RESULTS OF CARNIVAL CORPORATION & PLC ANNUAL GENERAL MEETINGS
MIAMI (April 21, 2006) -- Carnival Corporation & plc (NYSE/LSE: CCL; NYSE: CUK) announce that at its annual general meetings held yesterday in Coral Gables, Fla., all of the resolutions recommended by the board of directors were passed. The results of the polls conducted at the annual general meetings of Carnival Corporation & plc will be available shortly on the company's web sites at www.carnivalcorp.com and www.carnivalplc.com.
All resolutions passed by the company other than resolutions concerning ordinary business have been submitted to the UK Listing Authority, and will shortly be available for inspection at the UK Listing Authority's Document Viewing Facility, which is situated at:
Financial Services Authority
25 The North Colonnade
Canary Wharf
London
E14 5HS
Tel. No. (0) 20 7676 1000
Carnival Corporation & plc is the largest cruise vacation group in the world, with a portfolio of 12 cruise brands in North America, Europe and Australia, comprised of Carnival Cruise Lines, Holland America Line, Princess Cruises, Seabourn Cruise Line, Windstar Cruises, AIDA Cruises, Costa Cruises, Cunard Line, Ocean Village, P&O Cruises, Swan Hellenic, and P&O Cruises Australia.
Together, these brands operate 80 ships totaling approximately 139,000 lower berths with 15 new ships scheduled to enter service between June 2006 and fall 2009. Carnival Corporation & plc also operates the leading tour companies in Alaska and the Canadian Yukon, Holland America Tours and Princess Tours. 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.
MEDIA CONTACTS:
US
Carnival Corporation & plc
Tim Gallagher
1 305 599 2600, ext. 16000
INVESTOR RELATIONS CONTACTS:
US/UK
Carnival Corporation & plc
Beth Roberts
1 305 406 4832
UK
Brunswick
Sophie Fitton/Sarah Lindgreen
44 (0) 20 7404 5959
"Safe Harbor" Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: Statements in this press release regarding Carnival Corporation & Carnival plc's business which are not historical facts are "forward-looking statements" that involve risks and uncertainties. For a discussion of such risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual results to differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements, see "Risk Factors" in the Company's Annual Report or Form 10-K for the most recently ended fiscal year. "
