I don't know how your broker could have done that, those trades were valid, the ex date was there for all to see and we played by the rules. It wasn't your fault that the company's attempt to majorly screw all their shareholders completely backfired on them. (Forget about the money, that part was really sweet!)
Remember the PR the company put out that weekend "Don't trade these shares!"? Haha, yeah 'don't trade these shares' now that the company was the one getting screwed instead of all their shareholders.... As far as I'm concerned those arrogant bastards got exactly what they deserved!
I wish this type of thing could happen more often in the markets, a real opportunity for the little guy to get some retribution.
"Two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm
not sure about the universe." - Einstein
