By Pro Rata Share?

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.

What does pro rata distribution mean?

A pro rata distribution of the assets of an estate means that each heir receives an equal portion of each asset in the estate. A non pro rata distribution means that each heir receives an equal proportion of the entire estate but not necessarily of each asset.

How is pro rata distribution calculated?

Determining pro rata is simply a matter of dividing the total number of something by the number of parts. As a simple example, if you have a total of 100 units of something to be divided into 5 equal parts, each pro rata share is 20 units (100 units ÷ 5 parts = 20 units per part).