UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
FORM 10-Q
 
(Mark One)
QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the quarterly period ended August 31, 20172018
OR
TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the transition period from             to             
Commission file number: 001-9610
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Commission file number: 001-15136
  
Carnival CorporationCarnival plc
(Exact name of registrant as
specified in its charter)
(Exact name of registrant as
specified in its charter)
  
 Republic of PanamaEngland and Wales
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
  
59-156297698-0357772
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
  
3655 N.W. 87th Avenue
Miami, Florida 33178-2428
Carnival House, 100 Harbour Parade,
Southampton SO15 1ST, United Kingdom
(Address of principal
executive offices)
(Zip Code)
(Address of principal
executive offices)
(Zip Code)
  
(305) 599-2600011 44 23 8065 5000
(Registrant’s telephone number,
including area code)
(Registrant’s telephone number,
including area code)
  
NoneNone
(Former name, former address
and former fiscal year, if
changed since last report)
(Former name, former address
and former fiscal year, if
changed since last report)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrants (1) have filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrants were required to file such reports), and (2) have been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.  Yes   No  ☐    
Indicate by check mark whether the registrants have submitted electronically and posted on their corporate Web sites, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§ 232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrants were required to submit and post such files).    Yes      No  ☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrants are large accelerated filers, accelerated filers, non-accelerated filers, smaller reporting companies, or emerging growth companies. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. 
Large accelerated filersAccelerated filersNon-accelerated filers
Smaller reporting companies

Emerging growth companies

If emerging growth companies, indicate by check mark if the registrants have elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.  ☐ 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrants are shell companies (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).    Yes  ☐    No  
At September 22, 2017,20, 2018, Carnival Corporation had outstanding 533,637,019526,850,769 shares of Common Stock, $0.01 par value.  At September 22, 2017,20, 2018, Carnival plc had outstanding 213,468,320198,323,911 Ordinary Shares $1.66 par value, one Special Voting Share, GBP 1.00 par value and 533,637,019526,850,769 Trust Shares of beneficial interest in the P&O Princess Special Voting Trust.
 

CARNIVAL CORPORATION & PLC
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1. Financial Statements.

CARNIVAL CORPORATION & PLC
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME
(UNAUDITED)
(in millions, except per share data)
 
Three Months Ended
August 31,
 Nine Months Ended
August 31,
Three Months Ended
August 31,
 Nine Months Ended
August 31,
2017 2016 2017 20162018 2017 2018 2017
Revenues              
Cruise              
Passenger ticket$4,138
 $3,803
 $9,814
 $9,217
$4,353
 $4,138
 $10,694
 $9,814
Onboard and other1,223
 1,146
 3,237
 3,047
1,316
 1,223
 3,509
 3,237
Tour and other154
 148
 200
 190
167
 154
 222
 200
5,515
 5,097
 13,251
 12,454
5,836
 5,515
 14,425
 13,251
Operating Costs and Expenses              
Cruise              
Commissions, transportation and other699
 646
 1,781
 1,723
760
 699
 2,000
 1,781
Onboard and other184
 171
 438
 411
207
 184
 485
 438
Payroll and related520
 494
 1,552
 1,488
537
 520
 1,638
 1,552
Fuel307
 265
 914
 648
434
 307
 1,166
 914
Food270
 260
 774
 755
275
 270
 804
 774
Other ship operating947
 643
 2,293
 1,914
655
 947
 2,115
 2,293
Tour and other86
 84
 132
 125
90
 86
 140
 132
3,013
 2,563
 7,884
 7,064
2,958
 3,013
 8,348
 7,884
Selling and administrative547
 529
 1,649
 1,613
573
 547
 1,794
 1,649
Depreciation and amortization473
 443
 1,368
 1,303
511
 473
 1,510
 1,368
Goodwill and trademark impairment89
 
 89
 

 89
 
 89
4,122
 3,535
 10,990
 9,980
4,042
 4,122
 11,653
 10,990
Operating Income1,393
 1,562
 2,261
 2,474
1,794
 1,393
 2,772
 2,261
Nonoperating Income (Expense)              
Interest income3
 2
 7
 5
5
 3
 10
 7
Interest expense, net of capitalized interest(49) (61) (150) (168)(49) (49) (147) (150)
Gains (Losses) on fuel derivatives, net7
 (36) (19) (102)
Other income (expense), net14
 (2) 7
 6
Gains (losses) on fuel derivatives, net4
 7
 61
 (19)
Other (expense) income, net(9) 14
 2
 7
(25) (97) (155) (259)(50) (25) (74) (155)
Income Before Income Taxes1,368
 1,465
 2,106
 2,215
1,744
 1,368
 2,699
 2,106
Income Tax Expense, Net(39) (41) (46) (44)(37) (39) (40) (46)
Net Income$1,329
 $1,424
 $2,060
 $2,171
$1,707
 $1,329
 $2,659
 $2,060
Earnings Per Share
             
Basic$1.84
 $1.93
 $2.85
 $2.89
$2.42
 $1.84
 $3.73
 $2.85
Diluted$1.83
 $1.93
 $2.84
 $2.88
$2.41
 $1.83
 $3.72
 $2.84
Dividends Declared Per Share$0.40
 $0.35
 $1.15
 $1.00
$0.50
 $0.40
 $1.45
 $1.15
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.


CARNIVAL CORPORATION & PLC
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
(UNAUDITED)
(in millions)
 
Three Months Ended
August 31,
 Nine Months Ended
August 31,
Three Months Ended
August 31,
 Nine Months Ended
August 31,
2017 2016 2017 20162018 2017 2018 2017
Net Income$1,329
 $1,424
 $2,060
 $2,171
$1,707
 $1,329
 $2,659
 $2,060
Items Included in Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)
 
      
    
Change in foreign currency translation adjustment285
 (366) 543
 (294)15
 285
 (50) 543
Other24
 2
 66
 23

 24
 (9) 66
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)309
 (364) 609
 (271)14
 309
 (59) 609
Total Comprehensive Income$1,638
 $1,060
 $2,669
 $1,900
$1,722
 $1,638
 $2,600
 $2,669
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.


CARNIVAL CORPORATION & PLC
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(UNAUDITED)
(in millions, except par values)
 
August 31,
2017
 November 30,
2016
August 31,
2018
 November 30,
2017
ASSETS      
Current Assets      
Cash and cash equivalents$489
 $603
$526
 $395
Trade and other receivables, net324
 298
366
 312
Inventories357
 322
405
 387
Prepaid expenses and other491
 466
458
 502
Total current assets1,661
 1,689
1,755
 1,596
Property and Equipment, Net34,172
 32,429
35,178
 34,430
Goodwill2,957
 2,910
2,949
 2,967
Other Intangibles1,247
 1,275
1,182
 1,200
Other Assets606
 578
689
 585
$40,643
 $38,881
$41,753
 $40,778
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY      
Current Liabilities      
Short-term borrowings$182
 $457
$632
 $485
Current portion of long-term debt1,265
 640
688
 1,717
Accounts payable639
 713
666
 762
Accrued liabilities and other1,845
 1,740
1,616
 1,877
Customer deposits4,038
 3,522
4,418
 3,958
Total current liabilities7,969
 7,072
8,020
 8,800
Long-Term Debt7,723
 8,302
8,297
 6,993
Other Long-Term Liabilities779
 910
783
 769
Contingencies
 

 
Shareholders’ Equity      
Common stock of Carnival Corporation, $0.01 par value; 1,960 shares authorized; 655 shares at 2017 and 654 shares at 2016 issued7
 7
Ordinary shares of Carnival plc, $1.66 par value; 217 shares at 2017 and 2016 issued358
 358
Common stock of Carnival Corporation, $0.01 par value; 1,960 shares authorized; 656 shares at 2018 and 655 shares at 2017 issued7
 7
Ordinary shares of Carnival plc, $1.66 par value; 217 shares at 2018 and 2017 issued358
 358
Additional paid-in capital8,690
 8,632
8,741
 8,690
Retained earnings23,066
 21,843
24,921
 23,292
Accumulated other comprehensive loss(1,845) (2,454)(1,840) (1,782)
Treasury stock, 121 shares at 2017 and 118 shares at 2016 of Carnival Corporation and 30 shares at 2017 and 27 shares at 2016 of Carnival plc, at cost(6,104) (5,789)
Treasury stock, 129 shares at 2018 and 122 shares at 2017 of Carnival Corporation and 44 shares at 2018 and 32 shares at 2017 of Carnival plc, at cost(7,533) (6,349)
Total shareholders’ equity24,172
 22,597
24,654
 24,216
$40,643
 $38,881
$41,753
 $40,778
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

CARNIVAL CORPORATION & PLC
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(UNAUDITED)
(in millions)
 
Nine Months Ended
August 31,
Nine Months Ended August 31,
2017 20162018 2017
OPERATING ACTIVITIES      
Net income$2,060
 $2,171
$2,659
 $2,060
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities      
Depreciation and amortization1,368
 1,303
1,510
 1,368
Impairments392
 
16
 392
Losses on fuel derivatives, net19
 102
(Gains) losses on fuel derivatives, net(61) 19
Share-based compensation48
 40
49
 48
Other, net52
 46
(22) 52
3,939
 3,662
4,151
 3,939
Changes in operating assets and liabilities      
Receivables(1) (35)(61) (1)
Inventories(18) 15
(19) (18)
Prepaid expenses and other(1) (10)76
 (1)
Accounts payable(101) 88
(94) (101)
Accrued liabilities and other25
 (5)(166) 25
Customer deposits455
 395
549
 455
Net cash provided by operating activities4,298
 4,110
4,436
 4,298
INVESTING ACTIVITIES      
Additions to property and equipment(2,296) (2,416)
Purchases of property and equipment(2,784) (2,296)
Proceeds from sales of ships
 19
282
 
Payments of fuel derivative settlements(157) (231)(37) (157)
Collateral proceeds for fuel derivatives
 22
Other, net34
 (16)(67) 34
Net cash used in investing activities(2,419) (2,622)(2,606) (2,419)
FINANCING ACTIVITIES      
(Repayments of) proceeds from short-term borrowings, net(335) 301
Proceeds from (repayments of) short-term borrowings, net182
 (335)
Principal repayments of long-term debt(1,012) (971)(1,271) (1,012)
Proceeds from issuance of long-term debt467
 1,044
1,618
 467
Dividends paid(797) (721)(1,003) (797)
Purchases of treasury stock(305) (2,110)(1,205) (305)
Sales of treasury stock
 40
Other, net(22) (9)(28) (22)
Net cash used in financing activities(2,004) (2,426)(1,707) (2,004)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents11
 5
7
 11
Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents(114) (933)
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents131
 (114)
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period603
 1,395
395
 603
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period$489
 $462
$526
 $489
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.


CARNIVAL CORPORATION & PLC
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(UNAUDITED)
NOTE 1 – General

The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Carnival Corporation and Carnival plc and their respective subsidiaries. Together with their consolidated subsidiaries, they are referred to collectively in these consolidated financial statements and elsewhere in this joint Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q as “Carnival Corporation & plc,” “our,” “us” and “we.”

Basis of Presentation
The Consolidated Statements of Income and the Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income for the three and nine months ended August 31, 20172018 and 2016,2017, the Consolidated Balance Sheet at August 31, 20172018 and the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the nine months ended August 31, 20172018 and 20162017 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 20162017 joint Annual Report on Form 10-K (“Form 10-K”) filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on January 30, 2017.29, 2018. Our operations are seasonal and results for interim periods are not necessarily indicative of the results for the entire year.
 
Accounting Pronouncements

The Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”(the “FASB”) issued amended guidance, regarding accounting for InterestCompensation - ImputationRetirement Benefits - Improving the Presentation of InterestNet Periodic Pension Cost and Net Periodic Postretirement Benefit Cost, which simplifiesrequires the bifurcation of service costs and other components of net benefit cost. The presentation of debt issuance costs and which clarifies the presentation and subsequent measurementother components of debt issuance costs related to line-of-credit arrangements. The guidance requires that debt issuance costs related to a recognized debt liability be presented on the balance sheet as a direct deduction from the carrying amount of that debt liability.net benefit cost have been recorded in other income. On December 1, 2016,2017, we adopted this guidance using the retrospective approach and reclassified $55 million from Other Assets to Long-Term Debt on our November 30, 2016 Consolidated Balance Sheet.
The FASB issued amended guidance regarding Compensation - Stock Compensation - Improvements to Employee Share-Based Payment Accounting, which simplifies several aspectstransition method for the presentation of the accounting for share-based payment transactions, including the income tax consequences, classificationservice cost component and other components of awards as either equity or liabilities and classification on the statement of cash flows. On December 1, 2016, we early adopted this guidance using the modified retrospective approach.net benefit cost. The impact of adopting this guidance was primarily related to forfeitures and immaterial to our consolidated financial statements.

The FASB issued amended guidance regarding accounting for Intangibles - Goodwillstatements, and Other - Internal-Use Software,which clarifies the accounting for fees paid in a cloud computing arrangement. The amendments provide guidance to customers about whether a cloud computing arrangement includes a software license or if the arrangement should be accounted for as a service contract. The amendments impact the accounting for software licenses but willsuch, prior period information was not change a customer’s accounting for service contracts. On December 1, 2016, we adopted this guidance on a prospective basis, and it did not have a material impact to our consolidated financial statements.

The FASB issued amended guidance regarding accounting for Derivatives and Hedging - Effect of Derivative Contract Novations on Existing Hedge Accounting Relationships, which clarifies that a change in the counterparty to a derivative instrument that has been designated as a hedging instrument does not, in and of itself, require dedesignation of that hedging relationship provided that all other hedge accounting criteria continue to be met. On March 1, 2017, we early adopted this guidance on a prospective basis, and it did not have a material impact to our consolidated financial statements.

The FASB issued amended guidance regarding accounting for Derivatives and Hedging - Contingent Put and Call Options in Debt Instruments, which clarifies the requirements for assessing whether contingent call and put options that can accelerate the payment of principal on debt instruments are clearly and closely related to their debt hosts or whether the embedded call and put options should be bifurcated from the related debt instrument and accounted for separately as a derivative. On June 1, 2017, we early adopted this guidance using a modified retrospective approach and it did not have a material impact to our consolidated financial statements.

The FASB issued amended guidance regarding Intangibles - Goodwill and Other - Simplifying the Accounting for Goodwill Impairment, which simplifies the accounting for goodwill impairment by removing Step 2 of the goodwill impairment test requiring a hypothetical purchase price allocation. The new guidance requires that the impairment charge is based on the

difference between the reporting unit's carrying amount and its fair value, but is limited to the amount of goodwill allocated to that reporting unit. On June 1, 2017, we early adopted this guidance on a prospective basis.

The FASB issued guidance regarding Presentation of Financial Statements - Going Concern,which requires management to evaluate, at each annual and interim reporting period, whether there are conditions or events that raise substantial doubt about the entity’s ability to continue as a going concern within one year after the date the financial statements are issued and to provide related disclosures. This guidance is required to be adopted by us as of November 30, 2017. Early adoption is permitted. The adoption of this guidance is not expected to have a material impact to our consolidated financial statements.revised.

The FASB issued guidance, regarding accounting for Revenue from Contracts with Customers, which requires an entity to recognize the amount of revenue to which it expects to be entitled for the transfer of promised goods or services to customers. When effective, this standard will replace most existing revenue recognition guidance in U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”). The standard also requires more detailed disclosures and provides additional guidance for transactions that were not comprehensively addressed in U.S. GAAP. This guidance is required to be adopted by us in the first quarter of 2019 and can be applied using either a retrospective or a2019. We have elected the modified retrospective approach.adoption method which requires entities to apply the new revenue standard only to the current period consolidated financial statements and record a cumulative-effect adjustment to the December 1, 2018 opening balance of retained earnings, if any. We are currently evaluatingsubstantially complete with our evaluation of changes to our revenues using the impactmodel supported by the new revenue standard. The adoption of this guidance will result in the gross presentation of prepaid travel agent commissions, shore excursions and other onboard revenues and costs, all of which were historically presented net, and will require additional disclosures. It is not expected to have ona material impact to the timing of our consolidated financial statements.recognition of revenues.

The FASB issued amended guidance, regarding Business Combinations - Clarifying the Definition of a Business, which assists entities with evaluating whether transactions should be accounted for as acquisitions (or disposals) of assets or businesses. This guidance is required to be adopted by us in the first quarter of 2019 on a prospective basis. Early adoption is permitted, including adoption in an interim period. The adoption of this guidance is not expected to have a material impact toon our consolidated financial statements.

The FASB issued amended guidance, regarding Statement of Cash Flows - Classification of Certain Cash Receipts and Cash Payments, which clarifies how certain cash receipts and cash payments are presented and classified in the statement of cash flows. The amendments are aimed at reducing the existing diversity in practice. This guidance is required to be adopted by us in the first quarter of 2019 and must be applied using a retrospective approach for each period presented. Early adoption is permitted, including adoption in an interim period. The adoption of this guidance is not expected to have a material impact toon our consolidated financial statements.

The FASB issued amended guidance, regarding Statement of Cash Flows - Restricted Cash, which requires restricted cash to be presented with cash and cash equivalents in the statement of cash flows. This guidance is required to be adopted by us in the first quarter of 2019 and must be applied using a retrospective approach to each period presented. Early adoption is permitted, including adoption in an interim period. The adoption of this guidance is not expected to have a material impact to our consolidated financial statements.
The FASB issued amended guidance regarding Compensation - Retirement Benefits - Improving the Presentation of Net Periodic Pension Cost and Net Periodic Postretirement Benefit Cost, which requires the bifurcation of net benefit cost. This guidance is required to be adopted by us in the first quarter of 2019 and must be applied using a retrospective approach for the presentation of the service cost component and the other components of net benefit cost, and on a prospective basis for the capitalization of only the service cost component of net benefit cost. Early adoption is permitted. The adoption of this guidance is not expected to have a material impact to our consolidated financial statements.

The FASB issued amended guidance, regarding Service Concession Arrangements, which clarifies that the grantor in a service arrangement should be considered the customer of the operating entity in all cases. This guidance is required to be adopted by us in the first quarter of 2019 and can be applied using either a retrospective or a modified retrospective approach. We are currently evaluating the impactThe adoption of this guidance willis not expected to have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.

The FASB issued guidance, regarding accounting for Leases, which requires an entity to recognize both assets and liabilities arising from financing and operating leases, along with additional qualitative and quantitative disclosures. This guidance is required to be adopted by us in the first quarter of 2020 and must be applied using a 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 current period consolidated financial statements. Early adoption is permitted. The initial adoption of this guidance is expected to increase both our total assets and total liabilities, reflecting the lease rights and obligations arising from our lease arrangements, and will require additional disclosures. We are currently evaluating if this guidance will have any other impact on our consolidated financial statements.

The FASB issued guidance, Derivatives and Hedging, which targeted improvements to accounting for hedging activities such as hedging strategies, effectiveness assessments, and recognition of derivative gains or losses. This guidance is required to be adopted by us in the first quarter of 2020 and must be applied using a modified retrospective approach. Early adoption is permitted. We are currently evaluating the impact this guidance will have on our consolidated financial statements.

Other

Cruise passenger ticket revenues include fees, taxes and charges collected by us from our guests. The portion of these fees, taxes and charges included in passenger ticket revenues and commissions, transportation and other costs were $174 million and $161 million and $148$465 million and $440 million and $407 million for the three and nine months ended August 31, 20172018 and 2016,2017, respectively.

NOTE 2 – Unsecured Debt

At August 31, 2017,2018, our short-term borrowings consisted of euro- and U.S. dollar-denominateddenominated commercial paper of $138$398 million and $28 million, respectively, anda euro-denominated bank loansloan of $16 million.$234 million due in 2019. For the nine months ended August 31, 2018 and 2017, we had borrowings of $2 million and $111 million and repayments of $2 million and $364 million of commercial paper with original maturities greater than three months.

In JanuaryDecember 2017, we repaid a $500 million bond and borrowed $100$469 million under a sterling-denominated floating rate bank loan due in January 2022.

In January 2017,2018, we repaid $365 million of euro-denominated floating rate bank loans prior to their 2018 and 2021 maturity dates.

In March 2018, we borrowed $370 million under a euro-denominated floating rate bank loan due in 2020 and borrowed $567 million under an export credit facility due in semi-annual installments through 2030.

In April 2018, we borrowed $229 million under an export credit facility due in semi-annual installments through 2030.

In June 2018, we entered into an approximately $800a $914 million export credit facility, which may be drawn in euroseuro or U.S. dollars in 20212022 and will be due in semi-annual installments through 2033.2034. The interest rate on this export credit facility can be fixed or floating, at our discretion.

In April 2017, we entered into two euro-denominated export credit facilities totaling $1.6 billion. The facilities are expected to be drawn in 2021 and 2022 and will be due in semi-annual installments through 2033 and 2034, respectively. The interest rate on these export credit facilities can be fixed or floating, at our discretion.

In May 2017, we repaid $620 million of export credit facilities prior to their 2025 and 2026 maturity dates.

In May 2017, we borrowed $367 million under an export credit facility. The facility is due in semi-annual installments through April 2028.

In June 2017, we entered into a $619 million export credit facility, which may be drawn in euro or U.S. dollars in 2020 and will be due in semi-annual installments through 2032. The interest rate on this export credit facility can be fixed or floating, at our discretion.

For the nine months ended August 31, 2017, we had borrowings of $111 million and repayments of $364 million of commercial paper with original maturities greater than three months.

We use the net proceeds from our borrowings for payments related to the purchases of new ships and general corporate purposes.

NOTE 3 – Contingencies
Litigation
In the normal course of our business, various claims and lawsuits have been filed or are pending against us. Most of these claims and lawsuits are covered by insurance and the maximum amount of our liability, net of any insurance recoverables, is typically limited to our self-insurance retention levels. We believe the ultimate outcome of these claims and lawsuits will not have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.
Contingent Obligation – Lease Out and Lease Back Type Transaction
At August 31, 2017, we had an estimated contingent obligation of $122 million. At the inception of the lease, we paid the aggregate of the net present value of the obligation to a group of major financial institutions, who agreed to act as payment undertakers and directly pay this obligation. As a result, this contingent obligation is considered extinguished and neither the funds nor the contingent obligation have been included in our Consolidated Balance Sheets. In January 2016, we exercised our option to terminate, at no cost, this transaction as of January 2, 2018.
Contingent Obligations – Indemnifications
Some of the debt contracts we enter into include indemnification provisions obligating us to make payments to the counterparty if certain events occur. These contingencies generally relate to changes in taxes or changes in laws which increase our lender’s costs. There are no stated or notional amounts included in the indemnification clauses, and we are not able to estimate the maximum potential amount of future payments, if any, under these indemnification clauses.

NOTE 4 – Fair Value Measurements, Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities and Financial Risks
Fair Value Measurements
Fair value is defined as the amount that would be received for selling an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date and is measured using inputs in one of the following three categories:
Level 1 measurements are based on unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that we have the ability to access. Valuation of these items does not entail a significant amount of judgment.
Level 2 measurements are based on quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active or market data other than quoted prices that are observable for the assets or liabilities.
Level 3 measurements are based on unobservable data that are supported by little or no market activity and are significant to the fair value of the assets or liabilities.
Considerable judgment may be required in interpreting market data used to develop the estimates of fair value. Accordingly, certain estimates of fair value presented herein are not necessarily indicative of the amounts that could be realized in a current or future market exchange.


Financial Instruments that are not Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis
The carrying values, estimated fair values and basis of valuation of our financial instrument assets and liabilities not measured at fair value on a recurring basis were as follows (in millions):
 
August 31, 2017 November 30, 2016August 31, 2018 November 30, 2017
Carrying
Value
 Fair Value Carrying
Value
 Fair ValueCarrying
Value
 Fair Value Carrying
Value
 Fair Value
 Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 1 Level 2 Level 3
(in millions)Carrying
Value
 Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Carrying
Value
 Level 1 Level 2 Level 3
Assets      
       
     
     
Long-term other assets (a)$133
 $
 $54
 $75
 $99
 $1
 $68
 $31
$136
 $
 $37
 $98
 $126
 $
 $49
 $75
Total$133
 $
 $54
 $75
 $99
 $1
 $68
 $31
$136
 $
 $37
 $98
 $126
 $
 $49
 $75
Liabilities      
       
      
       
Fixed rate debt (b)$5,755
 $
 $6,108
 $
 $5,436
 $
 $5,727
 $
$5,308
 $
 $5,463
 $
 $5,588
 $
 $5,892
 $
Floating rate debt (b)3,470
 
 3,553
 
 4,018
 
 4,048
 
4,372
 
 4,409
 
 3,658
 
 3,697
 
Total$9,225
 $
 $9,661
 $
 $9,454
 $
 $9,775
 $
$9,680
 $
 $9,872
 $
 $9,246
 $
 $9,589
 $
 
(a)Long-term other assets are comprised of notes and other receivables.receivable. The fair values of our Level 2 notes and other receivablesreceivable were based on estimated future cash flows discounted at appropriate market interest rates. The fair values of our Level 3 notes receivable were estimated using risk-adjusted discount rates.
(b)The debt amounts above do not include the impact of interest rate swaps or debt issuance costs. The fair values of our publicly-traded notes were based on their unadjusted quoted market prices in markets that are not sufficiently active to be Level 1 and, accordingly, are considered Level 2. The fair values of our other debt were estimated based on appropriatecurrent market interest rates being applied to this debt.


Financial Instruments that are Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis
 August 31, 2018 November 30, 2017
(in millions)Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 1 Level 2 Level 3
Assets           
Cash and cash equivalents$526
 $
 $
 $395
 $
 $
Restricted cash15
 
 
 26
 
 
Marketable securities held in rabbi trusts (a)6
 
 
 97
 
 
Derivative financial instruments
 5
 
 
 15
 
Total$547
 $5
 $
 $518
 $15
 $
Liabilities           
Derivative financial instruments$
 $40
 $
 $
 $161
 $
Total$
 $40
 $
 $
 $161
 $
(a)The use of marketable securities held in rabbi trusts is restricted to funding certain deferred compensation and non-qualified U.S. pension plans.
Nonfinancial Instruments that are Measured at Fair Value on a Nonrecurring Basis
Valuation of Goodwill and Other Intangibles Trademarks 
As of July 31, 2017, we performed our annual goodwill and trademark impairment reviews and we determined there was no impairment for goodwill or trademarks related to AIDA, Carnival Cruise Line, Costa, Cunard, Holland
 Goodwill
(in millions)NAA (a)
Segment
 EA (b)
Segment
 Total
At November 30, 2017$1,898
 $1,069
 $2,967
Foreign currency translation adjustment
 (18) (18)
At August 31, 2018$1,898
 $1,050
 $2,949
(a)    North America Line, Princess Cruises, and P&O Cruises (UK).& Australia (“NAA”)
During the third quarter of 2017, we made a decision to strategically realign our business in Australia, which includes reducing capacity in P&O Cruises (Australia). We performed discounted cash flow analyses and determined that the estimated fair values of the P&O Cruises (Australia) reporting unit and its trademark no longer exceeded their carrying values. We recognized a goodwill impairment charge of $38 million and a trademark impairment charge of $50 million during the third quarter of 2017.(b)    Europe & Asia (“EA”)

 Trademarks
(in millions)NAA
Segment
 EA
Segment
 Total
At November 30, 2017$927
 $252
 $1,179
Foreign currency translation adjustment
 (5) (5)
At August 31, 2018$927
 $247
 $1,174

The determination of our reporting unit 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:

Forecasted operating results, including net revenue yields and net cruise costs including fuel prices
Capacity changes and the expected rotation of vessels into or out of each of these cruise brands, including decisions about the allocation of new ships amongst brands, the transfer of ships between brands and the timing of ship dispositions
Weighted-average cost of capital of market participants, adjusted for the risk attributable to the geographic regions in which these cruise brands operate
Capital expenditures, proceeds from forecasted dispositions of ships and terminal values

We believe that we have made reasonable estimates and judgments. ChangesA change in the conditions, circumstances or circumstancesstrategy, may result in a need to recognize an additional impairment charge.
The reconciliations of the changes in the carrying amounts of our goodwill, trademarks,

Derivative Instruments and amortizable intangibles were as follows:Hedging Activities
 Goodwill
(in millions)North America
Segment
 EAA (a)
Segment
 Total
Balance at November 30, 2016$1,898
 $1,012
 $2,910
Impairment charge
 (38) (38)
Foreign currency translation adjustment
 85
 85
Balance at August 31, 2017$1,898
 $1,059
 $2,957
 (a) Europe, Australia & Asia (“EAA”)

 Trademarks
(in millions)North America
Segment
 EAA
Segment
 Total
Balance at November 30, 2016$927
 $279
 $1,206
Impairment charge
 (50) (50)
Foreign currency translation adjustment
 19
 19
Balance at August 31, 2017$927
 $248
 $1,175

 Amortizable Intangibles
(in millions)Cruise Support
Segment
 EAA
 Segment
 Tour and Other Segment Total
Balance at November 30, 2016$57
 $12
 $
 $69
Additions
 
 4
 4
Amortization(2) 
 (1) (3)
Foreign currency translation adjustment
 1
 
 1
Balance at August 31, 2017$55
 $13
 $3
 $71

Impairments of Ships
We review our long-lived assets for impairment whenever events or circumstances indicate potential impairment. Primarily as a result of our decision during the third quarter of 2017 to strategically realign our business in Australia, which includes reducing capacity in P&O Cruises (Australia), we performed undiscounted cash flow analyses on certain ships as of July 31, 2017. 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 July 31, 2017 fair values of these ships based on their discounted cash flows and comparable market transactions. We then compared these estimated fair values to the net carrying values and, as a result, we recognized $304 million of ship impairment charges in the EAA segment, included in other ship operating expenses of our consolidated statements of income for the third quarter of 2017.
The principal assumptions used in our analyses consisted of forecasted future operating results, including net revenue yields and net cruise costs including fuel prices, estimated ship sale proceeds, and changes in strategy, including decisions about the transfer of ships between brands. All principal assumptions are considered Level 3 inputs.
Financial Instruments that are Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis
The estimated fair value and basis of valuation of our financial instrument assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis were as follows (in millions):
 August 31, 2017 November 30, 2016
 Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 1 Level 2 Level 3
Assets           
Cash and cash equivalents (a)$489
 $
 $
 $603
 $
 $
Restricted cash31
 
 
 60
 
 
Short-term investments (b)
 
 
 
 
 21
Marketable securities held in rabbi trusts (c)91
 4
 
 93
 4
 
Derivative financial instruments
 22
 
 
 15
 
Total$611
 $26
 $
 $756
 $19
 $21
Liabilities           
Derivative financial instruments$
 $265
 $
 $
 $434
 $
Total$
 $265
 $
 $
 $434
 $

(in millions)Balance Sheet Location August 31, 2018 November 30, 2017
Derivative assets     
Derivatives designated as hedging instruments     
Net investment hedges (a)Prepaid expenses and other $5
 $3
Foreign currency zero cost collars (b)Prepaid expenses and other 
 12
Total derivative assets  $5
 $15
Derivative liabilities     
Derivatives designated as hedging instruments     
Net investment hedges (a)Accrued liabilities and other $
 $13
 Other long-term liabilities 13
 17
Interest rate swaps (c)Accrued liabilities and other 8
 10

Other long-term liabilities 13
 17
   35
 57
Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments     
Fuel (d)Accrued liabilities and other 6
 95
 Other long-term liabilities 
 9
   6
 104
Total derivative liabilities  $40
 $161
 
(a)Cash and cash equivalents are comprised of cash and marketable securities with maturities of less than 90 days.
(b)The fair value of the auction rate security included in short-term investments, as of November 30, 2016, was based on a broker quote in an inactive market, which is considered a Level 3 input. This auction-rate security was sold in December 2016.
(c)At August 31, 2018 and November 30, 2017, marketable securities held in rabbi trusts were comprised of Level 1 bonds, frequently-priced mutual funds invested in common stocks and money market funds and Level 2 other investments. Their use is restricted to funding certain deferred compensation and non-qualified U.S. pension plans.

Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities
The estimated fair values of our derivative financial instruments and their location in the Consolidated Balance Sheets were as follows (in millions):

 Balance Sheet Location August 31,
2017
 
November 30,
2016
Derivative assets     
Derivatives designated as hedging instruments     
Net investment hedges (a)Prepaid expenses and other $3
 $12
 Other assets 
 3
Foreign currency zero cost collars (c)Prepaid expenses and other 8
 
 Other assets 11
 
Total derivative assets  $22
 $15
Derivative liabilities     
Derivatives designated as hedging instruments     
Net investment hedges (a)Accrued liabilities and other $13
 $26
 Other long-term liabilities 16
 
Interest rate swaps (b)Accrued liabilities and other 11
 10

Other long-term liabilities 21
 23
Foreign currency zero cost collars (c)Accrued liabilities and other 
 12
 Other long-term liabilities 
 21
   61
 92
Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments     
Fuel (d)Accrued liabilities and other 159
 198
 Other long-term liabilities 45
 144
   204
 342
Total derivative liabilities  $265
 $434
(a)Wewe had foreign currency swaps totaling $328$160 million at August 31, 2017 and $291$324 million, at November 30, 2016respectively, that are designated as hedges of our net investments in foreign operations which havewith a euro-denominated functional currency. At August 31, 2017, these2018, this foreign currency swaps settle throughswap settles in September 2019.
(b)
We have euro 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 $511 million at August 31, 2017 and $500 million at November 30, 2016 of EURIBOR-based floating rate euro debt to fixed rate euro debt. At August 31, 2017, these interest rate swaps settle through 2025.
(c)
At August 31, 20172018 and November 30, 2016,2017, we had foreign currency derivatives consisting of foreign currency zero cost collars that are 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 euro 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 $422 million at August 31, 2018 and $479 million at November 30, 2017 of EURIBOR-based floating rate euro debt to fixed rate euro debt. At August 31, 2018, these interest rate swaps settle through March 2025.
(d)At August 31, 20172018 and November 30, 2016,2017, we had fuel derivatives consisting of zero cost collars on Brent crude oil (“Brent”) to cover a portion of our estimated fuel consumption through 2018. See “Fuel Price Risks” below for additional information regarding these derivatives.


Our derivative contracts include rights of offset with our counterparties. We have elected to net certain of our derivative assets and liabilities within counterparties. The amounts recognized within assets and liabilities were as follows (in millions):
 August 31, 2017 August 31, 2018
 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
(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
Assets $22
 $
 $22
 $(9) $13
 $5
 $
 $5
 $(5) $
Liabilities $265
 $
 $265
 $(9) $256
 $40
 $
 $40
 $(5) $36
                    
 November 30, 2016 November 30, 2017
 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
(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
Assets $15
 $
 $15
 $(15) $
 $15
 $
 $15
 $(8) $7
Liabilities $434
 $
 $434
 $(15) $419
 $161
 $
 $161
 $(8) $153

The effective gain (loss) portions of our derivatives qualifying and designated as hedging instruments recognized in other comprehensive income (loss) were as follows (in millions):
follows:
Three Months Ended
August 31,
 Nine Months Ended
August 31,
Three Months Ended
August 31,
 Nine Months Ended
August 31,
2017 2016 2017 2016
(in millions)2018 2017 2018 2017
Net investment hedges$(17) $
 $(33) $(17)$3
 $(17) $13
 $(33)
Foreign currency zero cost collars – cash flow hedges$17
 $2
 $52
 $21
$(1) $17
 $(11) $52
Interest rate swaps – cash flow hedges$1
 $
 $5
 $3
$1
 $1
 $5
 $5
There are no credit risk related contingent features in our derivative agreements, except for bilateral credit provisions within our fuel derivative counterparty agreements. These provisions require cash collateral to be posted or received to the extent the fuel derivative fair value payable to or receivable from an individual counterparty exceeds $100 million. At August 31, 20172018 and November 30, 2016,2017, no collateral was required to be posted to or received from our fuel derivative counterparties.
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. We have not provided additional disclosures of the impact that derivative instruments and hedging activities have on our consolidated financial statements as of August 31, 2017 and November 30, 2016 and for the three and nine months ended August 31, 2017 and 2016 where such impacts were not significant.
Financial Risks
Fuel Price Risks
Substantially all of our exposure to market risk for changes in fuel prices relates to the consumption of fuel on our ships. We manage fuel consumption through ship maintenance practices, modifying our itineraries and implementing innovative technologies. We are also adding new, more fuel efficient ships to our fleet and are strategically disposing of less fuel efficient ships. We have Brent call options and Brent put options, collectively referred to as zero cost collars, that establish ceiling and floor prices and mitigate a portion of our economic risk attributable to potential fuel price increases. To maximize operational flexibility we utilized derivative markets with significant trading liquidity.
Our zero cost collars are based on Brent prices whereasincreases through the actual fuel used on our ships is marine fuel. Changes in the Brent prices may not show a high degreeend of correlation with changes in our underlying marine fuel prices. We will not realize any economic gain or loss upon the monthly maturities of our zero cost collars unless the average monthly price of Brent is above the ceiling price or below the floor price. We believe that these zero cost collars will act as economic hedges; however, hedge accounting is not applied.
Our unrealized and realized gains (losses), net on fuel derivatives were as follows (in millions):

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

2017
2016 2017 2016
Unrealized gains on fuel derivatives, net$65

$25
 $134
 $121
Realized losses on fuel derivatives, net(57)
(61) (153) (223)
Gains (losses) on fuel derivatives, net$7
 $(36) $(19) $(102)

At August 31, 2017, our outstanding fuel derivatives consisted of zero cost collars on Brent as follows:2018.
Maturities (a)Transaction
Dates
 Barrels
(in thousands)
 Weighted-Average
Floor Prices
 Weighted-Average
Ceiling Prices
Fiscal 2017 (4Q)       
 February 2013 819
 $80
 $115
 April 2013 507
 $75
 $110
 January 2014 450
 $75
 $114
 October 2014 255
 $80
 $113
   2,031
    
Fiscal 2018       
 January 2014 2,700
 $75
 $110
 October 2014 3,000
 $80
 $114
   5,700
    
 Three Months Ended
August 31,
 Nine Months Ended
August 31,
(in millions)2018
2017 2018 2017
Unrealized gains on fuel derivatives, net$8

$65
 $90
 $134
Realized losses on fuel derivatives, net(4)
(57) (29) (153)
Gains (losses) on fuel derivatives, net$4
 $7
 $61
 $(19)

(a)Fuel derivatives mature evenly over each month within the above fiscal periods.
Foreign Currency Exchange Rate Risks
Overall Strategy
We manage our exposure to fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates through our normal operating and financing activities, including netting certain exposures to take advantage of any natural offsets and, when considered appropriate, through the use of derivative and non-derivative financial instruments. Our primary focus is to monitor our exposure to, and manage, the economic foreign currency exchange risks faced by our operations and realized if we exchange one currency for another. We currently only hedge certain of our ship commitments and net investments in foreign operations. The financial impacts of the hedging instruments we do employ generally offset the changes in the underlying exposures being hedged.
Operational Currency Risks
Our EAA segment operations generate significant revenues and incur significant expenses in their functional currencies, which subjects us to “foreign currency translational” risk related to these currencies. Accordingly, exchange rate fluctuations in their functional currencies againstprimarily utilize the U.S. dollar, will affect our reported financial results since the reporting currency for our consolidated financial statements is the U.S. dollar. Any strengthening of the U.S.Australian dollar, against these foreign currencies has the financial statement effect of decreasing the U.S. dollar values reported for this segment’s revenues and expenses. Any weakening of the U.S. dollar has the opposite effect.

Substantially all of oureuro or sterling as their functional currencies. Our operations also have non-functional currency risk related to their international sales. In addition, we have a portion of our operatingrevenue and expenses denominated in non-functional currencies. Accordingly, we also have “foreignMovements in foreign currency transactional” risks related to changes in the exchange rates forwill affect our revenues and expenses that are in a currency other than the functional currency. The revenues and expenses which occur in the same non-functional currencies create some degree of natural offset.financial statements.
Investment Currency Risks
We consider our investments in foreign operations to be denominated in stable currencies. Our investments in foreign operations are of a long-term nature. We have $5.6$5.5 billion and $402$861 million of euro- and sterling-denominated debt, respectively, including the effect of foreign currency swaps, which provides an economic offset for our operations with euro and sterling functional

currency. We also partially mitigate our net investment currency exposures by denominating a portion of our foreign currency intercompany payables in our foreign operations’ functional currencies. 

Newbuild Currency Risks

Our shipbuilding contracts are typically denominated in euros. Our decision to hedge a non-functional currency ship commitment for our cruise brands is made on a case-by-case basis, considering the amount and duration of the exposure, market volatility, economic trends, our overall expected net cash flows by currency and other offsetting risks. We use foreign currency derivative contracts to manage foreign currency exchange rate risk for some of our ship construction payments.

At August 31, 2017,2018, for the following newbuild, we had foreign currency zero cost collars that are designated as cash flow hedges for a portion of euro-denominated shipyard payments for the following newbuilds:payments. These collars are designated as cash flow hedges.
 Entered Into Matures in Weighted-Average Floor Rate Weighted- Average Ceiling Rate
Carnival Horizon2016 March 2018 $1.02
 $1.25
Seabourn Ovation2016 April 2018 $1.02
 $1.25
Holland America Nieuw Statendam
2016 November 2018 $1.05
 $1.25
 Entered Into Matures in Weighted-Average Floor Rate Weighted- Average Ceiling Rate
Nieuw Statendam2016 November 2018 $1.05
 $1.25
If the spot rate is between the weighted-average ceiling and floor rates on the date of maturity, then we would not owe or receive any payments under these collars.
At August 31, 2017,2018, our remaining newbuild currency exchange rate risk primarily relates to euro-denominated newbuild contract payments (including newbuild contracts entered into through September 26, 2017),to non-euro functional currency brands, which represent a total unhedged commitment of $7.0$10.5 billion and substantially relates to newbuilds scheduled to be delivered duringin 2019 through 2022 to non-euro functional currency brands.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. These foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations may affect our decision to order new cruise ships.
Interest Rate Risks
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, and the issuance of new debt, amendment of existing debt or the early retirement of existing debt.



Concentrations of Credit Risk

As part of our ongoing control procedures, we monitor concentrations of credit risk associated with financial and other institutions with which we conduct significant business. We seek to minimize these credit risk exposures, including counterparty nonperformance primarily associated with our cash equivalents, investments, committed financing facilities, contingent obligations, derivative instruments, insurance contracts and new ship progress payment guarantees, by:

Conducting business with large, well-established financial institutions, insurance companies and export credit agencies
Diversifying our counterparties 
Having guidelines regarding credit ratings and investment maturities that we follow to help safeguard liquidity and minimize risk
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 

We currently believe the risk of nonperformance by any of our significant counterparties is remote. At August 31, 2017,2018, our exposures under foreign currency and fuel derivative contracts and interest rate swap agreements 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 prior to sailing.business. 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. Concentrations of credit risk associated with these trade receivables, charter-hire agreements and contingent obligations are not considered to be material, principally due to the large number of unrelated accounts, the nature of these contingent obligations and their short maturities. We have not experienced significant credit losses on our trade receivables, charter-hire agreements and contingent obligations. We do not normally require collateral or other security to support normal credit sales.

NOTE 5 – Segment Information
We have four reportableBeginning in the first quarter of 2018, we revised our operating segments that are compriseddue to changes in our internal reporting as a result of (1) North America, (2) EAA, (3) Cruise Support and (4) Tour and Other.the recent strategic realignment of our business in Australia. The presentation of prior period segment information has been revised to reflect this change. Our operating segments are reported on the same basis as the internally reported information that is provided to our chief operating decision maker (“CODM”), who is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Carnival Corporation and Carnival plc. The CODM assesses performance and makes decisions to allocate resources for Carnival Corporation & plc based upon review of the results across all of our segments. Our four reportable segments are comprised of (1) NAA cruise operations, (2) EA cruise operations, (3) Cruise Support and (4) Tour and Other.

Our North America segment includes Carnival Cruise Line, Holland America Line, Princess CruisesThe operating segments within each of our NAA and Seabourn. Our EAA segment includes AIDA Cruises, Costa Cruises, Cunard, P&O Cruises (Australia) and P&O Cruises (UK).The operations of these reporting unitsEA reportable segments have been aggregated into two reportable segments based on the similarity of their economic and other characteristics, including types of customers, regulatory environment, maintenance requirements, supporting systems and processes and products and services they provide.characteristics. Our Cruise Support segment represents certainour portfolio of ourleading port and related facilitiesdestinations and other services, thatall of which are providedoperated for the benefit of our cruise brands. Our Tour and Other segment represents the hotel and transportation operations of Holland America Princess Alaska Tours and other operations.

Selected information for our segments and the reconciliation to the consolidated financial statement amounts was as follows (in millions):
 Three Months Ended August 31, 
 Revenues Operating costs and
expenses
 Selling
and
administrative
 Depreciation
and
amortization
 Operating
income (loss)
 
2017          
North America$3,561
 $1,773
 $306
 $287
 $1,195
 
EAA1,879
 1,262
 172
 163
 193
(a)
Cruise Support28
 
 65
 13
 (50) 
Tour and Other155
 86
 4
 10
 55
 
Intersegment elimination(108) (108) 
 
 
 
 $5,515
 $3,013
 $547
 $473
 $1,393
 
2016          
North America$3,284
 $1,668
 $293
 $272
 $1,051
 
EAA1,738
 903
 161
 152
 522
 
Cruise Support31
 12
 73
 9
 (63) 
Tour and Other148
 84
 2
 10
 52
 
Intersegment elimination(104) (104) 
 
 
 
 $5,097
 $2,563
 $529
 $443
 $1,562
 
           
 Nine Months Ended August 31, 
 Revenues Operating costs and
expenses
 Selling
and
administrative
 Depreciation
and
amortization
 Operating
income (loss)
 
2017          
North America$8,547
 $4,776
 $945
 $845
 $1,981
 
EAA4,527
 3,082
 512
 459
 385
(a)
Cruise Support101
 18
 180
 36
 (133) 
Tour and Other200
 132
 12
 28
 28
 
Intersegment elimination(124) (124) 
 
 
 
 $13,251
 $7,884
 $1,649
 $1,368
 $2,261
 
2016          
North America$7,823
 $4,368
 $897
 $791
 $1,767
 
EAA4,466
 2,666
 513
 450
 837
 
Cruise Support93
 23
 196
 32
 (158) 
Tour and Other190
 125
 7
 30
 28
 
Intersegment elimination(118) (118) 
 
 
 
 $12,454
 $7,064
 $1,613
 $1,303
 $2,474
 
 Three Months Ended August 31, 
(in millions)Revenues Operating costs and
expenses
 Selling
and
administrative
 Depreciation
and
amortization
 Operating
income (loss)
 
2018          
NAA$3,805
 $1,981
 $333
 $323
 $1,168
 
EA1,832
 891
 172
 150
 621
 
Cruise Support31
 (4) 64
 28
 (57) 
Tour and Other167
 90
 4
 10
 62
 
 $5,836
 $2,958
 $573
 $511
 $1,794
 
2017          
NAA$3,565
 $1,920
 $320
 $303
 $933
(a)
EA1,767
 1,007
 158
 147
 455
 
Cruise Support28
 
 65
 13
 (50) 
Tour and Other155
 86
 4
 10
 55
 
 $5,515
 $3,013
 $547
 $473
 $1,393
 


 Nine Months Ended August 31, 
(in millions)Revenues Operating costs and
expenses
 Selling
and
administrative
 Depreciation
and
amortization
 Operating
income (loss)
 
2018          
NAA$9,325
 $5,385
 $1,039
 $940
 $1,961
 
EA4,784
 2,783
 551
 466
 984
 
Cruise Support94
 40
 183
 76
 (204) 
Tour and Other222
 140
 22
 29
 31
 
 $14,425
 $8,348
 $1,794
 $1,510
 $2,772
 
2017          
NAA$8,744
 $5,073
 $982
 $893
 $1,708
(a)
EA4,206
 2,661
 475
 411
 658
 
Cruise Support101
 18
 180
 36
 (133) 
Tour and Other200
 132
 12
 28
 28
 
 $13,251
 $7,884
 $1,649
 $1,368
 $2,261
 

(a) Includes $89 million of impairment charges related to EAA'sNAA’s goodwill and trademarks.

A portion of the North America segment’s revenues includes revenues for the tour portion of a cruise when a cruise and land tour package are sold together by Holland America Line and Princess Cruises. These intersegment tour revenues, which are also included in our Tour and Other segment, are eliminated by the North America segment’s revenues and operating expenses in the line “Intersegment elimination.”


NOTE 6 – Earnings Per Share
Our basic and diluted earnings per share were computed as follows (in millions, except per share data):
 
Three Months Ended
August 31,
 Nine Months Ended
August 31,
Three Months Ended
August 31,
 Nine Months Ended
August 31,
2017 2016 2017 2016
(in millions, except per share data)2018 2017 2018 2017
Net income for basic and diluted earnings per share$1,329
 $1,424
 $2,060
 $2,171
$1,707
 $1,329
 $2,659
 $2,060
Weighted-average shares outstanding723
 737
 724
 751
706
 723
 712
 724
Dilutive effect of equity plans3
 2
 3
 3
2
 3
 2
 3
Diluted weighted-average shares outstanding726
 739
 727
 754
707
 726
 714
 727
Basic earnings per share$1.84
 $1.93
 $2.85
 $2.89
$2.42
 $1.84
 $3.73
 $2.85
Diluted earnings per share$1.83
 $1.93
 $2.84
 $2.88
$2.41
 $1.83
 $3.72
 $2.84


NOTE 7 – Shareholders’ Equity
On April 6, 2017,Effective August 27, 2018, the Boards of Directorscompany approved a modification of the general authorization to repurchase Carnival Corporation common stock and/or Carnival plc ordinary shares (the “Repurchase Program”), which replenished the remaining authorized repurchases at the time of the approval to $1.0 billion. During the nine months ended August 31, 2017,2018, we repurchased 2.811.8 million shares of Carnival plc ordinary shares and 2.47.8 million shares of Carnival Corporation common stock for $156$726 million and $158$475 million, respectively, under the Repurchase Program. At August 31, 2017,2018, the remaining availability under the Repurchase Program was $830$987 million.
During the three months ended August 31, 2017,2018, our Boards of Directors declared a dividend to holders of Carnival Corporation common stock and Carnival plc ordinary shares of $0.40$0.50 per share.

NOTE 8 – Property and Equipment

In April 2017,March 2018, we sold and transferred an EAAEA segment 1,550-passenger700-passenger capacity ship under a bareboat charter agreement which was accounted for as a sale.ship.

In July 2017,April 2018, we entered into a bareboat charter agreement under whichsold and transferred an EAAEA segment 1,300-passenger capacity ship will be chartered from April 2018 through April 2025. This transaction will be accounted for as a sales-type lease with the recognition of sale and derecognition of asset upon asset delivery.ship.

In September 2017,June 2018, we entered intosold an agreement to sell an EAANAA segment 700-passenger840-passenger capacity ship. The ownership ofship will be transferred to the buyer in July 2019.

In June 2018, we sold an EA segment 1,880-passenger capacity ship. The ship will be transferred to the buyer in August 2019.

In August 2018, we sold an NAA segment 1,680-passenger capacity ship. The ship will be transferred to the buyer in March 2018.2019.

NOTE 9 – Other Assets

In July 2018, we acquired a minority interest in the White Pass & Yukon Route (“White Pass”) division of TWC Enterprises Ltd. that includes White Pass’ port, railroad and retail operations in Skagway, Alaska.


Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.

Cautionary Note Concerning Factors That May Affect Future Results

Some of the statements, estimates or projections contained in this document are “forward-looking statements” that involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions with respect to us, including some statements concerning future results, outlooks, plans, goals and other events which have not yet occurred. These statements are intended to qualify for the safe harbors from liability provided by Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. All statements other than statements of historical facts are statements that could be deemed forward-looking. These statements are based on current expectations, estimates, forecasts and projections about our business and the industry in which we operate and the beliefs and assumptions of our management. We have tried, whenever possible, to identify these statements by using words like “will,” “may,” “could,” “should,” “would,” “believe,” “depends,” “expect,” “goal,” “anticipate,” “forecast,” “project,” “future,” “intend,” “plan,” “estimate,” “target,” “indicate,” “outlook”“outlook,” and similar expressions of future intent or the negative of such terms.

Forward-looking statements include those statements that relate to our outlook and financial position including, but not limited to, statements regarding:
    Net revenue yields
    Net cruise costs, excluding fuel per available lower berth day
    Booking levels
    Estimates of ship depreciable lives and residual values
    Pricing and occupancy
    Goodwill, ship and trademark fair values
    Interest, tax and fuel expenses
    Liquidity
    Currency exchange rates
    Adjusted earnings per share

Because forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties, there are many factors that could cause our actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from those expressed or implied by our forward-looking statements. This note contains important cautionary statements of the known factors that we consider could materially affect the accuracy of our forward-looking statements and adversely affect our business, results of operations and financial position. It is not possible to predict or identify all such risks. There may be additional risks that we consider immaterial or which are unknown. These factors include, but are not limited to, the following:
The demand for cruises may decline due to adverse world events impacting the ability or desire of people to travel, including conditionsaffecting the safety and security of travel, government regulations and requirements, and decline in consumer confidence
Incidents, such as ship incidents, security incidents, the spread of contagious diseases and threats thereof, adverse weather conditions or other natural disasters and the related adverse publicity affecting our reputation and the health, safety, security and satisfaction of guests and crew
Economic conditions and adverse world events affecting the safety and security of travel, such as civil unrest, armed conflicts and terrorist attacks
Changes in and compliance with laws and regulations relating to the environment, health, safety, security, data privacy and protection, tax and anti-corruption under which we operate may lead to litigations, enforcement actions, fines, or penalties
Disruptions and other damages to our information technology and other networks and operations, and breaches in data security, lapses in data privacy, and failure to keep pace with developments in technology
Ability to recruit, develop and retain qualified shipboard personnel who live on ships away from home for extended periods of time
Increases in fuel prices and availability of fuel supply
Fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates
Misallocation of capital among our ship, joint ventureOvercapacity and other strategic investments
Future operating cash flow may not be sufficient to fund future obligations and we may be unable to obtain financing
Overcapacitycompetition in the cruise ship and land-based vacation industry
Deterioration of our cruise brands’ strengths and our inability to implement our strategies
Continuing financial viability of our travel agent distribution system, air service providers and other key vendors in our supply chain, andas well as reductions in the availability of, and increases in the prices for, the services and products provided by these vendors
Inability to implement our shipbuilding programs and ship repairs, maintenance and refurbishments on terms that are favorable or consistent with our expectations, andas well as increases to our repairs and maintenance expenses and refurbishment costs as our fleet ages
Failure to keep pace with developments in technology
Geographic regions in which we try to expand our business may be slow to develop and ultimately not develop how we expect and our international operations are subject to additional risks not generally applicable to our U.S. operations
Competition from the cruise ship and land-based vacation industry
Economic, market and political factors that are beyond our control

Litigation, enforcement actions, fines or penalties
Lack of continuing availability of attractive, convenient and safe port destinations on terms that are favorable or consistent with our expectations
Union disputes and other employee relationship issues
Decisions to self-insure against various risks or the inability to obtain insurance for certain risks at reasonable rates
Reliance on third-party providers of various services integral to the operations of our business
Business activities that involve our co-investment with third parties
Disruptions in the global financial markets or other events that may negatively affect the ability of our counterparties and others to perform their obligations to us
Our shareholders may be subject to the uncertainties of a foreign legal system since Carnival Corporation and Carnival plc are not U.S. corporations
Small group of shareholders may be able to effectively control the outcome of shareholder voting
Provisions in Carnival Corporation’s and Carnival plc’s constitutional documents may prevent or discourage takeovers and business combinations that our shareholders might consider to be in their best interests
The dual listed company arrangement involves risks not associated with the more common ways of combining the operations of two companies

The ordering of the risk factors set forth above is not intended to reflect our indication of priority or likelihood.
Forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as a prediction of actual results. Subject to any continuing obligations under applicable law or any relevant stock exchange rules, we expressly disclaim any obligation to disseminate, after the date of this document, any updates or revisions to any such forward-looking statements to reflect any change in expectations or events, conditions or circumstances on which any such statements are based.

New Accounting Pronouncements

Outlook

On September 26, 2017, we disclosed inRefer to our earnings release that we expected our adjusted earnings per shareconsolidated financial statements for the 2017 fourth quarter to be in the range of $0.44 to $0.50 and 2017 full year to be in the range of $3.64 to $3.70 (see “Key Performance Non-GAAP Financial Indicators”). Our guidance was basedfurther information on the following assumptions:

  2017 Fourth Quarter 2017 Full Year
Fuel price per metric ton $397 $378
Currencies    
     U.S. dollar to euro $1.19 to €1 $1.13 to €1
     U.S. dollar to sterling $1.35 to £1 $1.28 to £1
     U.S. dollar to Australian dollar $0.80 to A$1 $0.77 to A$1

The fuel and currency assumptions used in our guidance change daily and, accordingly, our forecasts change daily based on the changes in these assumptions. We have not provided a reconciliation of forecasted U.S. GAAP earnings per share to forecasted adjusted earnings per share because preparation of meaningful U.S. GAAP forecasts of earnings per share would require unreasonable effort. We are unable to predict, without unreasonable effort, the future movement of foreign exchange rates and fuel prices. While we forecast realized gains and losses on fuel derivatives by applying current Brent prices to the derivatives that settle in the forecast period, we do not forecast the impact of unrealized gains and losses on fuel derivatives because we do not believe they are an indication of our future earnings performance. We are unable to determine the future impact of gains or losses on ships sales, restructuring expenses and other non-core gains and charges.

The above forward-looking statements involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions with respect to us. There are many factors that could cause our actual results to differ materially from those expressed above. You should read the above forward-looking statements together with the discussion of the risks under “Cautionary Note Concerning Factors That May Affect Future Results.”

Accounting Pronouncements.

Critical Accounting Estimates

For a discussion of our critical accounting estimates, see “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” that is included in the Form 10-K. A discussion of our impairment charges recognized during the 2017 third quarter for the impairment of ships as well as the results of our annual goodwill and trademark impairment reviews as of July 31, 2017 is included in the accompanying consolidated financial statements.

The determination of our cruise brand, cruise ship and trademark fair values includes numerous assumptions that are subject to various risks and uncertainties. We believe that we have made reasonable estimates and judgments. Changes in the conditions or circumstances influencing fair values may result in a need to recognize additional impairment charges.

New Accounting Pronouncements

Refer to our consolidated financial statements for further information on Recent Accounting Pronouncements.

Seasonality

Our revenues from the sale of passenger tickets are seasonal. Historically, demand for cruises has been greatest during our third quarter, which includes the Northern Hemisphere summer months. This higher demand during the third quarter results in higher ticket prices and occupancy levels and, accordingly, the largest share of our operating income is earned during this period. The seasonality of our results also increases due to ships being taken out-of-service for maintenance, which we schedule during non-peak demand periods. In addition, substantially all of Holland America Princess Alaska Tours’ revenue and net income is generated from May through September in conjunction with the Alaska cruise season.

Statistical Information
Three Months Ended
August 31,
 Nine Months Ended
August 31,
Three Months Ended
August 31,
 Nine Months Ended
August 31,
2017 2016 2017 20162018 2017 2018 2017
Available Lower Berth Days (“ALBDs”) (in thousands) (a) (b)21,120
 20,572
 61,541
 59,555
21,475
 21,120
 62,626
 61,541
Occupancy percentage (c)111.3% 111.4% 106.7% 106.6%112.6% 111.3% 107.8% 106.7%
Passengers carried (in thousands)3,441
 3,265
 9,116
 8,606
3,562
 3,441
 9,393
 9,116
Fuel consumption in metric tons (in thousands)814
 793
 2,463
 2,417
818
 814
 2,458
 2,463
Fuel consumption in metric tons per thousand ALBDs38.5
 38.6
 40.0
 40.6
38.1
 38.5
 39.3
 40.0
Fuel cost per metric ton consumed$378
 $335
 $371
 $268
$531
 $378
 $474
 $371
Currencies       
U.S. dollar to euro$1.15
 $1.12
 $1.11
 $1.11
U.S. dollar to sterling$1.29
 $1.34
 $1.27
 $1.41
U.S. dollar to Australian dollar$0.78
 $0.75
 $0.76
 $0.74
Currencies (USD to 1)       
AUD$0.74
 $0.78
 $0.76
 $0.76
CAD$0.76
 $0.78
 $0.78
 $0.76
EUR$1.16
 $1.15
 $1.20
 $1.11
GBP$1.31
 $1.29
 $1.36
 $1.27
RMB$0.15
 $0.15
 $0.15
 $0.15

(a)
ALBD is a standard measure of passenger capacity for the period that we use to approximate rate and capacity variances, based on consistently applied formulas that we use to perform analyses to determine the main non-capacity driven factors that cause our cruise revenues and expenses to vary. ALBDs assume that each cabin we offer for sale accommodates two passengers and is computed by multiplying passenger capacity by revenue-producing ship operating days in the period.

(b)For the three months ended August 31, 20172018 compared to the three months ended August 31, 2016,2017, we had a 2.7%1.7% capacity increase in ALBDs comprised of a 2.1%3.1% capacity increase in our North AmericaNAA segment and a 3.5%0.8% capacity increasedecrease in our EAAEA segment.


Our North AmericaNAA segment’s capacity increase was caused by the fullby:
Full quarter impact from one Princess Cruises 3,560-passengerCarnival Cruise Line 3,970-passenger capacity ship that entered into service in April 2017, which was offset by the full quarter impact from the transfer of one Princess Cruises 2,000-passenger capacity ship to P&O Cruises (Australia) in May 2017.2018

Our EAA segment’s capacity increase was caused by:

Full quarter impact from one AIDA Cruises 3,290-passenger capacity ship that entered into service in June 2017
Partial quarter impact from the transfer of one Princess Cruises 2,000-passenger capacity ship to P&O Cruises (Australia) that entered into service in July 2017.

These increases were partially offset by the full quarter impact from one P&O Cruises (Australia) 1,550-passenger capacity ship removed from service in April 2017.

For the nine months ended August 31, 2017 compared to the nine months ended August 31, 2016, we had a 3.3% capacity increase in ALBDs comprised of a 4.2% capacity increase in our North America segment and a 2.0% capacity increase in our EAA segment.

Our North America segment’s capacity increase was caused by:
Partial period impact from one Holland America Line 2,650-passenger capacity ship that entered into service in April 2016
Partial period impact from one Carnival Cruise Line 3,930-passengerSeabourn 600-passenger capacity ship that entered into service in May 20162018

Our EA segment’s capacity decrease was caused by:
Full quarter impact from one P&O Cruises (UK) 700-passenger capacity ship removed from service in March 2018
Full quarter impact from one Costa Cruises 1,300-passenger capacity ship removed from service in April 2018

For the nine months ended August 31, 2018 compared to the nine months ended August 31, 2017, we had a 1.8% capacity increase in ALBDs comprised of a 2.2% capacity increase in our NAA segment and a 1.0% capacity increase in our EA segment.

Our NAA segment’s capacity increase was caused by:
Partial period impact from one Princess Cruises 3,560-passenger capacity ship that entered into service in April 2017

These increases were offset by the partial period impact from the transfer of one Princess Cruises 2,000-passenger capacity ship to P&O Cruises (Australia) in May 2017.

Our EAA segment’s capacity increase was caused by:
Partial period impact from one AIDA Cruises 3,290-passengerCarnival Cruise Line 3,970-passenger capacity ship that entered into service in April 20162018
Partial period impact from one AIDA Cruises 3,290-passengerSeabourn 600-passenger capacity ship that entered into service in June 2017May 2018
Partial period impact from the transfer of one Princess Cruises 2,000-passenger capacity ship to P&O Cruises (Australia) that entered into service in July 2017

These increases were partially offset by the partial period impact from one P&O Cruises (Australia) 1,550-passenger capacity ship removed from service in April 2017.

Our EA segment’s capacity increase was caused by:
Partial period impact from one AIDA Cruises 3,290-passenger capacity ship that entered into service in June 2017
This increase was partially offset by:
Partial period impact from one P&O Cruises (UK) 700-passenger capacity ship removed from service in March 2018
Partial period impact from one Costa Cruises 1,300-passenger capacity ship removed from service in April 2018

(c)
In accordance with cruise industry practice, occupancy is calculated using a denominator of ALBDs, which assumes two passengers per cabin even though some cabins can accommodate three or more passengers. Percentages in excess of 100% indicate that on average more than two passengers occupied some cabins.

Three Months Ended August 31, 20172018 (“2017”2018”) Compared to Three Months Ended August 31, 20162017 (“2016”2017”)

Revenues

Consolidated

Cruise passenger ticket revenues made up 75% of our 20172018 total revenues. Cruise passenger ticket revenues increased by $335$215 million, or 8.8%5.2%, to $4.4 billion in 2018 from $4.1 billion in 2017 from $3.8 billion in 2016.2017.

This increase was driven by:
$19170 million - 1.7% capacity increase in ALBDs
$50 million - increase in cruise ticket revenues, driven primarily by price improvements in our Caribbean, European and AlaskaChina programs, for our North America segment and European and Caribbean programs for our EAA segment, partially offset by decreasesdecrease in our China programsCaribbean program
$10148 million - 2.7% capacityincrease in occupancy
$30 million - increase in ALBDsair transportation revenues
$2111 million - foreign currency translational impact from a weaker U.S. dollar against the functional currencies of our foreign operations (“foreign currency translational impact”)

The remaining 25% of 20172018 total revenues were substantially all comprised of onboard and other cruise revenues, which increased by $77$93 million, or 6.7%7.6%, to $1.3 billion in 2018 from $1.2 billion in 2017 from $1.1 billion in 2016.2017.

This increase was drivencaused by:
$3336 million - higher onboard spending by our guests
$3122 million - 2.7%increase in other revenues
$21 million - 1.7% capacity increase in ALBDs

$14 million - increase in occupancy

Concession revenues, which are included in onboard and other revenues, increased by $9$20 million, or 2.9%6.0%, to $350 million in 2018 from $331 million in 2017 from $321 million in 2016.2017.

North AmericaNAA Segment

Cruise passenger ticket revenues made up 75% of our North AmericaNAA segment’s 20172018 total revenues. Cruise passenger ticket revenues increased by $221$168 million, or 9.3%6.3%, to $2.6$2.8 billion in 20172018 compared to $2.4$2.7 billion in 2016.2017. 

This increase was drivencaused by:
$15284 million - 3.1% capacity increase in ALBDs
$35 million - increase in cruise ticket revenues, driven primarily by price improvements in the European program, partially offset by the Caribbean European and Alaska programsprogram
$5030 million - 2.1% capacity increase in ALBDsair transportation revenues
$20 million - increase in occupancy

The remaining 25% of our North AmericaNAA segment’s 20172018 total revenues were comprised of onboard and other cruise revenues, which increased by $51$73 million, or 6.3%8.1%, to $859$969 million in 20172018 from $808$897 million in 2016.2017.

This increase was driven by:
$2428 million - 3.1% capacity increase in ALBDs
$22 million - higher onboard spending by our guests
$1718 million - 2.1% capacity increase in ALBDsother revenues

Concession revenues, which are included in onboard and other revenues, increased by $3$17 million, or 1.5%7.5%, to $226$251 million in 20172018 from $223$233 million in 2016.2017.

EAAEA Segment

Cruise passenger ticket revenues made up 82%83% of our EAAEA segment’s 20172018 total revenues. Cruise passenger ticket revenues increased by $110$53 million, or 7.6%3.6%, and wasto $1.5 billion in 20172018 compared to $1.4$1.5 billion in 2016.2017.

This increase was caused by:
$5126 million - 3.5% capacity increase in ALBDsoccupancy
$4519 million - increase in cruise ticket revenues, driven primarily by price improvements in the CaribbeanEuropean and EuropeanChina programs partially offset by decreases in the China programs.
$2115 million - foreign currency translational impact

These increases were partially offset by a 0.8% capacity decrease in ALBDs, which accounted for $12 million.

The remaining 18%17% of our EAAEA segment’s 20172018 total revenues were comprised of onboard and other cruise revenues, which increased by $30$12 million, or 10%4.1%, and was $330to $305 million in 2017 and $3002018 from $292 million in 2016.

This increase was driven by:
$15 million - higher onboard spending by our guests
$11 million - 3.5% capacity increase in ALBDs2017.

Concession revenues, which are included in onboard and other revenues, increased by $6$2 million, or 6.5%2.2%, to $104$100 million in 20172018 from $98$97 million in 2016.2017.

Costs and Expenses

Consolidated

Operating costs and expenses increaseddecreased by $450$55 million, or 18%1.8%, to $3.0 billion in 20172018 from $2.6$3.0 billion in 2016.2017.

This increasedecrease was caused by:
$304 million - impairment of ships, resulting primarily from our decision to strategically realign our businessship impairments in Australia2017
$6626 million - 2.7% capacity increasegains on ship sales in ALBDs2018

This decrease was partially offset by:
$35126 million - higher fuel prices
$3249 million - 1.7% capacity increase in ALBD

$39 million - higher commissions, transportation and other expenses
$20 million - foreign currency translational impact
$1517 million - higher portonboard and other expenses


These increases were partially offset by lower$14 million - higher dry-dock expenses and repair and maintenance expenses which accounted for $19 million.
$13 million - increase in occupancy

Selling and administrative expenses increased by $18$26 million, or 3.4%4.8%, to $573 million in 2018 from $547 million in 2017 from $529 million in 2016.2017.

Depreciation and amortization expenses increased by $30$38 million, or 6.8%7.9%, to $511 million in 2018 from $473 million in 2017 from $443 million in 2016.2017.

Goodwill and trademark impairment charges of $89 million include a goodwill impairment charge of $38 million and a trademark impairment charge of $50 million during the third quarter of 2017, resulting from our decision to strategically realign our business in Australia.2017.

North AmericaNAA Segment

Operating costs and expenses increased by $101$61 million, or 6.5%3.2%, to $1.7$2.0 billion in 20172018 from $1.6$1.9 billion in 2016.2017.

This increase was drivencaused by:
$3384 million - 2.1%higher fuel prices
$60 million - 3.1% capacity increase in ALBDs
$3040 million - higher commissions, transportation and other expenses
$2015 million - higher fuel prices onboard and other expenses
$13 million - higher dry-dock expenses and repair and maintenance expenses
$12 million - higher cruise payroll and related expenses

These increases were partially offset by:
$162 million - ship impairments in 2017

Selling and administrative expenses increased by $13 million, or 4.4%4.1%, to $306$333 million in 20172018 from $293$320 million in 2016.2017.

Depreciation and amortization expenses increased by $15 million, or 5.5%, to $287 million in 2017 from $272 million in 2016.

EAA Segment

Operating costs and expenses increased by $359 million, or 40%, to $1,262 million in 2017 from $903 million in 2016.

This increase was caused by:
$304 million - impairment of ships, resulting primarily from our decision to strategically realign our business in Australia
$32 million - 3.5% capacity increase in ALBDs
$20 million - foreign currency translational impact
$15 million - higher fuel prices

These increases were partially offset by lower dry-dock expenses and repair and maintenance expenses, which accounted for $11 million.

Selling and administrative expenses increased by $11$20 million, or 6.8%, to $172$323 million in 20172018 from $161$303 million in 2016.

Depreciation and amortization expenses increased by $11 million, or 7.2%, to $163 million in 2017 from $152 million in 2016.2017.

Goodwill and trademark impairment charges of $89 million include a goodwill impairment charge of $38 million and a trademark impairment charge of $50 million during the third quarter of2017.

EA Segment

Operating costs and expenses decreased by $116 million, or 12%, to $0.9 billion in 2018 from $1.0 billion in 2017.

This decrease was caused by:
$141 million - ship impairments in 2017 resulting
$10 million - lower dry-dock expenses and repair and maintenance expenses

These decreases were partially offset by:
$40 million - higher fuel prices

Selling and administrative expenses increased by $14 million, or 8.7%, to $172 million in 2018 from our decision$158 million in 2017.

Depreciation and amortization expenses increased by $3 million, or 1.8%, to strategically realign our business$150 million in Australia.2018 from $147 million in 2017.

Operating Income

Our consolidated operating income decreasedincreased by $169$401 million, or 11%29%, to $1.8 billion in 2018 from $1.4 billion in 2017 from $1.6 billion in 2016.2017. Our North AmericaNAA segment’s operating income increased by $144$235 million, or 14%25%, to $1.2 billion in 20172018 from $1.1$0.9 billion in 2016,2017, and our EAAEA segment’s operating income decreasedincreased by $329$166 million, or 63%36%, to $193$621 million in 20172018 from $522$455 million in 2016.2017. These changes were primarily due to the reasons discussed above.


Nonoperating Income (Expense)

Gains (losses) on fuel derivatives, net were comprised of the following (in millions):
Three Months Ended August 31,Three Months Ended August 31,
2017 2016
(in millions)2018 2017
Unrealized gains on fuel derivatives, net$65
 $25
$8
 $65
Realized losses on fuel derivatives, net(57) (61)(4) (57)
Gains (losses) on fuel derivatives, net$7
 $(36)
Gains on fuel derivatives, net$4
 $7

Key PerformanceExplanations of Non-GAAP Financial IndicatorsMeasures

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

We use net cruise revenues per ALBD (“net revenue yields”), net cruise costs excluding fuel per ALBD, adjusted net income and adjusted earnings per share as non-GAAP financial measures of our cruise segments’ and the company’s financial performance. These non-GAAP financial measures are provided along with U.S. GAAP gross cruise revenues per ALBD (“gross revenue yields”), gross cruise costs per ALBD and U.S. GAAP net income and U.S. GAAP earnings per share. 

We believe that gains and losses on ship sales, impairment charges and restructuring and certain other expenses are not part of our core operating business and, therefore, are not an indication of our future earnings performance. As such, we exclude these items from non-GAAP measures. Net revenue yields and net cruise costs excluding fuel per ALBD enable us to separate the impact of predictable capacity or ALBD changes from price and other changes that affect our business. We believe these non-GAAP measures provide useful information to investors and expanded insight to measure our revenue and cost performance as a supplement to our U.S. GAAP consolidated financial statements.

Under U.S. GAAP, the realized and unrealized gains and losses on fuel derivatives not qualifying as fuel hedges are recognized currently in earnings. We believe that unrealized gains and losses on fuel derivatives are not an indication of our earnings performance since they relate to future periods and may not ultimately be realized in our future earnings. Therefore, we believe it is more meaningful for the unrealized gains and losses on fuel derivatives to be excluded from our net income and earnings per share and, accordingly, we present adjusted net income and adjusted earnings per share excluding these unrealized gains and losses.

We believe that gains and losses on ship sales, impairment charges, restructuring and other expenses are not part of our core operating business and are not an indication of our future earnings performance. Therefore, we believe it is more meaningful for gains and losses on ship sales, impairment charges, and restructuring and other non-core gains and charges to be excluded from our net income and earnings per share and, accordingly, we present adjusted net income and adjusted earnings per share excluding these items.

The presentation of our non-GAAP financial information is not intended to be considered in isolation from, as a substitute for, or superior to the financial information prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP. It is possible that our non-GAAP financial measures may not be exactly comparable to the like-kind information presented by other companies, which is a potential risk associated with using these measures to compare us to other companies.

Net revenue yields are commonly used in the cruise industry to measure a company’s cruise segment revenue performance and for revenue management purposes. We use “net cruise revenues” rather than “gross cruise revenues” to calculate net revenue yields. We believe that net cruise revenues is a more meaningful measure in determining revenue yield than gross cruise revenues because it reflects the cruise revenues earned net of our most significant variable costs, which are travel agent commissions, cost of air and other transportation, certain other costs that are directly associated with onboard and other revenues and credit and debit card fees. 

Net passenger ticket revenues reflect gross passenger ticket revenues, net of commissions, transportation and other costs.

Net onboard and other revenues reflect gross onboard and other revenues, net of onboard and other cruise costs.

Net cruise costs excluding fuel per ALBD is the measure we use to monitor our ability to control our cruise segments’ costs rather than gross cruise costs per ALBD. We exclude the same variable costs that are included in the calculation of net cruise revenues as well as fuel expense to calculate net cruise costs without fuel to avoid duplicating these variable costs in our non-GAAP financial measures. Substantially all of our net cruise costs excluding fuel are largely fixed, except for the impact of changing prices, once the number of ALBDs has been determined.


Reconciliation of Forecasted Data

We have not provided a reconciliation of forecasted gross cruise revenues to forecasted net cruise revenues or forecasted gross cruise costs to forecasted net cruise costs without fuel or forecasted U.S. GAAP net income to forecasted adjusted net income or forecasted U.S. GAAP earnings per share to forecasted adjusted earnings per share because preparation of meaningful U.S. GAAP forecasts of gross cruise revenues, gross cruise costs, net income and earnings per share would require unreasonable effort. We are unable to predict, without unreasonable effort, the future movement of foreign exchange rates and fuel prices. While we forecast realized gains and losses on fuel derivatives by applying current Brent prices to the derivatives that settle in the forecast period, we do not forecast the impact of unrealized gains and losses on fuel derivatives because we do not believe they are an indication of our future earnings performance. We are unable to determine the future impact of gains or losses on ships sales, restructuring expenses and other non-core gains and charges.

Constant Dollar and Constant Currency

Our EAA segment and Cruise Support segment operations primarily utilize the euro, sterling andU.S. dollar, Australian dollar, euro and sterling as their functional currencies to measure their results and financial condition. This subjectsFunctional currencies other than the U.S. dollar subject us to foreign currency translational risk. Our North America, EAA and Cruise Support segment operations also have revenues and expenses that are in a currencycurrencies other than their functional currency. This subjectscurrency, which subject us to foreign currency transactional risk.

We report net revenue yields, net passenger revenue yields, net onboard and other revenue yields and net cruise costs excluding fuel per ALBD on a “constant dollar” and “constant currency” basis assuming the 20172018 periods’ currency exchange rates have remained constant with the 20162017 periods’ rates. These metrics facilitate a comparative view for the changes in our business in an environment with fluctuating exchange rates.
 
Constant dollar reporting is a non-GAAP financial measure that removes only the impact of changes in exchange rates on the
translation of our EAA segment and Cruise Support segment operations.
 
Constant currency reporting is a non-GAAP financial measure that removes the impact of changes in exchange rates on the translation of our EAA segment and Cruise Support segment operations (as in constant dollar) plus the transactional impact of changes in exchange rates from revenues and expenses that are denominated in a currency other than the functional currency for our North America, EAA and Cruise Support segments.currency.

Examples:

The translation of our EAA segment operations with functional currencies other than U.S. dollar to our U.S. dollar reporting currency results in decreases in reported U.S. dollar revenues and expenses if the U.S. dollar strengthens against these foreign currencies and increases in reported U.S. dollar revenues and expenses if the U.S. dollar weakens against these foreign currencies.

Our North American segment operations have a U.S. dollar functional currency but also have revenue and expense transactions in currencies other than the U.S. dollar. If the U.S. dollar strengthens against these other currencies, it reduces the U.S. dollar revenues and expenses. If the U.S. dollar weakens against these other currencies, it increases the U.S. dollar revenues and expenses.

Our EAA segment operations have euro, sterling and Australian dollar functional currencies but also have revenue and expense transactions in currencies other than their functional currency. If their functional currency strengthens against these other currencies, it reduces the functional currency revenues and expenses. If the functional currency weakens against these other currencies, it increases the functional currency revenues and expenses.

Under U.S. GAAP, the realized and unrealized gains and losses on fuel derivatives not qualifying as fuel hedges are recognized currently in earnings. We believe that unrealized gains and losses on fuel derivatives are not an indication of our earnings performance since they relate to future periods and may not ultimately be realized in our future earnings. Therefore, we believe it is more meaningful for the unrealized gains and losses on fuel derivatives to be excluded from our net income and earnings per share and, accordingly, we present adjusted net income and adjusted earnings per share excluding these unrealized gains and losses.
We believe that gains and losses on ship sales, impairment charges, restructuring and other expenses are not part of our core operating business and are not an indication of our future earnings performance. Therefore, we believe it is more meaningful for gains and losses on ship sales, impairment charges, and restructuring and other non-core gains and charges to be excluded from our net income and earnings per share and, accordingly, we present adjusted net income and adjusted earnings per share excluding these items.

Consolidated gross and net revenue yields were computed by dividing the gross and net cruise revenues by ALBDs as follows (dollars in millions, except yields):follows:
Three Months Ended August 31, Three Months Ended August 31,
2017 2017
Constant
Dollar
 2016 
      
(dollars in millions, except yields)2018 2018
Constant
Dollar
 2017
Passenger ticket revenues$4,138
 $4,117
 $3,803
 $4,353
 $4,342
 $4,138
Onboard and other revenues1,223
 1,218
 1,146
 1,316
 1,315
 1,223
Gross cruise revenues5,361
 5,335
 4,949
 5,669
 5,657
 5,361
Less cruise costs           
Commissions, transportation and other(699) (695) (646) (760) (758) (699)
Onboard and other(184) (184) (171) (207) (207) (184)
(883) (879) (817) (967) (965) (883)
Net passenger ticket revenues3,439
 3,422
 3,157
 3,593
 3,584
 3,439
Net onboard and other revenues1,039
 1,034
 975
 1,109
 1,108
 1,039
Net cruise revenues$4,478
 $4,456
 $4,132
 $4,702
 $4,692
 $4,478
ALBDs21,120,155
 21,120,155
 20,572,112
 21,475,014
 21,475,014
 21,120,155
           
Gross revenue yields$253.82
 $252.63
 $240.60
 $263.98
 $263.40
 $253.82
% increase vs. 20165.5% 5.0% 
 
% increase4.0% 3.8% 
Net revenue yields$211.99
 $211.02
 $200.87
 $218.96
 $218.48
 $211.99
% increase vs. 20165.5% 5.1% 
 
% increase3.3% 3.1% 
Net passenger ticket revenue yields$162.82
 $162.05
 $153.47
 $167.31
 $166.89
 $162.82
% increase vs. 20166.1% 5.6% 
 
% increase2.8% 2.5% 
Net onboard and other revenue yields$49.17
 $48.97
 $47.39
 $51.65
 $51.60
 $49.17
% increase vs. 20163.8% 3.3% 
 
% increase5.0% 4.9% 

Three Months Ended August 31, Three Months Ended August 31,
2017 2017
Constant
Currency
 2016 
(dollars in millions, except yields)2018 2018
Constant
Currency
 2017
Net passenger ticket revenues$3,439
 $3,424
 $3,157
 $3,593
 $3,573
 $3,439
Net onboard and other revenues1,039
 1,033
 975
 1,109
 1,110
 1,039
Net cruise revenues$4,478
 $4,457
 $4,132
 $4,702
 $4,683
 $4,478
ALBDs21,120,155
 21,120,155
 20,572,112
 21,475,014
 21,475,014
 21,120,155
           
Net revenue yields$211.99
 $211.05
 $200.87
 $218.96
 $218.06
 $211.99
% increase vs. 20165.5% 5.1% 
 
% increase3.3% 2.9% 
Net passenger ticket revenue yields$162.82
 $162.13
 $153.47
 $167.31
 $166.38
 $162.82
% increase vs. 20166.1% 5.6% 
 
% increase2.8% 2.2% 
Net onboard and other revenue yields$49.17
 $48.92
 $47.39
 $51.65
 $51.68
 $49.17
% increase vs. 20163.8% 3.2% 
 
% increase5.0% 5.1% 


Consolidated gross and net cruise costs and net cruise costs excluding fuel per ALBD were computed by dividing the gross and net cruise costs and net cruise costs excluding fuel by ALBDs as follows (dollars in millions, except costs per ALBD):follows:
Three Months Ended August 31, Three Months Ended August 31,
2017 2017
Constant
Dollar
 2016 
      
(dollars in millions, except costs per ALBD)2018 2018
Constant
Dollar
 2017
Cruise operating expenses$2,927
 $2,908
 $2,479
 $2,867
 $2,864
 $2,927
Cruise selling and administrative expenses543
 542
 527
 569
 567
 543
Gross cruise costs3,470
 3,450
 3,006
 3,436
 3,431
 3,470
Less cruise costs included above           
Commissions, transportation and other(699) (695) (646) (760) (758) (699)
Onboard and other(184) (184) (171) (207) (207) (184)
(Losses) gains on ship sales and impairments(304) (294) 
 
Gains (losses) on ship sales and impairments27
 26
 (304)
Restructuring expenses(3) (3) 
 
 
 (3)
Other
 
 (18) 
 
 
Net cruise costs2,280
 2,274
 2,171
 2,496
 2,492
 2,280
Less fuel(307) (307) (265) (434) (434) (307)
Net cruise costs excluding fuel$1,973
 $1,967
 $1,906
 $2,062
 $2,058
 $1,973
ALBDs21,120,155
 21,120,155
 20,572,112
 21,475,014
 21,475,014
 21,120,155
           
Gross cruise costs per ALBD$164.32
 $163.32
 $146.18
 $160.02
 $159.76
 $164.32
% increase vs. 201612.4% 11.7% 
 
% (decrease)(2.6)% (2.8)% 
Net cruise costs excluding fuel per ALBD$93.39
 $93.08
 $92.63
 $96.03
 $95.85
 $93.39
% increase vs. 20160.8% 0.5% 
 
% increase2.8 % 2.6 % 

Three Months Ended August 31, Three Months Ended August 31,
2017 2017
Constant
Currency
 2016 
(dollars in millions, except costs per ALBD)2018 2018
Constant
Currency
 2017
Net cruise costs excluding fuel$1,973
 $1,960
 $1,906
 $2,062
 $2,060
 $1,973
ALBDs21,120,155
 21,120,155
 20,572,112
 21,475,014
 21,475,014
 21,120,155
           
Net cruise costs excluding fuel per ALBD$93.39
 $92.78
 $92.63
 $96.03
 $95.92
 $93.39
% increase vs. 20160.8% 0.2% 
 
% increase2.8% 2.7% 


Adjusted fully diluted earnings per share was computed as follows (in millions, except per share data):follows:
Three Months Ended Three Months Ended
August 31, August 31,
2017 2016 
(in millions, except per share data)2018 2017
Net income       
U.S. GAAP net income$1,329
 $1,424
 $1,707
 $1,329
Unrealized (gains) losses on fuel derivatives, net(65) (25) (8) (65)
Losses (gains) on ship sales and impairments392
 
 
(Gains) losses on ship sales and impairments(27) 392
Restructuring expenses3
 
 
 3
Other
 18
 
 
Adjusted net income$1,659
 $1,417
 $1,673
 $1,659
Weighted-average shares outstanding726
 739
 707
 726
       
Earnings per share       
U.S. GAAP earnings per share$1.83
 $1.93
 $2.41
 $1.83
Unrealized (gains) losses on fuel derivatives, net(0.09) (0.03) (0.01) (0.09)
Losses (gains) on ship sales and impairments0.55
 
 
(Gains) losses on ship sales and impairments(0.04) 0.55
Restructuring expenses
 
 
 
Other
 0.02
 
 
Adjusted earnings per share$2.29
 $1.92
 $2.36
 $2.29
       
Net cruise revenues increased by $346$225 million, or 8.4%5.0%, to $4.7 billion in 2018 from $4.5 billion in 2017 from $4.1 billion in 2016.2017.
The increase was driven by:
$214130 million - 5.1%2.9% increase in constant currency net revenue yields
$11075 million - 2.7%1.7% capacity increase in ALBDs
$2119 million - foreign currency impacts (including both the foreign currency translational and transactional impacts)
The 5.1%2.9% increase in net revenue yields on a constant currency basis was due to a 5.6%2.2% increase in net passenger ticket revenue yields and a 3.2%5.1% increase in net onboard and other revenue yields.
The 5.6%2.2% increase in net passenger ticket revenue yields was driven primarily by price improvements in our Caribbean, European and AlaskaChina programs, for our North America segment and European and Caribbean programs for our EAA segment, partially offset by decreasesdecrease in our China programs.Caribbean program. This 5.6%2.2% increase in net passenger ticket revenue yields was comprised of a 7.3%1.1% increase from our North AmericaNAA segment and a 2.6%4.3% increase from our EAAEA segment.
The 3.2%5.1% increase in net onboard and other revenue yields was caused by similar increases in our North AmericaNAA and EAAEA segments.
Gross cruise revenues increased by $412 million, or 8.3%, to $5.4 billion in 2017 from $4.9 billion in 2016 for largely the same reasons as discussed above.
Net cruise costs excluding fuel increased by $67$90 million, or 3.5%4.5%, to $2.1 billion in 2018 from $2.0 billion in 2017 from $1.9 billion in 2016.2017.
The increase was driven by:
$5154 million - 2.7% increase in constant currency net cruise costs excluding fuel
$33 million - 1.7% capacity increase in ALBDs
$13 million - foreign currency impacts (including both the foreign currency translational and transactional impacts)
Net cruise costs excluding fuel per ALBD increased by 0.2%.
Fuel costs increased by $42$127 million, or 16%41%, to $434 million in 2018 from $307 million in 2017 from $265 million in 2016.2017. This increase was drivencaused by higher fuel prices, which accounted for $35$128 million.
Gross cruise costs increased by $464 million, or 15%, to $3.5 billion in 2017 from $3.0 billion in 2016 for largely the same reasons as discussed above and the impairment of ships, which accounted for $$304 million.

Nine Months Ended August 31, 20172018 (“2017”2018”) Compared to Nine Months Ended August 31, 20162017 (“2016”2017”)

Revenues

Consolidated

Cruise passenger ticket revenues made up 74% of our 20172018 total revenues. Cruise passenger ticket revenues increased by $597$880 million, or 6.5%9.0%, to $10.7 billion in 2018 from $9.8 billion in 2017 from $9.2 billion in 2016.2017.

This increase was caused by:
$411281 million - foreign currency translational impact
$217 million - increase in cruise ticket revenues, driven primarily by price improvements in our Caribbean, European, China and Alaskavarious other programs for our North America segment and European and Caribbean programs for our EAA segment, partially offset by decreases in our China programsincluding World Cruises
$307173 million - 3.3%1.8% capacity increase in ALBDs

These increases were partially offset by:
$12994 million - foreign currency translational impact from a stronger U.S. dollar against the functional currencies of our foreign operations (“foreign currency translational impact”)increase in occupancy
$3280 million - decreaseincrease in air transportation revenues from guests who purchased their tickets from us
$35 million - increase in other passenger revenues

The remaining 26% of 20172018 total revenues were substantially all comprised of onboard and other cruise revenues, which increased by $190$272 million, or 6.2%8.4%, to $3.5 billion in 2018 from $3.2 billion in 2017 from $3.0 billion in 2016.2017.

This increase was caused by:
$10292 million - higher onboard spending by our guests
$10262 million - 3.3%foreign currency translational impact
$57 million - 1.8% capacity increase in ALBDs
$31 million - increase in occupancy
$30 million - increase in other revenues

These increasesConcession revenues, which are included in onboard and other revenues, increased by $65 million, or 8.1%, to $868 million in 2018 from $802 million in 2017.

NAA Segment

Cruise passenger ticket revenues made up 73% of our NAA segment’s 2018 total revenues. Cruise passenger ticket revenues increased by $414 million, or 6.5%, to $6.8 billion in 2018 from $6.4 billion in 2017. 

This increase was driven by:
$201 million - increase in cruise ticket revenues, driven primarily by price improvements in the European program
$142 million - 2.2% capacity increase in ALBDs
$48 million - increase in air transportation revenues

The remaining 27% of our NAA segment’s 2018 total revenues were partially offsetcomprised of onboard and other cruise revenues, which increased by $166 million, or 7.0%, to $2.6 billion in 2018 from $2.4 billion in 2017.

The increase was driven by:
$81 million - higher onboard spending by our guest
$53 million - 2.2% capacity increase in ALBDs
$29 million - increase in other revenues
Concession revenues, which are included in onboard and other revenues, increased by $37 million, or 6.5%, to $615 million in 2018 from $578 million in 2017. 

EA Segment

Cruise passenger ticket revenues made up 83% of our EA segment’s 2018 total revenues. Cruise passenger ticket revenues increased by $485 million, or 14%, to $4.0 billion in 2018 from $3.5 billion in 2017. 

This increase was driven by:
$279 million - foreign currency translational impact
$85 million - increase in occupancy
$55 million - increase in cruise ticket revenues, driven primarily by price improvements in the European, China and various other programs including World Cruises
$33 million - 1.0% capacity increase in ALBDs
$30 million - increase in air transportation revenues

The remaining 17% of our EA segment’s 2018 total revenues were comprised of onboard and other cruise revenues, which increased by $94 million, or 13%, to $832 million in 2018 from $738 million in 2017. This increase was driven by foreign currency translational impact, which accounted for $25$61 million.

Concession revenues, which are included in onboard and other revenues, increased by $14$28 million, or 1.8%12%, to $802 million in 2017 from $788 million in 2016.

North America Segment

Cruise passenger ticket revenues made up 73% of our North America segment’s 2017 total revenues. Cruise passenger ticket revenues increased by $551 million, or 9.9%, to $6.1 billion in 2017 from $5.6 billion in 2016. 

This increase was driven by:
$261 million - increase in cruise ticket revenues, driven primarily by price improvements in the Caribbean, European and Alaska programs
$238 million - 4.2% capacity increase in ALBDs
$39 million - slight increase in occupancy

The remaining 27% of our North America segment’s 2017 total revenues were comprised of onboard and other cruise revenues, which increased by $167 million, or 7.9%, to $2.3 billion in 2017 from $2.1 billion in 2016.

The increase was driven by:
$90 million - 4.2% capacity increase in ALBDs
$64 million - higher onboard spending by our guests
Concession revenues, which are included in onboard and other revenues, increased by $21 million, or 4.0%, to $557 million in 2017 from $536 million in 2016. 


EAA Segment

Cruise passenger ticket revenues made up 81% of our EAA segment’s 2017 total revenues. Cruise passenger ticket revenues increased by $31 million, or 0.8%, and remained at $3.7 billion in both 2017 and 2016. 

This increase was caused by:
$128 million - increase in cruise ticket revenues, driven primarily by price improvements in the Caribbean and European programs, partially offset by decreases in the China programs
$72 million - 2.0% capacity increase in ALBDs

These increases were partially offset by:
$129 million - foreign currency translational impact
$29 million - slight decrease in occupancy driven primarily by the China programs
$23 million - decrease in air transportation revenues from guests who purchased their tickets from us

The remaining 19% of our EAA segment’s 2017 total revenues were comprised of onboard and other cruise revenues, which increased by $30 million, or 3.7%, to $843 million in 2017 from $813 million in 2016. This increase was caused by $40 million of higher onboard spending by our guests, partially offset by a foreign currency translational impact of $25 million.

Concession revenues, which are included in onboard and other revenues, decreased by $7 million, or 2.7%, to $245 million in 2017 from and $252 million in 2016.2018 from $225 million in 2017.
 

Costs and Expenses

Consolidated

Operating costs and expenses increased by $820$464 million, or 12%5.9%, to $8.3 billion in 2018 from $7.9 billion in 2017 from $7.1 billion in 2016.2017.

This increase was caused by:
$304 million - impairment of ships, resulting primarily from our decision to strategically realign our business in Australia
$254253 million - higher fuel prices
$231194 million - 3.3%foreign currency translational impact
$137 million - 1.8% capacity increase in ALBD
$55 million - higher port expenses
$39 million - higher cruise payroll and related expenses
$26101 million - higher commissions, transportation and other expenses
$55 million - higher dry-dock expenses and repairs and maintenance expenses
$29 million - increase in occupancy

These increases were partially offset by the foreign currency translational impact, which accounted for $85 million.by:
$304 million - ship impairments in 2017
$51 million - gains on ship sales in 2018

Selling and administrative expenses increased by $36$145 million, or 2.2%8.8%, and remained atto $1.8 billion in 2018 from $1.6 billion in both 2017 and 2016.2017.

Depreciation and amortization expenses increased by $65$142 million, or 5.0%10%, to $1.5 billion in 2018 from $1.4 billion in 2017 from $1.3 billion2017.

This increase was caused by:
$81 million - fleet enhancements and investments in 2016.shoreside assets
$37 million - foreign currency translational impact
$24 million - 1.8% capacity increase in ALBD

Goodwill and trademark impairment charges of $89 million include a goodwill impairment charge of $38 million and a trademark impairment charge of $50 million during the third quarter of 2017, resulting from our decision to strategically realign our business in Australia.2017.
North America
NAA Segment

Operating costs and expenses increased by $402$312 million, or 9.5%6.2%, to $4.7$5.4 billion in 20172018 from $4.3$5.1 billion in 2016.2017.

This increase was caused by:
$181 million - 4.2% capacity increase in ALBDs
$160172 million - higher fuel prices
$50113 million - 2.2% capacity increase in ALBDs
$78 million - higher commissions, transportation and other expenses
$2740 million - higher dry-dock expenses and repairs and maintenance expenses
$30 million - higher port expenses
$28 million - higher cruise payroll and related expenses

These increases were partially offset by lower dry-dock expenses and repair and maintenance expenses, which accounted for $41 million.

impairment of ships of $162 million recorded in 2017.

Selling and administrative expenses increased by $48$57 million, or 5.4%5.8%, to $945 million$1.0 billion in 20172018 from $897 million$1.0 billion in 2016.2017.

Depreciation and amortization expenses increased by $54$47 million, or 6.8%5.3%, to $845$940 million in 20172018 from $791$893 million in 2016.

EAA Segment

Operating costs and expenses increased by $416 million, or 16%, to $3.1 billion in 2017 from $2.7 billion in 2016.

This increase was caused by:
$304 million - impairment of ships, resulting primarily from our decision to strategically realign our business in Australia
$94 million - higher fuel prices
$53 million - 2.0% capacity increase in ALBDs
$31 million - higher dry-dock expenses and repair and maintenance expenses
$27 million - higher port expenses

These increases were partially offset by:
$85 million - foreign currency translational impact
$29 million - decrease in air transportation costs related to the decrease in revenues from guests who purchased their tickets from us

Selling and administrative expenses decreased by $1 million, or 0.2% to $512 million in 2017 from $513 million in 2016.

Depreciation and amortization expenses increased by $9 million, or 2.0%, to $459 million in 2017 from $450 million in 2016.2017.

Goodwill and trademark impairment charges of $89 million include a goodwill impairment charge of $38 million and a trademark impairment charge of $50 million during the third quarter of2017.

EA Segment

Operating costs and expenses increased by $122 million, or 4.6%, to $2.8 billion in 2018 from $2.7 billion in 2017.

This increase was caused by:
$193 million - foreign currency translational impact
$81 million - higher fuel prices
$32 million - higher commissions, transportation and other expenses

$26 million - increase in occupancy
$25 million - 1.0% capacity increase in ALBDs

These increases were partially offset by:
$141 million - ship impairments in 2017 resulting
$39 million - gains on ship sales in 2018

Selling and administrative expenses increased by $76 million, or 16% to $551 million in 2018 from our decision$475 million in 2017. This increase was driven by foreign currency translational impact, which accounted for $44 million.

Depreciation and amortization expenses increased by $55 million, or 13%, to strategically realign our business$466 million in Australia.2018 from $411 million in 2017. This increase was driven by foreign currency translational impact, which accounted for $36 million.

Operating Income

Our consolidated operating income decreasedincreased by $213$511 million, or 8.6%23%, to $2.8 billion in 2018 from $2.3 billion in 2017 from $2.5 billion in 2016.2017. Our North AmericaNAA segment’s operating income increased by $214$253 million, or 12%15%, to $2.0 billion in 20172018 from $1.8$1.7 billion in 2016,2017, and our EAAEA segment’s operating income decreasedincreased by $452$326 million, or 54%49%, to $385$984 million in 20172018 from $837$658 million in 2016.2017. These changes were primarily due to the reasons discussed above.

Nonoperating Income (Expense)

Losses on fuel derivatives, net were comprised of the following (in millions):

Nine Months Ended August 31,

2017 2016
Unrealized gains on fuel derivatives, net$134
 $121
Realized losses on fuel derivatives, net(153) (223)
Losses on fuel derivatives, net$(19) $(102)
 Nine Months Ended August 31,
(in millions)2018 2017
Unrealized gains on fuel derivatives, net$90
 $134
Realized (losses) on fuel derivatives, net(29) (153)
Gains (losses) on fuel derivatives, net$61
 $(19)


Key Performance Non-GAAP Financial Indicators
Consolidated gross and net revenue yields were computed by dividing the gross and net cruise revenues by ALBDs as follows (dollars in millions, except yields):follows:
Nine Months Ended August 31, Nine Months Ended August 31,
2017 2017
Constant
Dollar
 2016 
      
(dollars in millions, except yields)2018 2018
Constant
Dollar
 2017
Passenger ticket revenues$9,814
 $9,942
 $9,217
 $10,694
 $10,413
 $9,814
Onboard and other revenues3,237
 3,262
 3,047
 3,509
 3,447
 3,237
Gross cruise revenues13,051
 13,204
 12,264
 14,203
 13,860
 13,051
Less cruise costs           
Commissions, transportation and other(1,781) (1,809) (1,723) (2,000) (1,930) (1,781)
Onboard and other(438) (442) (411) (485) (476) (438)
(2,219) (2,251) (2,134) (2,485) (2,406) (2,219)
Net passenger ticket revenues8,033
 8,133
 7,494
 8,694
 8,483
 8,033
Net onboard and other revenues2,799
 2,820
 2,636
 3,024
 2,971
 2,799
Net cruise revenues$10,832
 $10,953
 $10,130
 $11,718
 $11,454
 $10,832
ALBDs61,540,974
 61,540,974
 59,555,384
 62,626,499
 62,626,499
 61,540,974
           
Gross revenue yields$212.07
 $214.57
 $205.94
 $226.78
 $221.31
 $212.07
% increase vs. 20163.0% 4.2% 
 
% increase6.9% 4.4% 
Net revenue yields$176.01
 $177.99
 $170.10
 $187.10
 $182.90
 $176.01
% increase vs. 20163.5% 4.6% 
 
% increase6.3% 3.9% 
Net passenger ticket revenue yields$130.52
 $132.17
 $125.84
 $138.82
 $135.45
 $130.52
% increase vs. 20163.7% 5.0% 
 
% increase6.4% 3.8% 
Net onboard and other revenue yields$45.49
 $45.83
 $44.26
 $48.28
 $47.45
 $45.49
% increase vs. 20162.8% 3.5% 
 
% increase6.1% 4.3% 

Nine Months Ended August 31, Nine Months Ended August 31,
2017 
2017
Constant
Currency
 2016 
(dollars in millions, except yields)2018 2018
Constant
Currency
 2017
Net passenger ticket revenues$8,033
 $8,140
 $7,494
 $8,694
 $8,455
 $8,033
Net onboard and other revenues2,799
 2,811
 2,636
 3,024
 2,980
 2,799
Net cruise revenues$10,832
 $10,951
 $10,130
 $11,718
 $11,436
 $10,832
ALBDs61,540,974
 61,540,974
 59,555,384
 62,626,499
 62,626,499
 61,540,974
           
Net revenue yields$176.01
 $177.95
 $170.10
 $187.10
 $182.60
 $176.01
% increase vs. 20163.5% 4.6%   
% increase6.3% 3.7%  
Net passenger ticket revenue yields$130.52
 $132.28
 $125.84
 $138.82
 $135.01
 $130.52
% increase vs. 20163.7% 5.1%   
% increase6.4% 3.4%  
Net onboard and other revenue yields$45.49
 $45.67
 $44.26
 $48.28
 $47.59
 $45.49
% increase vs. 20162.8% 3.2%   
% increase6.1% 4.6%  


Consolidated gross and net cruise costs and net cruise costs excluding fuel per ALBD were computed by dividing the gross and net cruise costs and net cruise costs excluding fuel by ALBDs as follows (dollars in millions, except costs per ALBD):follows:
Nine Months Ended August 31, Nine Months Ended August 31,
2017 2017
Constant
Dollar
 2016 
(dollars in millions, except costs per ALBD)2018 2018
Constant
Dollar
 2017
Cruise operating expenses$7,752
 $7,837
 $6,939
 $8,208
 $8,014
 $7,752
Cruise selling and administrative expenses1,637
 1,658
 1,606
 1,772
 1,728
 1,637
Gross cruise costs9,389
 9,495
 8,545
 9,980
 9,743
 9,389
Less cruise costs included above           
Commissions, transportation and other(1,781) (1,809) (1,723) (2,000) (1,930) (1,781)
Onboard and other(438) (442) (411) (485) (476) (438)
(Losses) gains on ship sales and impairments(300) (290) 2
 
Gains (losses) on ship sales and impairments39
 35
 (300)
Restructuring expenses(3) (3) (2) 
 
 (3)
Other
 
 (39) (1) (1) 
Net cruise costs6,867
 6,951
 6,372
 7,532
 7,370
 6,867
Less fuel(914) (914) (648) (1,166) (1,166) (914)
Net cruise costs excluding fuel$5,953
 $6,037
 $5,724
 $6,367
 $6,204
 $5,953
ALBDs61,540,974
 61,540,974
 59,555,384
 62,626,499
 62,626,499
 61,540,974
           
Gross cruise costs per ALBD$152.56
 $154.29
 $143.50
 $159.36
 $155.57
 $152.56
% increase vs. 20166.3% 7.5% 
 
% increase4.5% 2.0% 
Net cruise costs excluding fuel per ALBD$96.72
 $98.09
 $96.10
 $101.66
 $99.07
 $96.72
% increase vs. 20160.6% 2.1% 
 
% increase5.1% 2.4% 
Nine Months Ended August 31, Nine Months Ended August 31,
2017 2017
Constant
Currency
 2016 
(dollars in millions, except costs per ALBD)2018 2018
Constant
Currency
 2017
Net cruise costs excluding fuel$5,953
 $6,011
 $5,724
 $6,367
 $6,205
 $5,953
ALBDs61,540,974
 61,540,974
 59,555,384
 62,626,499
 62,626,499
 61,540,974
           
Net cruise costs excluding fuel per ALBD$96.72
 $97.67
 $96.10
 $101.66
 $99.07
 $96.72
% increase vs. 20160.6% 1.6% 
 
% increase5.1% 2.4% 


Adjusted fully diluted earnings per share was computed as follows (in millions, except per share data):follows:
Nine Months Ended Nine Months Ended
August 31, August 31,
2017 2016 
(in millions, except per share data)2018 2017
Net income       
U.S. GAAP net income$2,060
 $2,171
 $2,659
 $2,060
Unrealized (gains) losses on fuel derivatives, net(134) (121) (90) (134)
Losses (gains) on ship sales and impairments389
 (2) 
(Gains) losses on ship sales and impairments(39) 389
Restructuring expenses3
 2
 
 3
Other
 39
 7
 
Adjusted net income$2,318
 $2,089
 $2,537
 $2,318
Weighted-average shares outstanding727
 754
 714
 727
       
Earnings per share
 
 
 
U.S. GAAP earnings per share$2.84
 $2.88
 $3.72
 $2.84
Unrealized (gains) losses on fuel derivatives, net(0.18) (0.16) (0.13) (0.18)
Losses (gains) on ship sales and impairments0.53
 
 
(Gains) losses on ship sales and impairments(0.05) 0.53
Restructuring expenses
 
 
 
Other
 0.05
 0.01
 
Adjusted earnings per share$3.19
 $2.77
 $3.55
 $3.19
       
Net cruise revenues increased by $702$886 million, or 6.9%8.2%, to $11.7 billion in 2018 from $10.8 billion in 2017 from $10.1 billion in 2016.2017.
The increase was caused by:
$485413 million - 4.6%3.7% increase in constant currency net revenue yields
$338282 million - 3.3% capacity increase in ALBDs
These increases were partially offset by foreign currency impacts (including both the foreign currency translational and transactional impacts), which accounted for $122 million.
$191 million - 1.8% capacity increase in ALBDs
The 4.6%3.7% increase in net revenue yields on a constant currency basis was due to a 5.1%3.4% increase in net passenger ticket revenue yields and a 3.2%4.6% increase in net onboard and other revenue yields.
The 5.1%3.4% increase in net passenger ticket revenue yields was driven primarily by price improvements in our Caribbean, European, China and Alaskavarious other programs for our North America segment and European and Caribbean programs for our EAA segment, partially offset by decreases in our China programs.including World Cruises. This 5.1%3.4% increase in net passenger ticket revenue yields was comprised of a 5.6%2.5% increase from our North AmericaNAA segment and a 3.6%5.5% increase from our EAAEA segment.
The 3.2%4.6% increase in net onboard and other revenue yields was caused by similar increases in our North AmericaNAA and EAAEA segments.
Gross cruise revenues increased by $787 million, or 6.4%, to $13.1 billion in 2017 from $12.3 billion in 2016 for largely the same reasons as discussed above.
Net cruise costs excluding fuel increased by $229$414 million, or 4.0%6.9%, to $6.4 billion in 2018 from $6.0 billion in 2017 from $5.7 billion in 2016.2017.
The increase was caused by:
$191162 million - 3.3% capacity increase in ALBDs
$100 million - 1.6% increase in constant currency net cruise costs excluding fuel
These increases were partially offset by:
$62 million - Foreignforeign currency impacts (including both the foreign currency translational and transactional impacts)
Net$147 million - 2.4% increase in constant currency net cruise costs excluding fuel impairment per ALBD increased by 1.6%.
$105 million - 1.8% capacity increase in ALBDs
Fuel costs increased by $266$252 million, or 41%28%, to $914 million$1.2 billion in 20172018 from $648 million$0.9 billion in 2016.2017. This increase was drivencaused by higher fuel prices, which accounted for $254 million.
Gross cruise costs increased by $844 million, or 9.9%, to $9.4 billion in 2017 from $8.5 billion in 2016 for largely the same reasons as discussed above and the impairment of ships, which accounted for $$304 million.

Liquidity, Financial Condition and Capital Resources

Our primary financial goals are to profitably grow our cruise business and increase our return on invested capital (“ROIC”), reaching double digitdouble-digit returns, while maintaining a strong balance sheet and strong investment grade credit ratings. We define ROIC as the twelve month adjusted earnings before interest divided by the monthly average of debt plus equity minus construction-in-progress. Our ability to generate significant operating cash flow allows us to internally fund our capital investments. We are committed to returning free cash flow to our shareholders in the form of dividends and/or share repurchases. As we continue to profitably grow our cruise business, we plan to increase our debt level in a manner consistent with maintaining our strong credit metrics. This will allow us to return both free cash flow and incremental debt proceeds to our shareholders in the form of dividends and/or share repurchases. Other objectives of our capital structure policy are to maintain a sufficient level of liquidity with our available cash and cash equivalents and committed financings for immediate and future liquidity needs, and a reasonable debt maturity profile.

Based on our historical results, projections and financial condition, we believe that our future operating cash flows and liquidity will be sufficient to fund all of our expected capital projects including shipbuilding commitments, ship improvements, debt service requirements, working capital needs and other firm commitments over the next several years. We believe that our ability to generate significant operating cash flows and our strong balance sheet, as evidenced by our investment grade credit ratings, provide us with the ability, in most financial credit market environments, to obtain debt financing.

We had a working capital deficit of $6.3 billion as of August 31, 20172018 compared to a working capital deficit of $5.4$7.2 billion as of November 30, 2016. The increase in working capital deficit was mainly due to the increase in customer deposits and our net current portion of our borrowings.2017. We operate with a substantial working capital deficit. This deficit is mainly attributable to the fact that, under our business model, substantially all of our passenger ticket receipts are collected in advance of the applicable sailing date. These advance passenger receipts remain a current liability until the sailing date. The cash generated from these advance receipts is used interchangeably with cash on hand from other sources, such as our borrowings and other cash from operations. The cash received as advanced receipts can be used to fund operating expenses, pay down our debt, invest in long term investments or any other use of cash. Included within our working capital deficit are $4.0$4.4 billion and $3.5$4.0 billion of customer deposits as of August 31, 20172018 and November 30, 2016,2017, respectively. In addition, we have a relatively low-level of accounts receivable and limited investment in inventories. We generate substantial cash flows from operations and our business model has historically allowed us to maintain this working capital deficit and still meet our operating, investing and financing needs. We expect that we will continue to have working capital deficits in the future.

Sources and Uses of Cash

Operating Activities
Our business provided $4.3$4.4 billion of net cash from operations during the nine months ended August 31, 2017,2018, an increase of $188$138 million, or 5%3.2%, compared to $4.1$4.3 billion for the same period in 2016.2017. This increase was caused by an increase in our revenues less expenses settled in cash and an increase in customer deposits.

Investing Activities
During the nine months ended August 31, 2018, net cash used in investing activities was $2.6 billion. This was substantially due to the following:
Capital expenditures of $1.4 billion for our ongoing new shipbuilding program
Capital expenditures of $1.3 billion for ship improvements and replacements, information technology and buildings and improvements
Proceeds from sales of ships of $282 million
Payments of $37 million for fuel derivative settlements

During the nine months ended August 31, 2017, net cash used in investing activities was $2.4 billion. This was substantially due to:caused by:
Capital expenditures of $1.2 billion for our ongoing new shipbuilding program
Capital expenditures of $1.1 billion for ship improvements and replacements, information technology and buildings and improvements and other assets
Payments of $157 million offor fuel derivative settlements

Financing Activities
During the nine months ended August 31, 2016,2018, net cash used in investingfinancing activities of $1.7 billion was $2.6 billion. This was comprised of:substantially due to the following:
Capital expendituresNet proceeds of $1.5short-term borrowings of $182 million in connection with our availability of, and needs for, cash at various times throughout the period
Repayments of $1.3 billion for our ongoing new shipbuilding programof long-term debt
Capital expendituresIssuances of $914 million for ship improvements and replacements, information technology, buildings and improvements and other assets$1.6 billion of long-term debt
Payments of $231 millioncash dividends of fuel derivative settlements$1.0 billion
ReturnPurchases of collateral$1.2 billion of $22 million from one ofCarnival Corporation common stock and Carnival plc ordinary shares in open market transactions under our fuel derivative counterparties
Repurchase Program



Financing Activities
During the nine months ended August 31, 2017, net cash used in financing activities of $2.0 billion was substantially due to the following:
RepaymentsNet repayments of short-term borrowings of $335 million in connection with our availability of, and needs for, cash at various times throughout the period
Repayments of $1.0$1.0 billion of long-term debt
Issuances of $100 million of long-term debt under a term loan
Proceeds of $367 million of long-term debt under an export credit facility
Payments of cash dividends of $797 million
Purchases of $305 million of Carnival Corporation common stock and Carnival plc ordinary shares in open market transactions under our Repurchase Program

During the nine months ended August 31, 2016, net cash used in financing activities of $2.4 billion was substantially due to the following:
Net proceeds from short-term borrowings of $301 million in connection with our availability of, and needs for, cash at various times throughout the period
Repayments of $971 million of long-term debt
Issuances of $555 million of euro-denominated publicly-traded notes, which net proceeds are being used for general corporate purposes
Proceeds of $379 million of long-term debt under an export credit facility
Proceeds of $110 million of long-term debt under euro-denominated bank loans
Payments of cash dividends of $721 million
Purchases of $2.1 billion of shares of Carnival Corporation common stock in open market transactions of which $2.1 billion were repurchased under our Repurchase Program and $39 million were repurchased under our Stock Swap Programs
Sales of $40 million of treasury stock under our Stock Swap Programs

Future Commitments and Funding Sources
Our total annual capital expenditures consist of ships under contract for construction entered into through September 26, 2017, and estimated improvements to existing ships and shoreside assets andfor 2018 through 2022 are currently expected to be (in billions):be:
  2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Total annual capital expenditures $3.1
 $4.1
 $5.0
 $4.7
 $3.8
 $3.6
(in billions) 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Total annual capital expenditures $4.6
 $5.6
 $5.6
 $5.5
 $4.8
For years 2023 through 2025 we have committed $3.3 billion for ships under contract for construction.
The year-over-year percentage increases in our annual capacity are expected to result primarily from contracted new ships as of September 26, 2017, entering service and are currently expected to be:
  2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Annual capacity increase (a) 2.8% 2.2% 5.4% 7.4% 7.5% 3.9
  2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Annual capacity increase (a) 2.0% 4.7% 6.2% 8.0% 5.0%
(a)     These percentage increases include only contracted ship orders sales and other dispositions.

At August 31, 2017,2018, we had liquidity of $13.5$14.5 billion. Our liquidity consisted of $157$245 million of cash and cash equivalents, which excludes $332$281 million of cash used for current operations, $2.8$2.6 billion available for borrowing under our revolving credit facilities, net of our outstanding commercial paper borrowings, and $10.6$11.7 billion under our committed future financings, which are comprised of ship export credit facilities. These commitments are from numerous large and well-established banks and export credit agencies, which we believe will honor their contractual agreements with us. The committed future financing will be available as follows (in millions):

  2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Availability of committed future financing at August 31, 2017 $2,099
 $2,692
 $3,049
 $1,811
 $938
(in billions) 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Availability of committed future financing at August 31, 2018 $1.3
 $2.6
 $3.0
 $2.9
 $1.8

At August 31, 2017,2018, all of our revolving credit facilities are scheduled to mature in 2021, except for $300 million that matures in 2020.

Substantially all of our debt agreements contain financial covenants as described in Note 65 - “Unsecured Debt” in the annual consolidated financial statements, which are included within our Form 10-K. At August 31, 2017,2018, we were in compliance with our

debt covenants. In addition, based on, among other things, our forecasted operating results, financial condition and cash flows, we expect to be in compliance with our debt covenants for the foreseeable future. Generally, if an event of default under any debt

agreement occurs, then pursuant to cross-defaultcross 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.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

We are not a party to any off-balance sheet arrangements, including guarantee contracts, retained or contingent interests, certain derivative instruments and variable interest entities that either have, or are reasonably likely to have, a current or future material effect on our consolidated financial statements.

Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.

For a discussion of our hedging strategies and market risks, see the discussion below and Note 4 - “Fair Value Measurements, Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities”Activities and Financial Risks” in our consolidated financial statements and Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations within our Form 10-K. 

Operational Currency Risks

We have foreignOur operations that have functional currencies other thanprimarily utilize the U.S. dollar, which resultAustralian dollar, euro or sterling as their functional currencies. Our operations also have revenue and expenses denominated in non-functional currencies. Movements in foreign currency translational impacts. We execute transactions in a number of currencies other than their functional currencies, which result in foreign currency transactional impacts. exchange rates will affect our financial statements.

Based on a 10% change in all currency exchange rates that were used in our September 26, 201727, 2018 guidance, we estimate thata less than $0.01 change to our adjusted diluted earnings per share September 26, 2017 guidance would change by the following:

$0.05 per share for the fourth quarter of 2017quarter.

Interest Rate Risks

The composition of our debt, including the effect of foreign currency swaps and interest rate swaps, was as follows:
 August 31, 2017 November 30, 2016
Fixed rate29% 28%
Euro fixed rate39% 35%
Floating rate6% 14%
Euro floating rate22% 23%
GBP floating rate4
 %
August 31, 2018
Fixed rate28%
EUR fixed rate31%
Floating rate6%
EUR floating rate26%
GBP floating rate9%
   
Fuel Price Risks

Based on a 10% change in fuel prices versus the current spot price that was used to calculate fuel expense in our September 26, 201727, 2018 guidance, we estimate that our adjusted diluted earnings per share September 26, 2017 guidance would change by the following:

$0.050.06 per share for the fourth quarter of 20172018

Based on a 10% change in Brent prices versus the current spot price that was used to calculate realized gains (losses) on fuel derivatives in our September 26, 2017 guidance, we estimate that our adjusted diluted earnings per share September 26, 2017 guidance would change by the following:

$0.02 per share for the fourth quarter of 2017

At August 31, 2017, the unrealized losses on our outstanding fuel derivative contracts were $187 million.


Item 4. Controls and Procedures.

A. Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

Disclosure controls and procedures are designed to provide reasonable assurance that information required to be disclosed by us in the reports that we file or submit under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s rules and forms. Disclosure controls and procedures include, without limitation, controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by us in our reports that we file or submit under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our principal executive and principal financial officers, or persons performing similar functions, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
Our President and Chief Executive Officer and our Chief Financial Officer and Chief Accounting Officer have evaluated our disclosure controls and procedures and have concluded, as of August 31, 2017,2018, that they are effective at a reasonable level of assurance, as described above.

B. Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

There have been no changes in our internal control over financial reporting during the quarter ended August 31, 20172018 that have materially affected or are reasonably likely to materially affect our internal control over financial reporting.

PART II - OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1. Legal Proceedings.
On May 19, 2017, Holland America Line and PrincessAugust 28, 2018, P&O Cruises Australia notified the National OceanicMaritime Accident Investigation Branch and Atmospheric Administration (“NOAA”) regarding discharges made by certain vessels in the recently expanded areaAustralian Maritime Safety Authority of an inadvertent discharge of liquid food waste mixed into grey water off of Pacific Explorer, while it was inside the NationalGreat Barrier Reef Marine Sanctuary in the Farallones Islands. NOAA continues to conduct an investigation.Park on August 26, 2018. We believe the ultimate outcome of any investigation and penalty will not have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.

On August 24, 2018, a proposed class-action lawsuit was filed by James Wolfe and others against Carnival Corporation in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida relating to the marketing and sales of our Carnival Vacation Protection product. The plaintiffs purport to represent an alleged class of passengers who purchased the Carnival Vacation Protection product. The complaint alleges that Carnival Cruise Line concealed that it received “kickbacks” on the sale of the travel insurance portion of the product from an underwriter. We believe we have meritorious defenses to the claim and that any liability which may arise as a result of this action will not have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.

Item 1A. Risk Factors.

The risk factors that affect our business and financial results are discussed in “Item 1A. Risk Factors,” included in the Form 10-K, and there has been no material change to these risk factors since the Form 10-K filing. We wish to caution the reader that the risk factors discussed in “Item 1A. Risk Factors,” included in the Form 10-K, and those described elsewhere in this report or other Securities and Exchange Commission filings, could cause future results to differ materially from those stated in any forward-looking statements. Additional risks and uncertainties not currently known to us or that we currently deem to be immaterial also may materially adversely affect our business, financial condition or future results.

Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds.

A. Repurchase Program

Under a share repurchase program effective 2004, we are authorized to repurchase Carnival Corporation common stock and Carnival plc ordinary shares (the “Repurchase Program”). On April 6, 2017,Effective August 27, 2018, the Boards of Directorscompany approved a modification of the general authorization under the Repurchase Program, which replenished the remaining authorized repurchases at the time of the approval to $1.0 billion. The Repurchase Program does not have an expiration date and may be discontinued by our Boards of Directors at any time.


No shares of Carnival plc ordinary shares were repurchased pursuant to the Repurchase Program duringDuring the three months ended August 31, 2017. During this period,2018, repurchases of Carnival Corporation common stock pursuant to the Repurchase Program were as follows:
Period Total Number of Shares of Carnival Corporation Common Stock Purchased Average Price Paid per Share of Carnival Corporation Common Stock Maximum Dollar Value of Shares That May Yet Be Purchased Under the Repurchase Program
  (in millions)   (in millions)
June 1, 2017 through June 30, 2017 0.2
 $65.80
 $975
July 1, 2017 through July 31, 2017 1.0
 $66.56
 $909
August 1, 2017 through August 31, 2017 1.2
 $68.14
 $830
Total 2.4
 $67.27
  
Period Total Number of Shares of Carnival Corporation Common Stock Purchased (in millions) Average Price Paid per Share of Carnival Corporation Common Stock Maximum Dollar Value of Shares That May Yet Be Purchased Under the Repurchase Program
(in millions)
June 1, 2018 through June 30, 2018 1.7
 $60.17
 $668
July 1, 2018 through July 31, 2018 2.5
 $57.70
 $329
August 1, 2018 through August 31, 2018 0.5
 $58.70
 $987
Total 4.7
 $58.68
  

During the three months ended August 31, 2018, repurchases of Carnival plc ordinary shares pursuant to the Repurchase Program were as follows:
Period Total Number of Shares of Carnival plc Purchased (in millions) Average Price Paid per Share of Carnival plc Maximum Dollar Value of Shares That May Yet Be Purchased Under the Repurchase Program
(in millions)
June 1, 2018 through June 30, 2018 1.0
 $59.69
 $668
July 1, 2018 through July 31, 2018 3.4
 $57.09
 $329
August 1, 2018 through August 31, 2018 2.8
 $58.51
 $987
Total 7.1
 $57.99
  
No shares of Carnival Corporation common stock and Carnival plc ordinary shares were purchased outside of publicly announced plans or programs.

B. Stock Swap Programs

In addition to the Repurchase Program, we also have programs that allow us to obtain an economic benefit when either Carnival Corporation common stock is trading at a premium to the price of Carnival plc ordinary shares or Carnival plc ordinary shares are trading at a premium to Carnival Corporation common stock (the “Stock Swap Programs”). For example:

In the event that Carnival Corporation common stock trades at a premium to Carnival plc ordinary shares, we may elect to sell shares of Carnival Corporation common stock, through a sales agent, at prevailing market prices in ordinary brokers’ transactions and use the sale proceeds to repurchase an equivalent number of Carnival plc ordinary shares in the UK market on an equivalent basis.market.

In the event that Carnival plc ordinary shares trade at a premium to Carnival Corporation common stock, we may elect to sell ordinary shares of Carnival plc, with such sales made by Carnival Corporation or Carnival Investments Limited (“CIL”) through its sales agent, at prevailing market prices in ordinary brokers’ transactions and use the sale proceeds to repurchase an equivalent number of shares of Carnival Corporation common stock in the U.S. market on an equivalent basis.

Any realized economic benefit under the Stock Swap Programs is used for general corporate purposes, which could include repurchasing additional stock under the Repurchase Program.market.

Under the Stock Swap Programs effective 2008, the Boards of Directors have made the following authorizations:

In January 2017, to sell up to 22.0 million shares of Carnival Corporation common stock in the U.S. market and repurchase up to 22.0 million of Carnival plc ordinary shares in the UK market. We had 22.0 million shares remaining under this authorization at August 31, 2017.

In February 2016, to sell up to 26.9 million of existing shares of Carnival plc ordinary shares in the UK market and repurchase up to 26.9 million shares of Carnival Corporation common stock in the U.S. market. We had 26.0 million shares remaining under this authorization at August 31, 2017.

Any sales of Carnival Corporation shares and Carnival plc ordinary shares have been or will be registered under the Securities Act of 1933. During the three months ended August 31, 2017,2018, no Carnival Corporation common stock or Carnival plc ordinary shares were sold or repurchased under the Stock Swap Programs.


C. Carnival plc Shareholder Approvals

Carnival plc ordinary share repurchases under both the Repurchase Program and the Stock Swap Programs require annual shareholder approval. The existing shareholder approval is limited to a maximum of 21.620.9 million ordinary shares and is valid until the earlier of the conclusion of the Carnival plc 20182019 annual general meeting or July 4, 2018.10, 2019.

Item 6. Exhibits.
INDEX TO EXHIBITS        
           
    Incorporated by Reference 
Filed/
Furnished
Herewith
Exhibit
Number 
 Exhibit Description Form Exhibit 
Filing
Date
 
           
Articles of incorporation and by-laws        
           
3.1     8-K 3.1 4/17/2003  
3.2     8-K 3.1 4/20/2009  
3.3     8-K 3.3 4/20/2009  
           
Statement regarding computations of ratios        
           
 12        X
           
Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) certifications        
           
 31.1        X
 31.2        X
 31.3        X
 31.4        X
           
Section 1350 certifications        
           
32.1*        X
32.2*        X
32.3*        X
32.4*        X
           
INDEX TO EXHIBITS        
           
    Incorporated by Reference 
Filed/
Furnished
Herewith
Exhibit
Number 
 Exhibit Description Form Exhibit 
Filing
Date
 
           
Articles of incorporation and by-laws        
           
3.1     8-K 3.1 4/17/2003  
3.2     8-K 3.1 4/20/2009  
3.3     8-K 3.3 4/20/2009  
         
Statement regarding computations of ratios        
           
 12        X
           
Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) certifications        
           
 31.1        X
 31.2        X
 31.3        X
 31.4        X
           
Section 1350 certifications        
           
32.1*        X
32.2*        X
32.3*        X
32.4*        X
           

INDEX TO EXHIBITS        
           
    Incorporated by Reference 
Filed/
Furnished
Herewith
Exhibit
Number 
 Exhibit Description Form Exhibit 
Filing
Date
 
           
Interactive Data File        
           
101 The consolidated financial statements from Carnival Corporation & plc’s joint Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended August 31, 2017,2018, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 29, 2017,27, 2018, formatted in XBRL, are as follows:        
  (i) the Consolidated Statements of Income for the three and nine months ended August 31, 20172018 and 2016;2017;       X
  (ii) the Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income for the three and nine months ended August 31, 20172018 and 2016;2017;       X
  (iii) the Consolidated Balance Sheets at August 31, 20172018 and November 30, 2016;2017;       X
  (iv) the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the three and nine months ended August 31, 20172018 and 20162017 and       X
  (v) the notes to the consolidated financial statements, tagged in summary and detail.       X
  
*These items are furnished and not filed.


SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, each of the registrants has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

CARNIVAL CORPORATION CARNIVAL PLC
   
By:
/s/ Arnold W. Donald 
By:
/s/ Arnold W. Donald
Arnold W. Donald Arnold W. Donald
President and Chief Executive Officer President and Chief Executive Officer
   
By:
/s/ David Bernstein 
By:
/s/ David Bernstein
David Bernstein David Bernstein
Chief Financial Officer and Chief Accounting Officer Chief Financial Officer and Chief Accounting Officer
   
Date: September 29, 201727, 2018 Date: September 29, 201727, 2018
   



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