A portfolio manager buys $6,000,000.$ worth of TIPS. The coupon rate is $2\mathrm{.}6\%,$ paid semi$-$annually. After six months the annual inflation rate is $6\mathrm{.}9\%.$ Assuming that at the end of the second six months the CPI$-$U is $2\mathrm{.}6\%,$ which is the coupon payment made to the portfolio manager at the end of the second six months?