Please answer the given financial question based on the context.
Context: vornado realty trust notes to consolidated financial statements ( continued ) 10 . redeemable noncontrolling interests - continued redeemable noncontrolling interests on our consolidated balance sheets are recorded at the greater of their carrying amount or redemption value at the end of each reporting period . changes in the value from period to period are charged to 201cadditional capital 201d in our consolidated statements of changes in equity . below is a table summarizing the activity of redeemable noncontrolling interests . ( amounts in thousands ) .
|balance at december 31 2008|$ 1177978|
|net income|25120|
|distributions|-42451 ( 42451 )|
|conversion of class a units into common shares at redemption value|-90955 ( 90955 )|
|adjustment to carry redeemable class a units at redemption value|167049|
|other net|14887|
|balance at december 31 2009|$ 1251628|
|net income|55228|
|distributions|-53515 ( 53515 )|
|conversion of class a units into common shares at redemption value|-126764 ( 126764 )|
|adjustment to carry redeemable class a units at redemption value|191826|
|redemption of series d-12 redeemable units|-13000 ( 13000 )|
|other net|22571|
|balance at december 31 2010|$ 1327974|
as of december 31 , 2010 and 2009 , the aggregate redemption value of redeemable class a units was $ 1066974000 and $ 971628000 , respectively . redeemable noncontrolling interests exclude our series g convertible preferred units and series d-13 cumulative redeemable preferred units , as they are accounted for as liabilities in accordance with asc 480 , distinguishing liabilities and equity , because of their possible settlement by issuing a variable number of vornado common shares . accordingly the fair value of these units is included as a component of 201cother liabilities 201d on our consolidated balance sheets and aggregated $ 55097000 and $ 60271000 as of december 31 , 2010 and 2009 , respectively. .
Question: what was the percentage change in the redeemable non controlling interests balance at december 31 2009 from 2008
Answer:
0.06252