1). a). Metallica Bearings, Inc., is a young start-up company. No dividends will be paid on the stock over the next nine years because the firm needs to plow back its earnings to fuel growth. The company will pay a $14 per share dividend in 10 years and will increase the dividend by 3.9 percent per year thereafter. If the required return on this stock is 12.5 percent, what is the current share price?

b). Maloney, Inc., has an odd dividend policy. The company has just paid a dividend of $3.50 per share and has announced that it will increase the dividend by $4.50 per share for each of the next five years, and then never pay another dividend. If you require a return of 11 percent on the companys stock, how much will you pay for a share today?

c). Lohn Corporation is expected to pay the following dividends over the next four years: $13, $9, $6, and $2.75. Afterward, the company pledges to maintain a constant 5 percent growth rate in dividends forever. If the required return on the stock is 12 percent, what is the current share price?