Holding in Company

Bunzl PLC
12 March 2001


Schedule 10 - Notification of Major Interests in Shares

1   Name of company:
BUNZL PLC

2   Name of shareholder having a major interest:
STANDARD LIFE INVESTMENTS

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 NAME                                  NO. OF SHARES
STANLIFE NOMINEES LTD                             13,846,822


5   Number of shares/amount of stock acquired:
77,500

6   Percentage of issued class:
3.005%

7   Number of shares/amount of stock disposed:
N/A

8   Percentage of issued class:
N/A

9   Class of security:
ORDINARY SHARES OF 25P

10  Date of transaction:
9 MARCH 2001

11  Date company informed:
12 MARCH 2001

12  Total holding following this notification:
13,846,822

13  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification:
3.005%

14  Contact name for queries:
MRS CHRISTINE 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:
12 MARCH 2001


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