On October 29, 2018, Hitachi Ltd. announced that it has agreed to buy out Elliott Management Corp.'s 31.8% stake in Italian rail signaling equipment unit Ansaldo STS SpA for €807.6 million ($918 million), handing a victory to the activist investor. Hitachi said it will pay Elliott €12.70 per share for Genoa-based Ansaldo and then launch a general offer at the same price for the remaining 49.22% of the company that it does not already own.