Holding(s) in Company

NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES                   

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying  Carnival Plc               
issuer of existing shares to which voting                               
rights are attached:                                                    
                                                                        
2. Reason for notification (yes/no)                                     
                                                                        
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                  Yes        
                                                                        
An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which               
may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to               
which voting rights are attached                                        
                                                                        
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights                        
                                                                        
Other (please specify):______________                                   
                                                                        
3. Full name of person(s) subject   AXA S.A. 25 Avenue Matignon, 75008  
to notification obligation:         Paris and its group of companies    
                                                                        
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if                                      
different from 3):                                                      
                                                                        
5. Date of transaction (and date on 16 December 2008                    
which the threshold is crossed or                                       
reached if different):                                                  
                                                                        
6. Date on which issuer notified:   Notice dated 17 December 2008,      
                                    received 16 January 2009            
                                                                        
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed 5%                                  
or reached:                                                             
                                                                        
8: Notified Details                                                     
                                                                        
A: Voting rights attached to shares                                     
                                                                        
Class/    Situation previous  Resulting situation after the triggering  
type of   to the triggering   transaction                               
shares    transaction                                                   
                                                                        
If                                                                      
possible                                                                
use ISIN                                                                
code                                                                    
                                                                        
                                                                        

             Number of  Number of     Number   Number of voting      Percentage of voting      
             shares     voting rights of       rights                rights                    
                                      shares                                                
                                               Direct     Indirect   Direct      Indirect      
                                                                                  
  Ordinary   10,217,311 10,217,311   1,774,104 1,774,104  9,345,868  0.83%       4.38%
   Share                                                                          
                                                                                  
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B: Financial Instruments                                                          
                                                                                  
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                              
                                                                                  
Type of       Expiration    Exercise/         No. of voting rights Percentage of  
financial     date          conversion period that may be acquired voting rights  
instrument                  /date             (if the instrument                  
                                              exercised/converted)                
                                                                                  
N/A                                                                               
                                                                                  
Total (A+B)                                                                       
                                                                                  
Number of voting rights             Percentage of voting rights                   
                                                                                  
      11,119,972                              5.21%                     

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and /
or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:        
                                                                         
Name of Company/Fund    Number of Shares   % of Issued Share   Interest  
                                                Capital                  
                                                                         
Alliance Capital       235,152            .11027%               Direct   
Management                                                               
                                                                         
AXA                    434,458            .20374%               Direct   
                                                                         
AXA Australia          12,178             .00571%              Indirect  
                                                                         
AXA Financial, Inc     9,194,145          4.31160%             Indirect  
                                                                         
AXA Framlington        1,000              .000468951%          Indirect  
                                                                         
AXA France             4,821              .00%                 Indirect  
                                                                         
AXA IM UK              683,295            .320431805%           Direct   
                                                                         
AXA IM UK              133,724            .06270999%           Indirect  
                                                                         
AXA Winterthur         421,199            .19752165%            Direct   
                                                                         
Total                  11,119,972         5.21%                Indirect  

Proxy Voting:                                                            
                                                                         
10. Name of proxy holder:          N/A                                   
                                                                         
11. Number of voting rights proxy                                        
holder will cease to hold:                                               
                                                                         
12. Date on which proxy holder                                           
will cease to hold voting rights:                                        

13. Additional information:                                              
                                                                         
14 Contact name:                   Arnaldo Perez                         
                                                                         
15. Contact telephone number:      1-305-599-2600