Debt

3 Months Ended

Feb. 28, 2025

Debt Disclosure [Abstract]

Debt

Debt

			February 28,		November 30,
(in millions)	Maturity	Rate (a)	2025		2024
Secured Subsidiary Guaranteed
Notes
Notes	Jun 2027	7.9%	$	192	$	192
Notes	Aug 2028	4.0%	2,406		2,406
Notes	Aug 2029	7.0%	500		500
Loans
Floating rate	Aug 2027 - Oct 2028	SOFR + 2.0% (b)	2,449		2,449
Total Secured Subsidiary Guaranteed			5,547		5,547
Senior Priority Subsidiary Guaranteed
Notes (c)	May 2028	10.4%	—		2,030
Unsecured Subsidiary Guaranteed
Notes
Notes	Mar 2026	7.6%	1,351		1,351
Notes	Mar 2027	5.8%	2,722		2,722
Convertible Notes	Dec 2027	5.8%	1,131		1,131
Notes	May 2029	6.0%	2,000		2,000
EUR Notes	Jan 2030	5.8%	524		528
Notes	Mar 2030	5.8%	1,000		—
Notes (d)	Jun 2030	10.5%	—		1,000
Notes	Feb 2033	6.1%	2,000		—
Loans
EUR floating rate	Apr 2025	EURIBOR + 3.3%	210		211
Export Credit Facilities
Floating rate	Dec 2031	SOFR + 1.2% (e)	480		514
Fixed rate	Aug 2027 - Dec 2032	2.4 - 3.4%	2,290		2,370
EUR floating rate	Mar 2025 - Nov 2034	EURIBOR + 0.2 - 0.8%	2,488		2,590
EUR fixed rate	Feb 2031 - Sep 2037	1.1 - 4.0%	5,139		5,386
Total Unsecured Subsidiary Guaranteed			21,336		19,803
Unsecured Notes (No Subsidiary Guarantee)
Notes	Jan 2028	6.7%	200		200
EUR Notes	Oct 2029	1.0%	629		633
Total Unsecured Notes (No Subsidiary Guarantee)			829		833
Total Debt			27,711		28,213
Less: unamortized debt issuance costs and discounts			(693)		(738)
Total Debt, net of unamortized debt issuance costs and discounts			27,018		27,475
Less: current portion of long-term debt			(1,531)		(1,538)
Long-Term Debt			$	25,487	$	25,936

(a)The reference rates, together with any applicable credit adjustment spread, for all of our variable debt have 0.0% to 0.8% floors.

(b)As part of the repricing of our senior secured term loans, we amended the loans’ margin from 2.8% to 2.0%. See “Repricing of Senior Secured Term Loans” below.

(c)See “2033 Senior Unsecured Notes” below.

(d)See “2030 Senior Unsecured Notes” below.

(e)Includes applicable credit adjustment spread.

Carnival Corporation and/or Carnival plc is the primary obligor of all our outstanding debt excluding the following:

•$2.9 billion under an undrawn $1.9 billion, €0.9 billion and £0.1 billion multi-currency revolving credit facility (“Revolving Facility”) of Carnival Holdings (Bermuda) II Limited (“Carnival Holdings II”), a subsidiary of Carnival Corporation

•$0.8 billion under an export credit facility of Sun Princess Limited, a subsidiary of Carnival Corporation

•$0.2 billion under an export credit facility of Sun Princess II Limited, a subsidiary of Carnival Corporation

All of our outstanding debt is issued or guaranteed by substantially the same entities with the exception of the following:

•The Revolving Facility of Carnival Holdings II, which does not guarantee our other outstanding debt

•The export credit facilities of Sun Princess Limited and Sun Princess II Limited, which do not guarantee our other outstanding debt

As of February 28, 2025, the scheduled maturities of our debt are as follows:

(in millions)
Year	Principal Payments
Remainder of 2025	$	1,122
2026	2,677
2027	4,889
2028	6,691
2029	4,318
Thereafter	8,015
Total	$	27,711

Revolving Facility

As of February 28, 2025, Carnival Holdings II had $2.9 billion available for borrowing under the Revolving Facility. Carnival Holdings II may continue to borrow or otherwise utilize available amounts under the Revolving Facility through August 2027, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions in the facility.

Repricing of Senior Secured Term Loans

In January 2025, we entered into amendments with the lender syndicate to reprice the outstanding principal amounts of our first-priority senior secured term loan facility maturing in 2027 and our first-priority senior secured term loan facility maturing in 2028 (“Repriced Loans”), which are included within the total Secured Subsidiary Guaranteed Loans balance in the debt table above. The Repriced Loans bear interest at a rate per annum equal to SOFR with a 0.8% floor, plus a margin equal to 2.0%.

2030 Senior Unsecured Notes

In February 2025, we issued $1.0 billion aggregate principal amount of 5.8% senior unsecured notes due 2030. We used the net proceeds from the issuance, together with cash on hand, to redeem the outstanding principal amount of the 10.5% senior unsecured notes due 2030.

2033 Senior Unsecured Notes

In February 2025, we issued $2.0 billion aggregate principal amount of 6.1% senior unsecured notes due 2033. We used the net proceeds from the issuance, together with cash on hand, to redeem the outstanding principal amount of the 10.4% senior priority notes due 2028.

Debt Extinguishment and Modification Costs

During the three months ended February 28, 2025, we recognized a total of $252 million of debt extinguishment and modification costs, including $197 million of premium paid on redemption, within our Consolidated Statements of Income (Loss) as a result of the above transactions.

Export Credit Facility Borrowings

Our export credit facilities are due in semi-annual installments through 2037. As of February 28, 2025, we had $7.8 billion of undrawn export credit facilities to fund ship deliveries planned through 2033. As of February 28, 2025, the net book value of our ships subject to negative pledges pursuant to export credit facilities was $18.5 billion.

Collateral and Priority Pool

As of February 28, 2025, the net book value of our ships and ship improvements, excluding ships under construction, is $39.0 billion. Our secured debt is secured on a first-priority basis by certain collateral, which includes ships and certain assets related to those ships and material intellectual property (combined net book value of approximately $22.1 billion, including $20.5 billion related to ships and certain assets related to those ships) as of February 28, 2025 and certain other assets.

As of February 28, 2025, $2.8 billion in net book value of our ship and ship improvements relate to the priority pool ships included in the priority pool of three unencumbered ships (the “Revolving Facility Subject Ships”) for our Revolving Facility. As of February 28, 2025, there was no change in the identity of the Revolving Facility Subject Ships.

Covenant Compliance

As of February 28, 2025, our Revolving Facility, unsecured loans and export credit facilities contain certain covenants listed below:

•Maintain minimum interest coverage (adjusted EBITDA to consolidated net interest charges, as defined in the agreements) at a ratio of not less than 2.0 to 1.0 for each testing date until May 31, 2025, at a ratio of not less than 2.5 to 1.0 for the August 31, 2025 and November 30, 2025 testing dates, and at a ratio of not less than 3.0 to 1.0 for the February 28, 2026 testing date onwards and as applicable through their respective maturity dates

•For certain of our unsecured loans and export credit facilities, maintain minimum issued capital and consolidated reserves (as defined in the agreements) of $5.0 billion

•Limit our debt to capital (as defined in the agreements) percentage to a percentage not to exceed 65%

•Maintain minimum liquidity of $1.5 billion

•Adhere to certain restrictive covenants through August 2027 (subject to such covenants terminating if we reach an investment grade credit rating in accordance with the agreement governing the Revolving Facility)

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

At February 28, 2025, 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 and/or cross-acceleration clauses therein, substantially all of our outstanding debt and derivative contract payables could become due, and our 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.