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): January 20, 2009

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)
1-9610	1-15136
(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	Carnival House, 5 Gainsford Street,
Miami, Florida 33178-2428	London, SE1 2NE, United Kingdom
United States of America	(Address of principal executive offices)
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)	(Zip code)
(305) 599-2600	011 44 20 7940 5381
(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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Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On January 20, 2009, Randall J. Weisenburger was appointed to the Carnival Corporation & plc boards of directors. Mr. Weisenburger will also serve on the audit committees of each of the boards of directors. Mr. Weisenburger has been executive vice president and chief financial officer of Omnicom Group, Inc., and advertising, marketing and corporate communications company, since September 1998.

Mr. Weisenburger will be entitled to the compensation we offer our other non-executive directors, including annual retainers, attendance fees and equity compensation in the form of Carnival Corporation restricted stock or restricted stock units. For more information on the compensation of our directors, please refer to our disclosures under the heading “Director Compensation” in our Annual Proxy Statement.

A copy of the press release announcing Mr. Weisenburger’s appointment is attached hereto as exhibit 99.1, and is hereby incorporated by reference.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

99.1 Press release, dated January 21, 2009.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, each of the registrants has duly caused this report on Form 8-K to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, hereunto duly authorized.

CARNIVAL CORPORATION	CARNIVAL PLC
/s/ Arnaldo Perez	By: /s/Arnaldo Perez
Name: Arnaldo Perez	Name: Arnaldo Perez
Title: Senior Vice President, General Counsel and	Title: Senior Vice President, General Counsel and
Secretary	Company Secretary
Date: January 23, 2009	Date: January 23, 2009

EXHIBIT LIST

Exhibit	Description
99.1	Press release, dated January 21, 2009.

EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.1

WEISENBURGER JOINS CARNIVAL CORPORATION & PLC

BOARDS OF DIRECTORS

MIAMI (January 21, 2009) – Carnival Corporation & plc (NYSE/LSE: CCL; NYSE: CUK) announced today that Randall J. Weisenburger, executive vice president and chief financial officer for Omnicom Group Inc., the world’s leading advertising, marketing and corporate communications company, has been appointed to its boards of directors.

Weisenburger, 50, will serve in a non-executive capacity on Carnival Corporation & Carnival plc’s 14-member boards, effective immediately. He will also serve on the audit committees of each of the boards of directors.

Since joining New York-based Omnicom in 1998, Weisenburger has played a key role in the continued expansion and success of the company, which encompasses more than 1,500 agencies in 100-plus countries. Prior to joining Omnicom, Weisenburger was a founding member of Wasserstein Perella & Co. and in 1993 became the president and chief executive officer of the firm’s private equity investment unit, Wasserstein & Co.

Weisenburger is a graduate of the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and established the Wharton-Omnicom Communications Fellows Program, which trains students to serve as communications mentors to their peers.

“Randall is an excellent addition to our company’s boards, possessing extensive experience in all areas of finance, as well as a strong background in advertising and marketing. We look forward to his valuable input and guidance in the continued operation of our company,” said Micky Arison, Carnival Corporation & plc chairman and CEO.

Carnival Corporation & plc is the largest cruise vacation group in the world, with a portfolio of cruise brands in North America, Europe and Australia, comprised of Carnival Cruise Lines, Holland America Line, Princess Cruises, The Yachts of Seabourn, AIDA Cruises, Costa Cruises, Cunard Line, Ibero Cruises, Ocean Village, P&O Cruises and P&O Cruises Australia.

Together, these brands operate 88 ships totaling more than 169,000 lower berths with 17 new ships scheduled to be delivered between March 2009 and June 2012. Carnival Corporation & plc also operates Holland America Tours and Princess Tours, the leading tour companies in Alaska and the Canadian Yukon. Traded on both the New York and London Stock Exchanges, Carnival Corporation & plc is the only group in the world to be included in both the S&P 500 and the FTSE 100 indices.

MEDIA CONTACTS	INVESTOR RELATIONS CONTACT
US	US/UK
Carnival Corporation & plc	Carnival Corporation & plc
Tim Gallagher	Beth Roberts
1 305 599 2600, ext. 16000	1 305 406 4832
UK
Brunswick Group
Richard Jacques/Deborah Spencer
44 (0) 20 7404 5959