On December $31,2023,$ Williams Inc. had $150$ million common shares issues and outstanding. Williams also has $5$ million shares of $3\%$ cumulative preferred stock, with par value

of $$100,$ outstanding on $\frac{12}{31}\frac{?}{2023}.$ The following transactions took place in $2024$ :

For the year ending December $31,2024,$ Williams's net income was $$21,120,000.$ Williams did not declare or pay a cash dividend in $2024,$ though it had declared and paid

dividends to both preferred and common shareholders in every previous year. Find Williams's Basic EPS for $2024.$