Carnival
Corporation & plc has announced that the board of directors
declared a
special dividend of $0.50 per share,
which is in addition to its previously announced regular quarterly
dividend of $0.25 per share already scheduled to be paid
December 14, 2012. For the special dividend, the board approved
a payment date of December 28, 2012 based on a record date of
December 7, 2012.
Commenting
on the special dividend, Micky Arison, chairman and CEO of Carnival
Corporation & plc, stated, “This additional dividend is in
keeping with our previously stated strategy of returning excess free
cash flow to shareholders. Looking
forward, we remain committed to increasing shareholder returns
through a combination of dividend distributions and
opportune share repurchases.”
Source:
CCL
