Really, the question to ask is how many are the global variables? I know it's good practice not Export variables, but if it must be done, you can do: The pm file: 

package Def;
use warnings;
use strict;

use vars qw(@ISA @EXPORT $foo $bar $boo);

BEGIN{
  require Exporter;
  Exporter->import();
}

@ISA = qw(Exporter);
@EXPORT = qw($foo $bar $boo);

1;

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The file which uses the pm file 
#!/usr/bin/perl
use warnings;
use strict;
use Def;  # the variable defined module

$foo = 'you can\'t foo me';
$bar = 'Let\'t meet in the bar';
$boo = 'The fans boo you today';

 print $boo,$foo,$bar;

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In reply to Re: global variables defined in an external file by Anonymous Monk
in thread global variables defined in an external file by fionbarr

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