13th Feb 2015 13:33
CARNIVAL PLC - Carnival Corporation & plc Announces a Block TradeCARNIVAL PLC - Carnival Corporation & plc Announces a Block Trade
PR Newswire
London, February 13
Carnival Corporation & plc Announces A Block Trade By A Trust For The Benefit Of Its Chairman MIAMI, Feb. 13, 2015 -- Carnival Corporation & plc (NYSE/LSE: CCL; NYSE: CUK)announced today that Micky Arison, Chairman of the Board of CarnivalCorporation and Carnival plc, has advised Carnival Corporation that an entitywholly owned by a trust organized for his benefit executed a block sale of10,000,000 shares of Carnival Corporation common stock, nominal value of US$.01per share (the "Shares"), at a price per share of $43.37 on February 13, 2015.Arison indicated that he is selling for tax planning, estate planning anddiversification purposes. All Arison Shares are held either directly orindirectly in various trusts for his benefit. Following this transaction, members of the Arison family and related entitieswill remain beneficial owners of 159,171,276 Shares. Further details and a copy of the applicable Forms 4, "Statement of Changes inBeneficial Ownership of Securities," to be filed with the U.S. Securities &Exchange Commission, can be found at the SEC web site, www.sec.gov, and theCarnival Corporation & plc web site, www.carnivalcorp.com orwww.carnivalplc.com. SOURCE Carnival Plc CONTACT: MEDIA CONTACT - Roger Frizzell, 1 305 406 7862, or INVESTOR RELATIONSCONTACT - Beth Roberts, 1 305 406 4832
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