1st Jun 2005 14:31
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CARNIVAL CORPORATION & PLC ANNOUNCES EXCHANGE RATE FOR QUARTERLY DIVIDEND MIAMI (June 1, 2005) - April 15, 2005, Carnival Corporation & plc (NYSE/LSE:CCL; NYSE: CUK) announced a quarterly cash dividend of $0.20 per share. Thedividend is payable on June 10, 2005 to shareholders of record on May 20, 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 May 20, 2005.Dividends payable in sterling will be converted from U.S. dollars at theexchange rate quoted by the Bank of England in London at 11 a.m. on June 1,2005 (US$1 = 55.11160 pence). Accordingly, the dividend payable in sterling onJune 10, 2005, will be approximately 11.02232 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 78 ships totaling more than 134,000 lower berthswith 12 new ships scheduled for delivery between July 2005 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 is available online at www.carnivalcorp.com and www.carnivalplc.com. ### MEDIA CONTACTS: US Carnival Corporation & plc Tim Gallagher 305 599 2600, ext. 16000 UKBrunswick GroupSophie Fitton44 (0) 20 7404 5959INVESTOR RELATIONS CONTACTS:US/UKCarnival Corporation & plcBeth Roberts305 406 4832 ENDCARNIVAL CORPORATION & PLCRelated Shares:
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