NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Kroll Bond Rating Agency (KBRA) assigns a preliminary rating of BBB (sf) to Coinstar Funding, LLC Series 2018-1 Fixed Rate Senior Secured Notes, Class A-2, a whole business securitization. Coinstar, LLC (“Coinstar” or the “Company”) completed its first “whole business securitization” in May 2017. The company has contributed most of its revenue-generating assets to Coinstar Funding LLC as collateral for the offered notes. The transaction is structured as a master trust