Director/PDMR Shareholding

Financial Services Authority

 

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES                                          
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer                                      
of existing shares to which voting rights are                                           
attached:                                                                   Carnival Plc
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
2. Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):              
                                                                                        
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                                          Yes
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result         
in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are                  
attached.                                                                               
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to            Yes
qualifying financial instruments                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
Other (please specify):                                                                 
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the                            BlackRock Inc.      
notification obligation:                                                                
                                                                                        
4. Full name of shareholder(s)                                                          
 (if different from 3.):                                                                
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
5. Date of the transaction and date on                                                  
which the threshold is crossed or                                   22 March 2011       
reached:                                                                                
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
6. Date on which issuer notified:                                   23 March 2011       
                                                                                        
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or                                                  
reached:                                                      Holding has gone below 10%
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        


 

8. Notified details:                                                                       
                                                                                           
                                                                                           
                                                                                           
A: Voting rights attached to shares                                                        
                                                                                           
Class/type      Situation previous    Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
of              to the triggering                                                          
shares             transaction                                                             
                                                                                           
               Number       Number                Number of voting     % of  voting rights 
if possible      of           of                       rights                              
using          Shares       Voting     Number                                              
the ISIN                    Rights    of shares                                            
CODE                                                                                       
                                                  Direct    Indirect   Direct    Indirect  
                                                                                           
                    19,147,274                                                             
GB0031215220                             N/A       N/A     16,783,363   N/A       9.16%    
                                                                                           
                                                                                           
                                                                                           
                                                                                           
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments                                                        
                                                                                           
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                       
                                                                                           
                                                         Number of voting                  
                                                         rights that may be                
Type of         Expiration      Exercise/                acquired if the     % of voting   
financial       date            Conversion Period        instrument is       rights        
instrument                                               exercised/                        
                                                         converted.                        
                                                                                           
                                                                                           
                                                                                           
                                                                                           
                                                                                           
C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial              
Instruments                                                                                
                                                                                           
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                       
                                                                                           
                                                                                           
                                                                                           
Type of       Exercise    Expiration    Exercise/       Number of      % of voting rights  
financial     price       date          Conversion      voting rights                      
instrument                              period          instrument                         
                                                        refers to                          
                                                                                           
                                                                                           
                                                                                           
                                                        582,139        Nominal     Delta   
CFD                                                                                        
                                                                       0.32%    0.32%      
                                                                                           
                                                                                           
                                                                                           
Total (A+B+C)                                                                              
                                                                                           
Number of voting rights                     Percentage of voting rights                    
                                                                                           
                                                                                           
                                                                                           
                 17,365,502                                      9.48%                     
                                                                                           
                                                                                           
                                                                                           


 

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the                                    
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:                                                        
                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                  
Blackrock Investment Management (UK) Limited - 17,365,502 (9.48%)                                                 
                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                  
Proxy Voting:                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                  
10. Name of the proxy holder:                                                                                     
                                                                                                                  
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease                                                               
to hold:                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                  
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold                                                                 
voting rights:                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                  
13. Additional information:                                                                                       
                                                                                                                  
14. Contact name:                                                                            Arnaldo Perez        
                                                                                                                  
15. Contact telephone number:                                                               1-305-599-2600