On Thur 12th April, the UK’s premier health and pharma company, Glaxo Smithkline paid its half yearly dividend.
12p per share.
the total number of voting rights in the Company is 4,958,962,323
Thus:
23p x 4,958,962,323 = £1,140,561,334.29
That is £1.14 Billion
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5.5% yield.