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Bhants.

Good Luck.!

Badger.

Re the De-Listing etc...

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These proposals will be subject to certain conditions, including the approval of shareholders and receipt of regulatory and UK court approvals. Additional shareholder materials are expected to be provided to Carnival Corporation and Carnival plc shareholders in February 2026. The company intends to hold meetings of shareholders in April 2026 to consider the proposals. Subject to shareholders approving the proposals and the remaining conditions being satisfied, the company intends to complete the unification and legal incorporation in Bermuda in the second quarter of 2026

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In Simple terms that means they will take a vote in April and De-List possibly by June 2026....

Re the Dividend.....

The Ex-Dividend Date is the 12th Feb 2026.

The Payment Date is 27th Feb 2026.

Now this is a question I've asked, and currently nobody has been able to answer me.

As Carnival is listed on the UK FTSE, and in February it's still on the FTSE, does the Dividend Payment attract US Dividend Withholding Tax as that is for US Listed shares only, and in theory we will be paid by CUK on the London Stock Exchange as that is where our shares are held rather than CCL on the US Indexes.

Hope all that helps.

Bhants.

I don't use HL, I do however use two main stream names, and have multiple accounts in each.

What I can tell you is that the W-8BEN form is easy to complete online. It took approx 15 seconds for each account.

The Fee's are the same for a UK share vs a US share.

Withhold tax from the US is reduced from 30% to 15% if you complete the form within your Dealing Account and ISA account/s.

Withhold tax in your SIPP goes from 30% to 0%, i.e. no tax/no withholding.

The challenge in holding US shares within your accounts are purely the trading aspect.

Once Carnival has moved from the FTSE, if you "sold" some shares at 9am, it would be the whatever price it is at 2.30pm when the US market opens.

So the live "trading" time in essence is reduced from 9-4.30 today down to 2.30-4.30pm from April.

You will get an FX Fee charge, which is a standard fee and they will have the rates.

The Exchange rate is whatever it is, no different than todays elements anyway with the CUK US vs CUK UK Pricing.

You need to make sure you look and complete the W-8BEN form first.

If you have been happy with HL, then I would suggest staying with them, as moving to say T212 or Freetrade etc. are for "Trading".... if you are "Investing" , then the likes of HL, AJBell, Fidelity are more the norm.

It also depends on the size of the pots.

My logic has always been if it's not broke, don't try to fix it..... if you've been happy with HL, stay.

NOTE.... This is not financial advice.!!!! Just my observations.!

Retec

If you look across the market all travel stocks are heavily down.

Russia’s sub is just one reason.

Any negative news with possible war automatically drops travel stocks.

The AIs say wW3 is coming therefore no travel therefore tank travel stocks… easy money for the MMs and AIs.!

Retec.

Thank you for your support.

The "Guess Statements" you refer to are 100% accurate at that moment in time, as all they show are the actual facts from the close of the previous night.

What happens overnight is anyones guess.

You are obviously a new owner of Carnival, but thank you for joining the board and adding your incredible valuable input for us all.

It is greatly appreciated, and I look forward to further valuable posts in the future.

$32.43 down to $32.01.

This is a 42c drop

31p Drop for us in the morning like for like

Whoops...

It's $31.94 now.!

Currently that's a 49c drop......which is 36p........

UK Closed at $32.43...... Unfortunately at the moment, it's dropped to $32.13

As soon as they announce an Oil agreement of a Drill Baby Drill Ven Style, Oil will drop below $50 and Carnival / All Travel will shoot up 10%

Sun.

I have 172 nights this year LOL

IWHF.

I understand the logic, and previously I thought the same, however, the majority of Carnival market is the US, and that provides by far the largest amount of revenue to Carnival, so although the logic of a Brit going to the Caribbean is more likely because of the exchange rate, likewise it stops Americans from going from the US to Europe for example, so in essence it actually balances out.

Either way however, it's all irrelevant anyway...... I just want to see £25 LOL

IWHF

After hours US Time last night we closed at $31.27

But, When the UK Closed the Exchange rate was 1.3462....... That would have made it £23.23 opening price....

BUT.

The Exchange rate got worse. It's now $1.3557 / £1..... So now, like for like, £23.065.

So, because the exchange rate has changed, the UK Price, which is tracked from the US CUK Price takes a near 17p hit for every 1c change.

IF the Exchange rate was still $1.21 like it was in January last year, we would be at £25.84 now........!!!

It's now $31.41.!

BUT..

The GBP to USD has got worse by a whole 1c...... which is automatically a 17p drop now with the exchange loss alone.

Blackjack it's now $31.34

We are riding on the back of the DOW and the fact that the US is going to grab all the Oil and make it truly dirt cheap.

Big Oil and Gas companies now looking at serious investment out there.

UK Closed at $30.75

We closed at $30.68. The US closed at $30.68

So even.!

Good weekend all.!

MM.

Any dividend paid will be subject to exchange rate variances to start with, so $0.15 will be £0.1115p

Then, if you hold that in an ISA or Dealing Account, that will then have 15% retained by US Tax, So, £0.0948p per quarter...

The money would be better spent making Carnival cash rich, investing in Islands, and more ships, and dramatically increasing the Share Price.

Even if you hold 10,000 shares, i.e. £227,400 worth, getting £948 a quarter isn't exactly what I call a good return.!

Bhants.

We actually hit £24.26...!!!!

The reason why the £ is strong is because of the concerns surrounding the US, not because the UK is strong.!

Bhants.

The reason why the exchange rate has gone from 1.21 to 1.34 is not because our Economy is bad, it's because it's good....... and it'[s deemed that the US economy is bad......

Well.

We didn't make it to £25 for 2025, but we definitely had a good try, reaching £24.20 before the Volumes dried up.....

Considering in the last month we have gained 26%, I think we can safely say it's just a matter of time.

£30 for 2026 is 100% definitely on the cards.

I personally would have much preferred them to use the dividend payment money to pay down the debt more, but I guess that's not going to happen.

On 6th April, I need to take my Dealing Account volume of 2617 shares which had an original buy of £5.50 out as I will need money.!

I wish everyone a Happy and Safe New Year, and see you all in 2026.!!!

UK Closed at $30.81.

US Closed at $30.65

16c Drop

Approx. 12p Drop since our close.