Director/PDMR Shareholding

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

226,850

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

0.11%


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

16 January 2006

12) Total holding following this notification

6,469,633 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)

3.04%


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 16 January 2006

Schedule A

       Nominee/Registered Name              Management Company         Shares  
                                                                        Held   
                                                                               
Brown Brothers Harriman Ltd LUX       Fidelity International Limited     10,470
                                                                               
JP Morgan, Bournemouth                Fidelity Pension Management       648,900
                                                                               
Northern Trust London                 Fidelity Pension Management       479,004
                                                                               
Bank of New York Brussels             Fidelity Pension Management       289,662
                                                                               
State Street Bank & Trust Co London   Fidelity Pension Management       242,168
                                                                               
Mellon Bank                           Fidelity Pension Management       168,149
                                                                               
Bankers Trust London                  Fidelity Pension Management        67,507
                                                                               
HSBC Bank plc                         Fidelity Pension Management        41,900
                                                                               
Midland Securities Services           Fidelity Pension Management        30,000
                                                                               
Clydesdale Bank plc                   Fidelity Pension Management        28,370
                                                                               
Bank of New York Europe LDN           Fidelity Pension Management         8,100
                                                                               
Societe Generale                      Fidelity Pension Management         7,142
                                                                               
Citibank London                       Fidelity Pension Management         7,100
                                                                               
State Street Munich                   Fidelity Pension Management         5,000
                                                                               
State Street Bank & Trust Co          Fidelity Management Trust         690,011
                                      Company                                  
                                                                               
Brown Brothers Harriman and Co        Fidelity Management Trust         271,218
                                      Company                                  
                                                                               
Mellon Bank N.A.                      Fidelity Management Trust         244,634
                                      Company                                  
                                                                               
Northern Trust Co                     Fidelity Management Trust         202,354
                                      Company                                  
                                                                               
JP Morgan Chase Bank                  Fidelity Management Trust         105,415
                                      Company                                  
                                                                               
CIBC Mellon Trust                     Fidelity Management Trust          45,679
                                      Company                                  
                                                                               
Bank of New York                      Fidelity Management Trust          32,000
                                      Company                                  
                                                                               
Royal Trust - Toronto                 Fidelity Management Trust           5,699
                                      Company                                  
                                                                               
JP Morgan Chase Bank                  Fidelity Management & Research    371,800
                                      Company                                  
                                                                               
Mellon Bank N.A.                      FMR                                 4,700
                                                                               
JP Morgan, Bournemouth                Fidelity Investment Services    1,220,758
                                      Ltd                                      
                                                                               
Bermuda Trust Far East Hong Kong      Fidelity Investments               85,528
                                      Management - (Hong Kong) Ltd             
                                                                               
Brown Brothers Harriman Ltd LUX       Fidelity International Limited    779,000
                                                                               
Bank of New York Brussels             Fidelity International Limited     79,520
                                                                               
Chase Manhattan Bank AG Frankfurt (S) Fidelity International Limited     67,326
                                                                               
JP Morgan, Bournemouth                Fidelity International Limited     64,833
                                                                               
State Street Bank Australia (C)       Fidelity International Limited     24,730
                                                                               
State Street Bank & Trust Co London   Fidelity International Limited     21,562
                                                                               
National Australia Bank Melbourne     Fidelity International Limited     15,970
                                                                               
Northern Trust London                 Fidelity International Limited     14,870
                                                                               
Northern Trust Co                     Fidelity International Limited     11,200
                                                                               
BNP Paribas, Paris (C)                Fidelity International Limited      6,600
                                                                               
ING Luxembourg                        Fidelity International Limited      5,151
                                                                               
Master Trust Bank of Japan            Fidelity Investments Japan         51,143
                                                                               
Nomura Trust and Banking              Fidelity Investments Japan          8,400
                                                                               
Trust & Cust Svcs Bank Ltd, Tokyo     Fidelity Investments Japan          6,060