Fairview Corporation recorded the following in $2018$:

After$-$tax net income was $$25$ million in $2018.$

The actual share count at the beginning of the year was $15\mathrm{.}0$ million.

Fairview repurchased $3$ million shares at $$\frac{12}{?}$ share in the middle of $2018.$

Fairview issued preferred dividends of $$5$ million and common dividends of $$5$ million.

Fairview issued $5$ million stock options in $2018,1$ milllion of which vested and were exercised in the middle of $2018.$

Calculate $2018$ basic earnings per share $($EPS$).$

$1\mathrm{.}07$

$1\mathrm{.}29$

$1\mathrm{.}43$

$1\mathrm{.}67$

$1\mathrm{.}79$