Using Pantone Colour as Effects in Illustrator CS5

Hello.
I have create a swoosh for a clients logo and to cut down on production cost I have created a two colour option (pantone).
The design is using the following effects Drop Shadow, Outer Glow & Feathering. To maintain the brand colours I have select the a pantone colour as an effects fill colour.
But when I do an "Output Preview" in acrobat I can see that the Illustrator effects has turn the pantone in to proccess colours. Can some one adivce how to work around this issues?
Kind Regards
Nick

Thanks for your quick reply, I have uploaded screen shot showing the process I used to apply the effect.
Also I have uploaded a screen shot showing "seperates preview"
The screen shot below shows the CMYK plate turned off, where you can clears see the shadow and feathering and glow disappears.
Do you know whats causing this?

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