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<P STYLE="line-height:3px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:2px;border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="5">UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND
EXCHANGE COMMISSION </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="3">Washington, D.C. 20549 </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="5"><B></B><B>FORM 8-K </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="4">CURRENT REPORT </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="3">PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="3">THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Date of Report (Date of earliest event
reported) September 24, 2013 </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center">


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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="border-bottom:1px solid #000000;width:105pt" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Carnival Corporation&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">as specified in its charter)</FONT></TD></TR>
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Panama&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="border-bottom:1px solid #000000;width:117pt" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;England and
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">of incorporation)</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="border-bottom:1px solid #000000;width:113pt" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;001-9610&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="border-bottom:1px solid #000000;width:105pt" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;001-15136
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(Commission File Number)</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="border-bottom:1px solid #000000;width:68pt" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;59-1562976&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;3655 N.W. 87th Avenue&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;width:118pt" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Miami, Florida 33178-2428</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Carnival House, 5 Gainsford Street,</FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;width:143pt" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">London SE1 2NE, United Kingdom</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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5381&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;None&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></P></TD>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Section&nbsp;2 &#150; <U>Financial Information</U> </B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Item&nbsp;2.02 <U>Results of Operations and Financial Condition</U>. </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">On September&nbsp;24, 2013, Carnival Corporation&nbsp;&amp; plc issued a press release entitled &#147;Carnival Corporation&nbsp;&amp; plc Reports Third Quarter Results.&#148;&nbsp;A copy of this press
release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this report.&nbsp;This information shall not be deemed &#147;filed&#148; for purposes of Section&nbsp;18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and is not incorporated by reference into any filing
of either Carnival Corporation or Carnival plc, whether made before or after the date of this report, regardless of any general incorporation language in the filing. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Section&nbsp;9 &#150; <U>Financial Statements and Exhibits</U> </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Item&nbsp;9.01
<U>Financial Statements and Exhibits</U>. </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(d) <U>Exhibits</U>. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Exhibit 99.1 Press release, dated September&nbsp;24, 2013 (furnished pursuant to Item&nbsp;2.02). </FONT></P>

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STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, each of the registrants has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized. </FONT></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>CARNIVAL CORPORATION</B></FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>CARNIVAL PLC</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">By: <U>/s/ Larry Freedman</U></FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">By: <U>/s/ Larry Freedman</U></FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Name: Larry Freedman</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Name: Larry Freedman</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Title: Chief Accounting</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Date: September 24, 2013</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Date: September 24, 2013</FONT></TD></TR>
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8-K
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND
EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event
reported) September 24, 2013
Carnival Corporation
Carnival
plc
(Exact name of registrant
(Exact name of registrant
as specified in its charter)
as specified in its charter)
Republic of
Panama
England and
Wales
(State or other jurisdiction
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
of incorporation)
001-9610
001-15136
(Commission File Number)
(Commission File Number)
59-1562976
98-0357772
(IRS Employer
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
Identification No.)
3655 N.W. 87th Avenue
Miami, Florida 33178-2428
Carnival House, 5 Gainsford Street,
London SE1 2NE, United Kingdom
(Address of principal
(Address of principal
executive offices)
(Zip Code)
executive offices)
(Zip Code)
(305) 599-2600
011 44 20 7940
5381
(Registrant's telephone number,
(Registrant's telephone number,
including area code)
including area code)
None
None
(Former name or former address,
(Former name or former address,
if changed since last report.)
if changed since last report.)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K
filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrants under any of the following provisions:
¨
Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
¨
Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
¨
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
¨
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
Section 2 –
Financial Information
Item 2.02
Results of Operations and Financial Condition
.
On September 24, 2013, Carnival Corporation & plc issued a press release entitled "Carnival Corporation & plc Reports Third Quarter Results." A copy of this press
release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this report. This information shall not be deemed "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and is not incorporated by reference into any filing
of either Carnival Corporation or Carnival plc, whether made before or after the date of this report, regardless of any general incorporation language in the filing.
Section 9 –
Financial Statements and Exhibits
Item 9.01
Financial Statements and Exhibits
.
(d)
Exhibits
.
Exhibit 99.1 Press release, dated September 24, 2013 (furnished pursuant to Item 2.02).
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, each of the registrants has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
CARNIVAL CORPORATION
CARNIVAL PLC
By:
/s/ Larry Freedman
By:
/s/ Larry Freedman
Name: Larry Freedman
Name: Larry Freedman
Title: Chief Accounting
Title: Chief Accounting
Officer and Vice President-
Officer and Vice President-
Controller
Controller
Date: September 24, 2013
Date: September 24, 2013
Exhibit Index
Exhibit No.
Description
99.1
Press release, dated September 24, 2013 (furnished pursuant to Item 2.02)