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page฀30 | Carnival Corporation & plc
MANAGEMENT’S฀REPORT฀ON฀INTERNAL฀CONTROL฀OVER฀FINANCIAL฀REPORTING
Our฀management฀is฀responsible฀for฀establishing฀and฀maintaining฀adequate฀internal฀control฀over฀financial฀reporting,฀as฀such฀term฀
is฀defined฀in฀Exchange฀Act฀Rule฀13a-15(f).฀Under฀the฀supervision฀and฀with฀the฀participation฀of฀our฀management,฀including฀our฀
Chief฀Executive฀Officer,฀Chief฀Operating฀Officer฀and฀Chief฀Financial฀and฀Accounting฀Officer,฀we฀conducted฀an฀evaluation฀of฀the฀
effectiveness฀of฀our฀internal฀control฀over฀financial฀reporting฀based฀on฀the฀framework฀in฀Internal฀Control—Integrated฀Framework,฀
issued฀by฀the฀Committee฀of฀Sponsoring฀Organizations฀of฀the฀Treadway฀Commission฀(“COSO฀Framework”).฀Based฀on฀our฀evalua-
tion฀under฀the฀COSO฀Framework,฀our฀management฀concluded฀that฀our฀internal฀control฀over฀financial฀reporting฀was฀effective฀as฀of฀
November฀30,฀2006.
Our฀management’s฀assessment฀of฀the฀effectiveness฀of฀our฀internal฀control฀over฀financial฀reporting฀as฀of฀November฀30,฀2006฀
has฀been฀audited฀by฀PricewaterhouseCoopers฀LLP,฀an฀independent฀registered฀certified฀public฀accounting฀firm฀as฀stated฀in฀their฀
report,฀which฀is฀included฀in฀this฀2006฀Annual฀Report.
Micky฀Arison฀ Howard฀S.฀Frank฀ Gerald฀R.฀Cahill
Chairman฀of฀the฀Board฀and฀ Vice฀Chairman฀of฀the฀Board฀and฀ Executive฀Vice฀President฀and
Chief฀Executive฀Officer฀ Chief฀Operating฀Officer฀ Chief฀Financial฀and฀Accounting฀Officer
February฀12,฀2007฀ February฀12,฀2007฀ February฀12,฀2007