If we round out our outstanding shares to 300 million plus and then calculate a two cent dividend the company will be spending six million (plus) not the seventeen million dollars you calculated.
I have got to agree with Ron, lets all take a breath and be happy for what this means for in a return of our equity for at least a little while. For all of us that have been averaging (down sorry to say) over the years the two cents is a nice payout. Hopefully it is a sign of better things to come.
Lets be like the boy in the barn with the pile of manure who is positive there is a pony in there somewhere!
best wishes
marc