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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.” Carnival plc’s ordinary shares trade on the London Stock Exchange under the symbol “CCL.” Carnival
plc’s American Depository Shares (“ADSs”), each one of which represents one Carnival plc ordinary share, are
traded on the NYSE under the symbol “CUK.” The depository for the ADSs is JPMorgan Chase Bank. The daily
high and low stock sales price for the periods indicated on their primary exchange was as follows:
Carnival plc
Carnival
Corporation
Per Ordinary
Share Per ADS
High Low High Low High Low
Fiscal 2010
Fourth Quarter .................................. $44.90 $31.74 £27.92 £21.10 $45.48 $33.24
Third Quarter ................................... $37.53 $29.68 £27.12 £20.29 $39.94 $31.49
Second Quarter ................................. $44.21 $34.07 £29.37 £24.70 $45.78 $35.56
First Quarter ................................... $36.16 $31.14 £24.85 £20.40 $38.33 $33.14
Fiscal 2009
Fourth Quarter .................................. $34.94 $28.26 £22.18 £18.07 $36.09 $29.36
Third Quarter ................................... $31.64 $22.18 £19.72 £14.31 $32.02 $23.46
Second Quarter ................................. $29.76 $16.80 £20.22 £12.58 $29.72 $17.61
First Quarter ................................... $25.76 $17.60 £16.74 £12.24 $24.71 $17.37
As of January 24, 2011, there were 3,606 holders of record of Carnival Corporation common stock and 37,208
holders of record of Carnival plc ordinary shares and 91 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.
All dividends for both Carnival Corporation and Carnival plc are declared in U.S. dollars. If declared, holders of
Carnival Corporation common stock and Carnival plc ADSs receive a dividend payable in U.S. dollars. The
dividends payable for Carnival plc ordinary shares are payable in sterling, unless the shareholders elect to receive
the dividends in U.S. dollars. Dividends payable in sterling will be converted from U.S. dollars into sterling at
the U.S. dollar to sterling exchange rate quoted by the Bank of England in London at 12:00 p.m. on the next
combined U.S. and UK business day that follows the quarter end. At the January 2011 Boards of Directors
meetings it was decided to increase our March 2011 quarterly dividend to $0.25 per share from $0.10 per share.
The payment and amount of any future dividend is within the discretion of the Boards of Directors. Our
dividends were and will be based on a number of factors, including our earnings, liquidity position, financial
condition, tone of business, capital requirements, credit ratings, availability and cost of obtaining new debt and
future debt and equity market conditions. We cannot be certain that Carnival Corporation and Carnival plc will
continue their dividend in the future, and if so, the amount and timing of such future dividends are not
determinable and may be different than prior declarations.
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