page 27 of 100 other liquidity items cash payments required for long-term debt maturities , rental payments under noncancellable operating leases , purchase obligations and other commitments in effect at december 31 , 2010 , are summarized in the following table: .

Table: ( $ in millions ) payments due by period ( a ) total payments due by period ( a ) less than1 year payments due by period ( a ) 1-3 years payments due by period ( a ) 3-5 years payments due by period ( a ) more than5 years long-term debt including capital leases $ 2750.1 $ 34.5 $ 188.3 $ 367.1 $ 2160.2 interest payments on long-term debt ( b ) 1267.5 160.5 316.4 304.2 486.4 operating leases 93.2 31.1 37.1 16.6 8.4 purchase obligations ( c ) 6586.9 2709.5 3779.4 98.0 2212 total payments on contractual obligations $ 10697.7 $ 2935.6 $ 4321.2 $ 785.9 $ 2655.0

total payments on contractual obligations $ 10697.7 $ 2935.6 $ 4321.2 $ 785.9 $ 2655.0 ( a ) amounts reported in local currencies have been translated at the year-end 2010 exchange rates . ( b ) for variable rate facilities , amounts are based on interest rates in effect at year end and do not contemplate the effects of hedging instruments . ( c ) the company 2019s purchase obligations include contracted amounts for aluminum , steel and other direct materials . also included are commitments for purchases of natural gas and electricity , aerospace and technologies contracts and other less significant items . in cases where variable prices and/or usage are involved , management 2019s best estimates have been used . depending on the circumstances , early termination of the contracts may or may not result in penalties and , therefore , actual payments could vary significantly . the table above does not include $ 60.1 million of uncertain tax positions , the timing of which is uncertain . contributions to the company 2019s defined benefit pension plans , not including the unfunded german plans , are expected to be in the range of $ 30 million in 2011 . this estimate may change based on changes in the pension protection act and actual plan asset performance , among other factors . benefit payments related to these plans are expected to be $ 71.4 million , $ 74.0 million , $ 77.1 million , $ 80.3 million and $ 84.9 million for the years ending december 31 , 2011 through 2015 , respectively , and a total of $ 483.1 million for the years 2016 through 2020 . payments to participants in the unfunded german plans are expected to be between $ 21.8 million ( 20ac16.5 million ) to $ 23.2 million ( 20ac17.5 million ) in each of the years 2011 through 2015 and a total of $ 102.7 million ( 20ac77.5 million ) for the years 2016 through 2020 . for the u.s . pension plans in 2011 , we changed our return on asset assumption to 8.00 percent ( from 8.25 percent in 2010 ) and our discount rate assumption to an average of 5.55 percent ( from 6.00 percent in 2010 ) . based on the changes in assumptions , pension expense in 2011 is anticipated to be relatively flat compared to 2010 . a reduction of the expected return on pension assets assumption by a quarter of a percentage point would result in an estimated $ 2.9 million increase in the 2011 global pension expense , while a quarter of a percentage point reduction in the discount rate applied to the pension liability would result in an estimated $ 3.5 million of additional pension expense in 2011 . additional information regarding the company 2019s pension plans is provided in note 14 accompanying the consolidated financial statements within item 8 of this report . annual cash dividends paid on common stock were 20 cents per share in 2010 , 2009 and 2008 . total dividends paid were $ 35.8 million in 2010 , $ 37.4 million in 2009 and $ 37.5 million in 2008 . on january 26 , 2011 , the company 2019s board of directors approved an increase in the quarterly dividends to 7 cents per share . share repurchases our share repurchases , net of issuances , totaled $ 506.7 million in 2010 , $ 5.1 million in 2009 and $ 299.6 million in 2008 . on november 2 , 2010 , we acquired 2775408 shares of our publicly held common stock in a private transaction for $ 88.8 million . on february 17 , 2010 , we entered into an accelerated share repurchase agreement to buy $ 125.0 million of our common shares using cash on hand and available borrowings . we advanced the $ 125.0 million on february 22 , 2010 , and received 4323598 shares , which represented 90 percent of the total shares as calculated using the previous day 2019s closing price . the agreement was settled on may 20 , 2010 , and the company received an additional 398206 shares . net repurchases in 2008 included a $ 31 million settlement on january 7 , 2008 , of a forward contract entered into in december 2007 for the repurchase of 1350000 shares . from january 1 through february 24 , 2011 , ball repurchased an additional $ 143.3 million of its common stock. .

Question: was was the average cost per share of the 2008 settlement of the 2007 forward repo contract?
Answer: 22.96
Calculation: divide(multiply(31, const_1000000), 1350000)