Carnival Corporation & plc Reveals Exchange Rate for Quarterly Dividend
Carnival Corporation & plc announced a quarterly cash dividend of 25 cents per share. Holders of Carnival Corporation common stock or Carnival plc ADSs will receive a dividend payable in U.S. dollars.
The dividend for Carnival plc ordinary shares will be payable in sterling unless shareholders elected to receive the dividend in U.S. dollars.
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.
Carnival Corporation & plc is the largest cruise vacation group in the
world, with a portfolio of 12 cruise brands in North America, Europe and Australia, comprised of Carnival Cruise Lines, Holland America Line, Princess Cruises, Seabourn Cruise Line, Windstar Cruises, AIDA Cruises, Costa Cruises, Cunard Line, Ocean Village, P&O Cruises, Swan Hellenic and P&O Cruises Australia.
Together, these brands operate 81 ships totaling approximately 144,000 lower berths with 15 new ships scheduled to enter service between March 2007 and spring 2010.