Table:
For the years ended April 30,

2019	2018

Basic EPS Shares outstanding (weighted average)	8,916,250	8,841,166

Effect of Dilutive Securities	**	**

Diluted EPS Shares outstanding	9,159,124	8,841,166

Answer the following question based on the table plus the background text, feel free to explain how you reached the answer, then present the result in JSON format {"answer": ["ANSWER"], "scale": "SCALE"} (leave scale empty if none).

Supporting text:
4. Earnings per Share
Reconciliations of the weighted average shares outstanding for basic and diluted Earnings per Share for the years ended April 30, 2019 and 2018, respectively, were as follows (in thousands):
** For the years ended April 30, 2019 and 2018, dilutive securities are excluded since the inclusion of such shares would be antidilutive due to the net loss for the period. The exercisable shares excluded for 2019 and 2018 are 1,216,000 and 1,259,500, respectively. The effect of dilutive securities for 2019 and 2018 would have been 242,874 and 127,536, respectively.

Question: What is the total number of exercisable shares excluded for 2019 and 2018 altogether?

1,216,000+1,259,500, therefore {"answer": "2475500", "scale": "thousand"}