Essentra plc has announced that it has purchased 24,448 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 165.0000 GBp, while the highest price paid per share was 165.8000 GBp, with a volume-weighted average price of 165.1455 GBp. Essentra intends to cancel the purchased shares, and after the settlement and cancellation, the company will have 288,392,950 ordinary shares in issue, excluding those held in treasury. This figure will represent the total number of voting rights in Essentra. The transactions were made on the London Stock Exchange.