Today, Friday 21st Sept 2018, BP plc pays out its quarterly dividend.

www.bp.com

7.9296p a share.

The total number of voting rights in BP p.l.c. is 19,982,865,583

https://otp.investis.com/clients/uk/bp_plc/rns/regulatory-story.aspx?cid=233&newsid=1164468

thus:-

19,982,865,583 x £0.079296 = £1,584,561,309.27

That is £1,584 Million = £1.584 Billion

http://www.shareshop.hsbc.co.uk/shareshop/security.cgi?username=&ac=&csi=10022&record_search=1&search_phrase=BP

5.6% yield