Carnival Corporation & plc to Hold Live Audio Web Cast of Annual Shareholders Meeting on Wednesday, April 15, 2009
MIAMI, April 13, 2009 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ -- Carnival Corporation & plc (NYSE/LSE: CCL; NYSE: CUK) will host a live audio Web cast of its annual shareholders meeting taking place in Southampton, UK, on Wednesday, April 15, 2009, at 10 a.m. EDT (15.00 BST).
Interested parties may listen to the meeting by visiting carnivalcorp.com or carnivalplc.com. A replay will be available on the site for one week following the event.
The meeting will include a presentation by Carnival Corporation & plc Vice Chairman and Chief Operating Officer Howard Frank who will recap the company's recent operating performance and provide an overview of Carnival's future growth initiatives. Following the presentation, Carnival Chairman and CEO Micky Arison and senior level company executives will entertain questions from attending shareholders.
Carnival Corporation & plc is the largest cruise vacation group in the world, with a portfolio of cruise brands in North America, Europe and Australia, comprised of Carnival Cruise Lines, Holland America Line, Princess Cruises, The Yachts of Seabourn, AIDA Cruises, Costa Cruises, Cunard Line, Ibero Cruises, Ocean Village, P&O Cruises and P&O Cruises Australia.
Together, these brands operate 89 ships totaling more than 171,000 lower berths with 16 new ships scheduled to be delivered between April 2009 and June 2012. Carnival Corporation & plc also operates Holland America Tours and Princess Tours, the leading tour companies in Alaska and the Canadian Yukon. 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 online at carnivalcorp.com and carnivalplc.com.
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