Tomorrow, Royal Dutch Shell pays out its quarterly dividend.
RDSA Royal Dutch Shell A $0.47 (35.18p)
RDSB Royal Dutch Shell B $0.47 (35.18p)
£0.3518 a share.
https://irssl.euroinvestor.com/asp/ir/IRM_Shell/ssl2017/NewsRead.aspx?storyid=13939519&ishtml=1
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.
Thus:
4,597,136,050 x £0.3518 = £1,617,272,462.39
3,745,486,731 x £0.3518 = £1,317,662,231.97
That is:-
£1,617,272,462.39 + 1,317,662,231.97 = £2,934,934,694.36
That is £2.934 Billion of cash.
http://www.shareshop.hsbc.co.uk/shareshop/security.cgi?csi=133655
http://www.shareshop.hsbc.co.uk/shareshop/security.cgi?csi=133755
That is over a 5% yield.