Notification of Major Interest in Shares

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                    Carnival plc             
attached:                                                                                 
                                                                                          
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):                 
                                                                                          
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                                          X    
                                                                                          
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 event changing the breakdown of voting rights                                          
                                                                                          
Other (please                                                                             
specify):                                                                                 
                                                                                          
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the         Thornburg Investment Management, Inc.    
notification obligation:                                                                  
                                                                                          
4. Full name of shareholder(s)                                    N/A                     
 (if different from 3.):                                                                  
                                                                                          
5. Date of the transaction (and date on which                                             
the threshold is crossed or reached if                      14 February 2013              
differently):                                                                             
                                                                                          
6. Date on which issuer notified:                           20 February 2013              
                                                                                          
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or                  Below 11% voting rights           
reached:                                                                                  
                                                                                          


 

8. Notified details:                                                                             
                                                                                                 
A: Voting rights attached to shares                                                              
                                                                                                 
Class/type of    Situation previous          Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
shares           to the triggering                                                               
                 transaction                                                                     
                                                                                                 
if possible      Number        Number        Number        Number of voting     % of  voting     
using            of            of            of shares     rights               rights           
the ISIN CODE    Shares        Voting                                                            
                               Rights        Direct        Direct  Indirect     Direct  Indirect 
                                                                                                 
                                                                                         10.88%  
                                                                                                 
      ORD          Above 11%     Above 11%        N/A        N/A    19,835,959    N/A            
                                                                                                 
    3121522                                                                                      
                                                                                                 
    (SEDOL)                                                                                      
                                                                                                 
                                                                                                 
                                                                                                 
                                                                                                 
                                                                                                 
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments                                                              
                                                                                                 
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                             
                                                                                                 
Type of financial      Expiration    Exercise/           Number of voting       % of voting      
instrument             date          Conversion Period   rights that may be     rights           
                                                         acquired if the                         
                                                         instrument is                           
                                                         exercised/ converted.                   
                                                                                                 
                                                                                                 
         N/A                                                                                     
                                                                                                 
                                                                                                 
                                                                                                 
                                                                                                 
                                                                                                 
                                                                                                 
Total (A+B)                                                                                      
                                                                                                 
Number of voting rights                          Percentage of voting rights                     
                                                                                                 
19,835,959                                       10.88%                                          
                                                                                                 


 

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the            
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:                                
                                                                                          
Thornburg Investment Management holds these shares as discretionary Investment            
Manager.                                                                                  
                                                                                          
                                                                                          
                                                                                          
                                                                                          
                                                                                          
                                                                                          
                                                                                          
Proxy Voting:                                                                             
                                                                                          
10. Name of the proxy holder:                                           N/A               
                                                                                          
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease                                       
to hold:                                                                                  
                                                                        N/A               
                                                                                          
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold                                         
voting rights:                                                                            
                                                                        N/A               
                                                                                          
                                                                                          
                                                                                          
                                                                                          
13. Additional information:                                                               
                                                                                          
                                                                                          
14. Contact name:                                                                         
                                                            Arnaldo Perez                 
                                                                                          
                                                                                          
15. Contact telephone number:                                                             
                                                             305 599 2600