...+ On July 3, 2018, Blackstone acquired Spain-based gaming company Cirsa Gaming Corp. (##-/Watch Neg). + This was funded through a total of 1,560 million equivalent senior secured notes issued by the newly created entity, LHMC Finco S.a.r.l., and a 710 million equity contribution from Blackstone. These funds were partly used to refinance the existing debt, mainly comprising a total of 950 million senior secured notes. + We are assigning our 'B+' rating to LHMC Bidco SLU, the new parent company of Cirsa, and to the senior secured notes due 2023, issued by LHMC Bidco SLU's subsidiary LHMC Finco S.a.r.l. + The stable outlook reflects our expectation that Cirsa's revenues will increase by around 2%-4% and the reported EBITDA margin will remain above 20% over the next 12 months, leading to adjusted debt to EBITDA of 4.7x-4.8x and free operating cash flow to debt of around 5%-6%. LONDON (S&P Global Ratings) Aug. 14, 2018--S&P Global Ratings said today that it assigned its 'B+' long-term issuer...