notes to consolidated financial statements guarantees of subsidiaries .group inc .fully and unconditionally guarantees the securities issued by gs finance corp. , a wholly-owned finance subsidiary of the group inc .has guaranteed the payment obligations of goldman , sachs & co .( gs&co. ) , gs bank usa and goldman sachs execution & clearing , l.p .( gsec ) , subject to certain exceptions .in november 2008 , the firm contributed subsidiaries into gs bank usa , and group inc .agreed to guarantee the reimbursement of certain losses , including credit-related losses , relating to assets held by the contributed entities .in connection with this guarantee , group inc .also agreed to pledge to gs bank usa certain collateral , including interests in subsidiaries and other illiquid assets .in addition , group inc .guarantees many of the obligations of its other consolidated subsidiaries on a transaction-by- transaction basis , as negotiated with counterparties .group inc .is unable to develop an estimate of the maximum payout under its subsidiary guarantees ; however , because these guaranteed obligations are also obligations of consolidated subsidiaries , group inc . 2019s liabilities as guarantor are not separately disclosed .note 19 .shareholders 2019 equity common equity dividends declared per common share were $ 2.25 in 2014 , $ 2.05 in 2013 and $ 1.77 in 2012 .on january 15 , 2015 , group inc .declared a dividend of $ 0.60 per common share to be paid on march 30 , 2015 to common shareholders of record on march 2 , 2015 .the firm 2019s share repurchase program is intended to help maintain the appropriate level of common equity .the share repurchase program is effected primarily through regular open-market purchases ( which may include repurchase plans designed to comply with rule 10b5-1 ) , the amounts and timing of which are determined primarily by the firm 2019s current and projected capital position , but which may also be influenced by general market conditions and the prevailing price and trading volumes of the firm 2019s common stock .prior to repurchasing common stock , the firm must receive confirmation that the federal reserve board does not object to such capital actions .the table below presents the amount of common stock repurchased by the firm under the share repurchase program during 2014 , 2013 and 2012. .
[['in millions except per share amounts', 'year ended december 2014', 'year ended december 2013', 'year ended december 2012'], ['common share repurchases', '31.8', '39.3', '42.0'], ['average cost per share', '$ 171.79', '$ 157.11', '$ 110.31'], ['total cost of common share repurchases', '$ 5469', '$ 6175', '$ 4637']]
total cost of common share repurchases $ 5469 $ 6175 $ 4637 pursuant to the terms of certain share-based compensation plans , employees may remit shares to the firm or the firm may cancel restricted stock units ( rsus ) or stock options to satisfy minimum statutory employee tax withholding requirements and the exercise price of stock options .under these plans , during 2014 , 2013 and 2012 , employees remitted 174489 shares , 161211 shares and 33477 shares with a total value of $ 31 million , $ 25 million and $ 3 million , and the firm cancelled 5.8 million , 4.0 million and 12.7 million of rsus with a total value of $ 974 million , $ 599 million and $ 1.44 billion .under these plans , the firm also cancelled 15.6 million stock options with a total value of $ 2.65 billion during 2014 .170 goldman sachs 2014 annual report .

Question: what was the percentage change in the total cost of common share repurchases between 2012 and 2013?
Answer: 33%