how many total shares were issued from 2014 to 2016?
shares of common stock issued , in treasury , and outstanding were ( in thousands of shares ) : .

|  | Shares Issued | Treasury Shares | Shares Outstanding |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Balance at December 29, 2013 | 376,832 | — | 376,832 |
| Exercise of stock options, issuance of other stock awards, and other | 178 | — | 178 |
| Balance at December 28, 2014 | 377,010 | — | 377,010 |
| Exercise of warrants | 20,480 | — | 20,480 |
| Issuance of common stock to Sponsors | 221,666 | — | 221,666 |
| Acquisition of Kraft Foods Group, Inc. | 592,898 | — | 592,898 |
| Exercise of stock options, issuance of other stock awards, and other | 2,338 | (413) | 1,925 |
| Balance at January 3, 2016 | 1,214,392 | (413) | 1,213,979 |
| Exercise of stock options, issuance of other stock awards, and other | 4,555 | (2,058) | 2,497 |
| Balance at December 31, 2016 | 1,218,947 | (2,471) | 1,216,476 |

note 13 . financing arrangements we routinely enter into accounts receivable securitization and factoring programs . we account for transfers of receivables pursuant to these programs as a sale and remove them from our consolidated balance sheet . at december 31 , 2016 , our most significant program in place was the u.s . securitization program , which was amended in may 2016 and originally entered into in october of 2015 . under the program , we are entitled to receive cash consideration of up to $ 800 million ( which we elected to reduce to $ 500 million , effective february 21 , 2017 ) and a receivable for the remainder of the purchase price ( the 201cdeferred purchase price 201d ) . this securitization program utilizes a bankruptcy- remote special-purpose entity ( 201cspe 201d ) . the spe is wholly-owned by a subsidiary of kraft heinz and its sole business consists of the purchase or acceptance , through capital contributions of receivables and related assets , from a kraft heinz subsidiary and subsequent transfer of such receivables and related assets to a bank . although the spe is included in our consolidated financial statements , it is a separate legal entity with separate creditors who will be entitled , upon its liquidation , to be satisfied out of the spe's assets prior to any assets or value in the spe becoming available to kraft heinz or its subsidiaries . the assets of the spe are not available to pay creditors of kraft heinz or its subsidiaries . this program expires in may 2017 . in addition to the u.s . securitization program , we have accounts receivable factoring programs denominated in australian dollars , new zealand dollars , british pound sterling , euros , and japanese yen . under these programs , we generally receive cash consideration up to a certain limit and a receivable for the deferred purchase price . there is no deferred purchase price associated with the japanese yen contract . related to these programs , our aggregate cash consideration limit , after applying applicable hold-backs , was $ 245 million u.s . dollars at december 31 , 2016 . generally , each of these programs automatically renews annually until terminated by either party . the cash consideration and carrying amount of receivables removed from the consolidated balance sheets in connection with the above programs were $ 904 million at december 31 , 2016 and $ 267 million at january 3 , 2016 . the fair value of the deferred purchase price for the programs was $ 129 million at december 31 , 2016 and $ 583 million at january 3 , 2016 . the deferred purchase price is included in sold receivables on the consolidated balance sheets and had a carrying value which approximated its fair value at december 31 , 2016 and january 3 , 2016 . the proceeds from these sales are recognized on the consolidated statements of cash flows as a component of operating activities . we act as servicer for these arrangements and have not recorded any servicing assets or liabilities for these arrangements as of december 31 , 2016 and january 3 , 2016 because they were not material to the financial statements. .

shares_issued = 1218947
shares_issued_2014_2016 = shares_issued - 376832
answer = shares_issued_2014_2016