Notification of Transaction of Director/PDMR
MIAMI, August 9, 2013 -- Carnival Corporation & plc (NYSE/LSE: CCL; NYSE: CUK) was notified on August 8, 2013 that on August 7, 2013 Micky Arison, Chairman of Carnival Corporation & plc's Boards of Directors, exercised options to purchase 120,000 shares of Carnival Corporation common stock (the "Shares") at US$34.45 per Share. The options were scheduled to expire on October 13, 2013. Mr. Arison surrendered 115,200 Shares in satisfaction of the exercise price and withholding taxes as permitted by the rules of the applicable share option scheme. Following these transactions, Mr. Arison continues to beneficially own 173,421,634 Shares and 240,000 options to acquire Shares.
This notification relates to disclosures made in accordance with Rule 3.1.4(R)(1)(a) of the Disclosure Rules and Transparency Rules.
Further details and a copy of the applicable Forms 4, “Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership of Securities,” to be filed with the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission, can be found at the SEC web site, www.sec.gov, and the Carnival Corporation & plc web site, www.carnivalcorp.com or www.carnivalplc.com.