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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CARNIVAL CORPORATION & PLC ANNOUNCES EXCHANGE RATE FOR QUARTERLY DIVIDEND MIAMI (December 1, 2005) - On October 19, 2005, Carnival Corporation & plc(NYSE/LSE: CCL; NYSE: CUK) announced a quarterly cash dividend of 25 (U.S.)cents per share. The dividend is payable on December 9, 2005, to shareholdersof record on November 18, 2005.Holders of Carnival Corporation common stock or Carnival plc ADSs will receivea dividend payable in U.S. dollars. The dividend for Carnival plc ordinaryshares will be payable in sterling unless shareholders elected to receive thedividend in U.S. dollars by November 18, 2005.Dividends payable in sterling will be converted from U.S. dollars at theexchange rate quoted by the Bank of England in London at noon on December 1,2005 (US$1 = 57.85363 pence). Accordingly, the dividend payable in sterling onDecember 9, 2005, will be approximately 14.46341 pence per share.Carnival Corporation & plc is the largest cruise vacation group in the world,with a portfolio of 12 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, CunardLine, Ocean Village, P&O Cruises, Swan Hellenic, and P&O Cruises Australia.Together, these brands operate 79 ships totaling more than 137,000 lower berthswith 12 new ships scheduled for delivery between January 2006 and April 2009.Carnival Corporation & plc also operates the leading tour companies in Alaskaand the Canadian Yukon, Holland America Tours and Princess Tours. Traded onboth the New York and London Stock Exchanges, Carnival Corporation & plc is theonly group in the world to be included in both the S&P 500 and the FTSE 100indices.Additional information on Carnival Corporation & plc is available online atcarnivalcorp.com and carnivalplc.com. ### MEDIA CONTACTS: US Carnival Corporation & plc Tim Gallagher 305 599 2600, ext. 16000 UKBrunswick GroupSophie Fitton/Sarah Lindgreen44 (0) 20 7404 5959INVESTOR RELATIONS CONTACTS:US/UKCarnival Corporation & plcBeth Roberts305 406 4832ENDCARNIVAL PLCRelated Shares:
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