Consider a firm with an EBIT of $$864,000.$ The firm finances its assets with $$2,640,000$ debt $($costing $7\mathrm{.}8$ percent and is all tax deductible$)$ and $540,000$ shares of stock selling at $$5\mathrm{.}00$ per share. To reduce the firm$$s risk associated with this financial leverage, the firm is considering reducing its debt by $$1,000,000$ by selling an additional $340,000$ shares of stock. The firm$$s tax rate is $21$ percent. The change in capital structure will have no effect on the operations of the firm. Thus, EBIT will remain at $$864,000.$

Calculate the change in the firm$$s EPS from this change in capital structure. $($Do not round intermediate calculations and round your final answers to $2$ decimal places.$)$