You want to price an American Put option that is written on the stock of Shelby Ltd. The price of the stock is £20, the risk-free interest rate is 5%, the annualised volatility of the stock is 42% and the option expires in 5 months. Given that information, calculate the up-multiplier to be used in a nine-step binomial tree.

You want to price an American Put option that is written on the stock of Shelby Ltd. The price of the stock is £20, the risk-free interest rate is 5%, the annualised volatility of the stock is 42% and the option expires in 5 months. Given that information, calculate the up-multiplier to be used in a nine-step binomial tree.

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