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Beijing Business Today: October Share Unlocks Don’t Mean Major Shareholder Selling

91 Chinese listed companies will see share lock-up periods expire in October, with unlocked shares worth a combined 295 billion yuan based on the latest closing prices. Beijing Business Today said an unlock only ends the lock-up period and gives shareholders the right to sell, not an obligation. Whether shareholders actually reduce holdings depends on their funding needs, company performance and the current share price, so investors need not treat unlocks as a disaster.

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The framing here is the familiar one: a large technical event is being pre-emptively softened before it happens. What matters is that the unlock itself is a permission, not a flow — actual selling depends on holders' liquidity needs and where the stock trades, neither of which the calendar tells you. The open question is whether the commentary is a genuine calibration of risk or an attempt to pre-empt the overhang narrative ahead of a heavy unlock month.

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