050370-99-000004
Nov 16, 1999
27y ago
- SB-2/A
SB-2/A filing
Accession 0000909012-99-000571
Nov 3, 1999
27y ago
GLOBAL SOURCES LTD: questions answered
What is GLOBAL SOURCES LTD?
GLOBAL SOURCES LTD is a special purpose acquisition company incorporated in Delaware and registered with the SEC under CIK 0001050370. The vehicle is sponsored by GLOBAL SOURCES. IPO closed, trust funded, no definitive agreement announced.
How much does GLOBAL SOURCES LTD hold in trust?
No trust balance has been disclosed in a filing we have indexed for GLOBAL SOURCES LTD. For a newly priced IPO this is normal: the figure first appears in the quarterly report after closing.
When must GLOBAL SOURCES LTD complete a merger?
No combination deadline appears in the filings we have indexed. The date is stated in the charter and repeated in each quarterly report; where our parser could not establish it with confidence we leave it blank rather than infer one.
What happens if GLOBAL SOURCES LTD does not find a target in time?
The charter requires the vehicle to redeem 100% of the public shares and return the trust, pro rata, to public shareholders. That is the mechanism working as designed rather than a default. Founder shares and warrants are worthless in that outcome, which is why the sponsor's incentive is to get a deal done or to buy more time. Across the market, deadline lapsed without a deal; trust returned to public shareholders.
Can I redeem shares in GLOBAL SOURCES LTD, and at what price?
Public shareholders may elect to redeem in connection with a combination vote and at each extension vote, at the pro-rata trust value on the relevant record date. Redemption is a right attached to the public shares only; warrants and rights carry no claim on the trust. The mechanics and the deadline for electing are set out in the proxy statement for the vote in question.
Is the trust value the same as the share price for GLOBAL SOURCES LTD?
No. Trust per share is a disclosed, contractual figure: what a redeeming holder receives. The market price is whatever the shares change hands at, which can sit above the trust when a deal is well received or below it when the market doubts one will close. We do not have a current quote for this vehicle, so no spread is shown.
Who sponsors GLOBAL SOURCES LTD, and what is their track record?
GLOBAL SOURCES is the sponsor entity, part of the GLOBAL SOURCES franchise. This is the only vehicle we have attributed to that sponsor.
Is GLOBAL SOURCES LTD a good investment?
That is not a question this site answers. GLOBAL SOURCES LTD is covered here as reference data: what the company filed, when it filed it, and what the numbers in those filings say. The Edge, FOMO and Potential scores on this page are derived measures with a published formula, not ratings of investment merit: they describe the setup, and every component is shown so you can take them apart. We publish no price targets and no recommendations, and nothing here should be read as advice. The figures are a starting point for your own work, and each one carries the accession number of the filing it came from.
Where does this GLOBAL SOURCES LTD data come from?
Filings GLOBAL SOURCES LTD submitted to the SEC under CIK 0001050370: the registration statement and final prospectus for the structure, quarterly and annual reports for the trust, current reports and proxy statements for deals, votes and extensions. Trust economics are taken from the registrant's own XBRL tags rather than parsed from prose, which is why they are exact. Every filing in the history above is listed with its accession number, which identifies the document uniquely on EDGAR; Pro accounts open it directly from the row.
Compiled by the SPACListing research desk
Last reconciled Sep 4, 2026
Every figure on this page is read from documents the registrants filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, principally the IPO prospectus (Form 424B4), quarterly and annual reports, current reports and proxy statements, the registrant's own XBRL tags for trust economics. Nothing is sourced from press coverage, from the companies themselves, or from a third-party aggregator. Where a filing does not disclose something, the field is left blank rather than estimated.
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