Color shift writing to PDF

Am getting a slight color shift when exporting from InD to Acrobat PDF... slight shift towards a more magenta tint... see attached.
http://peterpica.com/comparison.pdf
All colors are process in source file and am writing to standard print-ready (4/c) PDF format.
Any ideas?

The PDF you included also previews correctly, so something is probably up with your Acrobat CM settings. The output numbers also match between ID and Acrobat.
What happens if you open Output Preview? Make sure the Simulation Profile is set to your ID profile (SWOP):

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