during the fourth quarter of 2010 , schlumberger issued 20ac1.0 billion 2.75% ( 2.75 % ) guaranteed notes due under this program . schlumberger entered into agreements to swap these euro notes for us dollars on the date of issue until maturity , effectively making this a us denominated debt on which schlumberger will pay interest in us dollars at a rate of 2.56% ( 2.56 % ) . during the first quarter of 2009 , schlumberger issued 20ac1.0 billion 4.50% ( 4.50 % ) guaranteed notes due 2014 under this program . schlumberger entered into agreements to swap these euro notes for us dollars on the date of issue until maturity , effectively making this a us dollar denominated debt on which schlumberger will pay interest in us dollars at a rate of 4.95% ( 4.95 % ) . 0160 on april 17 , 2008 , the schlumberger board of directors approved an $ 8 billion share repurchase program for shares of schlumberger common stock , to be acquired in the open market before december 31 , 2011 . on july 21 , 2011 , the schlumberger board of directors approved an extension of this repurchase program to december 31 , 2013 . schlumberger had repurchased $ 7.12 billion of shares under this program as of december 31 , 2012 . the following table summarizes the activity under this share repurchase program during 2012 , 2011 and 2010 : ( stated in thousands except per share amounts ) total cost of shares purchased total number of shares purchased average price paid per share .

1	total cost of shares purchased	total number of shares purchased	average price paid per share
2	2012	$ 971883	14087.8	$ 68.99
3	2011	$ 2997688	36940.4	$ 81.15
4	2010	$ 1716675	26624.8	$ 64.48

0160 cash flow provided by operations was $ 6.8 billion in 2012 , $ 6.1 billion in 2011 and $ 5.5 billion in 2010 . in recent years , schlumberger has actively managed its activity levels in venezuela relative to its accounts receivable balance , and has recently experienced an increased delay in payment from its national oil company customer there . schlumberger operates in approximately 85 countries . at december 31 , 2012 , only five of those countries ( including venezuela ) individually accounted for greater than 5% ( 5 % ) of schlumberger 2019s accounts receivable balance of which only one , the united states , represented greater than 10% ( 10 % ) . 0160 dividends paid during 2012 , 2011 and 2010 were $ 1.43 billion , $ 1.30 billion and $ 1.04 billion , respectively . on january 17 , 2013 , schlumberger announced that its board of directors had approved an increase in the quarterly dividend of 13.6% ( 13.6 % ) , to $ 0.3125 . on january 19 , 2012 , schlumberger announced that its board of directors had approved an increase in the quarterly dividend of 10% ( 10 % ) , to $ 0.275 . on january 21 , 2011 , schlumberger announced that its board of directors had approved an increase in the quarterly dividend of 19% ( 19 % ) , to $ 0.25 . 0160 capital expenditures were $ 4.7 billion in 2012 , $ 4.0 billion in 2011 and $ 2.9 billion in 2010 . capital expenditures are expected to approach $ 3.9 billion for the full year 2013 . 0160 during 2012 , 2011 and 2010 schlumberger made contributions of $ 673 million , $ 601 million and $ 868 million , respectively , to its postretirement benefit plans . the us pension plans were 82% ( 82 % ) funded at december 31 , 2012 based on the projected benefit obligation . this compares to 87% ( 87 % ) funded at december 31 , 2011 . schlumberger 2019s international defined benefit pension plans are a combined 88% ( 88 % ) funded at december 31 , 2012 based on the projected benefit obligation . this compares to 88% ( 88 % ) funded at december 31 , 2011 . schlumberger currently anticipates contributing approximately $ 650 million to its postretirement benefit plans in 2013 , subject to market and business conditions . 0160 there were $ 321 million outstanding series b debentures at december 31 , 2009 . during 2010 , the remaining $ 320 million of the 2.125% ( 2.125 % ) series b convertible debentures due june 1 , 2023 were converted by holders into 8.0 million shares of schlumberger common stock and the remaining $ 1 million of outstanding series b debentures were redeemed for cash. .

Previous questions in this conversation: as of december 31, 2012, what was the remaining amount under the share repurchase program for shares of schlumberger common stock? and in the year before, what was the average price paid per share? what was it in 2010?
Previous answers: 0.88 81.15 64.48
Question: by how much, then, did it increase over the year?
Answer: 16.67