Article: Clabir Still Affects ARC Evaluation; Uncertain Future Cited by Analyst

Officials at Atlantic Research Corp., the Alexandria rocket builder, are trying to look beyond the problems caused this spring when Henry D. Clarke's company, Clabir Corp., became the largest shareholder in ARC and Clarke disclosed his intention to buy the defense firm.

To fend off Clarke's takeover efforts, ARC bought ORI Group Inc., a professional services company, in a stock deal that diluted Clarke's ARC holdings. The company cut its corporate staff by about 125 people. But the future of ARC remains uncertain because Clabir still holds 12.8 percent of its stock.

"Clabir is still the big unknown in any equation to evaluate ARC stock," said Eliot H. Benson, vice president and research ...

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