pre_text: of exercise for stock options exercised or at period end for outstanding stock options , less the applicable exercise price . the company issued new shares to satisfy exercised stock options . compensation expense the company recorded $ 43 million , $ 34 million , and $ 44 million of expense related to stock awards for the years ended december 31 , 2015 , 2014 , and 2013 , respectively . the company recorded $ 17 million , $ 13 million , and $ 17 million as a tax benefit related to stock awards and stock options for the years ended december 31 , 2015 , 2014 , and 2013 , respectively . the company recognized tax benefits for the years ended december 31 , 2015 , 2014 , and 2013 , of $ 41 million , $ 53 million , and $ 32 million , respectively , from the issuance of stock in settlement of stock awards , and $ 4 million , $ 5 million , and $ 4 million for the years ended december 31 , 2015 , 2014 , and 2013 , respectively , from the exercise of stock options . unrecognized compensation expense as of december 31 , 2015 , the company had less than $ 1 million of unrecognized compensation expense associated with rsrs granted in 2015 and 2014 , which will be recognized over a weighted average period of 1.0 year , and $ 25 million of unrecognized expense associated with rpsrs granted in 2015 , 2014 , and 2013 , which will be recognized over a weighted average period of 0.6 years . as of december 31 , 2015 , the company had no unrecognized compensation expense related to stock options . compensation expense for stock options was fully recognized as of december 31 , 2013 . 20 . unaudited selected quarterly data unaudited quarterly financial results for the years ended december 31 , 2015 and 2014 , are set forth in the following tables: .
post_text: ( 1 ) in the second quarter of 2015 , the company recorded a $ 59 million goodwill impairment charge . during the same period , the company recorded $ 136 million of operating income as a result of the aon settlement . ( 2 ) in the fourth quarter of 2015 , the company recorded $ 16 million goodwill impairment and $ 27 million intangible asset impairment charges. .
table: Year Ended December 31, 2015
table: ($ in millions, except per share amounts) 1st Qtr 2nd Qtr<sup>(1)</sup> 3rd Qtr 4th Qtr<sup>(2)</sup>
table: Sales and service revenues $1,570 $1,745 $1,800 $1,905
table: Operating income (loss) 156 269 200 144
table: Earnings (loss) before income taxes 133 244 175 80
table: Net earnings (loss) 87 156 111 50
table: Dividends declared per share $0.40 $0.40 $0.40 $0.50
table: Basic earnings (loss) per share $1.80 $3.22 $2.31 $1.07
table: Diluted earnings (loss) per share $1.79 $3.20 $2.29 $1.06
question: Analyse this data from a financial earnings document. what was the total sales revenue in 2015 in millions