Main Capital Partners acquires a majority stake in Ferranti, an established provider of mission-critical software for the utilities sector.

PRESS RELEASE

Antwerp, May 28, 2026 – Main Capital Partners (“Main”) and Ferranti, a trusted provider of mission-critical software for the utilities sector headquartered in Belgium, are pleased to announce that Main has acquired a majority stake in Ferranti. This marks the start of a new phase of growth for Ferranti, focused on continued product innovation, international expansion, and targeted buy-and-build. The existing management team will continue to lead Ferranti, with Tom Van Haute taking the role of CEO.

Headquartered in Antwerp, Belgium, Ferranti is an established international software provider for utility companies. With a team of ca. 285 professionals, Ferranti develops software to support renowned energy suppliers, distribution grid operators, water utilities, and integrated utilities with managing core meter-to-cash and distribution grid operator (DGO) processes across electricity, gas, heat, and water. The company serves a broad customer base across more than 12 countries, with a strong presence in Belgium, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom, alongside a growing footprint across Europe and Asia-Pacific.

The utilities software market is supported by attractive long-term trends, including increasing regulatory complexity, the rollout of smart metering, and the growth of distributed energy resources. These developments are driving demand for modern, integrated platforms to manage increasingly complex ecosystems and workflows.

Ferranti is well positioned to benefit from these trends through its cloud-based MECOMS 365 platform and decades of deep sector expertise embedded across the organization. Built on Microsoft Dynamics 365, MECOMS 365 plays a central role in the daily operations of utility companies and integrates core modules such as customer information systems (CIS), customer service and engagement, market communication and orchestration, meter data management (MDM), pricing, quoting, and billing within a single environment.

Main and Ferranti share the ambition to further strengthen Ferranti’s position as a trusted software provider for the utilities sector. The next phase of growth will focus on further enhancing the MECOMS 365 proposition, accelerating international expansion, and pursuing selective strategic add-on opportunities to broaden its product capabilities and market reach.

Sjoerd Aarts, Managing Partner & Head of Benelux at Main, stated: “Ferranti has built an impressive position as a mission-critical software provider for the utilities sector, a market characterized by attractive, structural long-term trends. Combining deep domain expertise with its scalable MECOMS 365 platform, the company has established strong, long-standing customer relationships across multiple markets. We see clear potential to further strengthen Ferranti’s position and look forward to supporting the management team in this next phase.”

Ernst Nijkerk, departing CEO and representing the Nijkerk shareholding family, added: “Finding the right partner to support Ferranti in its next phase of growth was of great importance to us. In Main, we are confident that we have found a partner that understands Ferranti’s market and values its people, customers, and deep sector expertise. With Main’s support, we are confident Ferranti is well positioned for the road ahead.”

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About Ferranti
Founded in 1976 and headquartered in Antwerp, Belgium, Ferranti is a provider of mission-critical software to the utilities sector. Through its cloud-based MECOMS 365 platform, built on Microsoft Dynamics 365, Ferranti supports a broad base of utility customers across more than 12 countries in managing core meter-to-cash and distribution grid operator (DGO) processes across electricity, gas, heat, and water.

About Main Capital Partners
Main Capital Partners is a software investor managing private equity funds active in the Benelux, DACH, France, the Nordics, and North America with approximately EUR 7.0 billion in Assets under Management. Main has over 20 years of experience in strengthening software companies and works closely with the management teams in their portfolio as a strategic partner to achieve profitable growth and larger international software groups. Main has approximately 95 employees operating out of its offices in The Hague, Düsseldorf, Stockholm, Antwerp, Paris, and an affiliate office in Boston. Main maintains an active portfolio of over 55 software companies. The underlying portfolio employs approximately 15,000 employees. Through its Main Social Institute, Main supports students with grants and scholarships to study IT and Computer Science at Technical Universities and Universities of Applied Sciences.

Closing of the transaction is still pending mandatory regulatory approvals.

Nothing contained in this Press Release is intended to project, predict, guarantee, or forecast the future performance of any investment. This Press Release is for information purposes only and is not investment advice or an offer to buy or sell any securities or to invest in any funds or other investment vehicles managed by Main Capital Partners or any other person.