We have revised our financial risk assessment on U.S. cable operator Atlantic Broadband Finance LLC to "aggressive" from "highly leveraged," reflecting our expectation that leverage will decline to less than 5x over the next year. We also revised our financial policy score to "negative" from "neutral" based on our expectation that the company could pursue acquisitions, which it would likely finance with additional debt. We have affirmed our 'BB-' corporate credit rating on Atlantic Broadband Finance LLC. The stable rating outlook reflects our expectation for good operating and financial performance such that leverage will decline to less than 5x. Still, ABB's financial policy, including the potential for debt-financed acquisition, will likely constrain longer-term leverage improvement. On March 26, 2015, Standard
