Carnival Corporation & plc Declares Dividend
MIAMI, July 7, 2006 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX News Network/ -- On July 6, 2006, the boards of directors of Carnival Corporation & plc (NYSE/LSE: CCL) (NYSE: CUK) approved a quarterly dividend to holders of Carnival Corporation common stock and Carnival plc ordinary shares of $0.25 per share. The boards approved a record date for the quarterly dividend of August 18, 2006, and a payment date of September 8, 2006.
Holders of Carnival Corporation common stock and Carnival plc ADSs will receive the dividend payable in U.S. dollars. The dividend for Carnival plc ordinary shares will be payable in U.S. dollars or sterling. In the absence of instructions or elections to the contrary, holders of Carnival plc ordinary shares will automatically receive the dividend in sterling.
Dividends payable in sterling will be converted from U.S. dollars at the exchange rate quoted by the Bank of England in London at 12 noon on September 1, 2006. Holders of Carnival plc ordinary shares wishing to receive their dividend in U.S. dollars or participate in the Carnival plc Dividend Reinvestment Plan must elect to do so by August 18, 2006.
Carnival Corporation & plc is the largest cruise vacation group in the world, with a portfolio of 13 cruise brands in North America, Europe and Australia, comprised of Carnival Cruise Lines, Holland America Line, Princess Cruises, Seabourn Cruise Line, Windstar Cruises, AIDA Cruises, Costa Cruises, Cunard Line, Ocean Village, P&O Cruises, Swan Hellenic, P&O Cruises Australia and Costa Asia.
Together, these brands operate 81 ships totaling approximately 144,000 lower berths with 15 new ships scheduled to enter service between February 2007 and spring 2010. Carnival Corporation & plc also operates the leading tour companies in Alaska and the Canadian Yukon, Holland America Tours and Princess Tours. Traded on both the New York and London Stock Exchanges, Carnival Corporation & plc is the only group in the world to be included in both the S&P 500 and the FTSE 100 indices.
Additional information is available on-line at http://www.carnivalcorp.com and http://www.carnivalplc.com .
SOURCE Carnival Corporation & plc
U.S. Media, Tim Gallagher, Carnival Corporation & plc, +1-305-599-2600, ext. 16000; or UK Media, Sarah Lindgreen or Ruban Yogarajah, both of Brunswick Group, +011-44(0)20-7404-5959, for Carnival Corporation & plc; or U.S. and UK Investor Relations, Beth Roberts, Carnival Corporation & plc, +1-305-406-4832
