Essentra plc has announced that it has purchased 50,000 of its ordinary shares of 25 pence each in the Company from Peel Hunt LLP as part of its buyback program. The shares were purchased on 21 December 2023 at a price of 161.8000 GBp per share. Essentra intends to cancel the purchased shares. After the cancellation, the company will have 288,432,138 ordinary shares of 25 pence each in issue, excluding 5,039,265 ordinary shares held in treasury. The figure of 288,432,138 will represent the total number of voting rights in Essentra. The transactions were made on the London Stock Exchange.