Holding(s) in Company

Financial Services Authority

 

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES                                              
                                                                                            
                                                                                            
                                                                                            
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer                                          
of existing shares to which voting rights are                                               
attached:                                                        Carnival Plc               
                                                                                            
                                                                                            
                                                                                            
2. Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):                  
                                                                                            
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                                           Yes   
                                                                                            
                                                                                            
                                                                                            
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result             
in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are                      
attached.                                                                                   
                                                                                            
                                                                                            
                                                                                            
                                                                                            
                                                                                            
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to                   
qualifying financial instruments                                                            
                                                                                            
                                                                                            
                                                                                            
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights                                            
                                                                                            
                                                                                            
                                                                                            
Other (please                                                                               
specify):                                                                                   
                                                                                            
                                                                                            
                                                                                            
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the            Legal & General Group Plc (L&G)         
notification obligation:                                                                    
                                                                                            
4. Full name of shareholder(s)  (if         Legal & General Assurance (Pensions Management) 
different from 3.):                                          Limited (PMC)                  
                                                                                            
                                                                                            
                                                                                            
5. Date of the transaction and date on                      17 December 2009                
which the threshold is crossed or reached:                                                  
                                                                                            
                                                                                            
                                                                                            
6. Date on which issuer notified:                           18 December 2009                
                                                                                            
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or                                                      
reached:                                                  L&G (From 5% to 4%)               
                                                                                            
                                                                                            
                                                                                            


 

8. Notified details:                                                                                     
                                                                                                         
                                                                                                         
                                                                                                         
A: Voting rights attached to shares                                                                      
                                                                                                         
Class/type of    Situation previous to         Resulting situation after the triggering transaction      
shares               the triggering                                                                      
                      transaction                                                                        
                                                                                                         
if possible      Number of   Number of                  Number of voting rights    % of  voting rights   
using the ISIN    Shares       Voting                                                                    
CODE                           Rights      Number of                                                     
                                             shares         Direct     Indirect     Direct     Indirect  
                                                                                                         
                                                                                                         
                        8,376,995                                                                        
                                                                                                         
USD 1.66                                    8,207,902      8,207,902                4.91%                
                                                                                                         
                   (As on 17/10/2007)                                                                    
                                                                                                         
                                                                                                         
                                                                                                         
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments                                                                      
                                                                                                         
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                                     
                                                                                                         
                                                              Number of voting rights                    
                                                              that may be acquired if                    
Type of financial       Expiration   Exercise/ Conversion     the instrument is        % of voting rights
instrument              date         Period                   exercised/ converted.                      
                                                                                                         
                                                                                                         
                                                                                                         
                                                                                                         
                                                                                                         
C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial                            
Instruments                                                                                              
                                                                                                         
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                                     
                                                                                                         
                                                                                                         
                                                                                                         
Type of financial  Exercise     Expiration   Exercise/    Number of voting rights   % of voting rights   
instrument         price        date         Conversion   instrument refers to                           
                                             period                                                      
                                                                                                         
                                                                                                         
                                                                                      Nominal     Delta  
                                                                                                         
                                                                                                         
                                                                                                         
                                                                                                         
                                                                                                         
Total (A+B+C)                                                                                            
                                                                                                         
Number of voting rights                             Percentage of voting rights                          
                                                                                                         
                                                                                                         
                                                                                                         
                     8,207,902                                              4.91%                        
                                                                                                         
                                                                                                         
                                                                                                         


 

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the            
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:                                
                                                                                          
                                                                                          
                                                                                          
Legal & General Group Plc (Direct and Indirect)                                           
(Group) ( 9,090,261 -5.44%= Total Position)                                               
                                                                                          
Legal & General Investment Management (Holdings)                                          
Limited (LGIMH) (Direct and Indirect)  ( 9,090,261                                        
-5.44%= Total Position)                                                                   
                                                                                          
Legal & General Investment Management Limited                                             
(Indirect) (LGIM) ( 9,090,261 -5.44%= Total                                               
Position)                                                                                 
                                                                                          
Legal & General Group Plc (Direct) (L&G) ( 8,207,902 -4.91%= LGAS, LGPL & PMC)            
                                                                                          
Legal & General Investment Management    Legal & General Insurance Holdings               
(Holdings) Limited (Direct) (LGIMHD) (   Limited (Direct) (LGIH)                          
7,457,427 - 4.46%= PMC)                                                                   
                                                                                          
Legal & General Assurance (Pensions      Legal & General Assurance Society                
Management) Limited  (PMC) ( 7,457,427 - Limited  (LGAS & LGPL)                           
4.46%= PMC)                                                                               
                                                                                          
                                         Legal & General Pensions Limited                 
                                         (Direct)  (LGPL)                                 
                                                                                          
                                                                                          
                                                                                          
Proxy Voting:                                                                             
                                                                                          
10. Name of the proxy holder:                            N/A                              
                                                                                          
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to   N/A                              
hold:                                                                                     
                                                                                          
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting N/A                              
rights:                                                                                   
                                                                                          
                                                                                          
                                                                                          
                                            Notification using the total voting rights    
13. Additional information:                 figure of  167,086,757                        
                                                                                          
14. Contact name:                           Arnaldo Perez                                 
                                                                                          
15. Contact telephone number:               1-305-599-2600