Six years ago, Deepti paid $20 per share for 1,000 shares of stock in her company. This stock is now worth $58 per share. Deepti wants to exercise a stock option to buy 1,000 more shares at a strike price of $29 per share. Deepti does not have $29,000 cash readily available. Therefore, Deepti has requested that the corporation allow her to exchange 500 of the original shares (valued at $29,000) for the 1,000 new shares.