Item 9B. Other Information.

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Pursuant to Section 219 of the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 and Section 13(r) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, we are required to provide disclosures as set forth below.

On October 17, 2012, Costa Crociere S.p.A. (“Costa”), an Italian subsidiary of Carnival plc, entered into a general sales agent agreement with Boutimar Travel Co. Ltd (“Boutimar”), an Iranian corporation. The agreement with Boutimar, which was entered into contrary to our compliance policy, was terminated on January 27, 2014 immediately upon discovery. None of the guests who purchased Costa’s cruises through Boutimar were on the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List maintained by the U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control. The aggregate cruise ticket payments received by Costa from these Iranian guests were approximately $215,000, net of $31,000 of retained commissions.

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