EXHIBIT 15.1    Convenience translation  Declaration by the Board of Management and the Supervisory
Board of Daimler AG pursuant to Section 161 of the German Stock
Corporation Act (AktG) regarding the German Corporate Governance Code as
amended on June 18, 2009*  Section 161 of the German Stock Corporation Act (AktG) requires the
Board of Management and the Supervisory Board of a listed stock corporation to
declare each year that the recommendations of the German Corporate Governance
Code Government Commission as published by the Federal Ministry of Justice in
the official section of the electronic Federal Gazette have been and are being
met or, for which reasons which recommendations have not been or are not being
applied. Permanent public access to such declaration must be given on the
website of the Company.  The German Corporate
Governance Code (Code) contains rules with varying binding effects. Apart
from outlining aspects of the applicable German Stock Corporation Law, it
contains recommendations from which companies are permitted to deviate.
However, if they do so, they must disclose this each year. According to § 161
AktG, in the version of the German Accounting Law Reform Act dated May 25, 2009,
deviations from the recommendations of the Code have to be explained. The Code further
contains suggestions which can be ignored without giving rise to any disclosure
requirement.  The Board of Management
and the Supervisory Board of Daimler AG have decided to disclose and explain not
only deviations from the Codes recommendations (see I.) but also  without
being legally obliged to do so  deviations from its suggestions (see II.).  For the period from December
2008 until August 4, 2009, the following declaration refers to the Code as
amended on June 6, 2008. For the corporate governance practice of Daimler AG
since August 5, 2009, this declaration refers to the requirements of the Code as
amended on June 18, 2009, published in the electronic Federal Gazette on August
5, 2009.  The Board of Management
and the Supervisory Board of Daimler AG declare that as a rule both the
recommendations and the suggestions of the German Corporate Governance Code
Government Commission have been and are being met. The Board of Management and
the Supervisory Board of Daimler AG also intend to follow the recommendations
and suggestions of the German Corporate Governance Code in the future. The
following recommendations and suggestions are the only ones that have not been and
are not being applied:  1


I.Deviations from the
Recommendations of the German Corporate Governance Code  1.Deductible with the D&O
insurance (Code Clause 3.8, Paragraph 2)  The
Directors and Officers Liability insurance (D&O insurance) obtained by
Daimler AG excludes coverage for intentional acts and omissions and for
breaches of duty knowingly committed. As a result, a deductible only comes into
question in the context of negligent breaches of duty.  Previously, the D&O
insurance policy of Daimler AG did not provide for a deductible for negligent
conduct by Supervisory Board members. The renewed D&O insurance policy as
of April 1, 2010 will provide for such deductible for the members of the
Supervisory Board.  The D&O insurance of
Daimler AG did provide for a deductible for slight or gross negligence of Board
of Management members in the past. With the start of the new D&O insurance
policy as of April 1, 2010, this deductible will be adapted to the new legal
provision. The previously available option to resolve an additional percentage
deduction for grossly negligent breach of duty from the variable portion of remuneration
of the Board of Management member concerned will thus be rendered obsolete.  2.Compensation of the Supervisory Board (Code Clause
5.4.6, Paragraph 2, Sentence 1)  The Supervisory Board receives adequate compensation that contains fixed
and function-related elements, where applicable, as well as attendance fees.
The Articles of Incorporation provide for a base annual fee for each Member of
the Supervisory Board. This base annual fee increases according to the
respective field of responsibility with taking over further functions within
the Supervisory Board, as taking a membership or the Chair of Supervisory Board
Committees or the Chair or Deputy Chair of the Supervisory Board. If a member
of the Supervisory Board exercises several of the aforementioned functions, he/she
shall be remunerated solely according to the function with the highest
remuneration. We believe that a function-related compensation system is also
more appropriate for the oversight role of Supervisory Board members than
performance-related compensation because it eliminates any potential
conflicting interests that might arise from decisions of the Supervisory Board
with possible influence on performance criteria. Thus the Supervisory Board
does not receive performance-related compensation.  2


II.Deviations from the
Suggestions of the German Corporate Governance Code  1.Broadcast of the Annual Meeting (Code Clause
2.3.4)  The Annual Meeting of Daimler AG is broadcast on the
internet through the end of the Board of Managements report. Continuing the
broadcast after this point, particularly broadcasting comments made by individual
shareholders could be construed as interfering with privacy rights. The fact
that, at the forefront, transmission of the entire Annual Shareholders Meeting
requires legitimation by the Articles of Incorporation or Rules of Procedure
adopted by the Shareholders Meeting itself, points out that, in due
consideration, privacy rights of the shareholder are not per sesubordinated
to a transmission interest.  For this reason the company will go on not to broadcast the entire
Annual Meeting.  2.Variable compensation of the Supervisory Board
relating to the companys long-term success (Code Clause 5.4.6 Paragraph 2,
Sentence 2)  We refer to the comments on I. 2. with regard to the introduction of
performance-related compensation.   Stuttgart, in December 2009   The Supervisory Board
  
  The Board of
  Management  3