The amount due to each shareholder is their pro rata share. This is calculated by dividing the ownership of each person by the total number of shares and then multiplying the resulting fraction by the total amount of the dividend payment. The majority shareholder's portion, therefore, is (50/100) x $200 = $100.

What is pro rata formula?

Divide the full-time annual salary by 52 (number of weeks) ... Divide the result by 40 (standard full-time weekly hours) to get the hourly rate. Multiply the hourly rate by the number of actual work hours per week. Multiply this by 52 to get the annual pro rata salary.

How are pro rata fees calculated?

Pro rata bills are generally calculated by dividing the total billing amount by the minimum billing unit (e.g., unit of electricity, number of days, gigabytes of data) and then multiplying the result by the number of billing units actually used to arrive at the amount to be charged.