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) April 11, 2012

 

 

 

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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

Miami, Florida 33178-2428

  

Carnival House, 5 Gainsford Street,

London SE1 2NE, United Kingdom

(Address of principal executive offices)

(Zip Code)

  

(Address of principal executive offices)

(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.)

 

 

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))

 

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Section 5 – Corporate Governance and Management.

Item 5.07 – Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

The annual meetings of shareholders of Carnival Corporation and Carnival plc were held on April 11, 2012 (the “Annual Meetings”). On all matters which came before the Annual Meetings, holders of Carnival Corporation common stock and Carnival plc ordinary shares were entitled to one vote for each share held. Proxies for 685,881,161 shares entitled to vote were received in connection with the Annual Meetings.

The matters which were submitted to Carnival Corporation and Carnival plc’s shareholders for approval at the Annual Meetings and the tabulation of the final votes with respect to each such matter were as follows:

Director Elections.

 

    

Proposal

    Votes For      Votes Against      Abstentions      Broker
Non-Votes		  
1.    To re-elect Micky Arison as a director of Carnival Corporation and Carnival plc      638,617,991         28,992,904         2,903,303         15,366,962   
2    To re-elect Sir Jonathon Band as a director of Carnival Corporation and Carnival plc      664,306,838         4,579,600         1,627,761         15,366,962   
3.    To re-elect Robert H. Dickinson as a director of Carnival Corporation and Carnival plc      611,618,839         56,906,533         1,938,826         15,366,962   
4.    To re-elect Arnold W. Donald as a director of Carnival Corporation and Carnival plc      638,530,171         29,210,870         2,773,157         15,366,962   
5.    To re-elect Pier Luigi Foschi as a director of Carnival Corporation and Carnival plc      639,643,991         29,215,114         1,655,094         15,366,962   
6.    To re-elect Howard S. Frank as a director of Carnival Corporation and Carnival plc      636,636,183         32,240,740         1,637,276         15,366,962   
7.    To re-elect Richard J. Glasier as a director of Carnival Corporation and Carnival plc      650,520,703         17,628,710         2,364,785         15,366,962   
8.    To elect Debra Kelly-Ennis as a director of Carnival Corporation and Carnival plc      664,313,946         4,561,802         1,638,451         15,366,962   
9.    To re-elect Modesto A. Maidique as a director of Carnival Corporation and Carnival plc      595,878,272         72,027,531         2,608,394         15,366,962   
10.    To re-elect Sir John Parker as a director of Carnival Corporation and Carnival plc      652,789,884         15,120,248         2,603,827         15,366,962   
11.    To re-elect Peter G. Ratcliffe as a director of Carnival Corporation and Carnival plc      633,438,898         35,128,071         1,947,229         15,366,962   
12.    To re-elect Stuart Subotnick as a director of Carnival Corporation and Carnival plc      627,292,344         40,615,021         2,606,833         15,366,962   
13.    To re-elect Laura Weil as a director of Carnival Corporation and Carnival plc      655,138,454         13,649,289         1,726,456         15,366,962   
14.    To re-elect Randall J. Weisenburger as a director of Carnival Corporation and Carnival plc      643,995,023         24,562,459         1,956,716         15,366,962   

Other Matters.

 

    

Proposal

    Votes For      Votes Against      Abstentions      Broker
Non-Votes		  
15.    To re-appoint the UK firm of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as independent auditors of Carnival plc and to ratify the selection of the U.S. firm of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the independent registered certified public accounting firm for Carnival Corporation      678,836,869         5,411,895         1,632,397         0   
16.    To authorize the Audit Committee of Carnival plc to agree the remuneration of the independent auditors of Carnival plc      682,450,287         1,748,170         1,682,704         0   
17.    To receive the UK accounts and reports of the directors and auditors of Carnival plc for the year ended November 30, 2011      678,874,294         2,992,112         4,014,754         0   
18.    To approve the fiscal 2011 compensation of the named executive officers of Carnival Corporation & plc      640,603,945         40,811,985         4,465,229         0   
19    To approve the Directors’ Remuneration Report of Carnival plc for the year ended November 30, 2011      631,861,702         43,426,679         10,592,778         0   

    

Proposal

    Votes For      Votes Against      Abstentions      Broker
Non-Votes		  
20.    To approve the giving of authority for the allotment new shares by Carnival plc      642,780,356         22,023,242         5,710,600         15,366,962   
21.    To approve the disapplication of pre-emption rights in relation to the allotment of new shares by Carnival plc      677,811,072         6,197,534         1,872,554         0   
22.    To approve a general authority for Carnival plc to buy back Carnival plc ordinary shares in the open market      679,741,308         1,152,815         4,987,037         0   
23.    To consider a shareholder proposal      159,568,960         469,442,399         41,502,839         15,366,962   

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/ Arnaldo Perez

     By:  

/s/ Arnaldo Perez

Name:    Arnaldo Perez     Name:    Arnaldo Perez
Title:    Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary     Title:    Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Company Secretary

Date:    April 17, 2012

     Date:    April 17, 2012