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

Legal & General Group plc and/or its 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

Not stated

4) Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the
number of shares held by each of them

HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd (various accounts)

5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired

Not stated

6) Percentage of issued class (any treasury shares held by the listed company
should not be taken into account when calculating percentage)

n/a


7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed

n/a


8) Percentage of issued class (any treasury shares held by the listed company
should not be taken into account when calculating percentage)

n/a

9) Class of security

Ordinary shares of $1.66 each

10) Date of transaction

Not stated

11) Date listed company informed

1 March 2006

12) Total holding following this notification

11,350,409 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)

5.33%


14) Any additional information

n/a

15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries

Arnaldo Perez 001 [phone] ext. 18018

16) Name and signature of duly authorised officer of the listed company
responsible for making this notification

Arnaldo Perez, Company Secretary

Date of notification 3 March 2006