NY -- Standard&Poor's CreditWire 1/22/96 -- Standard&Poor's affirms its single-`A'-plus senior unsecured debt rating and `A-1' commercial paper rating of Daimler-Benz AG and guaranteed related entities (see list below). The outlook is stable. About US$4.5 billion of rated debt is affected. Following the announcement that Daimler-Benz will cease financial support for Fokker and will merge AEG AG with Daimler-Benz AG after extensive restructuring, Standard&Poor's believes that the negative immediate financial impact of these measures is offset by the longer-term improvement in the group's business risk and anticipated enhancement in financial performance derived from a streamlined portfolio. In addition, Daimler-Benz continues to maintain a strong consolidated group financial structure with levels of group liquidity in
