Today, the oil major BP, pays out its December Dividend.

www.bp.com

its pay out is  $0.1025 (8.0251p) a share.

https://otp.investis.com/clients/uk/bp_plc/rns/regulatory-story.aspx?cid=233&newsid=1213520

The total number of voting rights in BP p.l.c. is 20,061,666,112.

Thus:-

20,061,666,112 x £0.080251 = £1,609,968,767.154112

That is £1.6 billion

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

6.4% Yield.