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CARNIVAL PLC - Dividend DeclarationCARNIVAL PLC - Dividend Declaration
PR Newswire
London, April 16
Carnival Corporation & plc Declares Dividend MIAMI, April 16, 2015 -- Carnival Corporation & plc (NYSE/LSE: CCL; NYSE: CUK)has announced that it has declared a dividend of $0.25 per share. The company's board of directors approved a record date for the quarterlydividend of May 22, 2015, and a payment date of June 12, 2015. Holders of Carnival Corporation common stock and Carnival plc ADSs will receivethe dividend payable in U.S. dollars. The dividend for Carnival plc ordinaryshares will be payable in U.S. dollars or sterling. In the absence ofinstructions or elections to the contrary, holders of Carnival plc ordinaryshares will automatically receive the dividend in sterling. Dividends payable in sterling will be converted from U.S. dollars at theexchange rate quoted by the Bank of England in London at 12 noon on June 1,2015. Holders of Carnival plc ordinary shares wishing to receive theirdividend in U.S. dollars or participate in the Carnival plc DividendReinvestment Plan must elect to do so by May 22, 2015. Carnival Corporation & plc is the largest cruise company in the world, with aportfolio of cruise brands in North America, Europe, Australia and Asia,comprised of Carnival Cruise Line, Holland America Line, Princess Cruises,Seabourn, AIDA Cruises, Costa Cruises, Cunard, P&O Cruises (Australia) and P&OCruises (UK). Together, these brands operate 101 ships totaling 216,000 lower berths withnine new ships scheduled to be delivered between 2015 and 2018. CarnivalCorporation & plc also operates Holland America Princess Alaska Tours, theleading tour companies in Alaska and the Canadian Yukon. Traded on both the NewYork and London Stock Exchanges, Carnival Corporation & plc is the only groupin the world to be included in both the S&P 500 and the FTSE 100 indices.Additional information can be found on www.carnivalcorp.com. Additional information can be found on www.carnival.com, www.hollandamerica.com, www.princess.com, www.seabourn.com, www.aida.de, www.costacruise.com,www.cunard.com, www.pocruises.com.au, and www.pocruises.com. SOURCE Carnival Plc CONTACT: MEDIA CONTACT, US, Carnival Corporation & plc, Roger Frizzell, 1 305599 2600, ext. 67862; INVESTOR RELATIONS CONTACT, US/UK, Carnival Corporation &plc, Beth Roberts, 1 305 406 4832