In September 2006, the company offered 2.8 bonus shares for every 10 tradable shares held under its state share reform plan.
In a statement filed with the Shanghai Stock Exchange, the company said parent company China Petrochemical Corp (Sinopec Group) will be able to trade the shares after the expiry of a 24-month holding period.
Sinopec Group still has 57.088 bln A-shares in a holding period expiring on October 2009.
Sinopec's A-shares closed at 9.8 yuan on Friday, down 3.83 pct.
Most state media, including the official Xinhua news agency, reported last week that the 4.335 bln A-shares came out of lockup period last Friday, but Sinopec has not released any such statement.
"We have never sold any Sinopec shares and we are not set to do so this time," Xinhua cited an unidentified official at the parent company as saying.
zachary.wei@xfn.com
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