Buckelew Alan Form 4 CARNIVAL / ALAN BUCKELEW ownership change

SEC Form 4

FORM 4

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

BUCKELEW ALAN

(Last) (First) (Middle)

CARNIVAL CORPORATION

3655 NW 87TH AVE

(Street)

MIAMI FL 33178

(City) (State) (Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
CARNIVAL CORP [ CCL ]

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

	Director	10% Owner
X	Officer (give title below)	Other (specify below)
Chief Operations Officer

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
02/09/2016

4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

X	Form filed by One Reporting Person
	Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Stock	02/09/2016		A(1)		5,808(2)	A	$0	130,428.5171(3)	D
Common Stock	02/09/2016		S		5,808	D	$40.79(4)	124,620.5171	D

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

Explanation of Responses:

1. Grant of performance-based restricted stock units ("Performance RSUs") granted on July 16, 2013 pursuant to the Carnival Corporation 2011 Stock Plan. Each Performance RSU represents one share of Carnival Corporation common stock.

2. Reporting person was eligible to earn from 0-150% of his target amount of Performance RSUs to the extent that Carnival Corporation & plc's annual earnings before interest and taxes ("EBIT"), as adjusted for certain fuel price changes and Emission Control Areas related fuel expenses, for each of the three fiscal years in the 2013-2015 performance cycle exceeded specified performance goals, as modified at the end of the three year performance cycle for Carnival Corporation & plc's total shareholder return rank relative to peers.

3. Includes shares from a settlement of dividend equivalents accumulated during the restricted period of a Performance RSU award originally granted in 2013, which has now vested.

4. This transaction was executed in multiple trades. The price reported reflects the average sale price. The reporting person hereby undertakes to provide upon request to the SEC staff, the issuer or a security holder of the issuer full information regarding the number of shares and prices at which the transaction was effected.

	/s/ Alan B. Buckelew	02/11/2016
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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