Director/PDMR Shareholding

Carnival Corporation & plc Notification of Transaction of
Directors/PDMRS and Announcement of Results of Annual General Meetings

    MIAMI, April 16 -- Following its annual shareholders' and boards of
directors' meetings held this week in Southampton, United Kingdom, Carnival
Corporation & plc (NYSE/LSE: CCL; NYSE: CUK) has announced share awards to
non-executive directors and the results of the resolutions voted on at its
annual general meetings.

    Non-Executive Director Share Awards
    On April 15, 2009 grants of restricted shares or restricted share units,
which represent a hypothetical interest in Carnival Corporation common stock
("RSUs"), were made to non-executive directors pursuant to the Carnival
Corporation 2001 Outside Director Stock Plan.

    Awards were granted to non-executive directors as follows:

                                       Number of 
                                      Restricted       Number of
                                        Shares            RSUs
    Non-Executive Director              -------           -----
    ----------------------
    Richard G. Capen, Jr.                    --          4,647
    Robert H. Dickinson                      --          4,647
    Arnold W. Donald                      4,647             --
    Richard J. Glasier                    4,647             --
    Modesto A. Maidique                   4,647             --
    Sir John Parker                       4,647             --
    Peter G. Ratcliffe                       --          4,647
    Stuart Subotnick                      4,647             --
    Laura Weil                            4,647             --
    Randall J. Weisenberger               4,647             --
    Uzi Zucker                            4,647             --

    All awards will be released from restriction on the third anniversary of
the grant date.

    Including the grant referred to above, the non-executive directors' total
Carnival Corporation restricted share and RSU holdings are as follows:

                                   Total Number       Total Number 
                                        of                of
    Non-Executive Director         Shares Held         RSUs Held 
    ----------------------         -----------         ---------
    Richard G. Capen, Jr.                5,000           7,147
    Robert H. Dickinson                160,000           7,147
    Arnold W. Donald                     6,429           3,250
    Richard J. Glasier                   9,647           2,500
    Modesto A. Maidique                  9,647           2,500
    Sir John Parker                     12,147               0
    Peter G. Ratcliffe                       0          57,147
    Stuart Subotnick                    14,147               0
    Laura Weil                           7,665           4,500
    Randall J. Weisenberger              4,647               0
    Uzi Zucker                          67,147               0

    This notification relates to disclosures made in accordance with
3.1.4(R)(1)(a) of the Disclosure Rules and Transparency Rules.

    Further details and a copy of the Forms 4, Statement of Changes in
Beneficial Ownership of Securities, to be filed today by each director with
the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission, can be found at the SEC web site,
www.sec.gov, and the Carnival Corporation & plc web site,
www.carnivalcorp.com and www.carnivalplc.com.

    Annual General Meeting Results
    All of the resolutions recommended by the board of directors were passed
at the annual general meetings.

    The results of the polls conducted at the annual general meetings will be
available shortly on the Carnival Corporation & plc web site,
www.carnivalcorp.com and www.carnivalplc.com.

    The resolutions passed by the company, other than resolutions concerning
ordinary business, are as follows:

    -- ordinary resolution to increase the authorized share capital
       of Carnival plc;
    -- special resolution to adopt Amended and Restated Articles of
       Association of Carnival plc; and
    -- special resolution to amend the Articles and Restated Articles of
       Association of Carnival with effect from October 1, 2009.

    Copies of the above resolutions have been submitted to the UK Listing
Authority and will shortly be available for inspection at the UK Listing
Authority's Document Viewing Facility, which is situated at:

    Financial Services Authority
    25 The North Colonnade
    Canary Wharf
    London
    E14 5HS
    Tel. No. (0) 20 7676 1000

    Carnival Corporation & plc is the largest cruise vacation group in the
world, with a portfolio of cruise brands in North America, Europe and
Australia, comprised of Carnival Cruise Lines, Holland America Line, Princess
Cruises, The Yachts of Seabourn, AIDA Cruises, Costa Cruises, Cunard Line,
Ibero Cruises, Ocean Village, P&O Cruises and P&O Cruises Australia.

    Together, these brands operate 89 ships totaling more than 171,000 lower
berths with 16 new ships scheduled to be delivered between April 2009 and
June 2012. Carnival Corporation & plc also operates Holland America Tours and
Princess Tours, the leading tour companies in Alaska and the Canadian Yukon.
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 online at
carnivalcorp.com and carnivalplc.com.


SOURCE  Carnival Plc

    CONTACT: Media, US-UK, Tim Gallagher, [phone], ext. 16000,
Investor Relations, US-UK, Beth Roberts, [phone], both of Carnival
plc