for the quarter ended september 302013 what was the percent of the total number of shares purchased in august
part ii item 5 . market for registrant 2019s common equity , related stockholder matters and issuer purchases of equity securities our class a common stock has been listed on the new york stock exchange under the symbol 201cv 201d since march 19 , 2008 . at november 8 , 2019 , we had 348 stockholders of record of our class a common stock . the number of beneficial owners is substantially greater than the number of record holders , because a large portion of our class a common stock is held in 201cstreet name 201d by banks and brokers . there is currently no established public trading market for our class b or c common stock . there were 1397 and 509 holders of record of our class b and c common stock , respectively , as of november 8 , 2019 . on october 22 , 2019 , our board of directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $ 0.30 per share of class a common stock ( determined in the case of class b and c common stock and series b and c preferred stock on an as-converted basis ) payable on december 3 , 2019 , to holders of record as of november 15 , 2019 of our common and preferred stock . subject to legally available funds , we expect to continue paying quarterly cash dividends on our outstanding common and preferred stock in the future . however , the declaration and payment of future dividends is at the sole discretion of our board of directors after taking into account various factors , including our financial condition , settlement indemnifications , operating results , available cash and current and anticipated cash needs . issuer purchases of equity securities the table below sets forth our purchases of common stock during the quarter ended september 30 , 2019 . period total number of shares purchased average price paid per share total number of shares purchased as part of publicly announced plans or programs ( 1 ) ( 2 ) approximate dollar value of shares that may yet be purchased under the plans or programs ( 1 ) ( 2 ) .

| Period | Total Number OfShares Purchased | Average Price PaidPer Share | Total Number OfShares PurchasedAs Part Of PubliclyAnnounced Plans OrPrograms<sup>(1),</sup><sup>(2)</sup> | ApproximateDollar ValueOf Shares ThatMay Yet BePurchased Under The Plans OrPrograms<sup>(1),(2)</sup> |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| July 1-31, 2019 | 3,680,103 | $179.32 | 3,680,103 | $5,502,430,029 |
| August 1-31, 2019 | 4,064,795 | $176.17 | 4,064,795 | $4,786,268,909 |
| September 1-30, 2019 | 4,479,497 | $176.61 | 4,479,497 | $3,995,051,745 |
| Total | 12,224,395 | $177.28 | 12,224,395 |  |

( 1 ) the figures in the table reflect transactions according to the trade dates . for purposes of our consolidated financial statements included in this form 10-k , the impact of these repurchases is recorded according to the settlement dates . ( 2 ) our board of directors from time to time authorizes the repurchase of shares of our common stock up to a certain monetary limit . in january 2019 , our board of directors authorized a share repurchase program for $ 8.5 billion . this authorization has no expiration date . all share repurchase programs authorized prior to january 2019 have been completed. .

shares_repurchased = 4064795
shares_total = 12224395
percent_august = shares_repurchased / shares_total
answer = percent_august * 100