Question-and-Answer Session
Operator
Thank you. We will now begin the question-and-answer session. (Operator Instructions). Our first question comes from Terry Bivens with J.P. Morgan. Please go ahead.
Terry Bivens - J.P. Morgan
Good morning everyone.
Aaron Hoffman
Good morning.
Brenda Barnes
Hi Terry.
L.M. (Theo) de Kool
Hey Terry.
Terry Bivens - J.P. Morgan
I think the last time we looked at it, you had a under funded pension to the tune of about $300 million. Does the new guidance include any contribution in fiscal '09 to the pension?
L.M. (Theo) de Kool
Yes, we actually have increased our contributions in cash our guidance with 55 million to 240 million and exactly one of the reasons why we have taken the guidance on the cash flow is slightly down.
Terry Bivens - J.P. Morgan
Okay. Second question; if you look at the decline in the MAP spending, I guess 18% in the quarter, 10% for the first half. It's been a long time since I have seen numbers like that. Where do you ... why is that? And, second of all, how would you imagine that finishing the year?
Brenda Barnes
Yes. I would say, certainly in North America there has been a shift in timing, overlapping more investment in the first half in 2008 and this year there is more investment in the back half of 2009. So, over the course of the year, I think you'll see it relatively flat versus a year ago.
And then we've talked about before every time that according to when our innovations are rolling out and launching those new products. Internationally, there has been, with the economic conditions, there is a shift in really what the trade is looking at and really asking for a lot of extra spending on the MAP side, probably is in the most effective tool right now.
So we are translating more of the investment we have there in lines that wouldn't show up this math. So how do we get more of ... some every day low price points in the marketplace to meet this really tough economic condition that many of the countries are facing. So that's part of the reason why it's come down a little bit internationally.
Terry Bivens - J.P. Morgan
Okay. Thanks very much.
Operator
Thank you. Our next question comes from Vincent Andrews with Morgan Stanley. Please go ahead.
Vincent Andrews - Morgan Stanley
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