Crown European Holdings S.A., a subsidiary of global can maker Crown Holdings Inc., is issuing Eur500 million of senior unsecured notes. Crown intends to use the proceeds to repay secured and unsecured debt and for general corporate purposes. We are assigning a 'BB-' senior unsecured debt rating and a recovery rating of '5' to these notes. We are affirming our 'BB' corporate credit rating on Crown as well as our ratings on the company's unsecured debt. Based on our updated recovery analysis, we are raising our senior secured debt rating on the company to 'BBB-' with a recovery rating of '1' from 'BB+' with a recovery rating of '2'. We are maintaining our positive ratings outlook based on our expectation