NEW YORK (Standard&Poor's) April 15, 2009--Standard&Poor's Ratings Services said today that it raised its ratings on Crown Holdings Inc. and its subsidiaries, including its corporate credit rating to 'BB' from 'BB-'. The outlook is stable. In addition, Standard&Poor's raised the senior secured debt ratings on Crown to 'BB+' from 'BB'. The recovery ratings on the senior secured debt remain unchanged at '2', indicating our expectation of substantial (70% to 90%) recovery in a payment default. Standard&Poor's also raised the senior unsecured debt ratings, to 'BB-' on issues that are guaranteed and to 'B+' on issues that are not guaranteed, from 'B'. At the same time, we assigned recovery ratings to the senior