Essentra PLC has announced the purchase of 11,500 of its ordinary shares of 25 pence each from Peel Hunt LLP as part of the buyback program. The shares were bought on 3 July 2024, with the lowest and highest price paid per share being 160.2900 GBp. The volume-weighted average price paid per share was also 160.2900 GBp. The company intends to cancel the purchased ordinary shares, which will leave 287,924,244 ordinary shares in issue, excluding those held in treasury.

Following the cancellation, the total number of voting rights in Essentra will be 287,924,244, which can be used by shareholders for disclosure and transparency rule calculations. The company provided detailed and aggregated information of the individual trades made by Peel Hunt LLP as part of the Buyback Programme, in accordance with Article 5(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014.

The announcement was made in compliance with the requirements of Listing Rule 12.4.6. For further inquiries, Emma Reid, Company Secretary of Essentra PLC, can be contacted at +44 (0)1908 359100. The individual transactions, including the number of shares purchased, transaction price, market/systematic internalizer, time of transaction, and trade ID, were also detailed in the announcement.