Crown Americas LLC and Crown Americas Capital Corp. III, subsidiaries of global can maker Crown Holdings Inc., are jointly issuing $700 million of senior unsecured notes due 2021, primarily for refinancing. 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 as well as our unsecured debt ratings on Crown Holdings Inc. and its subsidiaries. Based on our updated recovery analysis, we are lowering our senior secured debt rating to 'BB+' with a recovery rating of '2' from 'BBB-' with a recovery rating of '1'. The positive outlook is based on our expectation that the company's financial profile will continue to strengthen through strong