In its $10-$Q dated February $4,2010,$ LLL$,$ Inc., had outstanding employee stock options representing over $283$ million shares of its stock. LLL accountants estimated the value of these options using the Black$-$Scholes$-$Merton formula and the following assumptions:

S $=$ current stock price $=$ $$26\mathrm{.}06$

K $=$ option strike price $=$ $$28\mathrm{.}49$

r $=$ risk$-$free interest rate $=0\mathrm{.}056$

$\backslash$sigma $=$ stock volatility $=0\mathrm{.}3$

T $=$ time to expiration $=3\mathrm{.}5$ years

What was the estimated value of these employee stock options per share of stock? $($Note: LLL pays no dividends.$)($Round your answer to $2$ decimal places. Omit the $"$$$"$ sign in your response.$)$

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