Essentra plc has announced that it purchased 14,740 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 22, 2023, at a price of 163.5000 GBp per share. The volume-weighted average price paid per share was also 163.5000 GBp. Essentra intends to cancel the purchased shares, and after the cancellation, the company will have 288,417,398 ordinary shares of 25 pence each in issue, excluding 5,039,265 ordinary shares held in treasury. This figure will represent the total number of voting rights in Essentra. The transactions were made on the London Stock Exchange.