On Monday 26th March, Royal Dutch Shell paid its quarterly dividend to its shareholders:
www.shell.com
it was:- 33.91p a share:-
| RDSA | Royal Dutch Shell A | FTSE 100 | $0.47 (33.91p) | 26-Mar |
| RDSB | Royal Dutch Shell B | FTSE 100 | $0.47 (33.91p) | 26-Mar |
http://www.shareshop.hsbc.co.uk/shareshop/security.cgi?csi=133655
Shell A
http://www.shareshop.hsbc.co.uk/shareshop/security.cgi?csi=133755
Shell B
Now, 33.91p to shareholders has cost Shell:-
Royal Dutch Shell plc’s capital consists of 4,597,136,050 A shares and 3,745,486,731 B shares, each with equal voting rights. Royal Dutch Shell plc holds no ordinary shares in Treasury.
The total number of A shares and B shares in issue is 8,342,622,781
https://irssl.euroinvestor.com/asp/ir/IRM_Shell/ssl2017/NewsRead.aspx?storyid=13830315&ishtml=1
8,342,622,781 x £0.3391 = £2,828,983,385.04
That is £2.828 Billion. Delicious.
| £2,828,983,385.04 |