Financial Services Authority
TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying Carnival Plc
issuer of existing shares to which voting rights
are attached:
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 BlackRock Inc.
the notification obligation:
4. Full name of shareholder(s)
(if different from 3.):
5. Date of the transaction and date 8 January 2010
on which the threshold is crossed or
reached:
6. Date on which issuer notified: 11 January 2010
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed Holding has gone above 13%
or reached:
8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type Situation Resulting situation after the triggering
of previous transaction
shares to the triggering
transaction
if possible Number Number Number Number of voting % of voting rights
using of of of shares rights
the ISIN Shares Voting
CODE Rights
Direct Indirect Direct Indirect
GB0031215220 19,060,602 N/A N/A 19,241,345 N/A 11.52%
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial Expiration Exercise/ Number of % of voting
instrument date Conversion Period voting rights
rights that
may be
acquired if
the
instrument is
exercised/
converted.
C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying
Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of Exercise Expiration Exercise/ Number of % of voting
financial price date Conversion voting rights rights
instrument period instrument
refers to
CFD 2,490,541 Nominal Delta
1.49% 1.49%
Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights Percentage of voting rights
21,731,886 13.01%
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or
the
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:
BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited - 21,731,886 (13.01%)
Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease
to hold:
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold
voting rights:
13. Additional information:
14. Contact name: Arnaldo Perez
15. Contact telephone number: 1-305-599-2600