Holding(s) in Company

Financial Services Authority

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST 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 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               BlackRock Inc.              
the notification obligation:                                                       
                                                                               
4. Full name of shareholder(s)                                                 
(if different from 3.):                                                        
                                                                               
5. Date of the transaction and date                8 January 2010              
on which the threshold is crossed or                                              
reached:                                                                       
                                                                               
6. Date on which issuer notified:                  11 January 2010             
                                                                               
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed          Holding has gone above 13%        
or reached:                                                                       

8. Notified details:                                                           
                                                                               
A: Voting rights attached to shares                                            
                                                                               
Class/type      Situation         Resulting situation after the triggering     
of              previous                         transaction                   
shares      to the triggering                                                  
               transaction                                                     
                                                                               
if possible  Number   Number    Number    Number of voting  % of voting rights 
using          of       of     of shares       rights                          
the ISIN     Shares   Voting                                                   
CODE                  Rights                                                   
                                                                               

                                            Direct   Indirect     Direct   Indirect                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                                        
GB0031215220      19,060,602         N/A      N/A  19,241,345            N/A                                 11.52%                                     
                                                                                                                                                        
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                                        
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                                        
Type of financial Expiration Exercise/          Number of                          % of voting                                                          
instrument        date       Conversion Period  voting                             rights                                                               
                                                rights that                                                                                             
                                                may be                                                                                                  
                                                acquired if                                                                                             
                                                the                                                                                                     
                                                instrument is                                                                                           
                                                exercised/                                                                                              
                                                converted.                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                                        
C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying 
Financial Instruments                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                                        
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                                        
Type of        Exercise Expiration Exercise/   Number of     % of voting                                                                                
financial      price    date       Conversion  voting rights rights                                                                                     
instrument                         period      instrument                                                                                               
                                               refers to                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                        
CFD                                            2,490,541     Nominal                                                    Delta                           
                                                                                                                                                        
                                                             1.49%                                                      1.49%                           
                                                                                                                                                        
Total (A+B+C)                                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                                        
Number of voting rights                 Percentage of voting rights                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                                        
21,731,886                              13.01%                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                        
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or                                                                              
the                                                                                                                                                     
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                                        
BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited - 21,731,886 (13.01%)                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                                        
Proxy Voting:                                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                                        
10. Name of the proxy holder:                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                                        
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