--- schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1" accession: "0000815097-23-000037" form_type: "8-K" ticker: "CUK" cik: "0001125259" company_name: "CARNIVAL PLC" filed_at: "2023-04-26T23:59:59+00:00" generated_at: "2026-06-16T11:48:30.732724+00:00" event_type: "other_material" sentiment: "neutral" materiality_score: 0.4 calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4 confidence: "high" source: SEC EDGAR --- # Carnival shareholders approve 2020 Stock Plan amendment, increasing authorized shares by 21.65M ## Summary - All 11 director nominees elected at April 21 annual meeting. - 2020 Stock Plan amendment approved; total shares available for awards raised to 46.65 million. - Non-binding advisory vote on executive compensation passed; frequency set to annual. - Shareholders ratified PricewaterhouseCoopers as independent auditor for Carnival Corp and plc. - General authority granted for Carnival plc to buy back ordinary shares in open market. ## SEC filing metadata - accession: 0000815097-23-000037 - form_type: 8-K - ticker: CUK - cik: 0001125259 - company_name: CARNIVAL PLC - filed_at: 2023-04-26T23:59:59+00:00 - event_type: other_material - sentiment: neutral - materiality_score: 0.4 - calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4 - confidence: high - sec_items: 5.07, 5.02, 9.01 - EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1125259/000081509723000037/0000815097-23-000037-index.htm - EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/815097/000081509723000037/ccl-20230421.htm ## Machine-readable alternates - HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000815097-23-000037 - JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000815097-23-000037.json - Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000815097-23-000037.txt ## Key facts - Shareholder Votes CARNIVAL PLC shareholders approved To approve a general authority for Carnival plc to buy back Carnival plc ordinary shares in the open market at the 2023-04-21 meeting. - Outcome: passed - Meeting: 2023-04-21 source text: 21. To approve a general authority for Carnival plc to buy back Carnival plc ordinary shares in the open market evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1125259/000081509723000037/0000815097-23-000037-index.htm - Shareholder Votes CARNIVAL PLC shareholders approved To authorize the Audit Committee of Carnival plc to determine the remuneration of the independent auditors of Carnival plc at the 2023-04-21 meeting. - Outcome: passed - Meeting: 2023-04-21 source text: 17. To authorize the Audit Committee of Carnival plc to determine the remuneration of the independent auditors of Carnival plc evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1125259/000081509723000037/0000815097-23-000037-index.htm - Shareholder Votes CARNIVAL PLC shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2023-04-21 meeting. - Proposal: director election - Outcome: passed - Meeting: 2023-04-21 source text: 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. evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1125259/000081509723000037/0000815097-23-000037-index.htm - Shareholder Votes CARNIVAL PLC shareholders approved To approve the giving of authority for the allotment of new shares by Carnival plc at the 2023-04-21 meeting. - Outcome: passed - Meeting: 2023-04-21 source text: 19. To approve the giving of authority for the allotment of new shares by Carnival plc evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1125259/000081509723000037/0000815097-23-000037-index.htm - Shareholder Votes CARNIVAL PLC shareholders approved To re-appoint the UK firm of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as independent auditors for Carnival plc and to ratify the selection of the U.S. firm of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm for Carnival Corporation at the 2023-04-21 meeting. - Proposal: auditor ratification - Outcome: passed - Meeting: 2023-04-21 source text: 16. To re-appoint the UK firm of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as independent auditors for Carnival plc and to ratify the selection of the U.S. firm of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm for Carnival Corporation evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1125259/000081509723000037/0000815097-23-000037-index.htm - Shareholder Votes CARNIVAL PLC shareholders approved To approve the Carnival plc Directors’ Remuneration Policy at the 2023-04-21 meeting. - Outcome: passed - Meeting: 2023-04-21 source text: 15. To approve the Carnival plc Directors’ Remuneration Policy set out in Section B of Part II of the Carnival plc Directors’ Remuneration Report evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1125259/000081509723000037/0000815097-23-000037-index.htm - Shareholder Votes CARNIVAL PLC shareholders approved To hold a (non-binding) advisory vote to approve the Carnival plc Directors’ Remuneration Report at the 2023-04-21 meeting. - Proposal: say on pay - Outcome: passed - Meeting: 2023-04-21 source text: 14. To hold a (non-binding) advisory vote to approve the Carnival plc Directors’ Remuneration Report (other than the part containing the Carnival plc Directors’ Remuneration Policy set out in Section B of Part II of the Carnival plc Directors’ Remuneration Report) evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1125259/000081509723000037/0000815097-23-000037-index.htm - Shareholder Votes CARNIVAL PLC shareholders approved To hold a (non-binding) advisory vote to approve executive compensation. at the 2023-04-21 meeting. - Proposal: say on pay - Outcome: passed - Meeting: 2023-04-21 source text: 12. To hold a (non-binding) advisory vote to approve executive compensation. evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1125259/000081509723000037/0000815097-23-000037-index.htm - Shareholder Votes CARNIVAL PLC shareholders approved To hold a (non-binding) advisory vote on how frequently shareholders should vote to approve compensation of the Named Executive Officers at the 2023-04-21 meeting. - Proposal: say on pay frequency - Outcome: passed - Meeting: 2023-04-21 source text: 13. To hold a (non-binding) advisory vote on how frequently shareholders should vote to approve compensation of the Named Executive Officers evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1125259/000081509723000037/0000815097-23-000037-index.htm - Shareholder Votes CARNIVAL PLC shareholders approved To receive the accounts and reports of the Directors and auditors of Carnival plc for the year ended November 30, 2022 at the 2023-04-21 meeting. - Outcome: passed - Meeting: 2023-04-21 source text: 18. To receive the accounts and reports of the Directors and auditors of Carnival plc for the year ended November 30, 2022 evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1125259/000081509723000037/0000815097-23-000037-index.htm - Shareholder Votes CARNIVAL PLC shareholders approved To approve the disapplication of pre-emption rights in relation to the allotment of new shares and sale of treasury shares by Carnival plc at the 2023-04-21 meeting. - Outcome: passed - Meeting: 2023-04-21 source text: 20. To approve the disapplication of pre-emption rights in relation to the allotment of new shares and sale of treasury shares by Carnival plc evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1125259/000081509723000037/0000815097-23-000037-index.htm - Shareholder Votes CARNIVAL PLC shareholders approved To approve the Amendment of the Carnival Corporation 2020 Stock Plan at the 2023-04-21 meeting. - Proposal: equity plan - Outcome: passed - Meeting: 2023-04-21 source text: 22. To approve the Amendment of the Carnival Corporation 2020 Stock Plan evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1125259/000081509723000037/0000815097-23-000037-index.htm This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.