The world’s most dynamic media and communications company is BT PLC
Yesterday, BT paid its Feb 2017 dividend to its shareholders.
http://www.btplc.com/Sharesandperformance/Dividends/Dividends.htm
£0.0485 per share.
Now much did that cost BT plc ?
The total number of voting rights in BT Group plc on that date was 9,958,766,455
Thus:
9,958,766,455 x £0.0485 = £483,000,173.1
That is £483 MILLION.
http://www.shareshop.hsbc.co.uk/shareshop/security.cgi?csi=10025&action=
A yield of over 3%