At December $31,2022,$ Pronghorn Ltd$.$ had $505000$ common shares outstanding $($no preferred shares issued$).$ On October $1,2023,$ an additional $101000$ common shares were issued. In addition, Pronghorn had $$5012000,6\%$ convertible bonds outstanding at December $31,2022,$ which are convertible into $224000$ common shares; however, no bonds were converted during Net income for calendar $2023$ was $$1501644.$ Assuming the income tax rate was $30\%,$ the diluted earnings per share for $2023$ would be

$1.$ $$2\mathrm{.}39.$

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