On the 6th August (last week) Vodafone PLC paid the final 2014 dividend. This payment was £0.0747 [7.47p].
Now, the total voting rights of Vodafone PLC is 26,497,615,161.
[http://otp.investis.com/clients/uk/vodafone1/rns/regulatory-story.aspx?cid=221&newsid=436685]
This number is the effective numbers of shares that are available in Vodafone PLC.
So with this number, one can work out how much cash was paid to shareholders on August 6th 2014.
26,497,615,161 x £0.0747= £1,979,371,852.53.
That is £1,979 million = £1.97 Billion to the shareholders.
A nice dividend that rewards the long term shareholders in this premier mobile phone company.