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GLG Life Tech Corporation (TSX:GLG) ("GLG" or the "Company"), a global leader in the agricultural and commercial development of high quality stevia products, announces the signing of a Distribution Agreement with KP Manish Global Ingredients Pvt Ltd, ("KP Manish") for the distribution and marketing of GLG's stevia extract products to the Pharma, Food and Beverage sectors in India. Under the agreement KP Manish will market GLG's full line of Stevia extract products.

Brian Meadows, President GLG Life Tech Corporation states that, "We are extremely pleased to enter into this agreement with KP Manish to market GLG's products in the Indian market. According to the International Diabetes Federation and the Madras Diabetes Research Foundation, in 2011 India had 62.4 million people with type 2 diabetes, compared with 50.8 million the previous year. We believe that stevia, with its zero glycemic index, will be a good alternative to the Indian people to address the problems of diabetes and obesity. We are proud to be associated with KP Manish, which represents a number of leading Multinational Corporations in India and look forward to building a strong market for stevia and successful lasting business relations with KP Manish in the near future."

K Parasmal Jain, Director of KP Manish, said, "We look forward to bringing the benefits of GLG's stevia products to the Indian market. GLG is one of the leading players in the stevia industry and we are pleased to be representing their product line alongside our other sweetener and food ingredients products."

GLG Life Tech Corporation:

GLG Life Tech Corporation is a global leader in the supply of high purity stevia extracts, an all-natural, zero-calorie sweetener used in food and beverages. The Company's vertically integrated operations cover each step in the stevia supply chain including non-GMO stevia seed breeding, natural propagation, stevia leaf growth and harvest, proprietary extraction and refining, marketing and distribution of finished product. Through its consumer food products subsidiary, AN0C, the company formulates and markets a wide range of stevia sweetened beverages and foods products within the Chinese marketplace – a true seed to shelf model. For further information, please visit www.glglifetech.com.

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KP Manish Global Ingredients Pvt Ltd.:

KP Manish is one of the largest Indian importers of Chemical, Drug, Excipient, and Food Ingredients, catering to a variety of industries, including Food, Pharma, Nutra and Cosmetics. KP Manish has Pan-India operations and serves customers through their wide network of branches, field personnel, and dealership arrangements. They enjoy approved supplier status with many MNC's and large Indian industrial companies. For further information, please visit www.kawarlalcdef.com.

Forward-looking statements: This press release contains certain information that may constitute "forward-looking statements" and "forward looking information" (collectively, "forward-looking statements") within the meaning of applicable securities laws. Such forward-looking statements include, without limitation, statements evaluating the market, potential demand for stevia and general economic conditions and discussing future-oriented costs and expenditures. Often, but not always, forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of words such as "plans", "expects" or "does not expect", "is expected", "budget", "scheduled", "estimates", "forecasts", "intends", "anticipates" or "does not anticipate", or "believes" or variations of such words and phrases or words and phrases that state or indicate that certain actions, events or results "may", "could", "would", "might" or "will" be taken, occur or be achieved.

While the Company has based these forward-looking statements on its current expectations about future events, the statements are not guarantees of the Company's future performance and are subject to risks, uncertainties, assumptions and other factors which could cause actual results to differ materially from future results expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such factors include amongst others the effects of general economic conditions, consumer demand for our products and new orders from our customers and distributors, changing foreign exchange rates and actions by government authorities, uncertainties associated with legal proceedings and negotiations, industry supply levels, competitive pricing pressures and misjudgments in the course of preparing forward-looking statements. Specific reference is made to the risks set forth under the heading "Risk Factors" in the Company's Annual Information Form for the financial year ended December 31, 2011. In light of these factors, the forward-looking events discussed in this press release might not occur.

Further, although the Company has attempted to identify factors that could cause actual actions, events or results to differ materially from those described in forward-looking statements, there may be other factors that cause actions, events or results not to be as anticipated, estimated or intended. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

As there can be no assurance that forward-looking statements will prove to be accurate, as actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements, readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements.

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