Carnival Declares Dividend Names Board Committe...
Carnival Corporation & plc Declares Dividend, Appoints Board Committee
Members and Announces Results of Annual General Meetings
MIAMI, April 24 -- Following its annual shareholders meetings and boards of
directors meetings held this week in Coral Gables, Fla., Carnival Corporation &
plc (NYSE/LSE: CCL; NYSE: CUK) has announced the declaration of a quarterly
dividend, three board committee appointments, and the results of the resolutions
voted on at its annual general meetings.
Quarterly Dividend Declared
On April 23, 2008, the boards declared a dividend of $0.40 per share. The
boards approved a record date for the quarterly dividend of May 23, 2008, and
a payment date of June 13, 2008.
Holders of Carnival Corporation common stock and Carnival plc ADSs will
receive the dividend payable in U.S. dollars. The dividend for Carnival plc
ordinary shares will be payable in U.S. dollars or sterling. In the absence
of instructions or elections to the contrary, holders of Carnival plc ordinary
shares will automatically receive the dividend in sterling.
Dividends payable in sterling will be converted from U.S. dollars at the
exchange rate quoted by the Bank of England in London at 12 noon on June 2,
2008. Holders of Carnival plc ordinary shares wishing to receive their
dividend in U.S. dollars or participate in the Carnival plc Dividend
Reinvestment Plan must elect to do so by May 23, 2008.
New Board Committee Appointments
Laura Weil was appointed as a member of the Compensation Committees,
Richard Capen was appointed as a member of the Health, Environmental, Safety &
Security Committees and resigned as a member of the Audit Committees, and Uzi
Zucker was appointed as a member of the Audit Committees.
These appointments fill the vacancies arising as a result of the
previously announced retirement of Baroness Sarah Hogg as a member of the
boards, who decided not to seek re-election at the latest annual meetings of
shareholders. The board committee appointments and retirement of Baroness
Sarah Hogg became effective April 22, 2008.
Annual General Meeting Results
All of the resolutions recommended by the board of directors were passed
at the annual general meetings.
The results of the polls conducted at the annual general meetings will be
available shortly on the company's web sites at www.carnivalcorp.com or
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 cruise brands in North America, Europe and
Australia, comprised of Carnival Cruise Lines, Holland America Line, Princess
Cruises, The Yachts of Seabourn, AIDA Cruises, Costa Cruises, Cunard Line,
Ibero Cruises, Ocean Village, P&O Cruises and P&O Cruises Australia.
Together, these brands operate 86 ships totaling more than 162,000 lower
berths with 20 new ships scheduled to enter service between July 2008 and June
2012. Carnival Corporation & plc also operates Holland America Tours and
Princess Tours, the leading tour companies in Alaska and the Canadian Yukon.
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.
SOURCE Carnival Corporation & plc
-0- 04/24/2008
/CONTACT: MEDIA, US, Tim Gallagher of Carnival Corporation & plc,
+1-305-599-2600, ext. 16000; or UK, Richard Jacques or Sophie Brand,
44(0)20-7404-5959, both of Brunswick Group, for Carnival Corporation & plc; or
Investor Relations, US-UK, Beth Roberts of Carnival Corporation & plc,
+1-305-406-4832/
/Web site: http://www.carnivalcorp.com
http://www.carnivalplc.com /
(CCL CUK)
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