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 October 6, 2023, at prices ranging from 166.1905 GBp to 166.5000 GBp, with a volume-weighted average price of 166.2962 GBp. Essentra intends to cancel the purchased shares. After the settlement and cancellation, the company will have 290,595,113 ordinary shares in issue, excluding those held in treasury. This figure represents the total number of voting rights in Essentra. The transactions were made on the London Stock Exchange.