Today, Standard Life paid out its October Dividend. 6.47p per share.
Standard Life’s issued share capital consists of 1,975,668,483 ordinary shares. A useful note is that Standard Life manages the BT Defined Contribution Pension Scheme, the BT Retirement Savings Scheme.
http://www.btretirementsavingscheme.com/
BT, the world’s most dynamic, media and telecommunications corporation
http://otp.investis.com/clients/uk/standardlife1/rns/regulatory-story.aspx?cid=65&newsid=801413
Thus today, the dividend cost Standard Life:
1,975,668,483 x £0.0647 = £127,825,750.85
http://www.shareshop.hsbc.co.uk/shareshop/security.cgi?csi=186960&action=
That is £127m cash. A yield of over 5%.