The term EV is technically not appropriate here, though graded in stops. It still might be only a designation error and the calculation might be correct, but it raises doubts.
Using the Kentucky windage, close enough for government work system*.
If 300 is the lens' focal length, and ~450 is focus that's +~1.5 stop, close to 1.36.
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