Pantone in CS 5 / CS 6

Hi anyone been fighting with this problem - CS5 Pantone 277 = CMYK 27, 7, 00 - in CS6 the colour code becomes 36, 24, 2, 0

In addition to what was said above, see this help Document
Color Difference between CS6 and earlier versions
http://helpx.adobe.com/illustrator/kb/pantone-plus.html
--OB

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