Shares in Cap Gemini Sogeti SA were down 12.80 francs at 186.0 francs at 2pm yesterday after a Daimler-Benz AG official was reported as saying the German group was unhappy with its stake in Sogeti SA, the Cap Gemini holding company: Jrgen Schrempp, in line to succeed chairman Edzard Reuter, wants to reduce Daimler-Benz’s interest in Sogeti according to weekly Der Spiegel; Daimler-Benz paid somne $600m in 1991 for 34% of Sogeti, and from next February, has a 12-month option to convert a bond into equity, raising its interest in Sogeti to 39.9%, or exercise a warrant to acquire control of the company, something no-one expects to take place.
