News Release

Carnival plc - Voting Rights and Capital

At 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time on 31 December 09 Carnival plc had 213,439,688 issued ordinary shares of US$1.66 each admitted to trading.  Carnival plc holds nil ordinary shares in Treasury. 

 

Although Carnival plc has 213,439,688 issued ordinary shares, the 45,230,744 ordinary shares held by Carnival Investments Limited and 1,115,450 ordinary shares held by Carnival Corporation do not carry the right to vote (in accordance with the Articles of Association of Carnival plc).    

 

Therefore, the total number of voting rights in Carnival plc is 167,093,494.

 

The above figure of 167,093,494 may be used by shareholders (and others with notification obligations) as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change in their interest in, Carnival plc under the FSA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.