Essentra plc has announced that it has purchased 20,000 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 19, 2023, at a price of 156.0000 GBp per share. Essentra intends to cancel the purchased shares. After the settlement and cancellation, Essentra will have 290,164,462 ordinary shares of 25 pence each in issue, excluding 5,039,265 ordinary shares held in treasury. This figure represents the total number of voting rights in Essentra. The transactions were made on the London Stock Exchange.