Form 8-K

 

 

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 5, 2017

 

 

 

Carnival Corporation   Carnival plc
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)   (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Republic of Panama   England and Wales

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

  

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

1-9610   1-15136

(Commission

File Number)

  

(Commission

File Number)

59-1562976   98-0357772

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

  

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

3655 N.W. 87th Avenue

Miami, Florida 33178-2428

United States of America

  

Carnival House

100 Harbour Parade

Southampton SO15 1ST

United Kingdom

(Address of principal executive offices)

(Zip code)

  

(Address of principal executive offices)

(Zip code)

(305) 599-2600   011 44 23 8065 5000
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)   (Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
None   None
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)   (Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

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Section 5 – Corporate Governance and Management.

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 5, 2017 (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 617,847,229 shares entitled to vote were received in connection with the Annual Meetings.

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

      580,459,516        9,673,412           1,449,313        26,261,748  
2.   

To re-elect Sir Jonathon Band as a director of Carnival Corporation and Carnival plc

      589,803,676        313,597           1,465,068        26,261,748  
3.   

To elect Helen Deeble as a director of Carnival Corporation and Carnival plc

      589,487,089        630,754           1,464,753        26,261,748  
4.   

To re-elect Arnold W. Donald as a director of Carnival Corporation and Carnival plc

      578,773,393        11,345,696           1,463,087        26,261,748  
5.   

To re-elect Richard J. Glasier as a director of Carnival Corporation and Carnival plc

      529,882,858        59,559,731           2,139,652        26,261,748  
6.   

To re-elect Debra Kelly-Ennis as a director of Carnival Corporation and Carnival plc

      589,662,897        458,387           1,460,957        26,261,748  
7.   

To re-elect Sir John Parker as a director of Carnival Corporation and Carnival plc

      528,289,519        61,810,093           1,482,629        26,261,748  
8.   

To re-elect Stuart Subotnick as a director of Carnival Corporation and Carnival plc

      507,281,661        82,428,167           1,872,413        26,261,748  
9.   

To re-elect Laura Weil as a director of Carnival Corporation and Carnival plc

      541,744,321        47,701,723           2,136,197        26,261,748  
10.   

To re-elect Randall J. Weisenburger as a director of Carnival Corporation and Carnival plc

      550,689,745        39,422,806           1,469,690        26,261,748  
Other Matters.               
11.   

To approve, on a (non-binding) advisory basis, executive compensation

      525,165,383        64,711,892           1,681,980        26,261,748  
          1 year      2 Years      3 Years      Abstain      Broker
Non-Votes		  
12.   

To approve, on a (non-binding) advisory basis, how frequently the shareholders of Carnival Corporation & plc be provided with a non-binding advisory vote to approve executive compensation

      569,379,104        650,491        19,879,374        1,653,298        26,261,748  

          For      Against                                 Abstain      Broker
Non-Votes		  
13.   

To approve the Carnival plc Directors’ Remuneration Report (other than the Carnival plc Directors’ Remuneration Policy set out in Section B of Part II of the Carnival plc Directors’ Remuneration Report)

      524,218,820        65,529,493           1,834,168        26,261,748  
14.   

To approve the Carnival plc Directors’ Remuneration Policy set out in Section B of Part II of the Carnival plc Directors’ Remuneration Report

      525,332,257        65,654,329           595,895        26,261,748  
15.   

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 certified public accounting firm for Carnival Corporation

      604,506,409        11,084,686           2,252,794        0  
16.   

To authorize the Audit Committee of Carnival plc to agree the remuneration of the independent auditors of Carnival plc

      615,545,491        1,875,812           422,586        0  
17.   

To receive the UK accounts and reports of the Directors and auditors of Carnival plc for the year ended November 30, 2016

      613,079,027        2,620,827           2,144,035        0  
18.   

To approve the giving of authority for the allotment new shares by Carnival plc

      583,277,935        33,286,066           1,279,988        0  
19.   

To approve the disapplication of pre-emption rights in relation to the allotment of new shares by Carnival plc

      611,694,177        4,289,836           1,859,976        0  
20.   

To approve a general authority for Carnival plc to buy back Carnival plc ordinary shares in the open market

      613,335,303        3,470,106           1,041,820        0  

In light of the voting results on Proposal 12 and other factors considered by our Boards, our Boards have determined that Carnival Corporation and Carnival plc will include an advisory vote on executive compensation annually until the next required vote on the frequency of such votes.

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/ Arnaldo Perez

     By:  

/s/ Arnaldo Perez

Name:   Arnaldo Perez     Name:   Arnaldo Perez
Title:   General Counsel & Secretary     Title:   General Counsel & Company Secretary
Date:   April 11, 2017     Date:   April 11, 2017