MIAMI, Oct. 14, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Carnival
Corporation & plc (NYSE/LSE: CCL; NYSE: CUK) has announced that
it has declared a dividend of $0.25
per share.
The company's board of directors approved a record date for the
quarterly dividend of November 21,
2014, and a payment date of December
12, 2014.
Holders of Carnival Corporation common stock and Carnival plc
ADSs will receive the dividend payable in U.S. dollars. The
dividend for Carnival plc ordinary shares will be payable in U.S.
dollars or sterling. In the absence of instructions or
elections to the contrary, holders of Carnival plc ordinary shares
will automatically receive the dividend in sterling.
Dividends payable in sterling will be converted from U.S.
dollars at the exchange rate quoted by the Bank of England in London at 12 noon on December 1, 2014. Holders of Carnival plc
ordinary shares wishing to receive their dividend in U.S. dollars
or participate in the Carnival plc Dividend Reinvestment Plan must
elect to do so by November 21,
2014.
Carnival Corporation & plc is the largest cruise
company in the world, with a portfolio of cruise brands
in North
America, Europe, Australia and Asia, comprised
of Carnival Cruise Lines, Holland America Line, Princess
Cruises, Seabourn, AIDA Cruises, Costa Cruises,
Cunard, Ibero Cruises, P&O Cruises (Australia) and P&O
Cruises (UK).
Together, these brands operate 101 ships totaling 212,000 lower
berths with eight new ships scheduled to be delivered between 2014
and 2017. Carnival Corporation & plc also operates
Holland America Princess Alaska Tours, the leading tour companies
in Alaska and the Canadian Yukon. Traded on both
the New York and London Stock Exchanges, Carnival
Corporation & plc is the only group in the world to be
included in both the S&P 500 and the FTSE 100
indices.
Additional information can be found
on www.carnival.com, www.hollandamerica.com,
www.princess.com, www.seabourn.com, www.aida.de, www.costacruise.com, www.cunard.com,
www.iberocruceros.com, www.pocruises.com.au and www.pocruises.com.
SOURCE Carnival Corporation & plc