fund .
employees have the ability to transfer funds from the company stock fund as they choose .
the company declared matching contributions to the vertex 401 ( k ) plan as follows ( in thousands ) : q .
related party transactions as of december 31 , 2005 and 2004 , the company had an interest-free loan outstanding to an officer in the amount of $ 36000 and $ 97000 , respectively , which was initially advanced in april 2002 .
the loan balance is included in other assets on the consolidated balance sheets .
in 2001 , the company entered into a four year consulting agreement with a director of the company for the provision of part-time consulting services over a period of four years , at the rate of $ 80000 per year commencing in january 2002 and terminating in january 2006 .
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contingencies the company has certain contingent liabilities that arise in the ordinary course of its business activities .
the company accrues contingent liabilities when it is probable that future expenditures will be made and such expenditures can be reasonably estimated .
on december 17 , 2003 , a purported class action , marguerite sacchetti v .
james c .
blair et al. , was filed in the superior court of the state of california , county of san diego , naming as defendants all of the directors of aurora who approved the merger of aurora and vertex , which closed in july 2001 .
the plaintiffs claim that aurora's directors breached their fiduciary duty to aurora by , among other things , negligently conducting a due diligence examination of vertex by failing to discover alleged problems with vx-745 , a vertex drug candidate that was the subject of a development program which was terminated by vertex in september 2001 .
vertex has certain indemnity obligations to aurora's directors under the terms of the merger agreement between vertex and aurora , which could result in vertex liability for attorney's fees and costs in connection with this action , as well as for any ultimate judgment that might be awarded .
there is an outstanding directors' and officers' liability policy which may cover a significant portion of any such liability .
the defendants are vigorously defending this suit .
the company believes this suit will be settled without any significant liability to vertex or the former aurora directors .
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guarantees as permitted under massachusetts law , vertex's articles of organization and bylaws provide that the company will indemnify certain of its officers and directors for certain claims asserted against them in connection with their service as an officer or director .
the maximum potential amount of future payments that the company could be required to make under these indemnification provisions is unlimited .
however , the company has purchased certain directors' and officers' liability insurance policies that reduce its monetary exposure and enable it to recover a portion of any future amounts paid .
the company believes the estimated fair value of these indemnification arrangements is minimal .
discretionary matching contributions for the year ended december 31 , $ 2894 $ 2492 $ 2237 .

2005
2004
2003
Discretionary matching contributions for the year ended December 31,
$2,894
$2,492
$2,237
Shares issued for the year ended December 31,
215
239
185
Shares issuable as of the year ended December 31,
19
57
61

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Question: Analyse this data from a financial earnings document. what was the change in the 2 discretionary matching contributions from 2004 to 2005 in millions
Choices:
2149
1924
-1522
0.4
402.0
Correct choice index: 4