A company makes the decision to repurchase its stock in the marketplace. Given the following information, calculate the earnings per share after the repurchase is complete.
Current market cap = $1,500,000,000
Current shares outstanding = 75,000,000
Current earnings per share = 1.34
Amount of funds used to repurchase stock = $75,000,000
A. 1.60 B. 1.34 C. 1.41 D. 26.80