Holding(s) in Company

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                                                                             
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                        
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                                                               Yes      
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                        
Other (please specify):                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                        
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the                          Legal & General Group Plc (L&G)                       
notification obligation:                                                                                                
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                        
                                                      Legal & General Assurance (Pensions Management) Limited           
4. Full name of shareholder(s)                                                 (PMC)                                    
 (if different from 3.):                                                                                                
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                        
5. Date of the transaction and date on                                                                                  
which the threshold is crossed or                                         17 February 2011                              
reached:                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                        
6. Date on which issuer notified:                                         18 February 2011                              
                                                                                                                        
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or                                                                                  
reached:                                                                L&G (From 5% to 4%)                             
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                        
8. Notified details:                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                        
A: Voting rights attached to shares                                                                                     
                                                                                                                        
Class/type of           Situation previous           Resulting situation after the triggering transaction               
shares                  to the triggering                                                                               
                           transaction                                                                                  
                                                                                                                        
if possible using        Number         Number                  Number of voting           % of  voting rights          
the ISIN CODE              of             of                         rights                                             
                         Shares         Voting      Number                                                              
                                        Rights     of shares                                                            
                                                                                                                        
                                                                 Direct         Indirect  Direct          Indirect      
                                                                                                                        
                             9,150,688                                                                                  
                                                                                                                        
USD 1.66                                           9,130,077    9,130,077                 4.99%                         
                                                                                                                        
                        (As on 12/01/2011)                                                                              
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                        
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments                                                                                     
                                                                                                                        
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                                                    
                                                                                                                        
                                                                           Number of voting                             
                                                                           rights that may                              
Type of financial                    Expiration Exercise/                    be                     % of voting           
instrument                                    Conversion Period            acquired if the        rights                
                                     date                                  instrument 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 rights         
instrument                  price         date      Conversion period      voting rights                                
                                                                           instrument                                   
                                                                           refers to                                    
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                             Nominal        Delta       
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                        
Total (A+B+C)                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                        
Number of voting rights                                   Percentage of voting rights                                   
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                        
                      9,130,077                                                 4.99%                                   
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                        

 

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the          
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:                              
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                         Legal & General                                
Legal & General Group Plc (Direct and    Group Plc (Direct                              
Indirect) (Group) ( 10,665,979 -5.83%    and Indirect)                                  
= Total Position)                        (Group) ( 10,109,826                           
                                         -5.54%= Total                                  
                                         Position)                                      
                                                                                        
Legal & General Investment Management    Legal & General                                
(Holdings) Limited (LGIMH) (Direct       Investment                                     
and Indirect)  ( 10,665,979 -5.83%=      Management                                     
Total Position)                          (Holdings) Limited                             
                                         (LGIMH) (Direct and                            
                                         Indirect)  (                                   
                                         10,109,826 -5.54%=                             
                                         Total Position)                                
                                                                                        
Legal & General Investment Management    Legal & General                                
Limited (Indirect) (LGIM) (              Investment                                     
10,665,979 -5.83%= Total Position)       Management Limited                             
                                         (Indirect) (LGIM) (                            
                                         10,109,826 -5.54%=                             
                                         Total Position)                                
                                                                                        
Legal & General Group Plc (Direct) (L&                         Legal & General          
 G) ( 9,130,077 - 4.99%=LGAS, LGPL &                              Group Plc             
                 PMC)                                          (Direct) (L&G) (         
                                                                 9,058,624 -            
                                                               4.97%=LGAS, LGPL         
                                                                    & PMC)              
                                                                                        
Legal & General          Legal &        Legal & General  Legal & General                
Investment Management    General        Investment       Insurance Holdings             
(Holdings) Limited       Insurance      Management       Limited (Direct)               
(Direct) (LGIMHD) (      Holdings       (Holdings)       (LGIH) (LGAS &                 
6,693,447 -3.65%= PMC)   Limited        Limited (Direct) LGPL)                          
                         (Direct)       (LGIMHD) (                                      
                         (LGIH) (LGAS & 6,872,151 -3.77%                                
                         LGPL)          = PMC)                                          
                                                                                        
Legal & General          Legal &        Legal & General  Legal & General                
Assurance (Pensions      General        Assurance        Assurance Society              
Management) Limited      Assurance      (Pensions        Limited  (LGAS &               
(PMC) ( 6,693,447 -3.65% Society        Management)      LGPL) (LGAS & LGPL)            
= PMC)                   Limited  (LGAS Limited  (PMC) (                                
                         & LGPL) ( -    6,872,151 -3.77%                                
                         LGAS & LGPL)   = PMC)                                          
                                                                                        
                         Legal &                         Legal & General                
                         General                         Pensions Limited               
                         Pensions                        (Direct)  (LGPL)               
                         Limited                                                        
                         (Direct)                                                       
                         (LGPL)                                                         
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
Proxy Voting:                                                                           
                                                                                        
10. Name of the proxy holder:                                       N/A                 
                                                                                        
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease                 N/A                 
to hold:                                                                                
                                                                                        
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold                   N/A                 
voting rights:                                                                          
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                 Notification using the total voting rights figure of   
13. Additional information:                          182,943,936                        
                                                                                        
14. Contact name:                                   Arnaldo Perez                       
                                                                                        
15. Contact telephone number:                       1-305-599-2600