Today, 13th Jan 2017, Marks and Spencer the most famous and highly regarded UK retailer that is on most UK high streets paid its Jan 2017 dividend.

http://www.marksandspencer.com

It paid out 6.8p per share.

The Company’s capital consists of 1,624,723,081 ordinary shares with voting rights

http://otp.investis.com/generic/regulatory-story.aspx?newsid=823533&cid=228

Thus is paid out:

1,624,723,081 x £0.068 = £110,481,169.51

That is £110m in cash

http://www.shareshop.hsbc.co.uk/shareshop/security.cgi?username=&ac=&csi=10057&record_search=1&search_phrase=mk

A yield of over 5%