Read the following texts and table with financial data from an S&P 500 earnings report carefully.Based on the question-answer history (if provided), answer the last question. The answer may require mathematical calculation based on the data provided.


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 ) . <table class='wikitable'><tr><td>1</td><td>period</td><td>totalnumberof sharespurchased ( 1 )</td><td>averageprice paidper share</td><td>total numberof sharespurchased aspart of publiclyannounced program</td><td>approximatedollarvalue of sharesremaining thatmay bepurchased underthe program ( 2 )</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>october 1 - 31 2014</td><td>192580</td><td>$ 58.02</td><td>164800</td><td>$ 490000000</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>november 1 - 30 2014</td><td>468128</td><td>$ 59.25</td><td>468128</td><td>$ 463000000</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>december 1 - 31 2014</td><td>199796</td><td>$ 60.78</td><td>190259</td><td>$ 451000000</td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td>total</td><td>860504</td><td>-</td><td>823187</td><td>-</td></tr></table> ___________________________ ( 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 .
Question: what was the total number of shares withheld from employees to cover their statutory minimum withholding requirements for personal income taxes in october?

27780.0