Shareholders' Equity

9 Months Ended

Aug. 31, 2013

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Shareholders' Equity

Shareholders’ Equity

During the nine months ended August 31, 2013, we repurchased 2.8 million shares of Carnival Corporation common stock for $103 million under our general repurchase authorization program ("Repurchase Program"). From September 1, 2013 through September 23, 2013, no shares of Carnival Corporation common stock or Carnival plc ordinary shares were repurchased under the Repurchase Program. At September 23, 2013, the remaining availability under the Repurchase Program was $975 million.

During the nine months ended August 31, 2013, Carnival Investments Limited, a subsidiary of Carnival Corporation, sold 0.9 million of Carnival plc ordinary shares for net proceeds of $35 million. Substantially all of the net proceeds from these sales were used to purchase 0.9 million shares of Carnival Corporation common stock. Pursuant to our Stock Swap (“Stock Swap”) program, Carnival Corporation sold these Carnival plc ordinary shares owned by Carnival Investments Limited only to the extent it was able to repurchase shares of Carnival Corporation common stock in the U.S. on at least an equivalent basis.