Like I mentioned, the export to PDF is correct--they look identical.
In general, exporting from a PDf as an EPS is a god-send. I still throw PNGs at the Word users though. Some EPS files look really bad in Word. Now, they output to a printer perfectly. But people really don't like poor screen representations much. And as in Word they are generally stuffed into a header for a template and what not, PNGs are just fine.
Take care, Mike