celanese purchases of its equity securities information regarding repurchases of our common stock during the three months ended december 31 , 2014 is as follows : period number of shares purchased ( 1 ) average price paid per share total number of shares purchased as part of publicly announced program approximate dollar value of shares remaining that may be purchased under the program ( 2 ) .
___________________________ ( 1 ) includes 27780 and 9537 for october and december 2014 , respectively , related to shares withheld from employees to cover their statutory minimum withholding requirements for personal income taxes related to the vesting of restricted stock units . ( 2 ) our board of directors has authorized the aggregate repurchase of $ 1.4 billion of our common stock since february 2008 . see note 17 - stockholders' equity in the accompanying consolidated financial statements for further information . performance graph the following performance graph and related information shall not be deemed "soliciting material" or to be "filed" with the securities and exchange commission , nor shall such information be incorporated by reference into any future filing under the securities act of 1933 or securities exchange act of 1934 , each as amended , except to the extent that we specifically incorporate it by reference into such filing . comparison of cumulative total return .
Period TotalNumberof SharesPurchased<sup>(1)</sup> AveragePrice Paidper Share Total Numberof SharesPurchased asPart of PubliclyAnnounced Program ApproximateDollarValue of SharesRemaining thatmay bePurchased Underthe Program<sup>(2)</sup>
October 1 - 31, 2014 192,580 $58.02 164,800 $490,000,000
November 1 - 30, 2014 468,128 $59.25 468,128 $463,000,000
December 1 - 31, 2014 199,796 $60.78 190,259 $451,000,000
Total 860,504 823,187
period totalnumberof sharespurchased ( 1 ) averageprice paidper share total numberof sharespurchased aspart of publiclyannounced program approximatedollarvalue of sharesremaining thatmay bepurchased underthe program ( 2 )
october 1 - 31 2014 192580 $ 58.02 164800 $ 490000000
november 1 - 30 2014 468128 $ 59.25 468128 $ 463000000
december 1 - 31 2014 199796 $ 60.78 190259 $ 451000000
total 860504 823187
in 2014 what was the percent of shares withheld from employees to cover their statutory minimum withholding requirements for personal income taxes to the shares purchased