CARNIVAL CORP — Capital/Financing Update 2025

Jun 30, 2025

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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) June 30, 2025

Carnival Corporation	Carnival plc
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)	(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Republic of Panama	England and Wales
(State
or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(State
or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
001-9610	001-15136
(Commission
File Number)	(Commission
File Number)
59-1562976	98-0357772
(I.R.S.
Employer Identification No.)	(I.R.S.
Employer Identification No.)
3655 N.W. 87th Avenue Miami , Florida 33178-2428	Carnival House , 100 Harbour Parade , Southampton SO15 1ST , United Kingdom
(Address of principal
executive offices) (Zip code)	(Address of principal
executive offices) (Zip code)
( 305 ) 599-2600	011 44 23 8065 5000
(Registrant’s
telephone number, including area code)	(Registrant’s
telephone number, including area code)
None	None
(Former
name or former address, if changed since last report.)	(Former
name or former address, if changed since last report.)

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock ($0.01 par value)	CCL	New York Stock Exchange , Inc.
Ordinary Shares each represented by American Depository Shares ($1.66 par value) Special Voting Share, GBP 1.00 par value and Trust Shares of beneficial interest in the P&O Princess Special Voting Trust	CUK	New York Stock Exchange , Inc.
1.000% Senior Notes due 2029	CUK29	New York Stock Exchange LLC

Indicate by check mark whether the registrants are emerging growth companies as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2) of this chapter).

Emerging growth companies ☐

If emerging growth companies, indicate by check mark if the registrants have elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

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Item 7.01 Regulation FD.

On June 30, 2025, Carnival Corporation & plc issued a press release announcing that Carnival plc (the “Company”) commenced a private offering of new senior unsecured notes in an aggregate principal amount of €1.0 billion, expected to mature in 2031, to fully repay the borrowings under Carnival Corporation’s first-priority senior secured term loan facility maturing in 2027 and to repay a portion of the borrowings under Carnival Corporation's first-priority senior secured term loan facility maturing in 2028.

A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated by reference herein. Such press release includes forward-looking statements. See “Cautionary Note Concerning Forward-Looking Statements” within the press release for additional information.

The Company is furnishing the information in this Current Report on Form 8-K, including Exhibit 99.1 hereto, to comply with Regulation FD. Such information shall not be deemed to be “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, and shall not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into any of the Company’s filings under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, whether made before or after the date hereof and regardless of any general incorporation language in such filings, except to the extent expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits .

(d) Exhibits

Exhibit No.	Description
99.1	Press release of Carnival Corporation and Carnival plc dated June 30, 2025.
104	Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded with the Inline XBRL document).

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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 — By:	/s/ David Bernstein	CARNIVAL PLC — By:	/s/ David Bernstein
Name:	David Bernstein	Name:	David Bernstein
Title:	Chief Financial Officer and Chief Accounting Officer	Title:	Chief Financial Officer and Chief Accounting Officer
Date: June 30, 2025		Date: June 30, 2025

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