Storico Co. just paid a dividend of $1.75 per share. The company will increase its dividend by 24 percent next year and then reduce its dividend growth rate by 6 percentage points per year until it reaches the industry average of 6 percent dividend growth, after which the company will keep a constant growth rate forever. If the stock price is $44.96, what required return must investors be demanding on the company's stock? (Hint: Set up the valuation formula with all the relevant cash flows, and use trial and error to find the unknown rate of return.)