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CURRENT REPORT ON FORM 8-K – TRANSCRIPT OF 2006 FIRST QUARTER EARNINGS CONFERENCE CALL

MIAMI (March 30, 2006) - 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 March 29, 2006 and a copy was submitted to the UK Listing Authority. A transcript of the March 23, 2006 webcast of its 2006 first quarter conference call was furnished as an exhibit to the Form 8-K. A copy of the joint current report on Form 8-K will be available shortly for inspection at the UK Listing Authority's Document Viewing Facility, which is situated at:

Financial Services Authority
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Canary Wharf
London
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