Illustrator CS 2 batch export to PDF problem

I am trying to get Illustrator to batch export a number of EPS files to PDF files but I am having a problem. The first file will save-as fine and come out as a PDF but each successive file saves as a .ai file and not as a PDF.
The action is saved as follows:
Open
Save as (I selected High Quality Print as the PDF preset)
Close.
When I Batch run the action, the first one comes out as expected but thereafter they are .ai files. Is there something I am missing?
AT

Action window
Save As window

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