Carnival Corporation & plc Announces Exchange Rate For Quarterly Dividend
MIAMI, Dec. 2, 2016 --On October 20, 2016, Carnival Corporation & plc (NYSE/LSE: CCL; NYSE: CUK) announced a quarterly cash dividend of $0.35 (U.S.) per share. The dividend is payable on December 16, 2016, to shareholders of record on November 25, 2016.
Holders of Carnival Corporation common stock or Carnival plc ADSs will receive a dividend payable in U.S. dollars. The dividend for Carnival plc ordinary shares will be payable in sterling unless shareholders elected to receive the dividend in U.S. dollars by November 25, 2016.
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 December 1, 2016 (US$1 = 79.22047 pence). Accordingly, the dividend payable in sterling on December 16, 2016, will be 27.72716 pence per share.
Carnival Corporation &plc is the largest leisure travel company in the world and among the most profitable and financially strong in the industry with a portfolio of 10 cruise brands inNorth America,Europe,AustraliaandAsia, comprised of Carnival Cruise Line, Fathom,Holland America Line,Princess Cruises, Seabourn,AIDA Cruises,Costa Cruises, Cunard,P&O Cruises(Australia) andP&O Cruises(UK).
Together, these brands operate 102 ships visiting over 700 ports around the world and totaling 226,000 lower berths with 14 new ships scheduled to be delivered between 2017 and 2020.Carnival Corporation &plc also operates Holland America Princess Alaska Tours, the leading tour companies in Alaskaand the Canadian Yukon. Traded on both theNew Yorkand 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 http://www.carnival.com/, http://www.fathom.org/, http://www.hollandamerica.com/, http://www.princess.com/, http://www.seabourn.com/, http://www.aida.de/, http://www.costacruise.com/, http://www.cunard.com/, http://www.pocruises.com.au/ and http://www.pocruises.com/.
SOURCE Carnival Plc
CONTACT: MEDIA CONTACT: Carnival Corporation & plc, Roger Frizzell, 1 305 599 2600, ext. 67862, orINVESTOR RELATIONS CONTACT: Carnival Corporation & plc, Beth Roberts, 1 305 406 4832
