Holding(s) in Company

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

-

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

-


7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed

348,754

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

0,16%

9) Class of security

Ordinary shares of $1.66 each

10) Date of transaction

-

11) Date listed company informed

4 August 2005

12) Total holding following this notification

8,156,153 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)

3,84%


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 5 August 2005

Schedule A

       Nominee/Registered Name              Management Company         Shares  
                                                                        Held   
                                                                               
Bank of New York Europe LDN           Fidelity Investments               88,000
                                      International                            
                                                                               
Master Trust Bank of Japan            Fidelity Investments Japan         67,143
                                                                               
Nomura Trust and Banking              Fidelity Investments Japan         14,000
                                                                               
Trust & Cust Svcs Bank Ltd, Tokyo     Fidelity Investments Japan         10,960
                                                                               
Bank of New York Brussels             Fidelity International Limited     71,920
                                                                               
BNP Paribas, Paris (C)                Fidelity International Limited      4,250
                                                                               
Brown Brothers Harriman Ltd LUX       Fidelity International Limited    228,693
                                                                               
Chase Manhattan Bank AG Frankfurt (S) Fidelity International Limited    118,726
                                                                               
ING Luxembourg                        Fidelity International Limited      8,992
                                                                               
JP Morgan, Bournemouth                Fidelity International Limited     92,683
                                                                               
National Australia Bank Melbourne     Fidelity International Limited     40,427
                                                                               
Northern Trust London                 Fidelity International Limited     21,470
                                                                               
State Street Bank & Trust Co London   Fidelity International Limited     26,912
(S)                                                                            
                                                                               
State Street Bank Australia (C)       Fidelity International Limited     43,930
                                                                               
State Street T&B Co Ltd Tokyo         Fidelity International Limited     12,419
                                                                               
Bermuda Trust Far East Hong Kong      Fidelity Investments               82,541
                                      Management - (Hong Kong) Ltd             
                                                                               
JP Morgan, Bournemouth                Fidelity Investment Services      798,076
                                      Ltd                                      
                                                                               
Brown Brothers Harriman and Co        Fidelity Management & Research    198,300
                                      Company                                  
                                                                               
JP Morgan Chase Bank                  Fidelity Management & Research    472,200
                                      Company                                  
                                                                               
State Street Bank & Trust Co          Fidelity Management & Research      6,300
                                      Company                                  
                                                                               
Bank of New York                      Fidelity Management Trust          45,800
                                      Company                                  
                                                                               
Brown Brothers Harriman and Co        Fidelity Management Trust         465,018
                                      Company                                  
                                                                               
CIBC Mellon Trust                     Fidelity Management Trust          80,709
                                      Company                                  
                                                                               
JP Morgan Chase Bank                  Fidelity Management Trust         186,015
                                      Company                                  
                                                                               
Mellon Bank N.A.                      Fidelity Management Trust         303,834
                                      Company                                  
                                                                               
Northern Trust Co                     Fidelity Management Trust         368,632
                                      Company                                  
                                                                               
Royal Trust - Toronto                 Fidelity Management Trust           9,999
                                      Company                                  
                                                                               
State Street Bank & Trust Co          Fidelity Management Trust       1,154,111
                                      Company                                  
                                                                               
Bank of New York Brussels             Fidelity Pension Management       298,973
                                                                               
Bankers Trust London                  Fidelity Pension Management        62,407
                                                                               
Clydesdale Bank plc                   Fidelity Pension Management        27,970
                                                                               
HSBC Bank plc                         Fidelity Pension Management        45,300
                                                                               
JP Morgan, Bournemouth                Fidelity Pension Management       550,141
                                                                               
Mellon Bank                           Fidelity Pension Management       160,849
                                                                               
Midland Securities Services           Fidelity Pension Management        31,459
                                                                               
Northern Trust London                 Fidelity Pension Management       408,704
                                                                               
Societe Generale                      Fidelity Pension Management        10,642
                                                                               
State Street Bank & Trust Co London   Fidelity Pension Management       309,078
                                                                               
State Street Munich                   Fidelity Pension Management         8,800
                                                                               
Brown Brothers Harriman Ltd           Fidelity International Limited     19,770
Luxembourg                                                                     
                                                                               
State Street Bank and Trust Co        Fidelity Management & Research    178,400
                                      Company                                  
                                                                               
JP Morgan Chase Bank                  Fidelity Management & Research  1,021,600
                                      Company