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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * Thamm Michael Olaf   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol CARNIVAL PLC [CUK] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director _____ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) CEO - Costa Crociere (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O CARNIVAL CORPORATION, 3655 N.W. 87TH AVENUE 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 12/29/2016 (Street) MIAMI, FL 33178 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price Ordinary Shares 12/29/2016   A(1)   117,537 A $ 0 (2) 170,383.15 D   Ordinary Shares 12/29/2016   S   30,842 (3) D $ 50.3996 (4) 139,541.15 (5) D

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Code

V

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Thamm Michael Olaf C/O CARNIVAL CORPORATION 3655 N.W. 87TH AVENUE MIAMI, FL 33178			CEO - Costa Crociere

Signatures

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

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	Grant of performance-based restricted stock units ("Performance RSUs") granted on December 27, 2013 pursuant to the Carnival plc 2005 Employee Share Plan. Each Performance RSU represents one share of Carnival plc ordinary shares. The Performance RSU's will vest 50% as of December 29, 2016 and 50% as of December 27, 2017.
(2)	The reporting person was eligible to earn from 0-5 times the stated target amount of Performance RSUs to the extent that the compound annual growth rate of Carnival Corporation & plc's total shareholder return over a three year performance cycle exceeded specified performance goals.
(3)	Represents a surrender of shares to satisfy the tax obligation on the vesting of the Performance RSUs.
(4)	The transaction was conducted in British Pounds. The sale price of GBP41.22688 was converted into US$ at the December 29, 2016 conversion rate of GBP1 = USD1.2225.
(5)	Includes shares acquired pursuant to the dividend reinvestment feature of the reporting person's brokerage account.

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