Carnival plc - Voting Rights and Capital
At 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time on 31 August 10 Carnival plc had 213,684,766 issued ordinary shares of US$1.66 each admitted to trading. Carnival plc holds nil ordinary shares in Treasury. <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />
Although Carnival plc has 213,684,766 issued ordinary shares, the 30,600,744 ordinary shares held by Carnival Investments Limited and 1,115,450 ordinary shares held by Carnival Corporation do not carry the right to vote (in accordance with the Articles of Association of Carnival plc).
Therefore, the total number of voting rights in Carnival plc is 181,968,572.
The above figure of 181,968,572 may be used by shareholders (and others with notification obligations) as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change in their interest in, Carnival plc under the FSA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.
7 September 2010
