AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON APRIL 28, 2003 REGISTRATION NO. 333-62950 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 ______________________ POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO FORM S-3 REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 ______________________ CARNIVAL CORPORATION (EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER) REPUBLIC OF PANAMA 59-1562976 (STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION (I.R.S. EMPLOYER OF INCORPORATION OR ORGANIZATION) IDENTIFICATION NO.) 3655 N.W. 87TH AVENUE MIAMI, FLORIDA 33178-2428 (305) 599-2600 (ADDRESS, INCLUDING ZIP CODE, AND TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE, OF REGISTRANT'S PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES) ARNALDO PEREZ, ESQ. SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, GENERAL COUNSEL AND SECRETARY CARNIVAL CORPORATION 3655 N.W. 87TH AVENUE MIAMI, FLORIDA 33178-2428 (305) 599-2600 (NAME, ADDRESS, INCLUDING ZIP CODE, AND TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE, OF AGENT FOR SERVICE) COPIES TO: JOHN C. KENNEDY, ESQ. PAUL, WEISS, RIFKIND, WHARTON & GARRISON LLP 1285 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS NEW YORK, NY 10019 (212) 373-3000 ______________________ APPROXIMATE DATE OF COMMENCEMENT OF PROPOSED SALE TO PUBLIC: Not applicable. If the only securities being registered on this form are being offered pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please check the following box. [_] If any of the securities being registered on this form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, other than securities offered only in connection with dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please check the following box. [X] If this form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering: [_] _________ If this form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering: [_] _________ If delivery of the prospectus is expected to be made pursuant to Rule 434, please check the following box. [_] _________ - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------EXPLANATORY NOTE Pursuant to a Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-62950) (the "Registration Statement"), Carnival Corporation (the "Company") registered the resale (the "Offering") by the selling securityholders named therein of (i) up to $600,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 2% Convertible Debentures due 2021 (the "Debentures") and (ii) up to 15,400,000 shares of Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share (the "Common Stock"), of the Company (plus an indeterminate number of additional shares of Common Stock that could be issued upon conversion of the Debentures as a result of conversion price adjustments). The Registration Statement was declared effective on October 4, 2001. The Company is no longer required to keep the Registration Statement effective pursuant to the terms of the Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of April 25, 2001, among the Company, Merrill Lynch & Co. and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner and Smith Incorporated. Accordingly, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement is being filed for the purpose of withdrawing from registration the Debentures and shares of Common Stock that were not sold in the Offering. 2
SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Miami, State of Florida, on April 28, 2003. CARNIVAL CORPORATION By: /s/ Gerald R. Cahill -------------------------------------- Name: Gerald R. Cahill Title: Senior Vice President - Finance and Chief Financial and Accounting Officer Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Post Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement has been signed on April 28, 2003 by the following persons in the capacities indicated. SIGNATURES TITLE DATE * - -------------------------- Director, Chairman of the Board April 28, 2003 Micky Arison and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer) - -------------------------- Howard S. Frank Director, Vice-Chairman of the Board and Chief Operating Officer /s/ Gerald R. Cahill - -------------------------- Gerald R. Cahill Senior Vice President--Finance April 28, 2003 and Chief Financial and Accounting Officer (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer) - -------------------------- Robert H. Dickinson Director - -------------------------- Pier Luigi Foschi Director
SIGNATURES TITLE DATE * - -------------------------- A. Kirk Lanterman Director April 28, 2003 - -------------------------- Peter G. Ratcliffe Director * - -------------------------- Stuart Subotnick Director April 28, 2003 * - -------------------------- Richard G. Capen, Jr. Director April 28, 2003 * - -------------------------- Arnold W. Donald Director April 28, 2003 - -------------------------- Baroness Hogg Director * - -------------------------- Modesto A. Maidique Director April 28, 2003 - -------------------------- Sir John Parker Director * - -------------------------- Uzi Zucker Director April 28, 2003 * By: /s/ Gerald R. Cahill ------------------------- Gerald R. Cahill Attorney-in-Fact