we are required under the terms of our preferred stock to pay scheduled quarterly dividends , subject to legally available funds . for so long as the preferred stock remains outstanding , ( 1 ) we will not declare , pay or set apart funds for the payment of any dividend or other distribution with respect to any junior stock or parity stock and ( 2 ) neither we , nor any of our subsidiaries , will , subject to certain exceptions , redeem , purchase or otherwise acquire for consideration junior stock or parity stock through a sinking fund or otherwise , in each case unless we have paid or set apart funds for the payment of all accumulated and unpaid dividends with respect to the shares of preferred stock and any parity stock for all preceding dividend periods . pursuant to this policy , we paid quarterly dividends of $ 0.265625 per share on our preferred stock on february 1 , 2009 , may 1 , 2009 , august 3 , 2009 and november 2 , 2009 and similar quarterly dividends during each quarter of 2008 . the annual cash dividend declared and paid during the years ended december 31 , 2009 and 2008 were $ 10 million and $ 10 million , respectively . on january 5 , 2010 , we declared a cash dividend of $ 0.265625 per share on our preferred stock amounting to $ 3 million and a cash dividend of $ 0.04 per share on our series a common stock amounting to $ 6 million . both cash dividends are for the period from november 2 , 2009 to january 31 , 2010 and were paid on february 1 , 2010 to holders of record as of january 15 , 2010 . on february 1 , 2010 , we announced we would elect to redeem all of our outstanding preferred stock on february 22 , 2010 . holders of the preferred stock also have the right to convert their shares at any time prior to 5:00 p.m. , new york city time , on february 19 , 2010 , the business day immediately preceding the february 22 , 2010 redemption date . based on the number of outstanding shares as of december 31 , 2009 and considering the redemption of our preferred stock , cash dividends to be paid in 2010 are expected to result in annual dividend payments less than those paid in 2009 . the amount available to us to pay cash dividends is restricted by our senior credit agreement . any decision to declare and pay dividends in the future will be made at the discretion of our board of directors and will depend on , among other things , our results of operations , cash requirements , financial condition , contractual restrictions and other factors that our board of directors may deem relevant . celanese purchases of its equity securities the table below sets forth information regarding repurchases of our series a common stock during the three months ended december 31 , 2009 : period total number of shares purchased ( 1 ) average price paid per share total number of shares purchased as part of publicly announced program approximate dollar value of shares remaining that may be purchased under the program .

total number of shares purchased ( 1 ): october 1-31 2009: 24980
november 1-30 2009: -
december 1-31 2009: 334
average price paid per share: october 1-31 2009: 24.54
november 1-30 2009: $ -
december 1-31 2009: 32.03
total number of shares purchased as part of publicly announced program: october 1-31 2009: -
november 1-30 2009: -
december 1-31 2009: -
approximate dollar value of shares remaining that may be purchased under the program: october 1-31 2009: 122300000
november 1-30 2009: 122300000
december 1-31 2009: 122300000

( 1 ) relates to shares employees have elected to have withheld to cover their statutory minimum withholding requirements for personal income taxes related to the vesting of restricted stock units . no shares were purchased during the three months ended december 31 , 2009 under our previously announced stock repurchase plan . %%transmsg*** transmitting job : d70731 pcn : 033000000 ***%%pcmsg|33 |00012|yes|no|02/10/2010 05:41|0|0|page is valid , no graphics -- color : n| .

Questions:
what was the difference in average price paid per share between october 2009 and december 2009?
and as a percentage of the original price?

Answers:
7.49
30.5%