Director/PDMR Shareholding

Notification of Transaction of Director/PDMR

    MIAMI, Aug. 4 -- On August 3, 2009, Carnival Corporation & plc 
(NYSE/LSE: CCL; NYSE: CUK) was notified that Robert H. Dickinson, former
President and Chief Executive Officer of Carnival Cruise Lines and a member
of Carnival Corporation & plc's boards of directors, sold 40,000 shares of
Carnival Corporation common stock ("Shares") which he held indirectly
registered in the name of Dickinson Enterprises Limited Partnership at a
weighted average price of US$28.7525 per share. Following this transaction,
Dickinson continues to hold directly or indirectly 127,147 shares.

    This notification relates to disclosures made in accordance with
3.1.4(R)(1)(a) of the Disclosure Rules and Transparency Rules.

    Further details and a copy of the Form 4, Statement of Changes in
Beneficial Ownership of Securities, to be filed today by Dickinson with the
U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission, can be found at the SEC web site,
www.sec.gov, and the Carnival Corporation & plc web site located at
www.carnivalcorp.com and www.carnivalplc.com.