News Release

Current Report on Form 8-K

MIAMI (April 18, 2012) – Carnival Corporation & plc (NYSE/LSE: CCL; NYSE: CUK) announce that its joint current report on Form 8-K was filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on April 17, 2012 regarding the voting results at the annual shareholders meetings held on April 11, 2012. A copy of the joint current report on Form 8-K, together with a copy of the resolutions passed as special business at the annual shareholders meetings, have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism. Both the joint current report and copy of the resolutions passed as special business will be available shortly for inspection at http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM. A copy of the joint current report is also available on the Carnival Corporation and plc website at www.carnivalcorp.com and www.carnivalplc.com.