Today, GSK (GlaxoSmithKline) pays out its dividend to its shareholders.
23p a share.
What will that cost ?
The total number of voting rights in the Company is 4,917,299,936
Thus:
4,917,299,936 * £0.23 = £1,130,978,985.28
That is £1.13 Billion
http://www.shareshop.hsbc.co.uk/shareshop/security.cgi?csi=10042
a yield of over 4%