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London, UK, 16 April 2012 – Global Personals, the largest privately owned online dating company worldwide is getting ready to celebrate its 15 millionth member this year. Currently with almost 12 million members and one joining every 4 seconds it is anticipated that the 15 millionth member will join a site built on Global Personals’ platform within the next 4 months.

The 15 millionth member will mark a period of innovation for Global Personals which has seen the company expand into offices in London, New York and Australia, launch a new website and announce a charity initiative, Global Giving, which is providing resources and financial support to charitable projects in the UK and Internationally.

Ross Williams, CEO and co-founder, comments:

“15 million members is a huge number, apparently the entire population of Beijing is not even this much. As the business continues to grow, the systems and process also evolve. We have launched a new website, with counters showing the growth in number of members and sites built on our platform. In addition, our recruitment drive is on full speed, and it is great to be giving back with our charitable initiative.”

Full details of Global Personals momentum can be found at www.GlobalPersonals.co.uk.

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About Global Personals:

Launched in 2003, Global Personals Ltd is the largest privately owned online dating company worldwide. With annualised revenues of over £36 million, the company currently employs over 100 full time staff and owns andoperates its own online dating sites including Singles365.com, DatingAgency.com and JustSingleParents.com, whilst its B2B service, WhiteLabelDating.com, offers a platform for brands and individuals to power their own dating sites that currently includes The Independent, Bauer Media and Plenty More Fish as partners. WhiteLabelDating.com provides the dating software, membership database, payment processing, customer support, hosting infrastructure and much more. You provide your brand, website design and marketing and we do the rest.

Global Personals has received a collection of accolades including fastest growing company in the South East, UK, in the 2011 and 2010 Deloitte Fast 50 and the Deloitte Technology Fast 500 EMEA, won Digital Business Of The Year 2010, highly ranked in The Sunday Times Virgin Fast Track 100 (2010, 2011) and the European Media Momentum Top 50, 2011. WhiteLabelDating.com has also won ‘Best Dating Software Provider’ for the last three years at the industry awards, iDate.