Company No. 4039524

THE COMPANIES ACT 2006

PUBLIC COMPANY LIMITED BY SHARES

RESOLUTIONS

OF

CARNIVAL PLC

At the annual general meeting of CARNIVAL PLC (the "Company") held on 5 April 2024, the following resolutions were duly passed as ordinary and special resolutions as specified below:

ORDINARY RESOLUTION

18. ALLOTMENT OF SHARES

THAT the Directors of Carnival plc be and they are hereby authorized to allot shares in Carnival plc and to grant rights to subscribe for or convert any security into shares in Carnival plc:

  1. up to an aggregate nominal amount of $103,378,991 (such amount to be reduced by the nominal amount allotted or granted under paragraph (b) below in excess of such sum); and
  2. up to an aggregate nominal amount of $206,757,983 (such amount to be reduced by any allotments or grants made under paragraph (a) above) in connection with a pre-emptive offer or invitation (including an offer by way of a rights issue or an open offer):
    • to ordinary shareholders in proportion (as nearly as may be practicable) to their holdings of ordinary shares on the record date for such allotment; and
    • to holders of other equity securities as required by the rights of those securities or as the Directors of Carnival plc otherwise consider necessary,

and so that the Directors of Carnival plc may impose any limits or restrictions and make any arrangements which they consider necessary or appropriate to deal with treasury shares, fractional entitlements, record dates, legal, regulatory or practical problems in, or under the laws of, any territory or any other matter, such authorities to apply until the end of next year's Carnival plc Annual General Meeting (or, if earlier, until the close of business on July 4, 2025) but, in each case, during this period Carnival plc may make offers and enter into agreements which would, or might, require shares to be allotted or rights to subscribe for or convert securities into shares to be granted after the authority expires and the Directors of Carnival plc may allot shares or grant rights to subscribe for or convert securities into shares under any such offer or agreement as if the authority had not expired.

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SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS

19. DISAPPLICATION OF PRE-EMPTION RIGHTS

THAT, subject to Proposal 18 passing, the Directors of Carnival plc be given power to allot equity securities (as defined in the UK Companies Act 2006 (the "Companies Act")) for cash under the authority given by that resolution and/or to sell ordinary shares held by Carnival plc as treasury shares for cash as if Section 561 of the Companies Act did not apply to any such allotment or sale, such power to be limited:

  1. to the allotment of equity securities and sale of treasury shares for cash in connection with an offer of, or invitation to apply for, equity securities (but in the case of the authority granted under paragraph (b) of Proposal 18, by way of a pre-emptive offer or invitation (including a rights issue or open offer):
    • to ordinary shareholders in proportion (as nearly as may be practicable) to their holdings of ordinary shares on the record date for such allotment or sale; and
    • to holders of other equity securities, as required by the rights of those securities, or as the

Directors of Carnival plc otherwise consider necessary,

and so that the Directors of Carnival plc may impose any limits or restrictions and make any arrangements which they consider necessary or appropriate to deal with treasury shares, fractional entitlements, record dates, legal, regulatory or practical problems in, or under the laws of, any territory or any other matter;

  1. in the case of the authority granted under paragraph (a) of Proposal 18 and/or in the case of any sale of treasury shares for cash, to the allotment (otherwise than under paragraph (a) above or paragraph (c) below) of equity securities or sale of treasury shares up to a nominal amount of $31,013,697; and
  2. in the case of the authority granted under paragraph (a) of Proposal 18 and/or in the case of any sale of treasury shares for cash, to the allotment of equity securities or sale of treasury shares (otherwise than under paragraphs (a) or (b) above) up to a nominal amount equal to 20 percent of any allotment of equity securities or sale of treasury shares from time to time under paragraph (b) above, such authority to be used only for the purposes of making a follow-on offer which the Directors of Carnival plc determine to be of a kind contemplated by paragraph 3 of Section 2B of

the Statement of Principles on Disapplying Pre-Emption Rights most recently published by the PreEmption Group prior to the date of this notice,

such power to apply until the end of next year's Annual General Meeting (or, if earlier, until the close of business on July 4, 2025) but, in each case, during this period Carnival plc may make offers, and enter into agreements, which would, or might, require equity securities to be allotted (and/or treasury shares to be sold) after the power expires and the Directors of Carnival plc may allot equity securities (and sell treasury shares) under any such offer or agreement as if the power had not expired.

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20. GENERAL AUTHORITY TO BUY BACK CARNIVAL PLC ORDINARY SHARES

THAT Carnival plc be and is generally and unconditionally authorized to make market purchases (within the meaning of Section 693(4) of the Companies Act) of ordinary shares of $1.66 each in the capital of Carnival plc on such terms and in such manner as the Directors of Carnival plc may determine, and where such shares are held as treasury shares, Carnival plc may use them for the purposes of its employee share schemes, subject to the following conditions:

  1. the maximum number of ordinary shares authorized to be acquired is 18,682,950;
  2. the minimum price (exclusive of expenses) which may be paid for an ordinary share is $1.66;
  3. the maximum price which may be paid for an ordinary share is an amount (exclusive of expenses) equal to the higher of:
    • 105% of the average middle market quotation for an ordinary share of Carnival plc, as derived from the London Stock Exchange Daily Official List, for the five business days immediately preceding the day on which such ordinary share is contracted to be purchased; and
    • the higher of the last independent trade and the highest current independent bid for an ordinary share on the trading service venue where the purchase is carried out; and
  4. unless previously revoked or renewed, this authority shall expire at the end of next year's Annual General Meeting (or, if earlier, at close of business on July 4, 2025), but during this period Carnival plc may make contracts to purchase ordinary shares that would or might be executed wholly or partly after the authority expires and Carnival plc may make purchase of ordinary shares under any such contract as if the authority had not expired.

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Company Secretary

Doreen S. Furnari

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