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London, March 1

Carnival Corporation & plc Announces Exchange Rate For Quarterly Dividend

MIAMI, March 1, 2013 -- On January 17, 2013, Carnival Corporation & plc (NYSE/LSE: CCL; NYSE: CUK) announced a quarterly cash dividend of $0.25 (U.S.) pershare. The dividend is payable on March 15, 2013, to shareholders of record onFebruary 22, 2013.

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 February 22, 2013.

Dividends payable in sterling will be converted from U.S. dollars at theexchange rate quoted by the Bank of England in London at 12 noon on March 1,2013 (US$1 = 66.58676 pence). Accordingly, the dividend payable in sterling onMarch 15, 2013, will be 16.64669 pence per share.

Carnival Corporation & plc is the largest cruise company in the world, with aportfolio of cruise brands in North America, Europe, Australia and Asia,comprised of Carnival Cruise Lines, Holland America Line, Princess Cruises,Seabourn, AIDA Cruises, Costa Cruises, Cunard, Ibero Cruises, P&O Cruises(Australia) and P&O Cruises (UK).

Together, these brands operate 100 ships totaling 203,000 lower berths withnine new ships scheduled to be delivered between March 2013 and March2016. Carnival Corporation & plc also operates Holland America Princess AlaskaTours, the leading tour company in Alaska and the Canadian Yukon. 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.

SOURCE Carnival Plc

CONTACT: MEDIA CONTACT: US,Jennifer la Cruz, +1-305-599-2600, ext. 16000, orINVESTOR RELATIONS CONTACT: US/UK, Beth Roberts, +1-305-406-4832, both ofCarnival Corporation & plc