NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

1)   Name of listed company

Carnival plc        

2)   Name of shareholder with a major interest

Fidelity Investments (FMR Corp and Fidelity International Limited and their 
direct and indirect 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

Non-beneficial

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

See attached Schedule A

5)   Number of shares/amount of stock acquired

1,095,005

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

0.52%

7)   Number of shares/amount of stock disposed

-

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

-

9)   Class of security

Ordinary shares of $1.66 each

10)  Date of transaction

-

11)  Date listed company informed

8 February 2006

12)  Total holding following this notification

9,286,349 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)

4.37%

14)  Any additional information

The notifiable interests also comprise the notifiable interest of Mr Edward C 
Johnson III, a principal shareholder in FMR Corp. and Fidelity International 
Limited

15)  Name of contact and telephone number for queries

Tony Guthrie 020 7940 5384

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

Arnaldo Perez, Company Secretary     
 
     Date of notification    8 February 2006


Schedule A
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          Nominee/Registered Name           Management Company       Shares  
                                                                      Held   

    JP Morgan, Bournemouth             Fidelity Pension Management    82,300 

    Northern Trust London              Fidelity Pension Management     4,500 

    JP Morgan, Bournemouth             Fidelity Investment      
                                       Services Ltd                   17,800 

    Brown Brothers Harriman Ltd LUX    Fidelity International       
                                       Limited                     1,246,870 

    JP Morgan, Bournemouth             Fidelity Pension Management   716,700 

    Northern Trust London              Fidelity Pension Management   474,534 

    Bank of New York Brussels          Fidelity Pension Management   285,822 

    State Street Bank & Trust Co       
    London                             Fidelity Pension Management   197,688 

    Mellon Bank                        Fidelity Pension Management   169,449 

    Bankers Trust London               Fidelity Pension Management    67,507 

    Midland Securities Services        Fidelity Pension Management    30,000 

    Clydesdale Bank plc                Fidelity Pension Management    28,370 

    HSBC Bank plc                      Fidelity Pension Management    28,200 

    Bank of New York Europe LDN        Fidelity Pension Management     8,100 

    Societe Generale                   Fidelity Pension Management     4,842 

    State Street Bank & Trust Co       Fidelity Management Trust         
                                       Company                       483,301 

    Mellon Bank N.A.                   Fidelity Management Trust         
                                       Company                       210,534 

    Brown Brothers Harriman and Co     Fidelity Management Trust         
                                       Company                       179,918 

    Northern Trust Co                  Fidelity Management Trust         
                                       Company                       137,554 

    JP Morgan Chase Bank               Fidelity Management Trust         
                                       Company                        70,915 

    CIBC Mellon Trust                  Fidelity Management Trust         
                                       Company                        30,939 

    Bank of New York                   Fidelity Management Trust         
                                       Company                        21,200 

    Royal Trust - Toronto              Fidelity Management Trust         
                                       Company                         4,099 

    JP Morgan Chase Bank               Fidelity Management &             
                                       Research Company              975,300 

    Mellon Bank N.A.                   FMR                             3,200 

    JP Morgan, Bournemouth             Fidelity Investment 
                                       Services Ltd                1,265,858 


    Bermuda Trust Far East Hong Kong   Fidelity Investments           
                                       Management - (Hong                
                                       Kong) Ltd                      83,528    

    Brown Brothers Harriman Ltd LUX    Fidelity International       
                                       Limited                     1,979,456 

    Bank of New York Brussels          Fidelity International            
                                       Limited                        79,520 

    JP Morgan, Bournemouth             Fidelity International            
                                       Limited                        58,633 

    Chase Manhattan Bank AG            Fidelity International            
    Frankfurt (S)                      Limited                        45,126 

    Northern Trust London              Fidelity International            
                                       Limited                        20,970 

    State Street Bank Australia (C)    Fidelity International            
                                       Limited                        16,630 

    State Street Bank & Trust Co       Fidelity International            
    London                             Limited                        14,462 

    National Australia Bank            Fidelity International            
    Melbourne                          Limited                        10,770 

    Northern Trust Co                  Fidelity International            
                                       Limited                         7,500 

    BNP Paribas, Paris (C)             Fidelity International            
                                       Limited                         7,100 

    ING Luxembourg                     Fidelity International            
                                       Limited                         3,451 

    Master Trust Bank of Japan         Fidelity Investments Japan     43,743 

    Nomura Trust and Banking           Fidelity Investments Japan      5,600 

    Trust & Cust Svcs Bank Ltd,       
    Tokyo                              Fidelity Investments Japan      3,760 

    Bank of New York Europe LDN        Fidelity International            
                                       Limited                       160,600