Rolls Royce PLC: January Dividend.

Yesterday, 6th Jan, Rolls Royce PLC, one of the most highly regarded engineering companies in the world, paid its dividend to its shareholders.

It was 4.6p per share.

How cash did the dividend cost Rolls Royce PLC ?

The issued share capital of the Company is comprised off 1,838,787,676 ordinary shares of 20p each with voting rights.

Thus

1,838,787,676 x £0.046 = £84,584,233.10

£84m in cash.

Now Blackrock own 5% of Rolls Royce:

they have 92,012,850 shares, so they got 92,012,850 * £0.046 = £4,232,591.10 in cash, that is £4.2m

Asad Karim