Carnival Plc filed SEC Form 8-K: Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
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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) April 16, 2025
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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 16, 2025 (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 967,256,171 shares entitled to vote were received in connection with the Annual Meetings.
All of the nominees were elected at the Annual Meetings to serve as directors of Carnival Corporation and Carnival plc until the next annual meetings of shareholders. Carnival Corporation and Carnival plc’s shareholders also approved all other proposals that were submitted at the Annual Meetings, as recommended by the Boards of Directors.
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 | For | Against | Abstain | Broker Non-Votes | |||||||||||||
1. | To re-elect Micky Arison as a director of Carnival Corporation and Carnival plc | 758,869,847 | 33,570,073 | 1,612,966 | 173,203,284 | ||||||||||||
2. | To re-elect Sir Jonathon Band as a director of Carnival Corporation and Carnival plc | 757,133,725 | 35,184,590 | 1,734,571 | 173,203,284 | ||||||||||||
3. | To re-elect Jason Glen Cahilly as a director of Carnival Corporation and Carnival plc | 786,290,220 | 6,206,734 | 1,555,932 | 173,203,284 | ||||||||||||
4. | To re-elect Nelda J. Connors as a director of Carnival Corporation and Carnival plc | 757,129,176 | 35,306,846 | 1,616,864 | 173,203,284 | ||||||||||||
5. | To re-elect Helen Deeble as a director of Carnival Corporation and Carnival plc | 785,905,401 | 6,589,577 | 1,557,909 | 173,203,284 | ||||||||||||
6. | To re-elect Jeffrey J. Gearhart as a director of Carnival Corporation and Carnival plc | 786,675,263 | 5,810,778 | 1,566,846 | 173,203,284 | ||||||||||||
7. | To re-elect Katie Lahey as a director of Carnival Corporation and Carnival plc | 781,922,748 | 9,921,838 | 2,208,301 | 173,203,284 | ||||||||||||
8. | To re-elect Stuart Subotnick as a director of Carnival Corporation and Carnival plc | 713,556,673 | 78,022,722 | 2,473,490 | 173,203,284 | ||||||||||||
9. | To re-elect Laura Weil as a director of Carnival Corporation and Carnival plc | 722,701,499 | 68,920,235 | 2,431,152 | 173,203,284 | ||||||||||||
10. | To re-elect Josh Weinstein as a director of Carnival Corporation and Carnival plc | 776,070,316 | 16,400,223 | 1,582,348 | 173,203,284 | ||||||||||||
11. | To re-elect Randy Weisenburger as a director of Carnival Corporation and Carnival plc | 691,859,561 | 99,773,063 | 2,420,262 | 173,203,284 | ||||||||||||
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12. | To hold a (non-binding) advisory vote to approve executive compensation | 775,986,288 | 15,710,791 | 2,355,806 | 173,203,284 | ||||||||||||
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13. | To hold a (non-binding) advisory vote to approve the Carnival plc Directors’ Remuneration Report (other than the section containing the Carnival plc Directors’ Remuneration Policy) | 776,096,164 | 15,947,025 | 2,009,697 | 173,203,284 | ||||||||||||
14. | To approve the Carnival plc Directors’ Remuneration Policy set out in Section 3 of Part II of the Carnival plc Directors’ Remuneration Report | 785,100,168 | 6,816,641 | 2,136,076 | 173,203,284 | ||||||||||||
15. | To appoint Deloitte LLP as independent auditor for Carnival plc and to ratify the selection of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm for Carnival Corporation | 960,856,909 | 3,929,409 | 2,469,852 | 0 | ||||||||||||
16. | To authorize the Audit Committee of Carnival plc to determine the remuneration of the independent auditor of Carnival plc | 959,950,461 | 4,143,834 | 3,161,875 | 0 | ||||||||||||
17. | To receive the accounts and reports of the Directors and auditor of Carnival plc for the year ended November 30, 2024 | 960,097,778 | 2,339,453 | 4,818,939 | 0 | ||||||||||||
18. | To approve the giving of authority for the allotment of new shares by Carnival plc | 919,581,614 | 44,044,556 | 3,630,000 | 0 | ||||||||||||
19. | To approve, subject to Proposal 18 passing, the disapplication of pre-emption rights in relation to the allotment of new shares and sale of treasury shares by Carnival plc | 945,222,787 | 17,149,064 | 4,884,320 | 0 | ||||||||||||
20. | To approve the amendment to the Carnival Corporation 1993 Employee Stock Purchase Plan. | 789,858,205 | 2,395,436 | 1,799,246 | 173,203,284 | ||||||||||||
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/ Enrique Miguez | By: | /s/ Enrique Miguez | |||||||||||
| Name: | Enrique Miguez | Name: | Enrique Miguez | |||||||||||
| Title: | General Counsel | Title: | General Counsel | |||||||||||
| Date: | April 18, 2025 | Date: | April 18, 2025 | |||||||||||