Bookmarks in Book exported to PDF

I have a INCS3 (5.0.2) book that is made up of 10 chapters and includes a Table of Contents.
I have created a PDF print preset that is configured to include bookmarks & any hyperlinks however when I export this to PDF then try and select a page from the contents page to navigate to, I am directed to the cover page for the document. This happens regardless of the page I select.
What could be the problem..?

Anybody..?

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