LONDON -- Standard&Poor's CreditWire 5/13/98 -- Standard&Poor's today affirmed its single-'A'-plus corporate credit and senior unsecured ratings of Daimler-Benz AG (Daimler) and related entities and affirmed its 'A-1' commercial paper rating. The outlook is stable. The corporate credit and senior unsecured debt ratings are removed from CreditWatch, where they were placed with negative implications on May 6, 1998 following the confirmation of merger discussions with Chrysler Corp. At the same time, the single-'A' corporate credit and senior unsecured ratings of Chrysler Corp. (Chrysler) and related entities remain on CreditWatch with positive implications. The ratings of Chrysler will ultimately be equalized with the ratings of Daimler should the merger be concluded as presently envisaged. This is expected
