pre_text: Common Stock The following is a summary of changes during the years ended December 31, in shares of our common stock and common stock in treasury: (1) Restricted stock shares issued for new awards under the Omnibus Incentive Plan and restricted stock shares, forfeited as shown above for the year ended December 31, 2019 includes 1,478 restricted stock shares issued and (5,024) restricted stock shares forfeited related to 2018 that were not yet reflected by our Recordkeeper as of December 31, 2018. The table above and our Consolidated Balance Sheets reflect the number of shares issued per our Recordkeeper. (2) In connection with the acquisition of B+ Equipment in the third quarter of 2015, the Company issued 20,000 shares of restricted common stock on September 26, 2018 to certain former equity holders of B+ Equipment. These shares were issued in offshore transactions with no direct selling efforts in the United States and without registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, in reliance upon the issuer safe harbor provided by Regulation S. (3) Effective January 1, 2019, new share issuances for vested awards are netted by the number of shares required to cover the recipients' portion of income tax. The portion withheld for taxes are canceled. Prior to January 1, 2019, the shares required to cover the recipients' portion of income tax were issued and recorded to treasury stock. Shares netted for taxes in 2019 primarily relates to vesting activity for restricted stock shares issued in prior years. (4) Other activity in 2018 primarily relates to prior period adjustment related to years not contained within the table. (5) Repurchase of common stock for the year ended December 31, 2019 as shown above includes 71,530 shares of common stock that had been repurchased by the Company in 2018 but not yet reflected by the Recordkeeper as of December 31, 2018. The table above and our Consolidated Balance Sheets reflect the number of shares held in treasury per our Recordkeeper.
table: 2019 2018 2017
table: Changes in common stock:
table: Number of shares, beginning of year 231,619,037 230,080,944 227,638,738
table: Restricted stock shares issued for new awards(1) 1,478 569,960 480,283
table: Restricted stock shares, forfeited(1) (110,984) (86,518 ) (184,235)
table: Shares issued for vested restricted stock units 164,347 151,280 607,231
table: Shares issued as part of acquisition(2) — 20,000 —
table: Shares issued for 2014 Special Performance Stock Units (PSU) Awards — 658,783 749,653
table: Shares issued for 2015 Three-Year PSU Awards — 129,139 —
table: Shares issued for 2014 Three-Year PSU Awards — — 636,723
table: Shares issued for Stock Leverage Opportunity Awards (SLO) 6,321 109,841 136,783
table: Shares granted and issued under the Omnibus Incentive Plan and Directors Stock Plan to Directors 123,824 10,841 15,768
table: Canceled shares for tax netting(3) (181,488) — —
table: Other activity(4) — (25,233 ) —
table: Number of shares issued, end of year(1) 231,622,535 231,619,037 230,080,944
table: Changes in common stock in treasury:
table: Number of shares held, beginning of year 75,964,667 61,485,423 34,156,355
table: Repurchase of common stock(5) 1,632,163 14,826,924 27,320,816
table: Profit sharing contribution paid in stock (487,108) (538,524 ) (502,519)
table: Shares withheld for taxes(3) — 190,844 510,771
table: Number of shares held, end of year(5) 77,109,722 75,964,667 61,485,423
table: Number of common stock outstanding, end of year 154,512,813 155,654,370 168,595,521
question: Analyse this data from a financial earnings document. What is the number of shares issued, end of year excluding 1,478 restricted stock shares issued and (5,024) restricted stock shares for 2019?