On Monday 19th Sept 2016, Shell PLC paid out its quarterly dividend to its shareholders.
It has who classes of shares, Shell A and Shell B.
Shell A
http://www.shareshop.hsbc.co.uk/shareshop/security.cgi?csi=133655
Shell B
http://www.shareshop.hsbc.co.uk/shareshop/security.cgi?csi=133755
It paid out $0.47 per share for each share, that is 35.27p per share.
Now, Royal Dutch Shell plc’s capital consists of 4,325,899,655 A shares and 3,745,486,731 B shares.
Thus:
Shell A = 4,325,899,655 x £0.3527 = £1,525,744,808.32
Shell B = 3,745,486,731 x £0.3527 = £1,321,033,170.02
Total paid out: £2,846,777,978.34
That is £2.846 Billion paid out to its shareholders in Shell A and Shell B