pre_text: part ii item 5 . market for registrant 2019s common equity , related stockholder matters and issuer purchases of equity securities vornado 2019s common shares are traded on the new york stock exchange under the symbol 201cvno . 201d quarterly high and low sales prices of the common shares and dividends paid per share for the years ended december 31 , 2011 and 2010 were as follows : year ended year ended december 31 , 2011 december 31 , 2010 .
post_text: as of february 1 , 2012 , there were 1230 holders of record of our common shares . recent sales of unregistered securities during the fourth quarter of 2011 , we issued 20891 common shares upon the redemption of class a units of the operating partnership held by persons who received units , in private placements in earlier periods , in exchange for their interests in limited partnerships that owned real estate . the common shares were issued without registration under the securities act of 1933 in reliance on section 4 ( 2 ) of that act . information relating to compensation plans under which our equity securities are authorized for issuance is set forth under part iii , item 12 of this annual report on form 10-k and such information is incorporated by reference herein . recent purchases of equity securities in december 2011 , we received 410783 vornado common shares at an average price of $ 76.36 per share as payment for the exercise of certain employee options. .
table: Year Ended  December 31, 2011 Year Ended  December 31, 2010
table: Quarter High Low Dividends High Low Dividends
table: 1st $93.53 $82.12 $0.69 $78.40 $61.25 $0.65
table: 2nd 98.42 86.85 0.69 86.79 70.06 0.65
table: 3rd 98.77 72.85 0.69 89.06 68.59 0.65
table: 4th 84.30 68.39 0.69 91.67 78.06 0.65
question: Analyse this data from a financial earnings document. in december 2011 , what was the total dollar value of the vornado common shares rceived as payment for the exercise of certain employee options?