Cross Town Cookies is an all$-$equity firm with a total market value of $$4,187,100.$ The firm has $127,500$ shares of stock outstanding. Management is considering issuing $$300,000$ of debt at an interest rate of $6$ percent and using the proceeds to repurchase shares. The projected earnings before interest and taxes are $$251,600.$ What are the anticipated earnings per share if the debt is issued? Ignore taxes. $($Round the number of shares repurchased down to the nearest whole share.$)$