News Release

Current Report on Form 8-K

MIAMI (September 1, 2009) - Carnival Corporation & plc (NYSE/LSE: CCL; NYSE: CUK) announce that its joint current report on Form 8-K was filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on September 1, 2009 and a copy was submitted to the UK Listing Authority regarding the service agreement with Pier Luigi Foschi, the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Costa Crociere S.p.A. and a member of the Board of Directors of Carnival Corporation & plc. A copy of the joint current report on Form 8-K will be available shortly for inspection at the UK Listing Authority’s Document Viewing Facility, which is situated at: