Burns Company reported $491.880 million in net income in 2018. On January 1, 2018, the company had 394 million shares of common stock outstanding. On March 1, 2018, 20.4 million new shares of common stock were sold for cash. On June 1, 2018, the company's common stock split 2 for1. On July 1, 2018, 4.4 million shares were reacquired as treasury stock Required: Compute Burns' basic earnings per share for the year ended December 31, 2018. (Round your answer to 2 decimal places.) Earnings per share