Carnival
Corporation Names Jeffrey J. Gearhart to Boards of Directors
MIAMI, April 21, 2020 -- Carnival Corporation &
plc (NYSE/LSE: CCL; NYSE: CUK) today announced that Jeffrey J. Gearhart, retired executive vice
president, global governance and corporate secretary for Walmart,
Inc. (WMT), was appointed yesterday to the company's boards of
directors, effective immediately. In his role at Walmart, Gearhart
was responsible for, among others, the global legal, compliance,
ethics, global security and investigative organizations.
In addition to his 15-year leadership tenure with Walmart,
Gearhart is a member of the boards of directors at Bank OZK and
Mercy Hospital, Central Region. Before joining Walmart, Gearhart
was a partner with Kutak Rock LLP, practicing in the corporate,
securities and mergers and acquisitions areas.
With a distinguished career that spans almost three decades,
Gearhart is credited with building a globally recognized ethics and
compliance program that earned Walmart the New York Stock Exchange
Governance Services award for the "Best Governance, Risk, and
Compliance Program for Large-Cap Companies" in 2016. Gearhart will
serve in a non-executive capacity on Carnival Corporation's
12-member boards of directors. He will also serve on both the
Compliance and the Health, Environmental, Safety & Security
(HESS) Committees.
"As someone who led an enterprise-wide ethical-sourcing program
in addition to overseeing all domestic and international legal
matters for one of the world's top companies, Jeff brings extensive
financial, operational, governance and strategic expertise to our
boards of directors," said Micky
Arison, Carnival Corporation & plc chairman. "This,
combined with Jeff's proven track record of balancing regulatory
requirements with the commercial realities of doing businesses,
will be a major asset as we shape the future of our
organization."
Gearhart earned a doctor of jurisprudence degree from the
University of Arkansas, where he also
earned a bachelor of science in business administration degree.
There is no other information required to be disclosed pursuant
to LR9.6.13R in respect of Gearhart.
About Carnival Corporation & plc
Carnival Corporation & plc is the world's largest
leisure travel company with a portfolio of nine of the world's
leading cruise lines. With operations in North
America, Australia, Europe and Asia, its portfolio
features Carnival Cruise Line, Princess Cruises, Holland
America Line, Seabourn, P&O Cruises (Australia), Costa Cruises, AIDA Cruises,
P&O Cruises (UK) and Cunard.
Additional information can be found on www.carnival.com,
www.princess.com, www.hollandamerica.com, www.seabourn.com,
www.pocruises.com.au, www.costacruise.com, www.aida.de,
www.pocruises.com and www.cunard.com.
Carnival Corporation Media Contacts: Roger Frizzell, Carnival Corporation,
rfrizzell@carnival.com, (305) 406-7862, or Mike Flanagan, LDWWgroup, mike@ldwwgroup.com,
(727) 452-4538