Carnival plc Statement

Carnival plc ("the Company")                          

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Application has been made to the Financial Services Authority and the London
Stock Exchange Plc for a total of 1,000,000 Ordinary shares of US$1.66 each
("shares") to be admitted to the Official List.

It is expected that admission will be granted on 13 February 2004 and trading
will commence on 16 February 2004

These shares are being reserved under a block listing and will be issued
pursuant to the following scheme:

                           Scheme                                 Shares      
                                                                              
Carnival Share Option Scheme                                     1,000,000    

When issued these shares will rank pari passu with the existing Ordinary
shares.