CARNIVAL CORPORATION & PLC DECLARES DIVIDEND

CARNIVAL CORPORATION & PLC DECLARES DIVIDEND 
 
MIAMI July 7, 2006 -- On July 6, 2006, the boards of directors of Carnival 
Corporation & plc (NYSE/LSE: CCL; NYSE: CUK) approved a quarterly dividend to 
holders of Carnival Corporation common stock and Carnival plc ordinary shares 
of $0.25 per share.  The boards approved a record date for the quarterly 
dividend of August 18, 2006, and a payment date of September 8, 2006. 
 
Holders of Carnival Corporation common stock and Carnival plc ADSs will 
receive the dividend payable in U.S. dollars.  The dividend for Carnival plc 
ordinary shares will be payable in U.S. dollars or sterling.  In the absence 
of instructions or elections to the contrary, holders of Carnival plc ordinary 
shares will automatically receive the dividend in sterling.   
 
Dividends payable in sterling will be converted from U.S. dollars at the 
exchange rate quoted by the Bank of England in London at 12 noon on September 
1, 2006.  Holders of Carnival plc ordinary shares wishing to receive their 
dividend in U.S. dollars or participate in the Carnival plc Dividend 
Reinvestment Plan must elect to do so by August 18, 2006. 
 
Carnival Corporation & plc is the largest cruise vacation group in the world, 
with a portfolio of 13 cruise brands in North America, Europe and Australia, 
comprised of Carnival Cruise Lines, Holland America Line, Princess Cruises, 
Seabourn Cruise Line, Windstar Cruises, AIDA Cruises, Costa Cruises, Cunard 
Line, Ocean Village, P&O Cruises, Swan Hellenic, P&O Cruises Australia and 
Costa Asia. 
 
Together, these brands operate 81 ships totaling approximately 144,000 lower 
berths with 15 new ships scheduled to enter service between February 2007 and 
spring 2010. Carnival Corporation & plc also operates the leading tour 
companies in Alaska and the Canadian Yukon, Holland America Tours and Princess 
Tours. Traded on both the New York and London Stock Exchanges, Carnival 
Corporation & plc is the only group in the world to be included in both the 
S&P 500 and the FTSE 100 indices. 
 
Additional information is available on-line at www.carnivalcorp.com and 
www.carnivalplc.com.  
 
MEDIA CONTACTS                 
 
US                             
Carnival Corporation & plc               
Tim Gallagher                       
1 305 599 2600, ext. 16000               
                               
UK                             
Brunswick Group                
Sarah Lindgreen/Ruban Yogarajah     
44 (0) 20 7404 5959  
 
INVESTOR RELATIONS CONTACT 
 
US/UK 
Carnival Corporation & plc 
Beth Roberts 
1 305 406 4832 
 
SOURCE  Carnival Corporation & plc 
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    /PRNewswire -- July 7/ 
    (CCL CUK)