On Thursday 22nd September, Legal and General PLC paid 4p to its shareholders
http://www.legalandgeneral.com
Legal and General’s capital consisted of 5,952,449,117 Ordinary shares of 2.5p each, with voting rights.
http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=67701&p=irol-rnsArticle&ID=2198957
Thus:-
5,952,449,117 x £0.04 = £238,097,964.68
That is £238million paid to it’s shareholders.
http://www.shareshop.hsbc.co.uk/shareshop/security.cgi?csi=10055&action=
That is a yield of 6%