Essentra plc has announced that it purchased 30,493 of its ordinary shares of 25 pence each in the Company from Peel Hunt LLP as part of the buyback program. The shares were purchased at a price of 154.6000 GBp per share. Essentra intends to cancel the purchased shares. After the settlement and cancellation, Essentra will have 292,611,473 ordinary shares in issue, excluding those held in treasury. This figure represents the total number of voting rights in Essentra. The purchases were made on the London Stock Exchange.