KKR sparks £800m deal to purchase stake in battery storage firm Zenobe

KKR, the New York-listed buyout big, is to amass joint management of Zenobe, one among Britain’s most promising battery storage firms.

Sky News has learnt that KKR and Zenobe plan to announce this week that they’ve reached settlement on a deal valuing the enterprise at about £800m.

The transaction will contain KKR shopping for a roughly-45% stake in Zenobe, positioning it alongside Infracapital because the joint largest shareholder.

In whole, it includes a main and secondary share sale price roughly £500m, in keeping with one investor.

Chaired by Steve Holliday, the previous chief government of National Grid, Zenobe describes itself as a global EV fleet and battery storage specialist.

It boasts an enormous share of the still-nascent UK electrical bus sector, and counts National Express and Stagecoach, two of the nation’s largest bus service operators, amongst its clients.

Zenobe repurposes electrical automobile batteries after their preliminary life, offering energy options to industries akin to movie and occasions.

Founded in 2017, the corporate says it has raised about £925m in debt and fairness funding so far.

Its smaller shareholders embody the Japanese firms Tepco and Jera.

KKR declined to remark, whereas Zenobe couldn’t be reached for remark.