Burns Company reported $841.400 million in net income in 2018. On Jan

uary 1, 2018, the company had 402 million shares of common stock outstanding. On March 1, 2018, 25.2 million new shares of common stock were sold for cash. On June 1, 2018, the company's common stock split 2 for 1. On July 1, 2018, 9.2 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.)

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