CS6 Envelope Distort Warp - PMS color problem

Hi Everyone!
Massive issue here.
We're using Envelope Distort > Warp to create packaging to fit a curved dieline.
The image used for the background includes a Pantone PMS who's values are changing at the Warp stage.
The image after warping appears lighter and the tones have changed.
The image is an embedded Photoshop flattened .tif.
We have tried:
* removing all colour profiles from both Illustrator and Photoshop and any embedded profiles
* changing the PMS to a spot colour that isn't linked to the Pantone Plus colour books we use, but retaining the correct CMYK values
* we've replicated the problem using another image that includes tones of a PMS. Warping also changes the tones.
* Expanding the final Warp in the hope it would revert to the right values after.
Using CS6 on OS X 10.8.4
I've attached an image of the problem. The top is how the PMS should read. Below, is after warping.
*EDIT - Rasterizing the ENTIRE artwork solves the issue - BUT, this is not ideal to send to print as the text is now pixelated.
We then Rasterized the background image, along with a vector shape of the dieline with no fill or stroke (as the image would not Rasterize on its own). On top of that we warped the text and other vectors. So we now have two warped shapes - one for the background and one for the text.
It appears this is a bug in the way Illustrator treats colours at warp stage.
Would be interesting to know if anyone else can replicate this problem and thoughts?
Thanks muchly :-)

We are experiencing a similar thing with gradients values changing slightly which cause min dot value issues for flexo printers. We have tried all of the different envelope option settings and nothing works. The text issue you are having did you try turning off the Anti-Alias option? Did it make a difference for the pixelated text?

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