MIAMI, June 2, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- On April 7, 2017, Carnival Corporation & plc
(NYSE/LSE: CCL; NYSE: CUK) announced a quarterly cash dividend of
$0.40 (U.S.) per share. The dividend
is payable on June 16, 2017, to
shareholders of record on May 26,
2017.
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 by
May 26, 2017.
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 June 1, 2017 (US$1
= 77.80890 pence). Accordingly, the
dividend payable in sterling on June 16,
2017, will be 31.12356 pence
per share.
Carnival Corporation & plc is the largest leisure
travel company in the world, and among the most profitable and
financially strong in the industry with a portfolio of 10
cruise brands in North
America, Europe, Australia and Asia comprised
of Carnival Cruise Line, Fathom, Holland America
Line, Princess Cruises, Seabourn, AIDA
Cruises, Costa Cruises, Cunard, P&O
Cruises (Australia)
and P&O Cruises (UK).
Together, these brands operate 103 ships visiting over 700 ports
around the world and totaling 231,000 lower berths with 17 new
ships scheduled to be delivered between 2018 and 2022. 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.fathom.org, www.hollandamerica.com, www.princess.com,
www.seabourn.com, www.aida.de, www.costacruise.com, www.cunard.com,
www.pocruises.com.au, and www.pocruises.com.
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SOURCE Carnival Corporation & plc