Carnival Corporation & plc Declares Dividend
MIAMI, Jan. 13, 2015 -- 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 February 20, 2015, and a payment date of March 13, 2015.
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 March 2,
2015. 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 February 20, 2015.
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 Line, Holland America Line, Princess Cruises,
Seabourn, AIDA Cruises, Costa Cruises, Cunard, P&O Cruises (Australia) and P&O
Cruises (UK).
Together, these brands operate 100 ships totaling 212,000 lower berths with 10
new ships scheduled to be delivered between now and 2018. Carnival Corporation
& plc also operates Holland America Princess Alaska 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 can be found on www.carnival.com, www.hollandamerica.com,
www.princess.com, www.seabourn.com, www.aida.de, www.costacruise.com,
www.cunard.com, www.pocruises.com.au and www.pocruises.com.
SOURCE Carnival Corporation & plc
CONTACT: MEDIA CONTACT, US, Carnival Corporation & plc, Roger Frizzell, 1 305
599 2600, ext. 67862; or INVESTOR RELATIONS CONTACT, US/UK, Carnival
Corporation & plc, Beth Roberts, 1 305 406 4832
