No your eligibility to claim doesn't matter if you sold them but...

No your eligibility to claim doesn't matter if you sold them but it may effect the amount you get. Stupidly I owned SGH in my own name and my wife's name, mine got traded a few times, hers didn't, and she got more than me on a per share basis. I have no idea how they calculate it, it's not done on a blanket x cents per share, think it's pretty complicated and for the amount of money involved I didn't question it, I just took the money and ran.
Good luck with whatever you decide.