Assume you have been given the following information on Purcell Industries:
| Current stock price = $18 |
Exercise price of option = $12 |
| Time to maturity of option = 6 months |
Risk-free rate = 8% |
| Variance of stock price = 0.12 |
d1 = 1.94108 |
| d2 = 1.69613 |
N(d1) = 0.97 |
| N(d2) = 0.96 |
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Using the Black-Scholes Option Pricing Model, what would be the value of the option? Round your answer to two decimal places.