Holding(s) in Company
NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES
1) Name of listed company
Carnival plc
2) Name of shareholder with a major interest
Fidelity Investments (FMR Corp and Fidelity International Limited and their
direct and indirect subsidiaries)
3) Please state whether notification indicates that it is regarding the
holding of the shareholder named in 2 above; in respect of a
non-beneficial interest; or in the case of an individual holder if it is a
holding of that person's spouse or children under the age of 18
Non-beneficial
4) Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the
number of shares held by each of them
See attached Schedule A
5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired
-
6) Percentage of issued class (any treasury shares held by the listed company
should not be taken into account when calculating percentage)
-
7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed
518,140
8) Percentage of issued class (any treasury shares held by the listed company
should not be taken into account when calculating percentage)
0.24%
9) Class of security
Ordinary shares of $1.66 each
10) Date of transaction
-
11) Date listed company informed
26 January 2006
12) Total holding following this notification
8,191,344 ordinary shares
13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification (any
treasury shares held by the listed company should not be taken into account
when calculating percentage)
3.85%
14) Any additional information
The notifiable interests also comprise the notifiable interest of Mr Edward C
Johnson III, a principal shareholder in FMR Corp. and Fidelity International
Limited
15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries
Tony Guthrie 020 7940 5384
16) Name and signature of duly authorised officer of the listed company
responsible for making this notification
Arnaldo Perez, Company Secretary
Date of notification 26 January 2006
Schedule A
Nominee/Registered Name Management Company Shares
Held
State Street Munich Fidelity Pension Management 5,000
State Street Bank & Trust Co London Fidelity Pension Management 201,988
Societe Generale Fidelity Pension Management 4,842
Northern Trust London Fidelity Pension Management 483,434
Midland Securities Services Fidelity Pension Management 30,000
Mellon Bank Fidelity Pension Management 168,149
JP Morgan, Bournemouth Fidelity Pension Management 766,000
HSBC Bank plc Fidelity Pension Management 28,200
Clydesdale Bank plc Fidelity Pension Management 28,370
Citibank London Fidelity Pension Management 7,100
Bankers Trust London Fidelity Pension Management 67,507
Bank of New York Europe LDN Fidelity Pension Management 8,100
Bank of New York Brussels Fidelity Pension Management 284,822
State Street Bank & Trust Co Fidelity Management Trust 488,101
Company
Royal Trust - Toronto Fidelity Management Trust 4,099
Company
Northern Trust Co Fidelity Management Trust 137,554
Company
Mellon Bank N.A. Fidelity Management Trust 212,034
Company
JP Morgan Chase Bank Fidelity Management Trust 70,915
Company
CIBC Mellon Trust Fidelity Management Trust 30,939
Company
Brown Brothers Harriman and Co Fidelity Management Trust 179,918
Company
Bank of New York Fidelity Management Trust 21,200
Company
JP Morgan Chase Bank Fidelity Management & Research 975,300
Company
Mellon Bank N.A. FMR 3,200
JP Morgan, Bournemouth Fidelity Investment Services 850,953
Ltd
Bermuda Trust Far East Hong Kong Fidelity Investments 83,528
Management - (Hong Kong) Ltd
State Street Bank Australia (C) Fidelity International Limited 16,630
State Street Bank & Trust Co London Fidelity International Limited 14,462
Northern Trust London Fidelity International Limited 18,770
Northern Trust Co Fidelity International Limited 7,500
National Australia Bank Melbourne Fidelity International Limited 10,770
JP Morgan, Bournemouth Fidelity International Limited 98,133
ING Luxembourg Fidelity International Limited 3,451
Chase Manhattan Bank AG Frankfurt (S) Fidelity International Limited 45,126
Brown Brothers Harriman Ltd LUX Fidelity International Limited 2,696,026
BNP Paribas, Paris (C) Fidelity International Limited 6,600
Bank of New York Brussels Fidelity International Limited 79,520
Trust & Cust Svcs Bank Ltd, Tokyo Fidelity Investments Japan 3,760
Nomura Trust and Banking Fidelity Investments Japan 5,600
Master Trust Bank of Japan Fidelity Investments Japan 43,743