constant dividend payout of $$4\mathrm{.}00$ tied to a target payout ratio of $40\%.$ Management is preparing a share repurchase recommendation to present to the firm's board of directors. The following data have been gathered from the last two years: $.$

b$.$ How many shares would Harte have to repurchase to have the level of shares outstanding calculated in part a$?$

a$.$ The number of shares the company should have outstanding is shares. $($Round to the nearest whole number.$)$

Data table

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