CARNIVAL CORPORATION & PLC DECLARES DIVIDEND

CARNIVAL CORPORATION & PLC DECLARES DIVIDEND MIAMI July 7, 2006 -- On July 6, 2006, the boards of directors of Carnival Corporation & plc (NYSE/LSE: CCL; NYSE: CUK) approved a quarterly dividend to holders of Carnival Corporation common stock and Carnival plc ordinary shares of $0.25 per share. The boards approved a record date for the quarterly dividend of August 18, 2006, and a payment date of September 8, 2006. 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 September 1, 2006. 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 August 18, 2006. Carnival Corporation & plc is the largest cruise vacation group in the world, with a portfolio of 13 cruise brands in North America, Europe and Australia, comprised of Carnival Cruise Lines, Holland America Line, Princess Cruises, Seabourn Cruise Line, Windstar Cruises, AIDA Cruises, Costa Cruises, Cunard Line, Ocean Village, P&O Cruises, Swan Hellenic, P&O Cruises Australia and Costa Asia. Together, these brands operate 81 ships totaling approximately 144,000 lower berths with 15 new ships scheduled to enter service between February 2007 and spring 2010. Carnival Corporation & plc also operates the leading tour companies in Alaska and the Canadian Yukon, Holland America Tours and Princess Tours. 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. Additional information is available on-line at www.carnivalcorp.com and www.carnivalplc.com. MEDIA CONTACTS US Carnival Corporation & plc Tim Gallagher 1 305 599 2600, ext. 16000 UK Brunswick Group Sarah Lindgreen/Ruban Yogarajah 44 (0) 20 7404 5959 INVESTOR RELATIONS CONTACT US/UK Carnival Corporation & plc Beth Roberts 1 305 406 4832 SOURCE Carnival Corporation & plc -0- 07/07/2006 /PRNewswire -- July 7/ (CCL CUK)

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