1. After successfully completing your corporate finance class, you feel the next challenge ahead is to serve on the board of directors of Schenkel Enterprises. Unfortunately, you will be the only individual voting for you. If the company has 450,000 shares outstanding and the stock currently sells for $34, how much will it cost you to buy a seat if the company uses straight voting? Assume that the company uses cumulative voting and there are 4 seats in the current election; how much will it cost you to buy a seat now?
2. Hot Wings, Inc., has an odd dividend policy. The company has just paid a dividend of $3 per share and has announced that it will increase the dividend by $5 per share for each of the next four years, and then never pay another dividend. If you require a return of 10.4 percent on the company’s stock, how much will you pay for a share today?
3. Antiques ‘R’ Us is a mature manufacturing firm. The company just paid a dividend of $16.30 but management expects to reduce the payout by 4.5 percent per year, indefinitely. If you require a return of 12 percent on this stock, what will you pay for a share today?