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Q3 2026 earnings call transcript

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Named-executive compensation from the company's DEF 14A proxy statements — salary, bonus, stock and option awards, non-equity incentive, and the company-reported total per executive per fiscal year, exactly as disclosed in the Summary Compensation Table.

Fiscal 2020

Executive	Role	Salary	Bonus	Stock Awards	Option Awards	Incentive	Other	Total
Arnold Donald	President & CEO	$857,413	—	$12,228,417	—	$0	$220,267	$13,306,097
Stein Kruse	Former Group CEO of Holland America Group & Carnival UK	$613,701	—	$4,532,977	—	$0	$82,083	$5,228,761
Michael Thamm	CEO of Costa Group & Carnival Asia	$631,781	—	$4,369,595	—	$0	$175,443	$5,176,819
David Bernstein	CFO & CAO	$526,902	—	$3,682,967	—	$0	$216,455	$4,426,324
Arnaldo Perez	Secretary & Former General Counsel	$414,347	—	$1,698,758	—	$0	$211,869	$2,324,974

Fiscal 2019

Executive	Role	Salary	Bonus	Stock Awards	Option Awards	Incentive	Other	Total
Arnold Donald	President & CEO	$1,500,000	—	$7,111,120	—	$2,250,000	$288,394	$11,149,514
Michael Thamm	CEO of Costa Group & Carnival Asia	$963,480	—	$3,284,809	—	$474,970	$476,915	$5,200,173
Stein Kruse	Former Group CEO of Holland America Group & Carnival UK	$925,000	—	$2,559,153	—	$565,200	$84,039	$4,133,392
David Bernstein	CFO & CAO	$750,000	—	$1,979,949	—	$750,000	$292,472	$3,772,421
Arnaldo Perez	Secretary & Former General Counsel	$450,000	—	$1,016,893	—	$337,500	$266,016	$2,070,409

Fiscal 2018

Executive	Role	Salary	Bonus	Stock Awards	Option Awards	Incentive	Other	Total
Arnold Donald	President & CEO	$1,500,000	—	$7,028,094	—	$4,689,000	$289,790	$13,506,884
Stein Kruse	Former Group CEO of Holland America Group & Carnival UK	$925,000	—	$2,704,688	—	$1,808,400	$78,305	$5,516,393
Michael Thamm	CEO of Costa Group & Carnival Asia	$1,023,698	—	$2,415,232	—	$1,760,981	$83,666	$5,283,577
David Bernstein	CFO & CAO	$750,000	—	$1,959,205	—	$1,563,000	$283,589	$4,555,794
Arnaldo Perez	Secretary & Former General Counsel	$450,000	—	$996,096	—	$703,350	$256,462	$2,405,908

Fiscal 2017

Executive	Role	Salary	Bonus	Stock Awards	Option Awards	Incentive	Other	Total
Arnold Donald	President & CEO	$1,500,000	—	$6,821,713	—	$4,377,000	$347,362	$13,046,075
Stein Kruse	Group CEO of Holland America Group & Carnival UK	$925,000	—	$2,713,268	—	$2,097,600	$95,117	$5,830,985
David Bernstein	CFO & CAO	$750,000	—	$2,094,331	—	$1,459,000	$221,746	$4,525,077
Michael Thamm	CEO of Costa Group & Carnival Asia	$963,480	—	$2,306,767	—	$912,442	$117,534	$4,300,223
Arnaldo Perez	General Counsel & Secretary	$450,000	—	$1,024,532	—	$656,550	$238,623	$2,369,705

Executive changes

Person	Role	Change	Effective	Filed
Lars Ljoen	Chief Maritime Officer	Appointed	2025-02-01	2024-04-15
Sara Mathew	member of the Carnival Corporation and Carnival plc Boards of Director	Appointed	2022-11-14	2022-11-15
Arnold W. Donald	Vice Chair	Resigned	2022-11-30	2022-11-03
Arnold W. Donald	Director	Resigned	2022-11-30	2022-11-03

Leadership

Stein Kruse CEO
Micky Arison Chairman
Arnaldo Perez General Counsel
Helen Deeble Board Member
Jason Glen Cahilly Board Member
Jeffrey J. Gearhart Board Member
Josh Weinstein Board Member
Katie Lahey Board Member
Laura Weil Board Member
Nelda J. Connors Board Member
Randall Weisenburger Board Member
Sir Jonathon Band Board Member
Stuart Subotnick Board Member

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