Yesterday, Monday 3rd Feb, BT PLC, the world’s leading telecommunications provider, rewarded its shareholders with a 3.4p dividend payment per share.

This is the 2013/14 Interim payment.

[http://www.btplc.com/Sharesandperformance/Dividends/Dividends.htm]

In an interesting fact is how much cash BT has paid out with this dividend payment

The total number of voting rights in BT Group plc is 7,911,832,071

(on Friday 31st Jan 2014, BT Group plc’s capital consists of 8,151,227,029 ordinary shares with voting rights and BT Group plc holds 239,394,958 shares in BT Group plc, this from its share buyback programme)

so with 7,911,832,071 shares and paying £0.034 per share that is:

7,911,832,071 x £0.034 = £269,002,290
Just over £269 Million in cash paid by BT PLC to its shareholders.

BT has paid over a quarter of a billion pounds in cash to the investors on Mon 3rd Feb, rewarding them with the cash dividend, a company on an investment lead growth trajectory, and delivering returns that shows the world’s leading telecommunications provider is also leading the way in its delivery of strategy with strong financial performance.