China's Anta Group, FountainVest tapping banks for $4.8b Amer buyout loan

China's Anta Group, FountainVest tapping banks for $4.8b Amer buyout loan

Various models from the Redster collection of skis stand on display at the Atomic Austria GmbH, a unit of Amer Sports Oyj, pro center manufacturing facility in Altenmarkt im Pongau, Austria. Photographer: Lisi Niesner/Bloomberg

China’s Anta Sports Products Ltd. and buyout firm FountainVest Partners Co. are tapping Asian and European lenders for 4.215 billion euros ($4.8 billion) of loans to back a potential acquisition of Finland’s Amer Sports Oyj, according to people familiar with the matter.

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