Fthr re Disposal

Bunzl PLC
16 October 2000



              BUNZL COMPLETES SALE OF CAPITAL EQUIPMENT BUSINESS
                                       
Further  to  the  announcement  made on 27  September  2000,  Bunzl  plc,  the
international   Group  supplying  business  to  business  consumables,   today
announces  that  it has completed the sale of its capital equipment  business,
Filtrona Instruments and Automation, to Molins PLC.



Enquiries:

Bunzl plc                               Finsbury
David Williams, Finance Director        Roland Rudd
                                        Morgan Bone
                                        
Tel: [phone]                      Tel: [phone]