Mr. Fox Mulder plans to invest in the shares of a high-tech company, Satellite Building Inc (SBI).

SBI has just paid a dividend of $30 per share and the management has indicated that it will increase the dividend payments by 20% per year for the next three years, and 10% per year thereafter. SBI has a beta of 1.5.

The long-term risk-free interest rate is 4% and the expected market return is 9%.

(a)     Based on the Capital asset Pricing Model (CAPM), compute the required rate of return on SBI shares.    

(b)     Using the answer in (a), calculate the market value per share of SBI. How much should Mr. Mulder pay for 100 shares?   

(c)     If Mr. Mulder decides to sell all of SBI shares after 4 years,

(i)  how much will he expect to get by selling the shares?

(ii) how much will he have in total? Assume that the dividends are reinvested at the required rate of return calculated in (a).   

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