News Release

Notification of Transaction of Director/PDMR

MIAMI (August 4, 2009) – On August 3, 2009, Carnival Corporation & plc (NYSE/LSE: CCL; NYSE: CUK) was notified that Robert H. Dickinson, former President and Chief Executive Officer of Carnival Cruise Lines and a member of Carnival Corporation & plc’s boards of directors, sold 40,000 shares of Carnival Corporation common stock (“Shares”) which he held indirectly registered in the name of Dickinson Enterprises Limited Partnership at a weighted average price of US$28.7525 per share.  Following this transaction, <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" />Dickinson continues to hold directly or indirectly 127,147 shares.

This notification relates to disclosures made in accordance with 3.1.4(R)(1)(a) of the Disclosure Rules and Transparency Rules.

Further details and a copy of the Form 4, Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership of Securities, to be filed today by Dickinson with the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission, can be found at the SEC web site, www.sec.gov, and the Carnival Corporation & plc web site located at www.carnivalcorp.com and www.carnivalplc.com.