Today, Monday 17th Sept, Royal Dutch Shell pays out its quarterly dividend.
Dividends on A Shares will be paid, by default, in euro at the rate of €0.4048 per A Share. Holders of A Shares who have validly submitted pounds sterling currency elections by August 24, 2018 will be entitled to a dividend of 36.50p per A Share.
Dividends on B Shares will be paid, by default, in pounds sterling at the rate of 36.50p per B Share. Holders of B Shares who have validly submitted euro currency elections by August 24, 2018 will be entitled to a dividend of €0.4048 per B Share
It is going to pay : 36.50p per share (in Shell A and Shell B)
Royal Dutch Shell plc’s capital consists of 4,573,199,702 A shares and 3,745,486,731 B shares, each with equal voting rights
https://www.londonstockexchange.com/exchange/news/market-news/market-news-detail/RDSA/13776498.html
Thus:-
36.50p x 4,573,199,702 A shares = £1,669,217,891.23
36.50p x 3,745,486,731 B shares = £1,367,102,656.82
£1,669,217,891.23 + £1,367,102,656.82 = £3,036,320,548.05
That is £3.036 Billion of cash.
http://www.shareshop.hsbc.co.uk/shareshop/security.cgi?csi=133655
Shell A a yield of 5.8%
http://www.shareshop.hsbc.co.uk/shareshop/security.cgi?csi=133755
Shell B a yield of 5.7%