Ferry LTD$.,$ provides you with the following information about its capital structure for the current year. All securities are assumed to be outstanding for the current year.

$-$ The beginning balance of common shares outstanding is equal to $555,000$ shares.

$-$ An additional $32,000$ common shares were issued on April $1$st$.-$ The company repurchased $11,000$ shares of common shares to be held in the treasury on June $1$st$.$

$-$ A $4$ for $1$ stock split was announced and implemented on August $1$st$.$

$-$ An additional $24,000$ common shares were issued on October $1$st$.$

Compute the weighted average number of common shares outstanding to be used in Basic EPS.