On Tue 17th May 2016, Lloyds Banking Group paid a dividend to shareholders. That was 1.5 pence.
Now the total numbers of shares in Lloyds Banking Group are:-
71,373,735,357
This the cash leaving the business to be paid to shareholders is:-
71,373,735,357 x £0.015 = £1,070,606,030
That is £1 Billion of cash.
An interesting fact that the UK Government, care of the UK tax payer owns 9.89% of Lloyds Banking Group.
That is 7,057,718,792 shares.
Thus 7,057,718,792 x £0.015 = £105,865,782
So on Tue 17th May 2016 the UK Government received £105 million as a dividend in its investment in Lloyds Banking Group.