Question: Stock ABC is expected to pay $1 dividends per share next year (i.e. one year from today, or the end of year 1) based on

Stock ABC is expected to pay $1 dividends per share next year (i.e. one year from today, or the end of year 1) based on the projected profits of its core business. Afterwards, dividends are expected to grow at a constant rate of 3% forever. The companys cost of equity is 10%.

In addition, the company is expected to receive payments from a patent lawsuit it won recently and plans to pay special dividends of $3 per share in years 3, 4, and 5 (i.e. $3 in year 3, $3 in year 4, and $3 in year 5; payments are made at the end of the year).

Based on the information above, what should be the stocks fair price per share today? Show your answer in $ and round to two decimals (e.g. $xx.xx).

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