MIAMI, July 16, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Carnival
Corporation & plc (NYSE/LSE: CCL; NYSE: CUK) has announced
that it has increased its quarterly dividend to $0.30 per share.
"We are pleased to increase dividends to our shareholders 20
percent this quarter, reflecting our strong cash flow from
operations approaching $4 billion
this year," said Arnold Donald,
president and CEO of Carnival Corporation & plc. "We are
committed to returning value to our shareholders as we work toward
our goal of providing double digit return on invested capital."
The company's board of directors approved a record date for the
quarterly dividend of August 21, 2015, and a payment date
of September 11, 2015.
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 September 1, 2015. 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 August 21, 2015.
Carnival Corporation & plc is the largest cruise
company in the world, with a portfolio of 10 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, P&O Cruises (Australia),P&O Cruises (UK) and
fathom.
Together, these brands will operate 100 ships in 2015 totaling
219,000 lower berths with eight new ships scheduled to be delivered
between 2016 and 2018. 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&P500 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.pocruises.com.au., www.pocruises.com, www.fathom.org.
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SOURCE Carnival Corporation & plc