on january 21 , 2016 , the board approved a new $ 10 billion share repurchase program for schlumberger common stock . this new program will take effect once the remaining $ 1.4 billion authorized to be repurchased under the july 18 , 2013 program is exhausted . 2022 net cash provided by operating activities was $ 8.8 billion in 2015 , $ 11.2 billion in 2014 and $ 10.7 billion in 2013 . the decrease in operating cash flows in 2015 as compared to 2014 was largely attributable to lower earnings before non-cash charges and credits and depreciation and amortization expense while the increase in operating cash flows in 2014 as compared to 2013 was largely attributable to higher earnings before non-cash charges and credits and depreciation and amortization expense . 2022 dividends paid during 2015 , 2014 and 2013 were $ 2.4 billion , $ 2.0 billion and $ 1.6 billion , respectively . on january 15 , 2015 , schlumberger announced that its board approved a 25% ( 25 % ) increase in the quarterly dividend , to $ 0.50 . on january 16 , 2014 , schlumberger announced that its board approved a 28% ( 28 % ) increase in the quarterly dividend , to $ 0.40 . 2022 capital expenditures were $ 2.4 billion in 2015 , $ 4.0 billion in 2014 and $ 3.9 billion in 2013 . capital expenditures are expected to be approximately $ 2.4 billion in 2016 . 2022 during the fourth quarter of 2015 , schlumberger made a $ 500 million cash investment into a new spm project . schlumberger is obligated to make a further $ 500 million cash investment into this project during the first quarter of 2016 . 2022 during 2015 , 2014 and 2013 schlumberger made contributions of $ 346 million , $ 390 million and $ 538 million , respectively , to its postretirement benefit plans . the us pension plans were 86% ( 86 % ) funded at both december 31 , 2015 and 2014 based on the projected benefit obligation . schlumberger 2019s international defined benefit pension plans were a combined 93% ( 93 % ) funded at december 31 , 2015 based on the projected benefit obligation . this compares to 94% ( 94 % ) funded at december 31 , 2014 . schlumberger currently anticipates contributing approximately $ 350 million to its postretirement benefit plans in 2016 , subject to market and business conditions . schlumberger maintains a 20ac5.0 billion guaranteed euro medium term note program . this program provides for the issuance of various types of debt instruments such as fixed or floating rate notes in euro , us dollar or other currencies . schlumberger has issued 20ac0.5 billion 1.50% ( 1.50 % ) guaranteed notes due 2019 under this program . as of december 31 , 2015 , schlumberger had $ 13.0 billion of cash and short-term investments on hand . schlumberger had separate committed debt facility agreements aggregating $ 3.8 billion with commercial banks , of which $ 1.4 billion was available and unused as of december 31 , 2015 . the $ 3.8 billion of committed debt .
on july 18 , 2013 , the board approved a new $ 10 billion share repurchase program to be completed at the latest by june 30 , 2018 . schlumberger had repurchased $ 8.6 billion of shares under this new share repurchase program as of december 31 , 2015 . the following table summarizes the activity under these share repurchase programs during 2015 , 2014 and 2013 : ( stated in thousands , except per share amounts ) total cost of shares purchased total number of shares purchased average price paid per .
what was the percent of the share under this new share repurchase program as of december 312015
schlumberger had repurchased $ 8.6 billion of shares under this new share repurchase program as of december 31 , 2015 .
total cost of shares purchased total number of shares purchased average price paid per share
2015 $ 2182180 26751.0 $ 81.57
2014 $ 4677687 47545.9 $ 98.38
2013 $ 2596447 31349.5 $ 82.82