Suppose you hold LLL employee stock options representing options to buy 11,900 shares of LLL stock. LLL accountants estimated the value of these options using the Black-Scholes-Merton formula and the following assumptions:

S = current stock price = $25.57 K = option strike price = $25 r = risk-free interest rate = .054 = stock volatility = .28 T = time to expiration = 3.5 years You wish to hedge your position by buying put options with three-month expirations and a $30 strike price. How many put option contracts are required?