MIAMI, Sept. 5, 2007 -- Carnival Corporation & plc (NYSE/LSE: CCL; NYSE: CUK) today announced that it has agreed with Germany's TUI AG (DE: TUAG00) to withdraw its antitrust filings with the German Federal Cartel Agency, Bundeskartellamt, and the Austrian Federal Cartel Agency, Bundeswettbewerbsbehorde.

Carnival and TUI had agreed to form a joint venture to develop a new cruise brand for Germany. Carnival cited an extremely difficult regulatory environment in Germany which makes it impossible to close the proposed joint venture this fiscal year. Failure to do so would create adverse tax consequences for the company that would impact the economics of the transaction.

As a result of the regulatory and tax issues Carnival and TUI have agreed not to proceed with the proposed joint venture but will continue to explore other opportunities. Carnival will continue to grow its presence in Germany organically through new ship construction for its successful AIDA and Costa brands, as well as through Cunard Line whose Queen Mary 2 will operate a series of trans-Atlantic crossings from Hamburg in 2008.