A filing with the US Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) shows that the four trusts sold a total of nearly 6.83 million shares, or nearly 1.2% of the New York and London-listed cruise giant’s shares, during the period.

Just 212,000 of those shares were sold by three trusts directly controlled by chairman Micky Arison, who has been reducing his stake in the company since the company announced in February that he and his family would offload some 10 million shares.

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