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Context: humana inc . notes to consolidated financial statements 2014 ( continued ) 15 . stockholders 2019 equity as discussed in note 2 , we elected to early adopt new guidance related to accounting for employee share-based payments prospectively effective january 1 , 2016 . the adoption of this new guidance resulted in the recognition of approximately $ 20 million of tax benefits in net income in our consolidated statement of income for the three months ended march 31 , 2016 that had previously been recorded as additional paid-in capital in our consolidated balance sheet . dividends the following table provides details of dividend payments , excluding dividend equivalent rights , in 2014 , 2015 , and 2016 under our board approved quarterly cash dividend policy : payment amount per share amount ( in millions ) .
|paymentdate|amountper share|totalamount ( in millions )|
|2014|$ 1.10|$ 170|
|2015|$ 1.14|$ 170|
|2016|$ 1.16|$ 172|
under the terms of the merger agreement , we agreed with aetna that our quarterly dividend would not exceed $ 0.29 per share prior to the closing or termination of the merger . on october 26 , 2016 , the board declared a cash dividend of $ 0.29 per share that was paid on january 27 , 2017 to stockholders of record on january 12 , 2017 , for an aggregate amount of $ 43 million . on february 14 , 2017 , following the termination of the merger agreement , the board declared a cash dividend of $ 0.40 per share , to be paid on april 28 , 2017 , to the stockholders of record on march 31 , 2017 . declaration and payment of future quarterly dividends is at the discretion of our board and may be adjusted as business needs or market conditions change . stock repurchases in september 2014 , our board of directors replaced a previous share repurchase authorization of up to $ 1 billion ( of which $ 816 million remained unused ) with an authorization for repurchases of up to $ 2 billion of our common shares exclusive of shares repurchased in connection with employee stock plans , which expired on december 31 , 2016 . under the share repurchase authorization , shares may have been purchased from time to time at prevailing prices in the open market , by block purchases , through plans designed to comply with rule 10b5-1 under the securities exchange act of 1934 , as amended , or in privately-negotiated transactions ( including pursuant to accelerated share repurchase agreements with investment banks ) , subject to certain regulatory restrictions on volume , pricing , and timing . pursuant to the merger agreement , after july 2 , 2015 , we were prohibited from repurchasing any of our outstanding securities without the prior written consent of aetna , other than repurchases of shares of our common stock in connection with the exercise of outstanding stock options or the vesting or settlement of outstanding restricted stock awards . accordingly , as announced on july 3 , 2015 , we suspended our share repurchase program. .
Question: what was the number of stockholders of record on january 12 , 2017 , for an aggregate amount of $ 43 million .


Answer: The answer is:148.27586