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Item 1. Financial Statements

2021-04-07 compared with 2020-10-08 · 226 added, 460 removed, 363 unchanged (65% of the section changed)

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(in millions, except per share data)

Three Months Ended August 31, Nine Months Ended

2020 2019 2020 2019

Three Months Ended February 28/29,

Passenger ticket $ 3 $ 3,234

Onboard and other 23 1,556

31 6,533 5,561 16,043

Operating Costs and Expenses

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Payroll and related 218 610

Fuel 121 401 718 1,204

Food 19 284 404 821

Ship and other impairments — 330

Other operating 181 671

1,549 3,532 7,556 9,833

Selling and administrative 462 678

Depreciation and amortization 552 570

Goodwill impairment — — 2,096 —

2,364 4,643 12,784 13,252

Goodwill impairments — 731

Operating Income (Loss) ( 1,524 ) ( 713 )

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The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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CARNIVAL CORPORATION & PLC

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(in millions)

Three Months Ended August 31, Nine Months Ended

2020 2019 2020 2019

Three Months Ended February 28/29,

Net Income (Loss) $ ( 1,973 ) $ ( 781 )

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Change in foreign currency translation adjustment 199 25

Other 4 ( 6 ) 60 ( 19 )

Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) 203 38

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The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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CARNIVAL CORPORATION & PLC

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Cash and cash equivalents $ 9,674 $ 9,513

Short-term investments 1,840 —

Trade and other receivables, net 250 273

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Property and Equipment, Net 39,583 38,073

Operating Lease Right-of-Use Assets (a) 1,379 —

Operating Lease Right-of-Use Assets 1,354 1,370

Goodwill 814 807

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Current portion of long-term debt 1,726 1,742

Current portion of operating lease liabilities (a) 150 —

Current portion of operating lease liabilities 142 151

Accounts payable 505 624

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Long-Term Debt 26,522 22,130

Long-Term Operating Lease Liabilities (a)

Long-Term Operating Lease Liabilities

Other Long-Term Liabilities 1,017 949

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Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) (“AOCI”) ( 1,233 ) ( 1,436 )

Treasury stock, 130 shares at 2020 and 2019 of Carnival Corporation and 60 shares at 2020 and 2019 of Carnival plc, at cost

Treasury stock, 130 shares at 2021 and 2020 of Carnival Corporation and 59 shares at 2021 and 60 shares at 2020 of Carnival plc, at cost

( 8,404 ) ( 8,404 )

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$ 57,226 $ 53,593

(a) We adopted the provisions of Leases on December 1, 2019.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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CARNIVAL CORPORATION & PLC

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(in millions)

Nine Months Ended

Three Months Ended February 28/29,

OPERATING ACTIVITIES

Net income (loss) $ ( 1,973 ) $ ( 781 )

Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by operating activities

Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities

Depreciation and amortization 552 570

Impairments 17 1,062

Loss on repurchase of Convertible Notes 224 —

Share-based compensation 40 20

Amortization of discounts and debt issue costs 42 6

Noncash lease expense 36 42

(Gain) loss on ship sales and other, net 50 ( 121 )

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Purchase of minority interest — ( 81 )

Purchase of short-term investments ( 1,840 ) —

Derivative settlements and other, net 17 20

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Issuance of common stock, net 997 2

Other, net ( 91 ) ( 53 )

Debt issue costs and other, net ( 93 ) ( 26 )

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities 5,216 1,089

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The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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CARNIVAL CORPORATION & PLC

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(in millions)

Three Months Ended

stock Ordinary

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stock Total shareholders’ equity

At May 31, 2019 $ 7 $ 358 $ 8,785 $ 25,138 $ ( 2,076 ) $ ( 8,104 ) $ 24,108

Net income (loss) — — — 1,780 — — 1,780

Other comprehensive income (loss) — — — — ( 107 ) — ( 107 )

Cash dividends declared ($ 0.50 per share)

— — — ( 342 ) — — ( 342 )

Purchases of treasury stock under the Repurchase Program and other — — 13 — — ( 157 ) ( 144 )

At August 31, 2019 $ 7 $ 358 $ 8,798 $ 26,576 $ ( 2,183 ) $ ( 8,261 ) $ 25,295

At May 31, 2020 $ 7 $ 360 $ 9,683 $ 21,155 $ ( 1,962 ) $ ( 8,404 ) $ 20,840

Net income (loss) — — — ( 2,858 ) — — ( 2,858 )

Other comprehensive income (loss) — — — — 524 — 524

Issuance of common stock related to the repurchase of Convertible Notes — — 222 — — — 222

Repurchase of Convertible Notes 1 — 765 — — — 766

Other — — 9 — — — 9

At August 31, 2020 $ 8 $ 361 $ 10,680 $ 18,297 $ ( 1,439 ) $ ( 8,404 ) $ 19,503

Nine Months Ended

stock Ordinary

shares Additional

capital Retained

earnings AOCI Treasury

shareholders’

At November 30, 2019 $ 7 $ 358 $ 8,807 $ 26,653 $ ( 2,066 ) $ ( 8,394 ) $ 25,365

Changes in accounting principles (a) — — — ( 24 ) — — ( 24 )

Net income (loss) — — — ( 781 ) — — ( 781 )

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Purchases of treasury stock under the Repurchase Program and other — — 22 — — ( 10 ) 12

At August 31, 2019 $ 7 $ 358 $ 8,798 $ 26,576 $ ( 2,183 ) $ ( 8,261 ) $ 25,295

At February 29, 2020 $ 7 $ 359 $ 8,829 $ 25,527 $ ( 2,028 ) $ ( 8,404 ) $ 24,290

At November 30, 2020 $ 11 $ 361 $ 13,948 $ 16,075 $ ( 1,436 ) $ ( 8,404 ) $ 20,555

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Other comprehensive income (loss) — — — — 203 — 203

Cash dividends declared ($ 0.50 per share)

— — — ( 342 ) — — ( 342 )

Issuance of common stock 1 — 777 — — — 778

Issuance and repurchase of Convertible Notes

Issuance of common stock, net

— — 996 — — — 997

Purchases of treasury stock under the Repurchase Program and other — 2 44 — — ( 10 ) 36

At August 31, 2020 $ 8 $ 361 $ 10,680 $ 18,297 $ ( 1,439 ) $ ( 8,404 ) $ 19,503

(a) We adopted the provisions of Revenue from Contracts with Customers and Derivatives and Hedging on December 1, 2018.

Other — — 32 — — — 32

At February 28, 2021 $ 11 $ 361 $ 14,977 $ 14,102 $ ( 1,233 ) $ ( 8,404 ) $ 19,813

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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CARNIVAL CORPORATION & PLC

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Liquidity and Management’s Plans

Due to the spread of COVID-19, we paused our global cruise operations in mid-March 2020.

In September 2020 we began the resumption of limited guest operations as part of our anticipated phased-in return to service.

Significant events affecting travel, including COVID-19, typically have an impact on booking patterns, with the full extent of the impact generally determined by the length of time the event influences travel decisions.

We believe that the ongoing effects of COVID-19 on our operations and global bookings will continue to have a material negative impact on our financial results and liquidity, and such negative impact may continue well beyond the containment of such outbreak.

We cannot assure you that our assumptions used to estimate our liquidity requirements will be correct because we have never previously experienced a complete cessation of our guest cruise operations, and as a consequence, our ability to be predictive is uncertain.

In addition, the magnitude, duration and speed of the global pandemic are uncertain.

As a consequence, we cannot estimate the impact on our business, financial condition or near- or longer-term financial or operational results with reasonable certainty, but we continue to expect a net loss on both a U.S.

GAAP and adjusted basis for the quarter and year ending November 30, 2020.

We have taken and continue to take actions to improve our liquidity, including capital expenditure and operating expense reductions, accelerating the removal of certain ships from our fleet, suspending dividend payments on, and the repurchase of, common stock of Carnival Corporation and ordinary shares of Carnival plc and pursuing various capital market transactions.

Based on these actions and assumptions regarding the impact of COVID-19, we have concluded that we will be able to generate sufficient liquidity to satisfy our obligations for at least the next twelve months.

In the face of the global impact of COVID-19, we paused our guest cruise operations in mid-March 2020.

In September 2020 we began the resumption of limited guest cruise operations as part of our phased-in return to service.

As of February 28, 2021, none of our ships were operating with guests onboard.

Significant events affecting travel, including COVID-19 and our pause in guest cruise operations, have had and continue to have an impact on booking patterns.

The full extent of the impact will be determined by our gradual return to service and the length of time COVID-19 influences travel decisions.

We believe that the ongoing effects of COVID-19 on our operations and global bookings have had, and will continue to have, a material negative impact on our financial results and liquidity.

The estimation of our future liquidity requirements includes numerous assumptions that are subject to various risks and uncertainties.

The principal assumptions used to estimate our future liquidity requirements consist of:

• Expected continued gradual resumption of guest cruise operations

• Expected lower than comparable historica l occupancy levels during the resumption of guest cruise operations

• Expected incremental spend for the resumption of guest cruise operations, for bringing our ships out of pause status, returning crew members to our ships and implementing the enhanced health and safety protocols

In addition, we make certain assumptions about new ship deliveries, improvements and disposals, and consider the future export credit financings that are associated with the ship deliveries.

We are complying with the current various heightened governmental regulations required to return to guest cruise operations.

We are working with a number of world-leading public health, epidemiological and policy experts to support our ongoing efforts with enhanced health and safety protocols for the return of cruise vacations.

These advisors will continue to provide guidance based on the latest scientific evidence and best practices for protection and mitigation.

We also believe that there have been positive developments around the availability and widespread distribution of effective COVID-19 vaccines, which we believe will be important to achieving historical occupancy levels over time.

We cannot make assurances that our assumptions used to estimate our liquidity requirements may not change because we have never previously experienced a complete cessation of our guest cruise operations, and as a consequence, our ability to be predictive is uncertain.

In addition, the magnitude and duration of the global pandemic are uncertain.

We have made reasonable estimates and judgments of the impact of COVID-19 within our consolidated financial statements and there may be changes to those estimates in future periods.

We continue to expect a net loss on both a U.S.

GAAP and adjusted basis for the second quarter of 2021 and the full year ending November 30, 2021.

We have taken and continue to take actions to improve our liquidity, including completing various capital market transactions, capital expenditure and operating expense reductions, accelerating the removal of certain ships from our fleet and we will be pursuing refinancing opportunities to reduce interest expense and extend maturities.

Based on these actions and assumptions regarding the impact of COVID-19, and considering our $ 11.5 billion of cash and short-term investments at February 28, 2021, we have concluded that we have sufficient liquidity to satisfy our obligations for at least the next twelve months.

Basis of Presentation

The Consolidated Statements of Income (Loss), the Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss), and the Consolidated Statements of Shareholders’ Equity for the three and nine months ended August 31, 2020 and 2019, Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows for the nine months ended August 31, 2020 and 2019, and the Consolidated Balance Sheet at August 31, 2020 are unaudited and, in the opinion of our management, contain all adjustments, consisting of only normal recurring adjustments, necessary for a fair statement.

Our interim consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and the related notes included in the Carnival Corporation & plc 2019 joint Annual Report on Form 10-K and Form 10-K/A (“Form 10-K”) filed with the U.S.

Securities and Exchange Commission on January 28, 2020 and March 31, 2020, respectively.

For the three and nine months ended August 31, 2019, we reclassified $ 200 million and $ 299 million from tour and other revenues to onboard and other revenues as well as $ 109 million and $ 198 million from tour and other costs and expenses to other operating cost and expenses in order to conform to the current year presentation.

COVID-19 Use of Estimates and Risks and Uncertainty

The Consolidated Statements of Income (Loss), the Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss), the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows and the Consolidated Statements of Shareholders’ Equity for the three months ended February 28/29, 2021 and 2020, and the Consolidated Balance Sheet at February 28, 2021 are unaudited and, in the opinion of our management, contain all adjustments, consisting of only normal recurring adjustments, necessary for a fair statement.

Our interim consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and the related notes included in the Carnival Corporation & plc 2020 joint Annual Report on Form 10-K (“Form 10-K”) filed with the U.S.

Securities and Exchange Commission on January 26, 2021.

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COVID-19 and the Use of Estimates and Risks and Uncertainty

The preparation of our interim consolidated financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S.

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The full extent to which the effects of COVID-19 will directly or indirectly impact our business, operations, results of operations and financial condition, including our valuation of goodwill and trademarks, impairment of ships, collectability of trade and notes receivables as well as provisions for pending litigation, will depend on future developments that are highly uncertain.

We believe that we have made reasonable estimates and judgments of the impact of COVID-19 within our financial statements and there may be changes to those estimates in future periods.

We have made reasonable estimates and judgments of the impact of COVID-19 within our financial statements and there may be changes to those estimates in future periods.

Accounting Pronouncements

On December 1, 2019, we adopted the FASB issued guidance, Leases , using the modified retrospective approach, which allows entities to either apply the new lease standard to the beginning of the earliest period presented or only to the consolidated financial statements in the period of adoption without restating prior periods.

We have elected to apply the new guidance at the date of adoption without restating prior periods.

We have implemented changes to our internal controls to address the collection, recording, and accounting for leases in accordance with the new guidance.

Upon adoption of the new guidance, the most significant impact was the recognition of $ 1.4 billion of right-of-use assets and lease liabilities relating to operating leases, reported within operating lease right-of-use assets and long-term operating lease liabilities, with the current portion of the liability reported within current portion of operating lease liabilities, in our Consolidated Balance Sheet as of December 1, 2019.

There was no cumulative effect of applying the new standard and accordingly there was no adjustment to our retained earnings upon adoption.

This guidance had an immaterial impact on our Consolidated Statements of Income (Loss), Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss), Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows and the compliance with debt covenants under our current agreements.

The FASB issued amended guidance, Intangibles - Goodwill and Other - Internal-Use Software , which requires a customer in a cloud computing arrangement that is a service contract to follow the internal-use software guidance to determine which implementation costs to capitalize as assets or expense as incurred.

The expense related to deferred implementation costs is required to be presented in the same net income (loss) line item as the related hosting fees.

Additionally, the payments for deferred implementation costs are required to be presented in the same line item in the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows as payments for the related hosting fees.

This guidance is required to be adopted by us in the first quarter of 2021 and we have elected to apply the guidance using a prospective approach.

We do not expect the adoption of this guidance to have a significant impact on our consolidated financial statements.

The FASB issued amended guidance, Financial Instruments - Credit Losses , which requires an entity to present the net amount expected to be collected for certain financial assets, including trade receivables.

On initial recognition and at each reporting period, this guidance will require an entity to recognize an allowance that reflects the entity's current estimate of credit losses expected to be incurred over the life of the financial instrument.

This guidance is required to be adopted by us in the first quarter of 2021 and will be applied prospectively with a cumulative-effect adjustment to retained earnings.

We are currently evaluating the impact this guidance will have on our consolidated financial statements.

The FASB issued guidance, Debt - Debt with Conversion and Other Option s and Derivative and Hedging - Contracts in Entity's Own Equity , which simplifies the accounting for convertible instruments.

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Customer deposits are subsequently recognized as cruise revenues, together with revenues from onboard and other activities, and all associated direct costs and expenses of a voyage are recognized as cruise costs and expenses, upon completion of voyages with durations of ten nights or less and on a pro rata basis for voyages in excess of ten nights.

The impact of recognizing these shorter duration cruise revenues and costs and expenses on a completed voyage basis versus on a pro rata basis is not significant.

The impact of recognizing these shorter duration cruise revenues and costs and expenses on a completed voyage basis versus on a pro rata basis is not material.

Certain of our product offerings are bundled and we allocate the value of the bundled services and goods between passenger ticket revenues and onboard and other revenues based upon the estimated standalone selling prices of those goods and services.

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The proceeds that we collect from the sales of third-party shore excursions are included in onboard and other revenues and the related costs are included in onboard and other costs.

The amounts collected on behalf of our onboard concessionaires, net of the amounts

remitted to them, are included in onboard and other revenues as concession revenues.

The amounts collected on behalf of our onboard concessionaires, net of the amounts remitted to them, are included in onboard and other revenues as concession revenues.

All of these amounts are recognized on a completed voyage or pro rata basis as discussed above.

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This portion of the fees, taxes and charges is expensed in commissions, transportation and other costs when the corresponding revenues are recognized.

For the three and nine months ended August 31, fees, taxes, and charges included in commissions, transportation and other costs were not significant and $ 213 million in 2020 and $ 186 million and $ 503 million in 2019.

For the three months ended February 28/29, fees, taxes, and charges included in commissions, transportation and other costs were not significant in 2021 and $ 174 million in 2020.

The remaining portion of fees, taxes and charges are expensed in other operating expenses when the corresponding revenues are recognized.

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These amounts include refundable deposits.

We are providing flexibility to guests with bookings on sailings cancelled due to the pause in cruise operations by allowing guests to receive enhanced future cruise credits ("FCC") or elect to receive refunds in cash.

We are providing flexibility to guests with bookings

on sailings cancelled due to the pause in cruise operations by allowing guests to receive enhanced future cruise credits (“FCC”)

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or elect to receive refunds in cash.

We have paid and expect to continue to pay cash refunds of customer deposits with respect to a portion of these cancelled cruises.

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We record a liability for FCCs to the extent we have received cash from guests with bookings on cancelled sailings.

We had customer deposits of $ 2.4 billion as of August 31, 2020 and $ 4.9 billion as of November 30, 2019.

The current portion of our customer deposits was $ 2.1 billion as of August 31, 2020, the majority of which are FCCs.

These amounts include deposits related to cancelled cruises prior to the election of a cash refund by guests.

Total customer deposits as of February 28, 2021 and November 30, 2020 were $ 2.2 billion , the majority of which are FCCs.

As of February 28, 2021, the current portion of customer deposits was $ 1.8 billion.

This amount includes deposits related to cancelled cruises prior to the election of a cash refund by guests.

Refunds payable to guests who have elected cash refunds are recorded in accounts payable.

Due to the uncertainty associated with the duration and extent of COVID-19, we are unable to estimate the amount of the August 31, 2020 customer deposits that will be recognized in earnings compared to amounts that will be refunded to customers or issued as a credit for future travel .

During the nine months ended August 31, 2020 and 2019, we recognized revenues of $ 3.3 billion and $ 4.1 billion related to our customer deposits as of November 30, 2019 and December 1, 2018.

Due to the uncertainty associated with the duration and extent of COVID-19, we are unable to estimate the amount of the February 28, 2021 customer deposits that will be recognized in earnings compared to amounts that will be refunded to customers or issued as a credit for future travel .

During the three months ended February 28/29, 2021 and 2020, we recognized revenues of an immaterial amount and $ 3.0 billion, respectively, related to our customer deposits as of November 30, 2020 and 2019.

Historically, our customer deposits balance changes due to the seasonal nature of cash collections, the recognition of revenue, refund of customer deposits and foreign currency translation.

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Contract assets are amounts paid prior to the start of a voyage, which we record as an asset within prepaid expenses and other and which are subsequently recognized as commissions, transportation and other at the time of revenue recognition or at the time of voyage cancellation.

We have contract assets of $ 17 million and $ 154 million as of August 31, 2020 and November 30, 2019.

We have contract assets of an immaterial amount as of February 28, 2021 and November 30, 2020.

NOTE 3 – Debt

Short-Term Borrowings

At August 31, 2020, our short-term borrowings consisted primarily of $ 3.0 billion borrowing under our multicurrency revolving credit facility (the “Revolving Facility”), $ 314 million of commercial paper, $ 20 million of euro-denominated commercial paper and $ 33 million of sterling-denominated commercial paper.

For the nine months ended August 31, 2020, we had borrowings of $ 525 million and repayments of $ 192 million of commercial paper with original maturities greater than three months.

For the nine months ended August 31, 2019, there were no borrowings or repayments of commercial paper with original maturities greater than three months.

Export Credit Facility Borrowings

In December 2019, we borrowed $ 823 million under an export credit facility due in semi-annual installments through 2032.

In September 2020, we borrowed $ 610 million under an export credit facility due in semi-annual installments through 2032.

2023 Secured Notes

In April 2020, we issued $ 4.0 billion aggregate principal amount of 11.5 % first-priority senior secured notes due in 2023 (the “2023 Secured Notes”).

The 2023 Secured Notes mature on April 1, 2023 unless earlier redeemed or repurchased.

They are guaranteed by Carnival plc and certain of our subsidiaries that own or operate our vessels and material intellectual property, and are secured by collateral, which includes vessels and material intellectual property with a net book value of $ 27.9 billion as of August 31, 2020 and certain other assets.

Upon the occurrence of certain change of control events, we are required to offer to repurchase the 2023 Secured Notes at a price equal to 101 % of the principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest to the purchase date.

The indenture governing the 2023 Secured Notes contains covenants that limit our ability to, among other things:

(i) incur additional indebtedness or issue certain preferred shares;

(ii) make dividend payments on or make other distributions in respect of our capital stock or make other restricted payments;

(iii) make certain investments;

(iv) sell certain assets;

(v) create liens on assets;

(vi) consolidate, merge, sell or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of our assets;

and (vii) enter into certain transactions with our affiliates.

These covenants are subject to a number of important limitations and exceptions.

Convertible Notes

In April 2020, we issued $ 2.0 billion aggregate principal amount of 5.75 % convertible senior notes due 2023 (the “Convertible Notes”).

The Convertible Notes mature on April 1, 2023, unless earlier repurchased or redeemed by us or earlier converted in accordance with their terms prior to the maturity date.

The Convertible Notes are guaranteed on a senior unsecured basis by Carnival plc, Carnival Finance, LLC and our subsidiaries that guarantee the 2023 Secured Notes.

The Convertible Notes are convertible by holders, subject to the conditions described below, into cash, shares of Carnival Corporation common stock, or a combination thereof, at our election.

The Convertible Notes have an initial conversion rate of 100 shares of Carnival Corporation common stock per $ 1,000 principal amount of the Convertible Notes, equivalent to an initial conversion price of $ 10 per share of common stock.

The initial conversion price is subject to certain anti-dilutive adjustments and may also increase if the Convertible Notes are converted in connection with a tax redemption or certain corporate events.

The Convertible Notes are convertible at any time prior to the close of business on the business day immediately preceding January 1, 2023, only under the following circumstances:

• during any fiscal quarter, (and only during such fiscal quarter), if the last reported sale price of the common stock for at least 20 trading days (whether or not consecutive) during a period of 30 consecutive trading days ending on the last trading day of the immediately preceding fiscal quarter is greater than or equal to 130 % of the conversion price on each applicable trading day;

• during the five business day period after any five consecutive trading day period (the “measurement period”) in which the trading price per $ 1,000 principal amount of Convertible Notes for each trading day of the measurement period was less than 98 % of the product of the last reported sale price per share of common stock and the conversion rate on each such trading day;

• prior to the close of business on the second scheduled trading day immediately preceding any tax redemption date;

• upon the occurrence of specified corporate events.

On or after January 1, 2023, until the close of business on the second scheduled trading day immediately preceding the maturity date, holders may convert their Convertible Notes at any time.

If we undergo certain corporate events (each, a “fundamental change”), subject to certain conditions, holders may require us to

repurchase for cash all or any portion of their Convertible Notes at a price equal to 100 % of the principal amount of the

Convertible Notes to be repurchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest to the fundamental change repurchase date.

We may redeem the Convertible Notes, in whole but not in part, at any time on or prior to December 31, 2022 at a redemption price equal to 100 % of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest to the redemption date, if we or any guarantor would have to pay any additional amounts on the Convertible Notes due to a change in tax laws, regulations or rulings or a change in the official application, administration or interpretation thereof.

As of August 31, 2020, a condition allowing holders of the Convertible Notes to convert has been met and therefore the notes are convertible.

The holders are entitled to convert all or any portion of their Convertible Notes at any time during the three months starting on September 1, 2020 and ending on November 30, 2020, at the conversion rate of 100 shares of Carnival Corporation common stock per $ 1,000 principal amount of Convertible Notes.

In August 2020, we completed a registered direct offering of 99.2 million shares of Carnival Corporation common stock at a price of $ 14.02 per share to a limited number of holders of the Convertible Notes.

We used the proceeds of the stock offering to repurchase from such holders $ 886 million aggregate principal amount of the Convertible Notes in privately negotiated transactions, (such registered direct offering and the use of proceeds to repurchase the Convertible Notes, the “Convertible Notes Repurchase Transaction”).

We recognized a $ 224 million extinguishment loss as a result of these transactions in other income (expense), net.

We account for the Convertible Notes as separate liability and equity components.

We determined the carrying amount of the liability component as the present value of its cash flows.

The carrying amount of the equity component representing the conversion option was $ 286 million on the date of issuance and was calculated by deducting the carrying value of the liability component from the initial proceeds from the Convertible Notes.

The excess of the principal amount of the Convertible Notes over the carrying amount of the liability component represents a debt discount that is amortized to interest expense over the term of the Convertible Notes under the effective interest rate method using an effective interest rate of 12.9 %.

The carrying amount of the equity component was reduced to $ 0 in conjunction with the partial repurchase of Convertible Notes in August 2020 because at the time of repurchase, the fair value of the equity component for the portion of the Convertible Notes that was repurchased, exceeded the total amount of the equity component recorded at the time the Convertible Notes were issued.

The net carrying value of the liability component of the Convertible Notes was as follows:

(in millions) August 31, 2020

Principal $ 1,127

Unamortized debt discount and transaction costs ( 173 )

The interest expense recognized related to the Convertible Notes was as follows:

(in millions) Three Months Ended August 31, 2020 Nine Months Ended August 31, 2020

Contractual interest expense $ 26 $ 43

Amortization of debt discount and transaction costs 22 37

We had no Convertible Notes in 2019.

2025 Secured Term Loan

In June 2020, we borrowed an aggregate principal amount of $ 2.8 billion in two tranches ($ 1.9 billion and € 800 million), under a first-priority senior secured term loan facility that matures on June 30, 2025 (the “2025 Secured Term Loan”).

dollar tranche bears interest at a rate per annum equal to adjusted LIBOR (with a 1 % floor) plus 7.5 %.

The euro tranche bears interest at a rate per annum equal to EURIBOR (with a 0 % floor) plus 7.5 %.

The 2025 Secured Term Loan is guaranteed by Carnival plc and the same subsidiaries that currently guarantee, and are secured on a first-priority basis by substantially the same collateral that currently secures, the 2023 Secured Notes, the 2026 Secured Notes and the 2027 Secured Notes.

The 2025 Secured Term Loan contains covenants that are substantially similar to the covenants in the indenture governing the 2023 Secured Notes.

These covenants are subject to a number of important limitations and exceptions.

2026 Secured Notes

In July 2020, we issued an aggregate principal amount of $ 1.3 billion in two tranches ($ 775 million and € 425 million), under second-priority senior secured notes that mature on February 1, 2026 (the “2026 Secured Notes”).

dollar tranche bears interest at a rate of 10.5 % per year.

The euro tranche bears interest at a rate of 10.1 % per year.

The 2026 Secured Notes are guaranteed by Carnival plc and the same subsidiaries that currently guarantee, and are secured on a second-priority basis by substantially the same collateral that currently secures, the 2023 Secured Notes, the 2025 Secured Term Loan and the 2027 Secured Notes.

The indenture governing the 2026 Secured Notes contains covenants that are substantially similar to the covenants in the indenture governing the 2023 Secured Notes and the 2027 Secured Notes.

These covenants are subject to a number of important limitations and exceptions.

2027 Secured Notes

In August 2020, we issued an aggregate principal amount of $ 900 million of second-priority senior secured notes that mature on August 1, 2027 (the “2027 Secured Notes”).

The 2027 Secured Notes bear interest at a rate of 9.9 % per year.

The 2027 Secured Notes are guaranteed by Carnival plc and the same subsidiaries that currently guarantee, and are secured on a second-priority basis by substantially the same collateral that currently secures, the 2023 Secured Notes, the 2025 Secured Term Loan and the 2026 Secured Notes.

The indenture governing the 2027 Secured Notes contains covenants that are substantially similar to the covenants in the indenture governing the 2023 Secured Notes and the 2026 Secured Notes.

In December 2020, we borrowed $ 1.5 billion under export credit facilities due in semi-annual installments through 2033.

2027 Senior Unsecured Notes

In February 2021, we issued an aggregate principal amount of $ 3.5 billion senior unsecured notes that mature on March 1, 2027 (the “2027 Senior Unsecured Notes”).

The 2027 Senior Unsecured Notes bear interest at a rate of 5.8 % per year.

The 2027 Senior Unsecured Notes are guaranteed by Carnival plc and the same subsidiaries of Carnival Corporation & plc that guarantee the 2023 Secured Notes, 2026 Secured Notes, 2027 Senior Secured Notes and 2026 Senior Unsecured Notes, and are unsecured.

The indenture governing the 2027 Senior Unsecured Notes contains covenants that are substantially similar to the covenants in the indentures governing the 2026 Senior Unsecured Notes and, except for the unsecured nature of the 2027 Senior Unsecured Notes, the indentures governing the 2023 Secured Notes, 2026 Secured Notes and 2027 Secured Notes and the credit agreement governing the 2025 Secured Term Loan.

These covenants are subject to a number of important limitations and exceptions.

Modifications and Other

In February 2020, we extended a $ 452 million sterling-denominated floating rate bank loan, originally maturing in 2022, to 2025 with an option to extend to 2026.

In April 2020, we amended and extended a $ 166 million euro-denominated fixed rate bank loan, originally maturing in September 2020, to a floating rate loan maturing in March 2021.

In July 2020, we extended a $ 337 million euro-denominated floating rate bank loan originally maturing in 2021 to 2022.

As of August 31, 2020, we repurchased in the open market $ 86 million aggregate principal amount of our $ 700 million 4.0 % notes due in 2020 and $ 123 million aggregate principal amount of our $ 555 million 1.6 % euro notes due in 2021.

We recognized a related gain on early extinguishment of debt of $ 5 million.

This gain is included in other income (expense), net in the accompanying Consolidated Statements of Income (Loss).

Certain export credit agencies have offered 12-month debt amortization and a financial covenant holiday (the “Debt Holiday”).

We have entered into supplemental agreements or side letters for the Debt Holiday amendments to defer certain principal repayments otherwise due through March 31, 2021 through the creation of separate tranches of loans with repayments made over the following four years.

As of August 31, 2020, the scheduled annual maturities of our outstanding debt were as follows:

Covenant Compliance

Our export credit facilities contain one or more covenants that require us to:

• Maintain minimum interest coverage (EBITDA to consolidated net interest charges for the most recently ended four fiscal quarters) (the “Interest Coverage Covenant”) of not less than 3.0 to 1.0 at the end of each fiscal quarter

• Maintain minimum shareholders’ equity of $ 5.0 billion

• Limit our debt to capital percentage (the “Debt to Capital Covenant”) to 65 % at the end of each fiscal quarter

• Limit the amounts of our secured assets as well as secured and other indebtedness

As of February 28, 2021, we entered into supplemental agreements to waive compliance with the Interest Coverage Covenant and the Debt to Capital Covenant under our export credit facilities through August 31, 2022 or November 30, 2022, as applicable.

We will be required to comply beginning with the next testing date of November 30, 2022 or February 28, 2023, as applicable.

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During the first quarter of 2021 we entered into supplemental agreements with respect to our $ 3.1 billion ($ 1.7 billion, € 1.0 billion and £ 150 million) multi-currency revolving credit facility (the “Revolving Credit Facility”) and many of our bank loans.

These agreements now contain one or more covenants that require us to:

• Maintain the Interest Coverage Covenant at the end of each fiscal quarter from February 28, 2023, at a ratio of not less than 2.0 to 1.0 for the February 28, 2023 and May 31, 2023 testing dates, 2.5 to 1.0 for the August 31, 2023 and November 30, 2023 testing dates, and 3.0 to 1.0 for the February 28, 2024 testing date onwards, or through their respective maturity dates.

• Maintain minimum shareholders’ equity of $ 5.0 billion.

• Maintain the Debt to Capital Covenant at the end of each fiscal quarter before the November 30, 2021 testing date at a percentage not to exceed 65 %.

From the November 30, 2021 testing date until the May 31, 2023 testing date, the Debt to Capital Covenant is not to exceed 75 %, following which it will be tested at levels which decline ratably to 65 % from the May 31, 2024 testing date onwards.

• Maintain minimum liquidity of $ 1.0 billion through November 30, 2022.

• Adhere to certain restrictive covenants through November 30, 2024.

• Restrict the granting of guarantees and security interests for certain of our outstanding debt through November 30, 2024.

At February 28, 2021, we were in compliance with the applicable covenants under our debt agreements.

Generally, if an event of default under any debt agreement occurs, then, pursuant to cross default acceleration clauses, substantially all of our outstanding debt and derivative contract payables could become due, and all debt and derivative contracts could be terminated.

Any financial covenant amendment may lead to increased costs, increased interest rates, additional restrictive covenants and other available lender protections that would be applicable.

As of February 28, 2021, the scheduled maturities of our debt are as follows:

(in millions)

Principal Payments (a)

Remainder of 2020 $ 1,048

Year Principal Payments

2Q 2021 $ 352

3Q 2021 (a) 488

2024 (b) 4,548

Thereafter 13,133

(a) Excluding the Revolving Facility.

As of August 31, 2020, borrowings under the Revolving Facility were $ 3.0 billion, which were drawn in March 2020 for an initial term of six months.

The maturities for these borrowings were extended in September 2020 for an additional six months through March 2021.

We may re-borrow such amounts subject to satisfaction of the conditions in the Revolving Facility Agreement.

(b) We have a principal balance of $ 0.5 billion and $ 0.8 billion of debt outstanding as of August 31, 2020, otherwise due through 2032, for which covenant waivers expire during the second quarter 2021 and fourth quarter 2021, respectively.

We are working on extending these covenant waivers.

If the covenant waiver extensions are not received, we would be required to prepay the outstanding principal balance.

Debt Covenant Compliance

Many of our debt agreements contain one or more financial covenants that require us to:

• Maintain minimum debt service coverage

• Maintain minimum shareholders' equity

• Limit our debt to capital ratio

• Limit the amounts of our secured and other indebtedness

Under the terms of certain of our debt facilities, we are required to maintain minimum debt service coverage (EBITDA to consolidated net interest charges for the most recently ended four fiscal quarters) of not less than 3.0 to 1.0 at the end of each fiscal quarter (the “Financial Covenant”).

As of August 31, 2020, we have entered into supplemental agreements or side letters to amend our agreements with respect to this Financial Covenant to:

• Waive compliance for all of our funded export credit facilities through March 31, 2021, August 31, 2021 or December 31, 2021, as applicable.

• Waive compliance through November 30, 2021 for certain of our bank loans.

We will be required to comply beginning with the next testing date of February 28, 2022.

• Waive compliance for the remaining applicable bank loans through their respective maturity dates.

At August 31, 2020, we were in compliance with the applicable debt covenants.

Subsequent to August 31, 2020, we extended the Financial Covenant waivers for our funded export credit facilities through at least November 30, 2021 (with the next testing date of February 28, 2022) except that for three of our funded export credit facilities with Financial Covenant waivers through March 31, 2021 (with the next testing date of May 31, 2021) or August 31, 2021 (with the next testing date of November 30, 2021), with total aggregate indebtedness of $ 1.3 billion as of August 31, 2020, we are currently engaged in discussions to extend the waivers for these facilities through November 30, 2021 (with the next testing date of February 28, 2022).

Any covenant waiver may lead to increased costs, increased interest rates, additional restrictive covenants and other available lender protections that would be applicable.

There can be no assurance that we would be able to obtain additional waivers in a timely manner, or on acceptable terms at all.

If we were not able to obtain additional waivers or repay the debt facilities, this would lead to an event of default and potential acceleration of amounts due under all of our outstanding debt and derivative contract payables.

As a result, the failure to obtain the additional waivers would have a material adverse effect on us.

Credit Ratings Update

Since March 2020, Moody’s and S&P Global have downgraded our credit ratings to be below investment grade.

Our current short-term commercial paper credit rating prevents us from issuing additional commercial paper.

Total $ 32,065

(a) Includes $ 231 million of principal that was prepaid in March 2021.

(b) Includes the $ 3.1 billion Revolving Credit Facility.

The Revolving Credit Facility was fully drawn in 2020 for six month terms.

The maturities for these borrowings are currently extended through September 2021.

We may re-borrow such amounts through August 2024 subject to satisfaction of the conditions in the facility.

The Revolving Credit Facility also includes an emissions linked margin adjustment whereby, after the initial applicable margin is set per the margin pricing grid, the margin may be adjusted based on performance in achieving certain agreed annual carbon emissions goals.

We are required to pay a commitment fee on any undrawn portion.

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Additionally, as a result of the impact of COVID-19, litigation claims, enforcement actions, regulatory actions and investigations, including, but not limited to, those arising from personal injury and loss of life, have been and may, in the future, be asserted against us.

Many of the existing assertions are in their initial stages.

We expect many of these claims and actions, or any settlement of these claims and actions, to be covered by insurance and historically the maximum amount of our liability, net of any insurance recoverables, has been limited to our self-insurance retention levels.

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As previously disclosed, on May 2, 2019, two lawsuits were filed against Carnival Corporation in the U.S.

District Court for the Southern District of Florida under Title III of the Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity Act, also known as the Helms-Burton Act.

On July 9, 2020, the court granted our motion for judgment on the pleadings in the action filed by Javier Garcia Bengochea, and dismissed plaintiff’s action with prejudice.

On August 6, 2020, Bengochea filed a notice of appeal.

On September 14, 2020, the court denied our motion to dismiss the amended action filed by Havana Docks Corporation.

District Court for the Southern District of Florida under Title III of the Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity Act, also known as the Helms-Burton Act, alleging that Carnival “trafficked” in confiscated Cuban property when certain ships docked at certain ports in Cuba, and that this alleged “trafficking” entitles the plaintiffs to treble damages.

On January 21, 2021, the court continued the trial date in the Havana Docks matter to October 25, 2021.

We continue to believe we have a meritorious defense to these actions and we believe that any liability which may arise as a result of these actions will not have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.

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Although the agreements vary, these requirements may generally be satisfied either through a withheld percentage of customer payments or providing cash funds directly to the card processor.

As of August 31, 2020, we have been requested to provide reserve funds of $ 27 million and have had $ 200 million of customer deposits withheld to satisfy these requirements.

These reserve funds are included within other assets.

We expect the funds withheld under these agreements will be approximately $ 65 million per month up to a maximum of $ 600 million.

In September 2020, we placed $ 136 million of cash collateral to be held in escrow.

As of February 28, 2021, we had $ 629 million in reserve funds relating to our customer deposits to satisfy these requirements which are included within other assets.

We expect a portion of new customer deposits to be withheld under these agreements.

Additionally, as of February 28, 2021, we placed $ 172 million of cash collateral in escrow, of which $ 142 million is included within prepaid expenses and other.

We detected ransomware attacks in August 2020 and December 2020, which resulted in unauthorized access to our information technology systems.

We engaged a major cybersecurity firm to investigate these matters and notified law enforcement and applicable regulators of these incidents.

For the August 2020 event, the investigation phase is complete, as are the communication and reporting phases.

We determined that the unauthorized third-party gained access to certain personal information relating to some guests, employees and crew for some of our operations.

For the December 2020 event, the investigation and remediation phases are in process and regulators have been notified.

There is currently no indication of any misuse of information potentially accessed or acquired and we continue to work with regulators to bring these matters and other reportable incidents to conclusion.

We have incurred legal and other costs in connection with these and other cyber incidents, and while at this time we do not believe that these incidents will have a material adverse effect on our business, operations or financial results, no assurances can be given and we may be subject to future attacks or incidents that could have such a material adverse effect.

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COVID-19 Actions

We have been named in a number of actions related to COVID-19.

The following purported class actions have been brought by former guests from Ruby Princess, Diamond Princess, Grand Princess, Coral Princess , Costa Luminosa, Carnival Ecstasy or Zaandam .

Both the previously disclosed and newly filed actions seek compensation based on a variety of tort claims, including, but not limited to, negligence and failure to warn, physical injuries and severe emotional distress associated with being exposed and/or contracting COVID-19 onboard.

Below are material updates to the previously disclosed class actions, individual actions and governmental inquiries and investigations, and a description of newly filed COVID-19 actions.

Previously Disclosed Class Actions

As previously disclosed, on April 7, 2020, Paul Turner, a former guest from Costa Luminosa, filed a purported class action against Costa Crociere, S.p.A.

(“Costa”) and Costa Cruise Line, Inc.

District Court of the Southern District of Florida.

On September 10, 2020, the court granted Costa ’ s motion to dismiss based upon forum non conveniens, and directed that the action be filed in Italy.

The plaintiff has appealed the order.

As previously disclosed, on April 8, 2020, numerous former guests from Grand Princess filed a purported class action against Carnival Corporation and Carnival plc and two of our subsidiaries, Princess Cruise Lines, Ltd.

(“Princess Cruises”) and Fairline Shipping International Corporation, Ltd.

On September 22, 2020, the court granted our motions to dismiss plaintiffs ’ second amended complaint in part.

The court granted our motion to dismiss plaintiffs’ negligence-based claims without prejudice and with leave to amend and granted our motion to dismiss plaintiffs’ request for injunctive relief without prejudice.

The court denied our motion to dismiss plaintiffs’ claims for intentional infliction of emotional distress.

On October 2, 2020, plaintiffs filed a third amended complaint.

As previously disclosed, on May 27, 2020, Service Lamp Corporation Profit Sharing Plan filed a purported class action against Carnival Corporation, Arnold W.

Donald and David Bernstein on behalf of all purchasers of Carnival Corporation securities between January 28 and May 1, 2020.

As previously disclosed, on June 3, 2020, John P.

Elmensdorp filed a purported class action against the same defendants, and included Micky Arison as a defendant.

This action is on behalf of all purchasers of Carnival Corporation securities between September 26, 2019 and April 30, 2020.

These actions allege that the defendants violated Sections 10(b) and 20(a) of the U.S.

Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 by making misrepresentations and omissions related to Carnival Corporation’s COVID-19 knowledge and response, and seek to recover unspecified damages and equitable relief for the alleged misstatements and omissions.

On July 21, 2020, Abraham Atachbarian filed a purported class action against the same defendants as Elmensdorp action.

The Atachbarian action is on behalf of all purchasers of Carnival Corporation options between January 27 and May 1, 2020 and allege the same set of factual theories presented in the class actions described above.

As previously disclosed, on June 4, 2020, Gregory Eicher, a former guest from Grand Princess filed a purported class action against Princess Cruises.

On September 10, 2020, this action was voluntarily dismissed.

As previously disclosed, on June 4, 2020, numerous former guests from Ruby Princess filed a purported class action against Princess Cruises.

Princess Cruises filed a motion to dismiss, in response to which the plaintiffs amended their action to remove their class action allegations and seek recovery on behalf of two guests who allege that they contracted COVID-19 while on Ruby Princess .

As previously disclosed, on June 24, 2020, Leonard C.

Lindsay and Carl E.W.

Zehner, former guests from Zaandam, filed a purported class action against Carnival Corporation, Carnival plc, Holland America Line, Inc.

and Holland America Line – U.S.A., Inc.

On September 11, 2020, the plaintiffs filed an amended class action on behalf of all persons in the U.S.

who were guests from Zaandam who embarked on March 8, 2020.

Newly Filed Class Actions

As discussed above, these newly filed actions also seek compensation based on economic losses, alleged personal injury and emotional distress for guests who either contracted or feared contracting COVID-19 and assert claims for negligence and intentional infliction of emotional distress.

On July 13, 2020, Kathleen O’Neill, a former guest from Coral Princess filed a purported class action in the U.S.

District Court for the Central District of California against Princess Cruises, Carnival Corporation, and Carnival plc.

We have filed a motion to dismiss.

On July 13, 2020, another group of former guests from Grand Princess filed a purported class action in the U.S.

District Court for the Central District of California against Princess Cruises, Carnival Corporation and Carnival plc.

We have filed a motion to dismiss plaintiff’s amended action.

On July 23, 2020, Susan Karpik, a former guest from Ruby Princess filed a purported class action against Carnival plc and Princess Cruises in the Federal Court of Australia.

We believe that the claims asserted in these actions are without merit and are taking proper actions to defend against them.

Individual Actions

Since March 9, 2020, more than 100 former U.S.

guests who sailed onboard various vessels, including, but not limited to, Diamond Princess , Grand Princess , Ruby Princess, or Coral Princess , filed individual actions against Princess Cruises and, in some actions, also against Carnival Corporation and/or Carnival plc, including actions previously disclosed.

Both the previously disclosed and newly filed actions include tort claims based on a variety of theories, including negligence and failure to warn.

Private Actions

We have been named in a number of individual actions related to COVID-19.

Private parties have brought approximately 70 lawsuits as of April 1, 2021 in several U.S.

federal courts as well as in France, Italy and Brazil.

These actions include tort claims based on a variety of theories, including negligence and failure to warn.

The plaintiffs in these actions allege a variety of injuries:

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A smaller number of actions include wrongful death claims.

Previously Disclosed Individual Actions

Motions to dismiss were filed on June 2, 2020 in the individual actions brought against Princess Cruises prior to such date and that allege only emotional distress associated with exposure to COVID-19 while onboard.

All courts that considered those motions to date have granted them.

Princess Cruises has filed motions to dismiss in all other matters in which a responsive pleading has been due.

Several courts have granted the various motions to dismiss, with leave for the plaintiffs to amend.

As previously disclosed, between April 7 and July 7, 2020, former U.S.

guests from Costa Luminosa filed individual actions against Costa in the U.S.

District Court for the Southern District of Florida or the Circuit Court in and for the 11 th Judicial Circuit in and for Miami-Dade County.

These actions have been voluntarily dismissed with and without prejudice, respectively.

The action brought in the U.S.

District Court for the Southern District of Florida may be pursued in Italy.

As previously disclosed, on June 16, 2020, Patricia Vickers, on behalf of the Estate of Jessie Vickers, a former guest from Carnival Ecstasy , filed an action against Carnival Corporation.

The case was dismissed by the court without prejudice.

As previously disclosed, on June 30, 2020, Kenneth and Nora Hook, former guests from Zaandam , filed an action against Holland America Line N.V.

A motion to dismiss is pending and on September 3, 2020, the court denied plaintiff’s motion for an expedited trial date.

Newly Filed Individual Actions

On July 16, 2020, Toyling Maa, individually and as personal representative of the estate of Wilson Maa, a former guest from Coral Princess , and the estate of Wilson Maa, filed an action in the U.S.

District Court for the Central District of California against Carnival Corporation, Carnival plc and Princess Cruises seeking compensation for damages for Ms.

Maa allegedly contracting COVID-19 and alleging wrongful death as a result of Mr.

Maa contracting COVID-19.

The action asserts claims for negligence.

On September 21, 2020, the court denied plaintiffs’ motion to remand and granted defendants’ motion to dismiss without prejudice and with leave to amend.

On July 23, 2020, an action was filed on behalf of the estate of Carl Weidner, a former guest from Grand Princess, in the U.S.

District Court for the Northern District of California against Carnival Corporation, Carnival plc and Princess Cruises seeking compensation based on a claim alleging wrongful death as a result of contracting COVID-19.

The action asserts claims for negligence.

The action also alleges that the forum selection clause in the guest’s ticket contract that specifies venue in the Central District of California is unenforceable.

These individual actions seek monetary and punitive damages but do not specify exact amounts.

We are taking proper actions to defend against them.

All individual actions seek monetary and punitive damages but do not specify exact amounts.

Additionally, as of April 1, 2021, ten purported class actions have been brought by former guests from Ruby Princess , Diamond Princess , Grand Princess , Coral Princess, Costa Luminosa or Zaandam in several U.S.

federal courts and in the Federal Court of Australia.

These actions seek compensation based on a variety of tort claims, including, but not limited to, negligence, gross negligence and failure to warn, physical injuries and severe emotional distress associated with being exposed and/or contracting COVID-19 onboard.

and Fairline Shipping International Corporation, Ltd.

(“Fairline Shipping”).

On May 5, 2020, this case was transferred to the U.S.

District Court for the Central District of California and on June 2, 2020, the plaintiffs removed Fairline Shipping from the case.

On October 20, 2020, the court denied the plaintiffs’ motion for class certification, and the plaintiffs filed a petition for leave to appeal this ruling to the U.S.

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on November 3, 2020.

On February 17, 2021, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals denied that petition.

As previously disclosed, on July 23, 2020, Susan Karpik, a former guest from Ruby Princess filed a purported class action against Carnival plc and Princess Cruises in the Federal Court of Australia.

On March 24, 2021 the plaintiffs filed a second amended complaint.

As previously disclosed, two purported class actions were filed on behalf of certain purchasers of Carnival Corporation securities alleging violations of Sections 10(b) and 20(a) of the U.S.

Securities and Exchange Act of 1934.

Following the filing of a third purported class action on behalf of certain options investors, alleging the same set of factual theories, the three actions were consolidated with new lead plaintiffs, the New England Carpenters Pension and Guaranteed Annuity Fund and the Massachusetts Laborers’ Pension and Annuity Fund.

A consolidated class action complaint was filed on December 15, 2020 on behalf of all purchasers of Carnival Corporation common stock and/or Carnival plc American Depositary Shares, and sellers of put options and purchasers of call options on those securities, between September 16, 2019 and March 31, 2020.

The consolidated complaint alleges that defendants Carnival Corporation, Carnival plc, and Arnold W.

Donald violated Sections 10(b) and 20(a) of the U.S.

Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 by making misrepresentations and omissions related to Carnival Corporation’s COVID-19 knowledge and response.

Plaintiffs seek to recover unspecified damages and equitable relief for the alleged misstatements and omissions.

A motion to dismiss was filed on January 18, 2021 and was fully briefed as of March 8, 2021.

We continue to take proper actions to defend against the above claims.

Governmental Inquiries and Investigations

Federal and non-U.S.

governmental agencies and officials are investigating or otherwise seeking information, testimony and/or documents, regarding COVID-19 incidents and related matters, including, but not limited to, those noted below.

governmental agencies and officials are investigating or otherwise seeking information, testimony and/or documents, regarding COVID-19 incidents and related matters.

We are investigating these matters internally and are cooperating with all requests.

The investigations could result in the imposition of civil and criminal penalties in the future.

As previously disclosed, in March and April, 2020, there were several inquiries or investigations initiated by foreign governmental authorities related to Ruby Princess , including authorities in Australia and New Zealand.

The New South Wales Commission of Inquiry Report dated August 14, 2020, concluded that no recommendations were directed towards Princess Cruises or Carnival Australia.

At this time, we continue to believe we have a meritorious defense to the aforementioned claims and while we are unable to estimate a potential range of damages, we do not believe that the ultimate outcome of these proceedings will have any material impact on our consolidated financial statements.

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Ship Commitments

As of August 31, 2020, we expect the timing of our new ship growth capital commitments to be as follows:

As of February 28, 2021, we expect the timing of our new ship growth capital commitments to be as follows:

(in millions)

Remainder of 2021 $ 1,449

Thereafter 1,061

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Financial Instruments that are not Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis

August 31, 2020 November 30, 2019

February 28, 2021 November 30, 2020

Value Fair Value Carrying

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Total $ 32,065 $ — $ 32,526 $ — $ 27,581 $ — $ 27,670 $ —

(a) Long-term other assets are comprised of notes receivable, which at November 30, 2019, included loans on ship sales.

(a) Long-term other assets are comprised of notes receivable.

The fair values of our Level 2 notes receivable were based on estimated future cash flows discounted at appropriate market interest rates.

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The fair values of our other debt were estimated based on current market interest rates being applied to this debt.

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Financial Instruments that are Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis

August 31, 2020 November 30, 2019

February 28, 2021 November 30, 2020

(in millions) Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 1 Level 2 Level 3

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Restricted cash 155 — — 179 — —

Derivative financial instruments — 1 — — 58 —

Short-term investments (a) 1,840 — — — — —

Total $ 11,670 $ — $ — $ 9,692 $ — $ —

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Total $ — $ 9 $ — $ — $ 10 $ —

(a) Short term investments consist of marketable securities with original maturities of between three and twelve months.

Nonfinancial Instruments that are Measured at Fair Value on a Nonrecurring Basis

Valuation of Goodwill and Trademarks

As a result of the effect of COVID-19 on our expected future operating cash flows, we performed interim discounted cash flow analyses for certain reporting units with goodwill as of February 29, 2020 and for all reporting units with goodwill as of May 31, 2020.

Consequently, prior to our annual test date of July 31, 2020, we determined that the estimated fair values of two of our North America & Australia (“NAA”) segment reporting units and two of our Europe & Asia (“EA”) segment reporting units no longer exceeded their carrying values.

We recognized goodwill impairment charges of $ 731 million and $ 1.3 billion for those reporting units during the first and second quarters of 2020, respectively, and have no remaining goodwill for those reporting units.

As of July 31, 2020, we performed our annual goodwill and trademark impairment reviews, which covered updates since the last test date of May 31, 2020, and we determined there was no impairment for goodwill or trademarks at our annual test date.

The determination of our reporting units' goodwill and trademark fair values includes numerous assumptions that are subject to various risks and uncertainties.

The principal assumptions, all of which are considered Level 3 inputs, used in our cash flow analyses consisted of:

• Changes in market conditions, port or other restrictions, or strategy, including decisions about the allocation of new ships amongst brands and the transfer of ships between brands

• Forecasted future operating results, including net revenue yields and fuel expenses

• Weighted-average cost of capital of market participants, adjusted for the risk attributable to the geographic regions in which these cruise brands operate

We believe that we have made reasonable estimates and judgments.

A change in the conditions, circumstances or strategy (including decisions about the allocation of new ships amongst brands and the transfer of ships between brands), which influence determinations of fair value, may result in a need to recognize an additional impairment charge.

Refer to Note 1 - “ General, COVID-19 Use of Estimates and Risks and Uncertainty ” for additional discussion.

(in millions) NAA

Segment Total

At November 30, 2019 $ 1,898 $ 1,014 $ 2,912

Impairment charges ( 1,319 ) ( 777 ) ( 2,096 )

November 30, 2020 $ 579 $ 228 $ 807

Foreign currency translation adjustment — 8 7

At August 31, 2020 $ 579 $ 228 $ 807

February 28, 2021 $ 579 $ 235 $ 814

(in millions) NAA

Segment Total

At November 30, 2019 $ 927 $ 240 $ 1,167

November 30, 2020 $ 927 $ 253 $ 1,180

Foreign currency translation adjustment — 8 8

At August 31, 2020 $ 927 $ 253 $ 1,180

Impairment of Ships

February 28, 2021 $ 927 $ 261 $ 1,188

The determination of the fair value of our reporting units’ and trademarks includes numerous assumptions that are subject to various risks and uncertainties.

The effect of COVID-19, the pause in guest cruise operations and the possibility of further extensions have created some uncertainty in forecasting the operating results and future cash flows used in our impairment analyses.

For the three months ended February 29, 2020, we recognized goodwill impairment charges of $ 731 million.

We believe that we have made reasonable estimates and judgments.

A change in the principal assumptions, which influences the determination of fair value, may result in a need to recognize an additional impairment charge.

The principal assumptions, all of which are considered Level 3 inputs, used in our cash flow analyses for the three months ended February 29, 2020 consisted of:

• The timing of our return to service, changes in market conditions and port or other restrictions

• Forecasted revenues net of our most significant variable costs, which are travel agent commissions, costs of air and other transportation, and certain other costs that are directly associated with onboard and other revenues including credit and debit card fees

• The allocation of new ships and the timing of the transfer or sale of ships amongst brands, as well as the estimated proceeds from ship sales

• Weighted-average cost of capital of market participants, adjusted for the risk attributable to the geographic regions in which these cruise brands operate

Refer to Note 1 - “ General, COVID-19 and the Use of Estimates and Risks and Uncertainty ” for additional discussion.

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Impairments of Ships

We review our long-lived assets for impairment whenever events or circumstances indicate potential impairment.

As a result of the effect of COVID-19 on our expected future operating cash flows and our decisions to dispose of certain ships, we determined certain impairment triggers had occurred.

Accordingly, we performed undiscounted cash flow analyses on some ships in our fleet as of February 29, 2020, May 31, 2020 and during the quarter ended and as of August 31, 2020.

Based on these undiscounted cash flow analyses, we determined that certain ships had net carrying values that exceeded their estimated undiscounted future cash flows.

We estimated the fair values of these ships based on their discounted cash flows or estimated selling value.

We then compared these estimated fair values to the net carrying values and, as a result, we recognized the following:

• $ 836 million and $ 2 million of ship impairment charges in the NAA and EA segments, respectively, for the three months ended August 31, 2020.

• $ 1.4 billion and $ 311 million of ship impairment charges in the NAA and EA segments, respectively, for the nine months ended August 31, 2020.

The principal assumptions used in our analyses consisted of changes in strategy (including decisions about the sale of ships, estimated sale proceeds and timing, as well as the transfer of ships between brands), return to service, forecasted future operating results, including net revenue yields and fuel expenses.

All principal assumptions are considered Level 3 inputs.

Refer to Note 1 - “ General, COVID-19 Use of Estimates and Risks and Uncertainty ” for additional discussion.

In 2020, as a result of the effect of COVID-19 on our expected future operating cash flows and our decisions to dispose of certain ships, we determined certain impairment triggers had occurred.

Accordingly, we performed undiscounted cash flow analyses on certain ships in our fleet throughout 2020.

Based on these undiscounted cash flow analyses, we determined that certain ships, specifically those being disposed of, had net carrying values that exceeded their estimated undiscounted future cash flows.

We determined the fair values of these ships based on their estimated selling value.

We believe that we have made reasonable estimates and judgments.

A change in the principal assumptions, which influences the determination of fair value, may result in a need to perform additional impairment reviews.

The principal assumptions, all of which are considered Level 3 inputs, used in our cash flow analyses consisted of:

• Timing of the respective ship’s return to service, changes in market conditions and port or other restrictions

• Forecasted ship revenues net of our most significant variable costs, which are travel agent commissions, costs of air and other transportation and certain other costs that are directly associated with onboard and other revenues, including credit and debit card fees

• Timing of the sale of ships and estimated proceeds

For the three months ended February 29, 2020, we recognized $ 172 million and $ 158 million of ship impairment charges in the North America & Australia ( “ NAA ” ) and Europe & Asia ( “ EA ” ) segments, respectively, included in other operating expenses of our Consolidated Statements of Income (Loss).

Refer to Note 1 - “ General, COVID-19 and the Use of Estimates and Risks and Uncertainty ” for additional discussion.

Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities

(in millions) Balance Sheet Location August 31, 2020 November 30, 2019

Derivative assets

Derivatives designated as hedging instruments

Cross currency swaps (a) Prepaid expenses and other $ — $ 32

Other assets — 25

Foreign currency zero cost collars (b) Prepaid expenses and other 1 —

Total derivative assets $ 1 $ 58

(in millions) Balance Sheet Location February 28, 2021 November 30, 2020

Derivative liabilities

Derivatives designated as hedging instruments

Cross currency swaps (a) Accrued liabilities and other $ — $ 1

Other long-term liabilities — 9

Foreign currency zero cost collars (b) Accrued liabilities and other — 1

Interest rate swaps (c) Accrued liabilities and other 5 6

Interest rate swaps (a) Accrued liabilities and other $ 5 $ 5

Other long-term liabilities 5 5

Total derivative liabilities $ 9 $ 10

(a) At August 31, 2020, we had no cross currency swaps.

At November 30, 2019, we had cross currency swaps totaling $ 1.9 billion that were designated as hedges of our net investment in foreign operations with a euro-denominated functional currency.

(b) At August 31, 2020 and November 30, 2019, we had foreign currency derivatives consisting of foreign currency zero cost collars designated as foreign currency cash flow hedges for a portion of our euro-denominated shipbuilding payments.

See “Newbuild Currency Risks” below for additional information regarding these derivatives.

(c) We have interest rate swaps designated as cash flow hedges whereby we receive floating interest rate payments in exchange for making fixed interest rate payments.

These interest rate swap agreements effectively changed $ 273 million at August 31, 2020 and $ 300 million at November 30, 2019 of EURIBOR-based floating rate euro debt to fixed rate euro debt.

At August 31, 2020, these interest rate swaps settle through 2025.

(a) We have interest rate swaps designated as cash flow hedges whereby we receive floating interest rate payments in exchange for making fixed interest rate payments.

These interest rate swap agreements effectively changed $ 237 million at February 28, 2021 and $ 248 million at November 30, 2020 of EURIBOR-based floating rate euro debt to fixed rate euro debt.

At February 28, 2021, these interest rate swaps settle through 2025.

Our derivative contracts include rights of offset with our counterparties.

We have elected to net certain of our derivative assets and liabilities within counterparties.

August 31, 2020

February 28, 2021

(in millions) Gross Amounts Gross Amounts Offset in the Balance Sheet Total Net Amounts Presented in the Balance Sheet Gross Amounts not Offset in the Balance Sheet Net Amounts

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Liabilities $ 10 $ — $ 10 $ — $ 10

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The effect of our derivatives qualifying and designated as hedging instruments recognized in other comprehensive income (loss) and in net income (loss) was as follows:

Three Months Ended August 31, Nine Months Ended

Three Months Ended February 28/29,

(in millions) 2021 2020

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Cross currency swaps - Interest expense, net of capitalized interest $ — $ 10

The amount of estimated cash flow hedges’ unrealized gains and losses that are expected to be reclassified to earnings in the next twelve months is not significant.

The amount of estimated cash flow hedges’ unrealized gains and losses that are expected to be reclassified to earnings in the next twelve months is not material.

Financial Risks

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We partially mitigate the currency exposure of our investments in foreign operations by designating a portion of our foreign currency debt and derivatives as hedges of these investments.

As of August 31, 2020, we have designated $ 883 million of our sterling-denominated debt as non-derivative hedges of our net investments in foreign operations.

For the three and nine months ended August 31, 2020, we recognized $ 66 million and $ 29 million of loss on these non-derivative net investment hedges in the cumulative translation adjustment section of other comprehensive income (loss).

As of February 28, 2021, we have designated $ 718 million of our sterling-denominated debt as non-derivative hedges of our net investments in foreign operations.

For the three months ended February 28, 2021, we recognized $ 42 million of losses on these non-derivative net investment hedges in the cumulative translation adjustment section of other comprehensive income (loss).

We also have $ 9.6 billion of euro-denominated debt, which provides an economic offset for our operations with euro functional currency.

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Newbuild Currency Risks

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We use foreign currency derivative contracts to manage foreign currency exchange rate risk for some of our ship construction payments.

At August 31, 2020, for the following newbuild, we had foreign currency contracts for a portion of our euro-denominated shipyard payments.

These contracts are designated as cash flow hedges.

Entered Into Matures In Weighted-Average Floor Rate Weighted- Average Ceiling Rate

Foreign currency zero cost collars

Mardi Gras 2020 December 2020 $ 1.12 $ 1.28

If the spot rate is between the ceiling and floor rates on the date of maturity, then we would not owe or receive any payments under the zero cost collars.

At August 31, 2020, our remaining newbuild currency exchange rate risk primarily relates to euro-denominated newbuild contract payments to non-euro functional currency brands, which represent a total unhedged commitment of $ 8.4 billion for newbuilds scheduled to be delivered from 2020 through 2025.

At February 28, 2021, our remaining newbuild currency exchange rate risk primarily relates to euro-denominated newbuild contract payments to non-euro functional currency brands, which represent a total unhedged commitment of $ 7.0 billion for newbuilds scheduled to be delivered through 2025.

The cost of shipbuilding orders that we may place in the future that is denominated in a different currency than our cruise brands’ will be affected by foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations.

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We manage our exposure to fluctuations in interest rates through our debt portfolio management and investment strategies.

We evaluate our debt portfolio to determine whether to make periodic adjustments to the mix of fixed and floating rate debt through the use of interest rate swaps, issuance of new debt, amendment of existing debt or early retirement of existing debt.

We evaluate our debt portfolio to determine whether to make periodic adjustments to the mix of fixed and floating rate debt through the use of interest rate swaps and the issuance of new debt.

Concentrations of Credit Risk

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• Generally requiring collateral and/or guarantees to support notes receivable on significant asset sales, long-term ship charters and new ship progress payments to shipyards

At August 31, 2020, our exposures under derivative instruments were not material.

At February 28, 2021, our exposures under derivative instruments were not material.

We also monitor the creditworthiness of travel agencies and tour operators in Asia, Australia and Europe, which includes charter-hire agreements in Asia and credit and debit card providers to which we extend credit in the normal course of our business.

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Normally, we have not required collateral or other security to support normal credit sales.

Historically, we have not experienced significant credit losses, including counterparty nonperformance.

Because of the impact COVID-19 is having on economies, we have experienced, and expect to continue to experience, an increase in credit losses.

guests’ cruise payments made by them to their travel agents and tour operators regardless of whether we have received these payments.

NOTE 6 – Leases

Substantially all of our leases for which we are the lessee are operating leases of port facilities and real estate and are included within operating lease right-of-use assets, long-term operating lease liabilities and current portion of operating lease liabilities in our Consolidated Balance Sheet as of August 31, 2020.

We have port facilities and real estate lease agreements with lease and non-lease components, and in such cases, we account for the components as a single lease component.

We do not recognize lease assets and lease liabilities for any leases with an original term of less than one year .

For some of our port facilities and real estate lease agreements, we have the option to extend our current lease term by 1 to 10 years.

Generally, we do not include renewal options as a component of our present value calculation as we are not reasonably certain that we will exercise the options.

As most of our leases do not have a readily determinable implicit rate, we estimate the incremental borrowing rate ("IBR") to determine the present value of lease payments.

We apply judgment in estimating the IBR including considering the term of the lease, the currency in which the lease is denominated, and the impact of collateral and our credit risk on the rate.

For leases that were in place upon adoption of Leases , we used the remaining lease term as of December 1, 2019 in determining the IBR.

For the initial measurement of the lease liabilities for leases commencing after the adoption, the IBR at the lease commencement date was applied.

We amortize our lease assets on a straight-line basis over the lease term.

The components of expense were as follows:

(in millions) Three months ended August 31, 2020 Nine months ended August 31, 2020

Operating lease expense $ 51 $ 153

Variable lease expense (a) (b) $ ( 36 ) $ ( 26 )

(a) Variable lease expense represents costs associated with our multi-year preferential berthing agreements, which vary based on the number of passengers.

These costs are recorded within commission, transportation and other in our Consolidated Statements of Income (Loss).

Variable and short-term lease costs related to operating leases, other than the port facilities, were not material to our consolidated financial statements.

(b) Several of our preferential berthing agreements have force majeure provisions.

We have treated the concessions granted under such provision as variable payment adjustments.

If our interpretation of the force majeure provisions is disputed, we could be required to record and make additional guarantee payments.

We have multiple agreements, with a total undiscounted minimum commitment of approximately $ 440 million, that have been executed but the lease term has not commenced as of August 31, 2020.

These are substantially all related to our rights to use certain port facilities.

The leases are expected to commence between 2020 and 2022.

During the nine months ended August 31, 2020, we obtained $ 126 million of right-of-use assets in exchange for new operating lease liabilities.

The cash outflow for leases was materially consistent with the lease expense recognized during the three and nine months ended August 31, 2020.

Weighted average of the remaining lease terms and weighted average discount rates are as follows:

August 31, 2020

Weighted average remaining lease term - operating leases (in years) 13

Weighted average discount rate - operating leases 3.2 %

As of August 31, 2020, maturities of operating lease liabilities were as follows:

(in millions)

Remainder of 2020 $ 36

Thereafter 1,074

Total lease payments 1,773

Present value discount ( 342 )

Present value of lease liabilities $ 1,431

Under ASC 840, Leases , future minimum lease payments under non-cancelable operating leases of port facilities and other assets as of November 30, 2019 were as follows:

(in millions)

Thereafter 1,408

For time charter arrangements where we are the lessor and for transactions with cruise guests related to the use of cabins, we do not separate lease and non-lease components.

As the non-lease components are the predominant components in the agreements, we account for these transactions under the Revenue Recognition guidance.

Historically, we have not experienced significant credit losses, including counterparty nonperformance, however, because of the impact COVID-19 is having on economies, we have experienced, and may continue to experience, an increase in credit losses.

Our credit exposure also includes contingent obligations related to cash payments received directly by travel agents and tour operators for cash collected by them on cruise sales in Australia and most of Europe where we are obligated to honor our guests’ cruise payments made by them to their travel agents and tour operators regardless of whether we have received these payments.

NOTE 6 – Segment Information

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Our four reportable segments are comprised of (1) NAA cruise operations, (2) EA cruise operations, (3) Cruise Support and (4) Tour and Other.

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The operating segments within each of our NAA and EA reportable segments have been aggregated based on the similarity of their economic and other characteristics, including geographic guest sourcing.

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Our Tour and Other segment represents the hotel and transportation operations of Holland America Princess Alaska Tours and other operations.

Three Months Ended August 31,

Three Months Ended February 28/29,

(in millions) Revenues Operating costs and

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$ 26 $ 535 $ 462 $ 552 $ ( 1,524 )

NAA $ 4,256 $ 2,327 $ 339 $ 345 $ 1,246

EA 2,035 1,058 150 165 662

Cruise Support 42 39 65 29 ( 92 )

Tour and Other 200 109 9 9 74

$ 6,533 $ 3,532 $ 563 $ 548 $ 1,890

Nine Months Ended August 31,

(in millions) Revenues Operating costs and

expenses Selling

administrative Depreciation

amortization Operating

income (loss)

NAA $ 3,140 $ 2,274 $ 400 $ 364 $ ( 197 ) (a)

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$ 4,789 $ 3,523 $ 678 $ 570 $ ( 713 )

NAA $ 10,495 $ 6,370 $ 1,034 $ 1,012 $ 2,079

EA 5,122 3,166 540 483 933

Cruise Support 128 99 217 84 ( 272 )

Tour and Other 299 198 21 28 52

$ 16,043 $ 9,833 $ 1,813 $ 1,607 $ 2,791

(a) Includes $ 1.3 billion of goodwill impairment charges.

(a) Includes $ 300 million of goodwill impairment charges.

(b) Includes $ 431 million of goodwill impairment charges.

Revenue by geographic areas, which are based on where our guests are sourced, were as follows:

Three Months Ended August 31, Nine Months Ended August 31,

(in millions) 2020 2019 2020 2019

(in millions) Three Months Ended

February 29, 2020

North America $ 2,647

Europe 5 1,738 1,622 4,486

Australia and Asia 615

Other 10 107 192 385

$ 31 $ 6,533 $ 5,561 $ 16,043

As a result of the pause in our guest cruise operations, we have experienced essentially no revenue for the three months ended February 28, 2021 and as a result current year data is not meaningful and is not included in the table.

NOTE 7 – Earnings Per Share

Three Months Ended

August 31, Nine Months Ended

Three Months Ended February 28/29,

(in millions, except per share data) 2021 2020

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Diluted earnings per share $ ( 1.80 ) $ ( 1.14 )

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Antidilutive shares excluded from diluted earnings per share computations were as follows:

(in millions) Three Months Ended

August 31, 2020 Nine Months Ended

August 31, 2020

Three Months Ended February 28/29,

(in millions) 2021 2020

Equity awards 3 1

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Total antidilutive securities 56 1

There were no antidilutive shares excluded from our 2019 diluted earnings per share computations.

Equity Offering

In February 2021, we completed a public offering of 40.5 million shares of Carnival Corporation’s common stock at a price per share of $ 25.10 , resulting in net proceeds of $ 996 million.

NOTE 8 – Supplemental Cash Flow Information

(in millions) August 31, 2020 November 30, 2019

(in millions) February 28, 2021 November 30, 2020

Cash and cash equivalents (Consolidated Balance Sheets) $ 9,674 $ 9,513

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Total cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash (Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows) $ 9,829 $ 9,692

In connection with the Convertible Notes Repurchase Transaction, as an administrative convenience, we permitted the purchasers of 83.3 million of Carnival Corporation common stock to offset the purchase price payable to us against our obligation to pay the purchase price for $ 744 million aggregate principal amount of the Convertible Notes held by them, which is reflected as a non-cash transaction for the nine months ended August 31, 2020.

NOTE 9 – Other Assets

We have a minority interest in the White Pass & Yukon Route (“White Pass”) that includes port, railroad and retail operations

in Skagway, Alaska.

As a result of the effects of COVID-19 on the 2021 Alaska season, we evaluated whether our investment in White Pass was other than temporarily impaired and performed an impairment assessment during the quarter ended February 28, 2021.

As a result of our assessment, we recognized an impairment charge of $ 17 million for our investment in White Pass in other income (expense), net.

As of February 28, 2021, our investment in White Pass was $ 76 million, consisting of $ 57 million in equity and a loan of $ 19 million.

As of November 30, 2020, our investment in White Pass was $ 94 million, consisting of $ 75 million in equity and a loan of $ 19 million.

We have a minority interest in CSSC Carnival Cruise Shipping Limited (“CSSC-Carnival”), a China-based cruise company which will operate its own fleet designed to serve the Chinese market.

Our investment in CSSC-Carnival was $ 135 million as of August 31, 2020 and $ 48 million as of November 30, 2019.

Our investment in CSSC-Carnival was $ 139 million as of February 28, 2021 and $ 140 million as of November 30, 2020.

In December 2019, we sold to CSSC-Carnival a controlling interest in an entity with full ownership of two EA segment ships and recognized a related gain of $ 107 million, included in other operating expenses in our Consolidated Statements of Income (Loss).

We will continue to operate each of these ships under bareboat charter agreements through December 2020 and May 2021, respectively.

NOTE 11 – Defined Benefit Pension Plans and Restructuring Costs

We have several single-employer defined benefit pension plans, which cover some of our shipboard and shoreside employees.

and UK shoreside employee plans are closed to new membership and are funded at or above the level required by U.S.

or UK regulations.

As required by UK regulations, the UK employee plan is undergoing its triennial valuation.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on the economic environment and our operations, the finalization of the valuation may result in a plan deficit, which would then trigger a funding obligation under UK regulations.

The remaining defined benefit plans are primarily unfunded.

In determining all of our plans’ benefit obligations at November 30, 2019 and 2018, we assumed a weighted-average discount rate of 2.4 % for 2019 and 3.4 % for 2018.

In May 2020, we announced a combination of layoffs, furloughs and salary reductions across the company in response to the extended pause in our global cruise operations.

For the three and nine months ended August 31, 2020, we incurred restructuring costs of $ 3 million and $ 42 million, principally consisting of severance and our continued payment of health benefits to affected employees.

These costs are included in the selling and administrative line item within our Consolidated Statements of Income (Loss).

As of February 28, 2021 and November 30, 2020, our investment in the minority interest of this entity was $ 283 million.

NOTE 10 – Property and Equipment

During 2020, we sold seven NAA segment ships and three EA segment ships, which represents a passenger-capacity reduction of 11,560 for our NAA segment and 5,510 for our EA segment.

In addition, we have either entered into agreements to sell or expect to sell six NAA segment ships and two EA segment ships, which represents a passenger-capacity reduction of 9,620 for our NAA segment and 4,320 for our EA segment.

NOTE 13 – Subsequent Events

Public Equity Offering

On September 15, 2020, we entered into an equity distribution agreement with sales agents pursuant to which we may, from time to time, offer and sell shares of Carnival Corporation's common stock having an aggregate offering price of up to $ 1.0 billion through the sales agents (the “ATM Offering”).

We have filed a prospectus supplement with the Securities and Exchange Commission in connection with the ATM Offering on September 15, 2020.

As of October 2, 2020, we sold 23 million shares for net proceeds of $ 352 million and paid $ 4 million in compensation with respect of such sales of shares under the ATM Offering.

Since the pause in guest cruise operations, we have accelerated the removal of ships which were previously expected to be sold over the ensuing years.

During the first quarter of 2021, we completed the sale of one NAA segment ship, which represents a passenger-capacity reduction of 670 for our NAA segment.

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