Yesterday, HSBC Holdings paid out its third interim dividend to shareholders.

It paid out US $0.10 = £0.080417

The total number of voting rights in HSBC Holdings plc is 19,805,075,710 shares.

So the dividend paid to shareholders:-

19,805,075,710 shares x £0.080417 =£1,592,664,773.37

That is £1.592 Billion cash paid out to shareholders.