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11 Jul 2019 17:56
Carnival PLC - Dividend DeclarationCarnival PLC - Dividend Declaration
PR Newswire
London, July 11
Carnival Corporation & plc Declares Quarterly Dividend
MIAMI, July 11, 2019 --Ā Carnival Corporation & plcĀ (NYSE/LSE: CCL; NYSE: CUK) today announced that it has declared a quarterlyĀ dividend of $0.50 per share.
The company's boards of directors approved a record date for the quarterly dividend ofĀ August 23, 2019, and a payment date ofĀ September 13, 2019.
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.Ā
Dividends payable in sterling will be converted from U.S. dollars at the exchange rate quoted by Bloomberg (BFIX) atĀ 12 noonĀ London time onĀ September 3, 2019. 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 byĀ August 23, 2019.
AboutĀ Carnival Corporation &Ā plcCarnival CorporationĀ &Ā plc is the world's largest leisure travel company and among the most profitable and financially strong in the cruise and vacation industries, with a portfolio of nine of the world's leading cruise lines. With operations inĀ North America,Ā Australia, EuropeĀ andĀ Asia, its portfolio featuresĀ Carnival Cruise Line,Ā Princess Cruises, Holland America Line,Ā Seabourn, P&O CruisesĀ (Australia),Ā Costa Cruises,Ā AIDA Cruises, P&O CruisesĀ (UK) and Cunard.
Together, the corporation's cruise lines operateĀ 104Ā ships withĀ 243,000Ā lower berths visiting over 700 ports around the world, withĀ 19Ā new ships scheduled to be delivered through 2025.Ā Carnival Corporation &Ā plc also operates Holland America Princess Alaska Tours, the leading tour company in AlaskaĀ and the Canadian Yukon. Traded on both theĀ New YorkĀ and London Stock Exchanges,Ā Carnival CorporationĀ &Ā plc is the only group in the world to be included in both theĀ S&PĀ 500 and the FTSE 100 indices.
With a long history of innovation and providing guests with extraordinary vacation experiences,Ā Carnival CorporationĀ has received thousands of industry awards ā including recognition by the Consumer Technology Associationā¢ as a CESĀ® 2019 Innovation Awards Honoree for the OceanMedallionā¢. A revolutionary wearable device that contains a proprietary blend of communication technologies, the OceanMedallion enables the world's first interactive guest experience platform transforming vacation travel on a large scale into a highly personalized level of customized service. The prestigious CES Innovation Awards honor outstanding design and engineering in consumer technology products.
Additional information can be found on www.carnival.com, www.princess.com,Ā www.hollandamerica.com, www.seabourn.com, www.pocruises.com.au, www.costacruise.com, www.aida.de, www.pocruises.com and www.cunard.com.
CONTACT: MEDIA, Roger Frizzell, +1 (305) 406 7862; INVESTOR RELATIONS, Beth Roberts, +1 (305) 406 4832
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