LONDON -- Standard&Poor's CreditWire 2/2/96 -- Standard&Poor's lowers its long-term rating on Cap Gemini Sogeti's (CGS) to triple-`B'- minus from triple-`B'. The rating is removed from CreditWatch, where it was placed Jan. 11, 1996, following CGS's announcement of its merger with its parent, Sogeti S.A., along with a new shareholding structure. The outlook is now stable. This rating action assumes approval of the merger by the U.S. Federal Reserve Bank, given Deutsche Bank's (rated triple-`A'/`A-1'-plus) 24% stake in Daimler Benz AG (rated single-`A'-plus/`A-1'), which will own 24.9% of the new entity through its service subsidiary, Debis. Apart from Daimler, major shareholders are French-based conglomerate Compagnie Generale d'Industrie et de Participations (CGIP) with 24.8% and the founder,
