due to the adoption of sfas no . 123r , the company recognizes excess tax benefits associated with share-based compensation to stockholders 2019 equity only when realized . when assessing whether excess tax benefits relating to share-based compensation have been realized , the company follows the with-and-without approach excluding any indirect effects of the excess tax deductions . under this approach , excess tax benefits related to share-based compensation are not deemed to be realized until after the utilization of all other tax benefits available to the company . during 2008 , the company realized $ 18.5 million of such excess tax benefits , and accordingly recorded a corresponding credit to additional paid in capital . as of december 28 , 2008 , the company has $ 36.5 million of unrealized excess tax benefits associated with share-based compensation . these tax benefits will be accounted for as a credit to additional paid-in capital , if and when realized , rather than a reduction of the tax provision . the company 2019s manufacturing operations in singapore operate under various tax holidays and incentives that begin to expire in 2018 . for the year ended december 28 , 2008 , these tax holidays and incentives resulted in an approximate $ 1.9 million decrease to the tax provision and an increase to net income per diluted share of $ 0.01 . residual u.s . income taxes have not been provided on $ 14.7 million of undistributed earnings of foreign subsidiaries as of december 28 , 2008 , since the earnings are considered to be indefinitely invested in the operations of such subsidiaries . effective january 1 , 2007 , the company adopted fin no . 48 , accounting for uncertainty in income taxes 2014 an interpretation of fasb statement no . 109 , which clarifies the accounting for uncertainty in tax positions . fin no . 48 requires recognition of the impact of a tax position in the company 2019s financial statements only if that position is more likely than not of being sustained upon examination by taxing authorities , based on the technical merits of the position . the adoption of fin no . 48 did not result in an adjustment to the company 2019s opening stockholders 2019 equity since there was no cumulative effect from the change in accounting principle . the following table summarizes the gross amount of the company 2019s uncertain tax positions ( in thousands ) : .

balance at december 31 2007 | $ 21376
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increases related to current year tax positions | 2402
balance at december 28 2008 | $ 23778

as of december 28 , 2008 , $ 7.7 million of the company 2019s uncertain tax positions would reduce the company 2019s annual effective tax rate , if recognized . the company does not expect its uncertain tax positions to change significantly over the next 12 months . any interest and penalties related to uncertain tax positions will be reflected in income tax expense . as of december 28 , 2008 , no interest or penalties have been accrued related to the company 2019s uncertain tax positions . tax years 1992 to 2008 remain subject to future examination by the major tax jurisdictions in which the company is subject to tax . 13 . employee benefit plans retirement plan the company has a 401 ( k ) savings plan covering substantially all of its employees . company contributions to the plan are discretionary . during the years ended december 28 , 2008 , december 30 , 2007 and december 31 , 2006 , the company made matching contributions of $ 2.6 million , $ 1.4 million and $ 0.4 million , respectively . illumina , inc . notes to consolidated financial statements 2014 ( continued ) .

Question: what was the percent of the change in the company 2019s uncertain tax positions from 2007 to 2008
Program: divide(2402, 21376)
Answer: 0.11237