Carlyle Is in Talks to Hand Over Dainese to Private Lenders

A Dainese event at a store in Rome.

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Carlyle Group Inc. is in talks to hand over the keys to Dainese SpA to creditors HPS Investment Partners and Arcmont Asset Management, in one of the first potential private credit takeovers in Italy.

The ownership transfer of the Italian sportswear company would be consensual and the firms are still negotiating the details of the deal, said people with knowledge of the matter, who spoke on the condition of anonymity. Nothing is finalized and the outcome could still change, they said.