Carnival Corporation & plc Declares Dividend
MIAMI, April 22, 2014 -- Carnival Corporation & plc (NYSE/LSE: CCL; NYSE: CUK)
has announced that it has declared a dividend of $0.25 per share.
The company's board of directors approved a record date for the quarterly
dividend of May 23, 2014, and a payment date of June 13, 2014.
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 June 2,
2014. 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 May 23, 2014.
Carnival Corporation & plc is the largest cruise company in the world, with a
portfolio of cruise brands in North America, Europe, Australia and Asia,
comprised of Carnival Cruise Lines, Holland America Line, Princess Cruises,
Seabourn, AIDA Cruises, Costa Cruises, Cunard, Ibero Cruises, P&O Cruises
(Australia) and P&O Cruises (UK).
Together, these brands operate 100 ships totaling 208,000 lower berths with
eight new ships scheduled to be delivered between 2014 and 2016. Carnival
Corporation & plc also operates Holland America Princess Alaska Tours, the
leading tour company 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.
CONTACT: MEDIA CONTACT - US - Carnival Corporation & plc, Roger Frizzell, 1 305
599 2600, ext. 67862; INVESTOR RELATIONS CONTACT - US/UK - Carnival Corporation
& plc, Beth Roberts, 1 305 406 4832
