Please answer the given financial question based on the context.
Context: compensation plan approved by security holders . the employee stock purchase plan and the 2005 director stock plan were approved by shareholders at our 2005 annual meeting of shareholders . in connection with our mergers with cbot holdings and nymex holdings , we assumed their existing equity plans . the shares relating to the cbot holdings and nymex holdings plans are listed in the table below as being made under an equity compensation plan approved by security holders based upon the fact that shareholders of the company approved the related merger transactions . plan category number of securities to be issued upon exercise of outstanding options ( a ) weighted-average exercise price of outstanding options ( b ) number of securities remaining available for future issuance under equity compensation plans ( excluding securities reflected in column ( a ) ) ( c ) equity compensation plans approved by security holders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1211143 $ 308.10 5156223 equity compensation plans not approved by security holders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5978 22.00 2014 .
|plan category|number of securities to be issued upon exercise of outstanding options ( a )|weighted-average exercise price of outstanding options ( b )|number of securities remaining available for future issuance underequity compensation plans ( excluding securities reflected in column ( a ) ) ( c )|
|equity compensation plans approved by security holders|1211143|$ 308.10|5156223|
|equity compensation plans not approved by security holders|5978|22.00|2014|
|total|1217121||5156223|
item 13 . certain relationships , related transactions and director independence the information required by this item is included in cme group 2019s proxy statement under the heading 201ccertain business relationships with related parties 201d and 201ccorporate governance 2014director independence 201d and is incorporated herein by reference , pursuant to general instruction g ( 3 ) . item 14 . principal accountant fees and services the information required by this item is included in cme group 2019s proxy statement under the heading 201caudit committee disclosures 2014principal accountant fees and services 201d and 201caudit committee disclosures 2014audit committee policy for approval of audit and permitted non-audit services 201d and is incorporated herein by reference , pursuant to general instruction g ( 3 ) . .
Question: what was the percent of the total number of securities to be issued upon exercise of outstanding options that was securities to be issued upon exercise of outstanding options


Answer: The answer is:0.99509