Carl Icahn Didn't Buy Some Shares on Time

AmTrust Financial Services Inc., an insurance company, announced in March that it would be taken private by its chief executive officer and his family, who are the company’s largest shareholders. Carl Icahn, who enjoys messing with companies, saw the announcement and decided that the takeover looked like a sweetheart deal for the controlling family. Specifically it announced on May 4 that the shareholder meeting to vote on the deal will be held on June 4, and that the record date for the meeting—the date on which you needed to own shares in order to vote at the meeting—was April 5.