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Market Price for Common Stock and Ordinary Shares
Carnival Corporation’s common stock, together with
paired trust shares of beneficial interest in the P&O
Princess Special Voting Trust (which holds a Special
Voting Share of Carnival plc), is traded on the NYSE
under the symbol “CCL.” Effective April 22, 2003,
Carnival plc’s ordinary shares trade on the London Stock
Exchange under the symbol “CCL” (formerly traded
under “POC”). Effective April 21, 2003, Carnival plc’s
ADSs, each one of which represents one Carnival plc
ordinary share, are traded on the NYSE under the symbol
“CUK” (formerly traded under “POC”). The depository
for the ADSs is JPMorgan Chase Bank. The high and
low stock sales price for the periods indicated were
as follows:
Carnival Corporation
High Low
Fiscal 2004
Fourth Quarter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $53.65 $45.29
Third Quarter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $48.05 $41.55
Second Quarter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $46.50 $40.05
First Quarter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $46.30 $34.95
Fiscal 2003
Fourth Quarter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $35.99 $32.76
Third Quarter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $36.04 $30.50
Second Quarter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $30.74 $20.34
First Quarter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $28.15 $21.86
Carnival plc
Price per Ordinary Price per
Share (GBP) ADS (USD)
High Low High Low
Fiscal 2004
Fourth Quarter . . . . £30.89 £26.22 $57.15 $47.43
Third Quarter . . . . . £27.30 £23.65 $50.03 $43.85
Second Quarter . . . £26.72 £22.98 $48.05 $41.20
First Quarter. . . . . . £26.12 £20.30 $49.21 $35.13
Fiscal 2003(a)
Fourth Quarter . . . . £21.80 £18.72 $35.71 $31.21
Third Quarter . . . . . £21.80 £16.50 $33.98 $27.92
Second Quarter . . . £17.41 £11.24 $28.50 $18.54
First Quarter. . . . . . £16.82 £11.97 $26.22 $19.97
(a) Per share price prior to the DLC transaction on April 17,
2003 has been adjusted for the effect of the consolidation
of each 3.3289 existing shares into one share effected in
connection with the DLC transaction.
As of February 7, 2005, there were approximately
3,965 holders of record of Carnival Corporation common
stock and 58,404 holders of record of Carnival plc ordi-
nary shares and 72 holders of record of Carnival plc ADSs.
The past performance of our stock prices cannot be
relied on as a guide to their future performance.
Since the completion of the DLC transaction, Carnival
plc dividends per share are the same as Carnival Corpo-
ration’s per share dividends and are declared in U.S.
dollars. Carnival plc UK ordinary shareholders can elect
to receive these dividends either in U.S. dollars or ster-
ling, based upon a current U.S. dollar to sterling exchange
rate announced prior to the dividend payment date.
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