On Friday 16th December, BP PLC paid its shareholders its Q3 dividend. The cash amount was 7.9313p.

The total number of voting rights in BP PLC is 18,321,665,312.

http://otp.investis.com/clients/uk/bp_plc/rns/regulatory-story.aspx?cid=233&newsid=615531

The cash paid to shareholders is thus:-

18,321,665,312 shares x £0.079313 = £1,453,146,240.89

That is £1.453 billion.