Thamm Michael Olaf Form 4 CARNIVAL / Michael Olaf Thamm 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^*

Thamm Michael Olaf

(Last) (First) (Middle)

C/O CARNIVAL CORPORATION

3655 N.W. 87TH AVENUE

(Street)

MIAMI FL 33178

(City) (State) (Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
CARNIVAL PLC [ CUK ]

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

	Director	10% Owner
X	Officer (give title below)	Other (specify below)
CEO - Costa Crociere

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
12/29/2016

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
Ordinary Shares	12/29/2016		A(1)		117,537	A	$0(2)	170,383.15	D
Ordinary Shares	12/29/2016		S		30,842(3)	D	$50.3996(4)	139,541.15(5)	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 December 27, 2013 pursuant to the Carnival plc 2005 Employee Share Plan. Each Performance RSU represents one share of Carnival plc ordinary shares. The Performance RSU's will vest 50% as of December 29, 2016 and 50% as of December 27, 2017.

2. The reporting person was eligible to earn from 0-5 times the stated target amount of Performance RSUs to the extent that the compound annual growth rate of Carnival Corporation & plc's total shareholder return over a three year performance cycle exceeded specified performance goals.

3. Represents a surrender of shares to satisfy the tax obligation on the vesting of the Performance RSUs.

4. The transaction was conducted in British Pounds. The sale price of GBP41.22688 was converted into US$ at the December 29, 2016 conversion rate of GBP1 = USD1.2225.

5. Includes shares acquired pursuant to the dividend reinvestment feature of the reporting person's brokerage account.

	/s/ Michael O. Thamm	01/03/2017
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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