21st Dec 2009 16:12
Financial Services Authority
TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are
attached: Carnival Plc
2. Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes): An acquisition or disposal of voting rights
Yes
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result
in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are
attached.
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify): 3. Full name of person(s) subject to the Legal & General Group Plc (L&G) notification obligation: 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if Legal & General Assurance (Pensions Management) different from 3.): Limited (PMC) 5. Date of the transaction and date on 17 December 2009 which the threshold is crossed or reached:
6. Date on which issuer notified: 18 December 2009 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or
reached: L&G (From 5% to 4%) 8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares Class/type of Situation previous to Resulting situation after the triggering transaction shares the triggering transaction if possible Number of Number of Number of voting rights % of voting rights using the ISIN Shares Voting CODE Rights Number of shares Direct Indirect Direct Indirect 8,376,995 USD 1.66 8,207,902 8,207,902 4.91% (As on 17/10/2007)
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Number of voting rights that may be acquired if Type of financial Expiration Exercise/ Conversion the instrument is % of voting rightsinstrument date Period exercised/ converted. C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial Exercise Expiration Exercise/ Number of voting rights % of voting rights instrument price date Conversion instrument refers to period Nominal Delta Total (A+B+C) Number of voting rights Percentage of voting rights 8,207,902 4.91%
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:
Legal & General Group Plc (Direct and Indirect) (Group) ( 9,090,261 -5.44%= Total Position) Legal & General Investment Management (Holdings) Limited (LGIMH) (Direct and Indirect) ( 9,090,261
-5.44%= Total Position)
Legal & General Investment Management Limited (Indirect) (LGIM) ( 9,090,261 -5.44%= Total
Position)
Legal & General Group Plc (Direct) (L&G) ( 8,207,902 -4.91%= LGAS, LGPL & PMC)
Legal & General Investment Management Legal & General Insurance Holdings (Holdings) Limited (Direct) (LGIMHD) ( Limited (Direct) (LGIH)
7,457,427 - 4.46%= PMC)
Legal & General Assurance (Pensions Legal & General Assurance Society Management) Limited (PMC) ( 7,457,427 - Limited (LGAS & LGPL) 4.46%= PMC) Legal & General Pensions Limited (Direct) (LGPL) Proxy Voting: 10. Name of the proxy holder: N/A
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to N/A
hold:
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting N/A
rights: Notification using the total voting rights 13. Additional information: figure of 167,086,757 14. Contact name: Arnaldo Perez 15. Contact telephone number: 1-305-599-2600
vendorRelated Shares:
Carnival