Astra Zeneca is the FTSE-100 Pharmaceuticals giant. Yesterday (Mon 12th Sept) it paid out its dividend to its shareholders.
Yesterday, it paid out 68.7p a share.
The issued share capital of AstraZeneca PLC with voting rights is 1,264,983,797 ordinary shares.
Thus:-
1,264,983,797 x £0.687 = £869,043,868.54
Astra Zeneca paid out £869 million to its shareholders.
http://www.shareshop.hsbc.co.uk/shareshop/security.cgi?csi=10009
That is a yield of 4.4%