Today, The Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation pays out its quarterly dividend.
It was 7.78p a share
What does this £0.0778 dividend cost HSBC Holdings plc ?
https://www.hsbc.com/-/media/hsbc-com/investorrelationsassets/stockexchangeannouncements/2018/november/sea-181031-e-total-voting-rights-rns-announcement.pdf
The total number of voting rights in HSBC Holdings plc is 19,927,909,172 shares.
Thus:
19,927,909,172 x £0.0778 = £1,550,391,333.58
That is £1,550 Million = £1.55 Billion.
http://www.shareshop.hsbc.co.uk/shareshop/security.cgi?csi=10048&action=
6.1% yield.