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 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|
|net income|55912|
|distributions|-50865 ( 50865 )|
|conversion of class a units into common shares at redemption value|-64830 ( 64830 )|
|adjustment to carry redeemable class a units at redemption value|-98092 ( 98092 )|
|redemption of series d-11 redeemable units|-28000 ( 28000 )|
|other net|18578|
|balance at december 31 2011|$ 1160677|
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 $ 54865000 and $ 55097000 as of december 31 , 2011 and 2010 , respectively. .
Question: what was the percentage change in the redeemable noncontrolling interests from 2009 to 2010


Answer: The answer is:0.061