Essentra plc has announced that it has purchased 17,547 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 18 December 2023 at a price of 163.0000 GBp per share. Essentra intends to cancel the purchased shares. After the settlement of these purchases, Essentra will have 288,507,138 ordinary shares in issue, excluding 5,039,265 ordinary shares held in treasury. The figure of 288,507,138 will represent the total number of voting rights in Essentra. The purchases were made on the London Stock Exchange.