Holding in Company

Bunzl PLC
9 January 2001


Schedule 10 - Notification of Major Interests in Shares

1   Name of company:
BUNZL PLC

2   Name of shareholder having a major interest:
DEUTSCHE BANK A.G.

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:
NON-BENEFICIAL INTERESTS REPRESENTING FUNDS UNDER MANAGEMENT HELD ON BEHALF OF
CLIENTS

4   Name of registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of
shares held by each of them:
REGISTERED HOLDERS                                  NO. OF SHARES
HELD AS PRINCIPAL
DEUTSCHE BANK AG LONDON                                    34,631
MORGAN GRENFELL & CO LTD A/C LIBRARY                            5
HELD IN CLIENT PORTOFOLIOS
MORGAN NOMINEES                                        29,647,165
MORGAN NOMINEES ACCOUNT BIPF                              153,200
MORGAN NOMINEES ACCOUNT CHY                               171,617
MORGAN NOMINEES ACCOUNT CSL                                83,000
MORGAN NOMINEES ACCOUNT DGR                               512,000
MORGAN NOMINEES ACCOUNT ENF                               293,500
MORGAN NOMINEES ACCOUNT LAM                               371,300
MORGAN NOMINEES ACCOUNT MER                                66,300
MORGAN NOMINEES ACCOUNT NG                                113,646
MORGAN NOMINEES ACCOUNT PGP                                62,442
MORGAN NOMINEES ACCOUNT SAM                                70,083
MORGAN NOMINEES ACCOUNT SL                              1,528,098
BRITISH OVERSEAS ACCOUNT 7020                             186,471
BRITISH OVERSEAS ACCOUNT 6951                             661,700
BT GLOBENET NOMINEES LTD                                  359,543
CHASE NOMINEES                                          1,676,530    
CHASE NOMINEES ACCOUNT 14186                              181,574
CLYDESDALE BANK CUSTODIAN NOMINEES                        324,513
DEUTSCHE BANK INTERNATIONAL LTD                            86,800
LOTHIAN REGIONAL COUNCIL                                1,428,601           
MSS NOMINEES                                            5,814,245
NORTRUST NOMINEES                                       5,939,045
RAILWAYS PENSION TRUSTEE CO                             4,369,159
PERRY NOMINEES                                            241,000
RBSTB NOMINEES                                          5,635,548
RBSTB NOMINEES A/C 0150303182                              29,118
STATE STREET NOMINEES                                   3,857,740

TOTAL                                                  63,898,574

5   Number of shares/amount of stock acquired:
N/A

6   Percentage of issued class:
N/A

7   Number of shares/amount of stock disposed:
4,941,436 SINCE LAST NOTIFICATION

8   Percentage of issued class:
1.07%

9   Class of security:
ORDINARY SHARES OF 25P

10  Date of transaction:
N/A

11  Date company informed:
8 JANUARY

12  Total holding following this notification:
63,898,574

13  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification:
13.88%

14  Contact name for queries:
MRS C MEYER

15 Contact telephone number:
020-7495-4950

16  Name of company official responsible for making notification:
MR P N HUSSEY, COMPANY SECRETARY

17  Date of notification:
9 JANUARY 2000





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