Carnival Corporation & plc Declares Dividend
MIAMI, Oct. 20, 2016 -- Carnival Corporation & plc (NYSE/LSE: CCL; NYSE: CUK)
has announced that it has declared a quarterly dividend of $0.35 per share.
The company's board of directors approved a record date for the quarterly
dividend of November 25, 2016, and a payment date of December 16, 2016.
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 December 1,
2016. 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 November 25, 2016.
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 in North America, Europe, Australia and Asia,
comprised of Carnival Cruise Line, Fathom, Holland America Line, Princess
Cruises, Seabourn, AIDA Cruises, Costa Cruises, Cunard, P&O Cruises (Australia)
and P&O Cruises (UK).
Together, these brands operate 101 ships visiting over 700 ports around the
world and totaling 225,000 lower berths with 18 new ships scheduled to be
delivered through 2022. 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&P500 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 Corporation
CONTACT: Carnival Corporation Media Contact: Roger Frizzell, Carnival
Corporation, rfrizzell@carnival.com, (305) 406-7862; Carnival Corporation
Investor Relations: Beth Roberts, Carnival Corporation, eroberts@carnival.com,
(305) 599-2600