MIAMI, Oct. 14, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Carnival Corporation & plc (NYSE/LSE: CCL; NYSE: CUK) has announced that it has declared a dividend of $0.25 per share.

The company's board of directors approved a record date for the quarterly dividend of November 21, 2014, and a payment date of December 12, 2014.

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.

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 December 1, 2014. 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 by November 21, 2014.

Carnival Corporation &plc is the largest cruise company in the world, with a portfolio of cruise brands inNorth America,Europe,AustraliaandAsia, comprised of Carnival Cruise Lines,Holland America Line,Princess Cruises, Seabourn,AIDA Cruises,Costa Cruises, Cunard,Ibero Cruises, P&O Cruises(Australia) andP&O Cruises(UK).

Together, these brands operate 101 ships totaling 212,000 lower berths with eight new ships scheduled to be delivered between 2014 and 2017.Carnival Corporation &plc also operates Holland America Princess Alaska Tours, the leading tour companies inAlaskaand the Canadian Yukon. Traded on both theNew Yorkand London Stock Exchanges,Carnival Corporation &plc is the only group in the world to be included in both theS&P500 and the FTSE 100 indices.

Additional information can be found onwww.carnival.com,www.hollandamerica.com, www.princess.com,www.seabourn.com,www.aida.de,www.costacruise.com,www.cunard.com, www.iberocruceros.com,www.pocruises.com.auandwww.pocruises.com.

SOURCE Carnival Corporation & plc

Media: US: Carnival Corporation & plc, Roger Frizzell, 1 305 599 2600, ext. 67862; or INVESTOR RELATIONS: US/UK: Carnival Corporation & plc, Beth Roberts, 1 305 406 4832