On Wed 3rd August 2016 Vodafone PLC paid out its summer 2016 dividend of 7.77p.
A key member of the FTSE-100
http://www.shareshop.hsbc.co.uk/shareshop/security.cgi?csi=10097
Now Vodafone’s issued share capital consists of 28,814,124,788 ordinary shares.
We can calculate how much cash left Vodafone on Wednesday morning to pay the shareholders:
28,814,124,788 x £0.0777 = £2,238,857,496
That is £2,238 Million = £2.238 Billion.
A juicy dividend.