Today, Monday 3rd September, BT plc the world’s premier telecommunications and media corporation pays out its dividend.
10.55p a share.
The total number of voting rights in BT Group plc is 9,921,902,900:-
https://otp.tools.investis.com/clients/uk/bt/rns/regulatory-story.aspx?cid=1470&newsid=1132213
Thus, the cost of the dividend is:-
9,921,902,900 x £0.1055 = £1,046,760,755.95
That is £1,046 Million pounds = £1.046 Billion of cash
http://www.shareshop.hsbc.co.uk/shareshop/security.cgi?csi=10025&action=
6.8% yield.