Director Shareholding

Bunzl PLC
23 July 2004


                                  SCHEDULE 11

          NOTIFICATION OF INTERESTS OF DIRECTORS AND CONNECTED PERSONS

1. Name of company

BUNZL PLC

2. Name of director

CHRISTOPH PAUL SANDER

3. Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of holding
of the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a non-beneficial interest
or in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that person's
spouse or children under the age of 18 or in respect of a non-beneficial
interest

DIRECTOR NAMED IN 2 ABOVE AND SPOUSE

4. Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of
shares held by each of them (if notified)

CHRISTOPH PAUL SANDER - 58,918
HARGREAVES LANSDOWN NOMINEES LTD HLNOM - 66,821
HARGREAVES LANSDOWN NOMINEES LTD 15999 (SINGLE CO/NON DISCRETIONARY PEP) -
3,979
BARCLAYS SHARE NOMINEES LIMITED (GENERAL/NON DISCRETIONARY PEP) - 2,384
BARCLAYS SHARE NOMINEES LTD (SINGLE CO/NON DISCRETIONARY PEP) - 744
HARGREAVES LANSDOWN NOMINESS LTD HLNOM - 5,719 (NON BENEFICIAL)
HARGREAVES LANSDOWN NOMINEES LTD 15637 (GENERAL/NON DISCRETIONARY PEP) - 1,139
(NON BENEFICIAL)
HARGREAVES LANSDOWN NOMINEES LTD 15636 (SINGLE CO/NON DISCRETIONARY PEP) - 3,172
(NON BENEFICIAL)

5. Please state whether notification relates to a person(s) connected with the
director named in 2 above and identify the connected person(s)

N/A

6. Please state the nature of the transaction. For PEP transactions please
indicate whether general/single co PEP and if discretionary/non discretionary

N/A

7. Number of shares / amount of stock acquired

142,876 ORDINARY SHARES HELD ON APPOINTMENT AS A DIRECTOR

8. Percentage of issued class

0.03%

9. Number of shares/amount of stock disposed

N/A

10. Percentage of issued class

N/A

11. Class of security

ORDINARY SHARES OF 25P

12. Price per share

N/A

13. Date of transaction

N/A

14. Date company informed

23 JULY 2004

15. Total holding following this notification

142,876 (132,846 BENEFICIAL, 10,030 NON BENEFICIAL)

16. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

0.03%

If a director has been granted options by the company please complete the
following boxes.

17. Date of grant

A)  27/03/00
B)  21/11/00
C)  27/02/01
D)  29/08/01
E)  28/02/02
F)  29/08/02
G)  25/02/03
H)  27/08/03
I)  03/03/04

18. Period during which or date on which exercisable

A)  FROM 01/06/05 UNTIL 30/11/05
B)  UNTIL 20/11/10
C)  UNTIL 26/02/11
D)  FROM 29/08/04 UNTIL 28/08/11
E)  FROM 28/02/05 UNTIL 27/02/12
F)  FROM 29/08/05 UNTIL 28/08/12
G)  FROM 25/02/06 UNTIL 24/02/13
H)  FROM 27/08/06 UNTIL 26/08/13
I)  FROM 03/03/07 UNTIL 02/03/14

19. Total amount paid (if any) for grant of the option

NIL

20. Description of shares or debentures involved: class, number

A)  7,305 ORDINARY SHARES OF 25P
B)  100,000 ORDINARY SHARES OF 25P
C)  25,000 ORDINARY SHARES OF 25P
D)  25,000 ORDINARY SHARES OF 25P
E)  25,000 ORDINARY SHARES OF 25P
F)  40,000 ORDINARY SHARES OF 25P
G)  60,000 ORDINARY SHARES OF 25P
H)  60,000 ORDINARY SHARES OF 25P
I)  60,000 ORDINARY SHARES OF 25P

21. Exercise price (if fixed at time of grant) or indication that price is to be
fixed at time of exercise

A)  2.31
B)  NIL (LONG TERM INCENTIVE PLAN)
C)  4.55
D)  4.50
E)  4.82
F)  4.61
G)  3.7225
H)  4.4625
I)  4.5150

22. Total number of shares or debentures over which options held following this
notification

402,305

23. Any additional information

MR SANDER HAS NOTIFIED THE COMPANY THAT THE FOLLOWING AWARDS HAVE BEEN MADE
UNDER THE COMPANY'S DEFERRED ANNUAL SHARE BONUS SCHEME ('THE SCHEME') AS A
RESULT OF WHICH HE HAS THE RIGHT TO ACQUIRE FROM THE BUNZL GROUP GENERAL
EMPLOYEE BENEFIT TRUST THE NUMBER OF ORDINARY 25P SHARES OF THE COMPANY
INDICATED BELOW FOR NIL CONSIDERATION ON THE FOLLOWING DATES SUBJECT TO THE
RULES OF THE SCHEME

01/03/05 - 17,616
01/03/06 - 31,050
01/03/07 - 25,805

THE COMPANY CONFIRMS THAT THERE ARE NO DETAILS TO BE DISCLOSED PURSUANT TO
PARAGRAPH 16.4 OF THE LISTING RULES IN RELATION TO CHRISTOPH SANDER WHO, AS
ANNOUNCED ON 21 JULY 2004, WAS APPOINTED AS A DIRECTOR OF BUNZL PLC WITH
IMMEDIATE EFFECT.

24. Name of contact and telephone number for queries

MISS A MARTIN 020 7495 4950

25. Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making
this notification

MR P N HUSSEY, COMPANY SECRETARY

Date of Notification

23 JULY 2004

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