Carnival Corporation & Plc Announces Exchan...
Carnival Corporation & Plc Announces Exchange Rate for Quarterly Dividend
MIAMI, Sept. 4 -- On July 17, 2007, Carnival Corporation & plc (NYSE/LSE:
CCL) (NYSE: CUK) announced a quarterly cash dividend of 35 (U.S.) cents per
share. The dividend is payable on September 14, 2007, to shareholders of record
on August 24, 2007.
Holders of Carnival Corporation common stock or Carnival plc ADSs will
receive a dividend payable in U.S. dollars. The dividend for Carnival plc
ordinary shares will be payable in sterling unless shareholders elected to
receive the dividend in U.S. dollars by August 24, 2007.
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 September
4, 2007 (US$1 = 49.67710 pence). Accordingly, the dividend payable in sterling
on September 14, 2007, will be 17.38698 pence per share.
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, Seabourn Cruise Line, AIDA Cruises, Costa Cruises, Cunard Line, Ocean
Village, P&O Cruises and P&O Cruises Australia.
Together, these brands operate 82 ships totaling 154,000 lower berths with 17
new ships scheduled to enter service between December 2007 and June 2011.
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
CONTACT: Media, U.S., Tim Gallagher or Jennifer de la Cruz of Carnival
Corporation & plc, +1-305-599-2600, ext. 16000, or UK, Richard Jacques or
Sophie Brand, Brunswick Group, 44 (0) 20 7404 5959; or Investor Relations,
U.S. and UK, Beth Roberts of Carnival Corporation & plc, +1-305-406-4832
Web site: http://www.carnivalcorp.com
(CCL CUK)