Essentra plc has announced that it has purchased 65,000 of its ordinary shares of 25 pence each in the company from Peel Hunt LLP as part of its buyback program. The lowest price paid per share was 157.0000 GBp, and the highest price paid per share was also 157.0000 GBp. The volume-weighted average price paid per share was 157.0000 GBp. Essentra intends to cancel the purchased shares. After the settlement of these purchases, Essentra will have 288,524,685 ordinary shares in issue, excluding the shares held in treasury. This figure will represent the total number of voting rights in Essentra. The transactions were made on the London Stock Exchange.