Essentra plc has announced that it purchased 24,014 of its ordinary shares of 25 pence each in the Company from Peel Hunt LLP as part of the buyback programme. The lowest price paid per share was 155.2000 GBp, the highest price paid per share was 158.0000 GBp, and the volume-weighted average price paid per share was 156.0885 GBp. Essentra intends to cancel the purchased shares. After the settlement and cancellation, Essentra will have 292,533,988 ordinary shares of 25 pence each in issue, excluding 5,039,265 ordinary shares held in treasury. The figure 292,533,988 represents the total number of voting rights in Essentra.