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notes to consolidated financial statements 2014 (continued) becton, dickinson and company (b) these reclassifications were recorded to interest expense and cost of products sold. additional details regarding the company's cash flow hedges are provided in note 13. on august 25, 2016, in anticipation of proceeds to be received from the divestiture of the respiratory solutions business in the first quarter of fiscal year 2017, the company entered into an accelerated share repurchase ("asr") agreement. subsequent to the end of the company's fiscal year 2016 and as per the terms of the asr agreement, the company received approximately 1.3 million shares of its common stock, which was recorded as a $220 million increase to common stock in treasury. note 4 2014 earnings per share the weighted average common shares used in the computations of basic and diluted earnings per share (shares in thousands) for the years ended september 30 were as follows:.
|  | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 |
| --------- | --------- | --------- | --------- |
| Average common shares outstanding | 212,702 | 202,537 | 193,299 |
| Dilutive share equivalents from share-based plans | 4,834 | 4,972 | 4,410 |
| Average common and common equivalent shares outstanding — assuming dilution | 217,536 | 207,509 | 197,709 |
average common and common equivalent shares outstanding 2014 assuming dilution 217536 207509 197709 upon closing the acquisition of carefusion corporation (201ccarefusion 201d) on march 17, 2015, the company issued approximately 15.9 million of its common shares as part of the purchase consideration. additional disclosures regarding this acquisition are provided in note 9. options to purchase shares of common stock are excluded from the calculation of diluted earnings per share when their inclusion would have an anti-dilutive effect on the calculation. for the years ended september 30, 2016, 2015 and 2014 there were no options to purchase shares of common stock which were excluded from the diluted earnings per share calculation. .
Please answer the following question with expressions if necessary.
what is the total sum including shares from 2014?
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