Carnival plc - Voting Rights and Capital
At 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time on 31 July 09 Carnival plc had 213,391,625 issued ordinary shares of US$1.66 each admitted to trading. Carnival plc holds nil ordinary shares in Treasury.
Although Carnival plc has 213,391,625 issued ordinary shares, the 50,505,744 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 161,770,431.
The above figure of 161,770,431 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.
6 August 2009
