Daimler AG – ‘SC 13D’ on 11/16/98 re: Daimler Benz Aktiengesellschaft

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General Statement of Beneficial Ownership   —   Schedule 13D
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 1: SC 13D      General Statement of Beneficial Ownership              7±    30K 

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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION    
WASHINGTON, D.C.  20549     
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SCHEDULE 13D    
(RULE 13d-101)    

INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN STATEMENTS FILED PURSUANT TO RULE 13D-1(a)  
AND AMENDMENTS THERETO FILED PURSUANT TO RULE 13D-2(a)      

DAIMLER-BENZ AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT     
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(Name of Issuer)    

ORDINARY SHARES, NO PAR VALUE     
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(Title of Class of Securities)    

D16668 10 1     
(CINS Number of Ordinary Shares)    
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(CUSIP Number)    

MR. TIMOTHEUS R. POHL     
DAIMLER-BENZ NORTH AMERICA CORPORATION    
375 PARK AVENUE     
NEW YORK, NEW YORK  10152     
USA     
(212) 909-9700      
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(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person     
Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications)     

COPIES TO:    

   J. MICHAEL SCHELL, ESQ.                     DR. SIEGFRIED SCHWUNG
  MARGARET L. WOLFF, ESQ.                       DAIMLERCHRYSLER AG
SKADDEN, ARPS, SLATE, MEAGHER & FLOM LLP               EPPLESTRASSE 225       
    919 THIRD AVENUE                             70567 STUTTGART
NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10022                             GERMANY      
   (212) 735-3000                              011-49-711-17-0

NOVEMBER 6, 1998    
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(Date of Event Which Requires Filing of This Statement)     

If the filing person has previously filed a statement on
Schedule 13G to report the acquisition that is the subject of this Schedule   
13D, and is filing this schedule because of Rule 13d-1(e), 13d-1(f) or 13d-   
1(g), check the following box   ( ).                                          

CINS No.    D16668 10 1             13D                                       
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1.   NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS                                               
I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS (ENTITIES ONLY)         

DAIMLERCHRYSLER AG       98-0190736                           
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2.   CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*                        
                                                  (a)  ( )
                                                  (b)  ( )
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3.   SEC USE ONLY                                                             

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4.   SOURCE OF FUNDS*                                                         

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5.   CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO     
ITEM 2(d) or 2(e)                                                   
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6.   CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION                                     

STUTTGART, FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY                              
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 7.    SOLE VOTING POWER
                              563,783,263 DAIMLER-BENZ ORDINARY SHARES
  NUMBER OF              -----------------------------------------------
SHARES                8.    SHARED VOTING POWER                   
BENEFICIALLY                                                            
  OWNED BY               -----------------------------------------------
EACH                  9.    SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER                
REPORTING                     563,783,263 DAIMLER-BENZ ORDINARY SHARES
  PERSON                 -----------------------------------------------
WITH                  10.    SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER             

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11.  AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON             

563,783,263 DAIMLER-BENZ ORDINARY SHARES                            
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12.  CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN           
SHARES*                                                             
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13.  PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)                       

98.2 %                                                              
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14.  TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*                                                

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* SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT!    

This Schedule 13D (the "Schedule 13D") relates to the acquisition by
DaimlerChrysler AG, a stock corporation (Aktiengesellschaft) organized        
under the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany ("DaimlerChrysler AG"),     
of  98.2% of the outstanding Ordinary Shares, no par value (each, a           
"Daimler-Benz Ordinary Share"), of Daimler-Benz Aktiengesellschaft, a stock   
corporation (Aktiengesellschaft) organized under the laws of the Federal      
Republic of Germany ("Daimler-Benz" or the "Issuer"), in the exchange offer   
(the "Daimler-Benz Exchange Offer") made by DaimlerChrysler AG for all        
outstanding Daimler-Benz Ordinary Shares.                                     

The Daimler-Benz Exchange Offer was made pursuant to the Business   
Combination Agreement, dated as of May 7, 1998 (as amended and restated,      
the "Combination Agreement"), among Daimler-Benz, Chrysler Corporation, a     
Delaware corporation ("Chrysler"), and DaimlerChrysler AG.  In the Daimler-   
Benz Exchange Offer, each Daimler-Benz Ordinary Share was exchanged for       
1.005 DaimlerChrysler Ordinary Shares.  The Daimler-Benz Exchange Offer is    
one in a series of transactions which together will have the effect of        
combining the respective businesses, stockholder groups, managements and      
other constituencies of Chrysler and Daimler-Benz in a "merger-of-equals"     
transaction.  A copy of the Combination Agreement is attached as Exhibit      
(b)(1) and is incorporated herein by reference.                               

ITEM 1.  SECURITY AND ISSUER.                                                 

This Schedule 13D relates to the Daimler-Benz Ordinary Shares.  The 
issuer is Daimler-Benz Aktiengesellschaft, a stock corporation                
(Aktiengesellschaft) organized under the laws of the Federal Republic of      
Germany ("Daimler-Benz" or the "Issuer"), which has its principal executive   
offices at Epplestrasse 225, 70567 Stuttgart, Germany.                        

ITEM 2.  IDENTITY AND BACKGROUND.                                             

(a)-(c) and (f)  This Schedule 13D is being filed by DaimlerChrysler
AG, a newly formed stock corporation (Aktiengesellschaft) organized under     
the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany, that has not, to date,           
conducted any activities other than those incident to its formation, its      
execution, delivery and performance of its obligations under the              
Combination Agreement and related agreements, and its participation in the    
Daimler-Benz Exchange Offer.  The principal executive offices of              
DaimlerChrysler AG are located at Epplestrasse 225, 70567 Stuttgart,          
Germany.  Certain information concerning the executive officers and           
directors of DaimlerChrysler AG is set forth in Schedule I attached hereto    
and is incorporated herein by reference.                                      

(d)-(e)  During the last five years, neither DaimlerChrysler AG nor,
to the best knowledge of DaimlerChrysler AG, any of the persons listed in     
Schedule I attached hereto, has been convicted in a criminal proceeding       
(excluding traffic violations or similar misdemeanors), or been a party to    
a civil proceeding of a judicial or administrative body of competent          
jurisdiction as a result of which it or he was or is subject to a judgment,   
decree or final order enjoining future violations of, or prohibiting or       
mandating activities subject to, federal or state securities laws or          
finding any violation with respect to such laws.                              

ITEM 3.  SOURCE AND AMOUNT OF FUNDS OR OTHER CONSIDERATION.                   

The information set forth on the outside front cover page of the    
Offering Circular-Prospectus, dated September 24, 1998 with respect to the    
Daimler-Benz Exchange Offer (the "Offering-Circular Prospectus"), and under   
the captions "Summary--The Daimler-Benz Exchange Offer--Daimler-Benz          
Exchange Offer Ratio," "Summary--The Daimler-Benz Exchange Offer--Terms of    
the Daimler-Benz Exchange Offer," "The Daimler-Benz Exchange Offer" and       
"The Combination Agreement--The Daimler-Benz Exchange Offer" in the Offering  
Circular-Prospectus is incorporated herein by reference.                      

ITEM 4.  PURPOSE OF TRANSACTION.                                              

(a)-(g) and (j)  The information set forth under the captions       
"Summary--The Transactions," "The Daimler-Benz Exchange Offer--General,"      
"Dividends," "The Transactions--Background of the Transactions," "The         
Transactions--Composition of DaimlerChrysler Management Board and             
Integration Committee," "The Combination Agreement" and in Annex D to the     
Offering Circular-Prospectus is incorporated herein by reference.             

(h)-(i) The information set forth under the captions "Summary--The  
Daimler-Benz Exchange Offer--Termination of Daimler-Benz ADS Program," "The   
Daimler-Benz Exchange Offer--Amendment and Termination of the Deposit         
Agreement," "Risk Factors--Effect of Delay of Daimler-Benz Merger," "Market   
Prices" and "The Transactions--Stock Exchange Listings" in the Offering       
Circular-Prospectus is incorporated herein by reference.                      

ITEM 5.  INTEREST IN SECURITIES OF THE ISSUER.                                

 (a)-(c)  Pursuant to the Daimler-Benz Exchange Offer, DaimlerChrysler
AG acquired beneficial ownership (in accordance with Rule 13d-3(a) under      
the Exchange Act) of 563,783,263 Daimler-Benz Ordinary Shares, or 98.2%, of   
the Daimler-Benz Ordinary Shares outstanding as of November 6, 1998.          
DaimlerChrysler AG has sole voting and dispositive power with respect to      
such Daimler-Benz Ordinary Shares.                                            

Except as described herein, neither DaimlerChrysler AG, nor, to the 
best knowledge of DaimlerChrysler AG, any of the individuals named in         
Schedule I hereto, beneficially owns or during the last 60 days has           
effected any transaction in the Daimler-Benz Ordinary Shares.                 

(d)  Inapplicable.                                                  

(e)  Inapplicable.                                                  

ITEM 6.  CONTRACTS, ARRANGEMENTS, UNDERSTANDINGS OR RELATIONSHIPS WITH        
RESPECT TO SECURITIES OF THE ISSUER.                        

 Except as provided in the Combination Agreement or as set forth under
the captions "Summary--The Transactions--The Daimler-Benz Merger" and "The    
Combination Agreement--The Daimler-Benz Merger" in the Offering Circular-     
Prospectus, all of which information is incorporated herein by reference,     
neither DaimlerChrysler AG, nor, to the best knowledge of DaimlerChrysler     
AG, any of the individuals named in Schedule I hereto, has any contracts,     
arrangements, understandings or relationships (legal or otherwise), with      
any person either with respect to any securities of the Issuer, including,    
but not limited to, transfer or voting of any securities, finder's fees,      
joint ventures, loan or option arrangements, puts or calls, guarantees of     
profits, division of profits or losses, or the giving or withholding of       
proxies.                                                                      

ITEM 7.  MATERIAL TO BE FILED AS EXHIBITS.                                    

(a)(1)    Offering Circular-Prospectus, dated September 24, 1998    
      (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit (a)(1) to
           DaimlerChrysler AG's Schedule 14D-1, filed on September 24,
1998).                                          

(a)(2)    Letter of Transmittal (incorporated herein by reference to
            Exhibit (a)(2) to DaimlerChrysler AG's Schedule 14D-1, filed
on September 24, 1998).                         

(b)(1)    Amended and Restated Business Combination Agreement, dated
   as of May 7, 1998, among Daimler-Benz, Chrysler and
       DaimlerChrysler AG (included as Annex A to the Offering
Circular-Prospectus).                           

SIGNATURE     

  After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I
certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete    
and correct.                                                                  

November 16, 1998                                                             

DAIMLERCHRYSLER AG

   By: /s/ H. J. Rodewig
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                   Name:   Dr. Heinrich J. Rodewig
           Title:  General Counsel

By: /s/ Schwung   
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                 Name:   Dr. Siegfried Schwung
                     Title:  Associate General Counsel

           EXHIBIT INDEX

EXHIBIT                                                           
NO.                                                           
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   (a)(1)            Offering Circular-Prospectus, dated September 24,
                     1998 (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit
                  (a)(1) to DaimlerChrysler AG's Schedule 14D-1,
 filed on September 24, 1998).

(a)(2)            Letter of Transmittal (incorporated herein by 
                  reference to Exhibit (a)(2) to DaimlerChrysler
                      AG's Schedule 14D-1, filed on September 24, 1998).

(b)(1)            Amended and Restated Business Combination     
                      Agreement, dated as of May 7, 1998, among Daimler-
                      Benz, Chrysler and DaimlerChrysler AG (included as
                 Annex A to the Offering Circular-Prospectus).

SCHEDULE I    

INFORMATION REGARDING THE EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS OF     
DAIMLERCHRYSLER AG    

  Set forth below is the name, current business address, and the present
principal occupation or employment of each director and executive officer     
of DaimlerChrysler AG ("DaimlerChrysler AG").  Each such person is a          
citizen of the Federal Republic of Germany, except for Sir E. John P.         
Browne, who is a citizen of the United Kingdom, Lynton R. Wilson, who is a    
citizen of Canada, and those denoted with an asterisk (*) next to their       
names, who are citizens of the United States.                                 

I.   Members of the DaimlerChrysler AG Management Board (Vorstand)  

                                                   Position with Company
                                                   and Principal
Name                Address                            Occupation     
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Juergen E. Schrempp     Epplestrasse 225              Co-Chairman,            
                  70567 Stuttgart, Germany      Co-Chief Executive
                                         Officer

Robert J. Eaton*        1000 Chrysler Drive           Co-Chairman,            
                  Auburn Hills, MI  48326-2766  Co-Chief Executive
                                         Officer

II.    Members of the DaimlerChrysler AG Supervisory Board (Aufsichtsrat) 

 Name               Address                       Principal Occupation
 ----               -------                       --------------------
Hilmar Kopper           Taunusanlage 12               Chairman of the         
                   60325 Frankfurt a. M.,          Supervisory Board
                     Germany                         of Deutsche Bank AG

Robert E. Allen*        One Oak Way, Room 4ED118        Former Chairman of the
                 Berkeley Heights, NJ  07922     Board and Chief
                                                      Executive Officer of
                                      AT&T

Sir E. John P. Browne   Britannic House               Group Chief Executive   
                      1 Finsbury Circus               of British Petroleum
                London EC2M 7BA,                Company p.l.c.
Great Britain                 

Joseph A. Califano,     152 West 57th Street,         Chairman of the Board   
Jr.*                 12th Floor                      and President of   
                    New York, NY  10019             National Center on
                                               Addiction and
                                                    Substance Abuse at
                                                     Columbia University

Dr. Martin Kohlhaussen  Neue Mainzer Strasse 32-36    Speaker of the          
                     60311 Frankfurt a. M.,          Management Board of
                Germany                         Commerzbank AG

Robert J. Lanigan*      One Sea Gate                  Chairman Emeritus of    
                      Toledo, OH  43666               Owens-Illinois, Inc.

Peter A. Magowan*       Candlestick Park              Chairman of the Board   
                  P.O. Box 24308                  of Safeway Inc.;
               San Francisco, CA  94124        President and
                                                  Managing General
                                                Partner of San
                                                  Francisco Giants

Dr. Manfred Schneider   Kaiser-Wilhelm-Allee          Chairman of the         
                     Hochhaus W1                     Management Board of
          51368 Leverkusen, Germany       Bayer AG

G. Richard Thoman*      800 Long Ridge Road           President and Chief     
                      Stamford, CT  06904             Operating Officer of
                                                   Xerox Corporation

Bernhard Walter         Juergen-Ponto-Platz 1         Speaker of the          
                     60329 Frankfurt a. M.,          Management Board of
                  Germany                         Dresdner Bank AG

Lynton R. Wilson        181 Bay Street,               Chairman and Chief      
                       P.O. Box 794                    Executive  Officer of
          Toronto, Ontario  M5J2T3        BCE Inc.
Canada                        

Dr. Mark Wossner        Carl-Bertelsmann-Strasse 270  Chairman of the         
                      33311 Guetersloh, Germany       Supervisory Board of
                                                Bertelsmann AG

Dates Referenced Herein   and   Documents Incorporated by Reference

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