The Meadows Corporation needs to raise $$76$ million to finance its expansion into new markets. The company will sell new shares of equity via a general cash offering to raise the needed funds. If the offer price is $$70$ per share and the company$$s underwriters charge a spread of $7$ percent, how many shares need to be sold? $($Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answer in shares, not millions, rounded to the nearest whole number, e$.$g$.,1,234,567.)$