IRON MOUNTAIN INCORPORATED NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued) DECEMBER 31, 2004 (In thousands, except share and per share data) 12.
Segment Information (Continued) reporting segment, ‘‘International,’’ given their similar economic characteristics, products, customers and processes.
The Fulfillment and Digital Archiving Services operating segments do not meet the quantitative thresholds for a reportable segment and thus are included in the ‘‘Corporate and Other’’ category.
Corporate items include non-operating overhead, corporate general and administrative expenses, non-allocated operating expenses and inter-segment eliminations.
Corporate assets are principally cash and cash equivalents, prepaid items, certain non-operating fixed assets, deferred income taxes, certain non-trade receivables, certain inter-segment receivables, and deferred financing costs.
An analysis of our business segment information to the respective information and reconciliation to the consolidated financial statements is as follows
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(1) Total assets include the inter-segment elimination amounts of $1,277,393, $1,813,276 and $1,884,185 as of December 31, 2002, 2003 and 2004, respectively.
(2) Includes capital expenditures, cash paid for acquisitions, net of cash acquired and additions to customer relationship and acquisition costs in the accompanying consolidated statements of cash flows.
The accounting policies of the reportable segments are the same as those described in Note 2 except that certain costs continue to be allocated from Corporate & Other to the other segments in 2002, 2003 and 2004, primarily to our Business Records Management and Data Protection segments.
These allocations, which include rent, worker’s compensation, property, general liability, auto and other insurance, pension/medical costs, incentive compensation, real estate property taxes and provision for
Other Expense (Income), Net (in thousands)
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Foreign currency transaction gains
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Foreign currency gains of $8.9 million based on period-end exchange rates were recorded in the year ended December 31, 2004 primarily due to the strengthening of the British pound sterling, Euro, and the Canadian dollar against the U. S.  dollar as these currencies relate to our intercompany balances with our Canadian, U. K.  and European subsidiaries, U. S.  dollar denominated debt held by our Canadian subsidiary, borrowings denominated in foreign currencies under our revolving credit facility, British pounds sterling denominated debt held by our U. S.  parent company, British pounds sterling currency held in the U. S.  and our British pound sterling denominated cross currency swap, which was terminated in March 2004.
We recorded foreign currency gains of $30.2 million and $5.0 million during the years ended December 31, 2003 and 2002, respectively, based on period-end exchange rates, primarily due to the strengthening of the Canadian dollar and British pound sterling against the U. S.  dollar as these currencies relate to our intercompany balances with our Canadian and U. K.  subsidiaries, U. S.  dollar denominated debt held by our Canadian subsidiary, borrowings denominated in foreign currencies under our revolving credit facility, and our British pound sterling denominated cross currency swap.
During the three months ended March 31, 2004, we redeemed the remaining outstanding principal amount of the 81?8% Senior Notes due 2008 of our Canadian subsidiary (the ‘‘Subsidiary notes’’), resulting in a charge of $2.0 million, and we repaid a portion of our real estate term loans, which resulted in a charge of $0.4 million.
During the year ended December 31, 2003, we redeemed the remaining outstanding principal amount of our 91?8% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2007 (the ‘‘91?8% notes’’), resulting in a charge of $1.8 million, the remaining outstanding principal amount of our 83?4% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2009 (the ‘‘83?4% notes’’), resulting in a charge of $13.8 million, and $115.0 million of the outstanding principal of our Subsidiary notes, resulting in a charge of $12.6 million.
During the year ended December 31, 2002, we recorded a charge of $1.2 million related to the early retirement of debt in conjunction with the refinancing of our revolving credit facility and a charge of $4.2 million related to the early retirement of a portion of our 91?8% notes.
The charges consisted primarily of the call and tender premiums associated with the extinguished debt and the write-off of unamortized deferred financing cost and discounts.
Provision for Income Taxes Our effective tax rates for the years ended December 31, 2002, 2003, and 2004 were 41.3%, 42.5%, and 41.7%, respectively.
The primary reconciling item between the statutory rate of 35% and our effective rate is state income taxes (net of federal benefit).
The disallowance of certain intercompany
Liquidity and Capital Resources The following is a summary of our cash balances and cash flows (in thousands) as of and for the years ended December 31,

<table><tr><td> </td><td> Business Records Management</td><td> Data Protection</td><td> International</td><td> Corporate & Other-1</td><td> Total Consolidated</td></tr><tr><td> 2002</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Total Revenues</td><td>$944,845</td><td>$239,081</td><td>$109,381</td><td>$25,190</td><td>$1,318,497</td></tr><tr><td>Contribution</td><td>262,541</td><td>61,729</td><td>21,988</td><td>16,890</td><td>363,148</td></tr><tr><td>Total Assets</td><td>2,358,459</td><td>359,339</td><td>317,073</td><td>195,784</td><td>3,230,655</td></tr><tr><td>Expenditures for Segment Assets-2</td><td>141,663</td><td>24,642</td><td>58,107</td><td>30,365</td><td>254,777</td></tr><tr><td> 2003</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Total Revenues</td><td>1,022,335</td><td>251,141</td><td>198,068</td><td>29,785</td><td>1,501,329</td></tr><tr><td>Contribution</td><td>286,208</td><td>71,240</td><td>46,825</td><td>32,668</td><td>436,941</td></tr><tr><td>Total Assets</td><td>2,536,415</td><td>375,845</td><td>765,814</td><td>214,025</td><td>3,892,099</td></tr><tr><td>Expenditures for Segment Assets-2</td><td>179,450</td><td>28,667</td><td>358,515</td><td>30,312</td><td>596,944</td></tr><tr><td> 2004</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Total Revenues</td><td>1,107,587</td><td>278,984</td><td>380,033</td><td>50,985</td><td>1,817,589</td></tr><tr><td>Contribution</td><td>308,630</td><td>78,597</td><td>89,751</td><td>30,466</td><td>507,444</td></tr><tr><td>Total Assets</td><td>2,708,068</td><td>391,184</td><td>1,024,135</td><td>319,000</td><td>4,442,387</td></tr><tr><td>Expenditures for Segment Assets-2</td><td>217,868</td><td>19,528</td><td>243,030</td><td>148,350</td><td>628,776</td></tr></table>
<table><tr><td></td><td>2003</td><td>2004</td><td>Change</td></tr><tr><td>Foreign currency transaction gains</td><td>$-30,220</td><td>$-8,915</td><td>$21,305</td></tr><tr><td>Debt extinguishment expense</td><td>28,174</td><td>2,454</td><td>-25,720</td></tr><tr><td>Loss on investments</td><td>-462</td><td>0</td><td>462</td></tr><tr><td>Other, net</td><td>-56</td><td>-1,527</td><td>-1,471</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>$-2,564</td><td>$-7,988</td><td>$-5,424</td></tr></table>
<table><tr><td></td><td>2002</td><td>2003</td><td>Change</td></tr><tr><td>Foreign currency transaction gains</td><td>$-5,045</td><td>$-30,220</td><td>$-25,175</td></tr><tr><td>Debt extinguishment expense</td><td>5,431</td><td>28,174</td><td>22,743</td></tr><tr><td>Loss on investments</td><td>901</td><td>-462</td><td>-1,363</td></tr><tr><td>Other, net</td><td>148</td><td>-56</td><td>-204</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>$1,435</td><td>$-2,564</td><td>$-3,999</td></tr></table>

Question: What is the growing rate of Debt extinguishment expense in the year with the most Business Records Management for Total Assets ?
Answer: -0.9129