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Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the

Shareholder Meeting to Be Held on May 31, 2012.

 

   

 

ROYAL CARIBBEAN CRUISES LTD.

 

  
     
   

 

 

 

ROYAL CARIBBEAN CRUISES LTD.

1050 CARIBBEAN WAY

MIAMI, FL 33132-2096

ATTN: INVESTOR RELATIONS

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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  Meeting Information      
 

 

Meeting Type: Annual Meeting

      
 

 

For holders as of: April 2, 2012

      
 

 

Date: May 31, 2012            Time: 9:00 a.m. EDT

      
 

 

Location: JW Marriott Hotel

      
 

 1109 Brickell Avenue

 Miami, Florida

 

 

      
   

 

You are receiving this communication because you hold shares in the above named company.

    
 

 

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  Voting Items        
 

The Board of Directors recommends you vote

FOR the following proposals:

    
 

 

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Election of Directors

    
   

 

1a.    Morten Arntzen

 

1b.    Bernard W. Aronson

 

1c.    Richard D. Fain

 

1d.    Ann S. Moore

    
 

 

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Advisory approval of the Company’s compensation of its named executive officers.

  
 

 

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Ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2012.

  
 

 

The Board of Directors recommends you vote AGAINST the following proposal:

  
 

 

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The shareholder proposal set forth in the accompanying proxy statement.

  

 

 

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