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.

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