Essentra plc has announced that it 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 shares were purchased on December 6, 2023, at a price of 152.0000 GBp per share. Essentra intends to cancel the purchased shares. After the settlement and cancellation, Essentra will have 288,719,685 ordinary shares in issue, excluding 5,039,265 ordinary shares held in treasury. The total number of voting rights in Essentra is 288,784,685, which can be used by shareholders to determine their interest in the company. The transactions were made on the London Stock Exchange.