EXHIBIT 99.1

Carnival Corporation & plc Announces Pricing of €500 Million 5.75% Senior Unsecured Notes Offering for Refinancing and Interest Expense Reduction and Successful Repricing of Senior Secured First Lien Term Loan B Facilities for Interest Expense and Debt Reduction

Proceeds from the offering of senior unsecured notes and cash on hand to be used to redeem €500 million 7.625% senior unsecured notes due 2026; cash on hand to repay $800 million of the term loan facilities

MIAMI, April 19, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Carnival Corporation & plc (NYSE/LSE: CCL; NYSE: CUK) today announced that Carnival Corporation (the “Company”) priced its private offering (the “Notes Offering”) of €500 million aggregate principal amount of 5.75% senior unsecured notes due 2030 (the “Notes”). The Company expects to use the net proceeds from the Notes Offering, together with cash on hand, to redeem its €500 million 7.625% senior unsecured notes due 2026 (the “2026 Euro Unsecured Notes”), resulting in a reduction in interest expense on this outstanding debt of nearly 2%.

In addition, the Company has received commitments from lenders to reprice its first-priority senior secured term loan facility maturing in 2028 (the “2028 Secured Term Loan Facility”) and its first-priority senior secured term loan facility maturing in 2027 (the “2027 Secured Term Loan Facility” and, such transaction, the “Repricing Transaction”). As part of the Repricing Transaction, the Company expects to make a partial prepayment of $500 million under the 2028 Secured Term Loan Facility and a partial prepayment of $300 million under the 2027 Secured Term Loan Facility.

The Notes Offering, the redemption of the 2026 Euro Unsecured Notes and the Repricing Transaction are a continuation of the Company’s ongoing debt and interest expense reduction and capital structure simplification. Together, the reduction in both interest rates and total debt is expected to result in a reduction of net interest expense of over $30 million for the remainder of 2024 and over $50 million on an annualized basis.

The Notes Offering and Repricing Transaction are expected to close on April 25, 2024, subject to customary closing conditions and the execution of definitive documentation. The previously announced redemption of the 2026 Euro Unsecured Notes is expected to occur on April 26, 2024 and is conditioned on the closing of the Notes Offering.

The Notes will pay interest annually on January 15 of each year, beginning on January 15, 2025, at a rate of 5.75% per year. The Notes will be unsecured and will mature on January 15, 2030. The Notes will be fully and unconditionally guaranteed on an unsecured basis, jointly and severally, by Carnival plc and certain of the Company’s and Carnival plc’s subsidiaries that also guarantee our first-priority secured indebtedness, certain of our other unsecured notes and our convertible notes.

After implementation of the repricing, the 2028 Secured Term Loan Facility will bear interest at a rate per annum equal to SOFR with a 0.75% floor, plus a margin equal to 2.75%. The 2027 Secured Term Loan Facility will bear interest at a rate per annum equal to SOFR with a 0.75% floor, plus a margin equal to 2.75%.

PJT Partners is serving as independent financial advisor to Carnival Corporation & plc.

This press release does not constitute a notice of redemption with respect to the 2026 Euro Unsecured Notes.

The Notes are being offered only to persons reasonably believed to be qualified institutional buyers in reliance on Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and outside the United States, only to non-U.S. investors pursuant to Regulation S under the Securities Act.

The Notes will not be registered under the Securities Act or any state securities laws and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and applicable state laws.

This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to purchase the Notes or any other securities and shall not constitute an offer, solicitation or sale in any state or jurisdiction in which such offering, solicitation or sale would be unlawful.

About Carnival Corporation & plc

Carnival Corporation & plc is the largest global cruise company, and among the largest leisure travel companies, with a portfolio of world-class cruise lines - AIDA Cruises, Carnival Cruise Line, Costa Cruises, Cunard, Holland America Line, P&O Cruises (Australia), P&O Cruises (UK), Princess Cruises, and Seabourn.

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Additionally, many of these risks and uncertainties are currently, and in the future may continue to be, amplified by our substantial debt balance incurred during the pause of our guest cruise operations. There may be additional risks that we consider immaterial or which are unknown. These factors include, but are not limited to, the following:

The ordering of the risk factors set forth above is not intended to reflect our indication of priority or likelihood.

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