Holding(s) in Company

Financial Services Authority

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES
 
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying               Carnival Plc
issuer of existing shares to which voting
rights are attached:
 
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 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 January 2010
 
5. Date of the transaction and date on
which the threshold is crossed or
reached:
 
6. Date on which issuer notified:                     6 January 2010
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or          Holding has gone above 12%
reached:
 
8. Notified details:
 
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of            Situation                                     Resulting situation
shares if               previous to                                   after the triggering
possible              the triggering                                       transaction
using the               transaction
ISIN
CODE
                  Number          Number                                 Number of                 % of voting
                    of           of Voting                             voting rights                  rights
                  Shares          Rights         Number of
                                                  shares

                                                                   Direct        Indirect       Direct   Indirect

GB0031215220                N/A                     N/A            N/A          19,060,602        N/A      11.41%
 
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
                                                                                 Number of
                                                                            voting rights that
   Type of financial       Expiration         Exercise/Conversion             may be acquired         % of voting
       instrument             date                  Period                   if the instrument          rights
                                                                               is exercised/
                                                                                converted.
 
C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
 
 Type of financial     Exercise      Expiration       Exercise/          Number of               % of voting
    instrument          price           date         Conversion        voting rights               rights
                                                       period            instrument
                                                                         refers to
 
        CFD                                                              2,330,814           Nominal       Delta
                                                                                              1.39%
 
Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights                                  Percentage of voting rights

            
      21,391,416                                                   12.80%

 
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 - 21,391,416 (12.80%)
 
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