White rectangle in placed PDF

Hi all,
When I view this PDF in Adobe Acrobat 9.3.0 (Windows), I see no problem. When I open the PDF in Photoshop, a white rectangle next to the white square at the bottom left corner appears. Anyone familiar with this phenomenon? Any idea what's wrong here (problem in the PDF itself or problem in Photoshop trying to to open the PDF correctly)? The problem does not only occur when you use the "Open" command, but also when you "Place" the PDF in Photoshop.
Thanks in advance.
Regards,
Didier
View in Acrobat
View in Photoshop

Hi all,
Can someone post some kind of tip or hint please? I'm still a bit confused about this problem...
Thanks in advance.
Didier

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