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Context: page 73 of 98 notes to consolidated financial statements ball corporation and subsidiaries 15 . shareholders 2019 equity at december 31 , 2006 , the company had 550 million shares of common stock and 15 million shares of preferred stock authorized , both without par value . preferred stock includes 120000 authorized but unissued shares designated as series a junior participating preferred stock . under the company 2019s shareholder rights agreement dated july 26 , 2006 , one preferred stock purchase right ( right ) is attached to each outstanding share of ball corporation common stock . subject to adjustment , each right entitles the registered holder to purchase from the company one one-thousandth of a share of series a junior participating preferred stock at an exercise price of $ 185 per right . if a person or group acquires 10 percent or more of the company 2019s outstanding common stock ( or upon occurrence of certain other events ) , the rights ( other than those held by the acquiring person ) become exercisable and generally entitle the holder to purchase shares of ball corporation common stock at a 50 percent discount . the rights , which expire in 2016 , are redeemable by the company at a redemption price of $ 0.001 per right and trade with the common stock . exercise of such rights would cause substantial dilution to a person or group attempting to acquire control of the company without the approval of ball 2019s board of directors . the rights would not interfere with any merger or other business combinations approved by the board of directors . the company reduced its share repurchase program in 2006 to $ 45.7 million , net of issuances , compared to $ 358.1 million net repurchases in 2005 and $ 50 million in 2004 . the net repurchases in 2006 did not include a forward contract entered into in december 2006 for the repurchase of 1200000 shares . the contract was settled on january 5 , 2007 , for $ 51.9 million in cash . in connection with the employee stock purchase plan , the company contributes 20 percent of up to $ 500 of each participating employee 2019s monthly payroll deduction toward the purchase of ball corporation common stock . company contributions for this plan were $ 3.2 million in 2006 , $ 3.2 million in 2005 and $ 2.7 million in 2004 . accumulated other comprehensive earnings ( loss ) the activity related to accumulated other comprehensive earnings ( loss ) was as follows : ( $ in millions ) foreign currency translation pension and postretirement items , net of tax effective financial derivatives , net of tax accumulated comprehensive earnings ( loss ) .
|( $ in millions )|foreign currency translation|pension and other postretirement items net of tax|effective financial derivatives net of tax|accumulated other comprehensive earnings ( loss )|
|december 31 2003|$ 80.7|$ -93.1 ( 93.1 )|$ 11.0|$ -1.4 ( 1.4 )|
|2004 change|68.2|-33.2 ( 33.2 )|-0.4 ( 0.4 )|34.6|
|december 31 2004|148.9|-126.3 ( 126.3 )|10.6|33.2|
|2005 change|-74.3 ( 74.3 )|-43.6 ( 43.6 )|-16.0 ( 16.0 )|-133.9 ( 133.9 )|
|december 31 2005|74.6|-169.9 ( 169.9 )|-5.4 ( 5.4 )|-100.7 ( 100.7 )|
|2006 change|57.2|8.0|6.0|71.2|
|december 31 2006|$ 131.8|$ -161.9 ( 161.9 )|$ 0.6|$ -29.5 ( 29.5 )|
notwithstanding the 2005 distribution pursuant to the jobs act , management 2019s intention is to indefinitely reinvest foreign earnings . therefore , no taxes have been provided on the foreign currency translation component for any period . the change in the minimum pension liability is presented net of related tax expense of $ 2.9 million for 2006 and related tax benefits of $ 27.3 million and $ 20.8 million for 2005 and 2004 , respectively . the change in the effective financial derivatives is presented net of related tax expense of $ 5.7 million for 2006 , related tax benefit of $ 10.7 million for 2005 and related tax benefit of $ 0.2 million for 2004. .
Question: what was the percentage change in accumulated other comprehensive earnings ( loss ) between 2003 and 2004?\\n


Answer: The answer is:24.71429