Holding in Company

Bunzl PLC
4 May 2001


Schedule 10 - Notification of Major Interests in Shares

1   Name of company:
BUNZL PLC

2   Name of shareholder having a major interest:
BARCLAYS PLC THROUGH ITS SUBSIDIARY BARCLAYS BANK PLC

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
BARCLAYS CAPITAL NOMINEES LTD                                  26,931
CHASE NOMINEES LTD 16331                                      267,063
CHASE NOMINEES LTD 16338                                       15,066
CHASE NOMINEES LTD 16341                                      683,729
CHASE NOMINEES LTD 16344                                       95,269
CHASE NOMINEES LTD 16345                                      181,033
CHASE NOMINEES LTD 16376                                       70,111
CHASE NOMINEES LTD 16400                                    4,454,604
CHASE NOMINEES LTD 16530                                    1,026,180      
CHASE NOMINEES LTD 18408                                       48,497
CHASE NOMINEES LTD 16331                                    3,794,576
DEM69                                                           9,330
BARCLAYS BANK TRUST CO LTD AS EXECUTOR                          1,115
TWENTY-NINE GRACECHURCH STREET NOMINEES LTD A/C 5781C       2,554,803
TWENTY-NINE GRACECHURCH STREET NOMINEES LTD ACCOUNT 5781C      18,301
CHASE MANHATTAN BANK                                           66,120
CHASE NOMINEES LTD A/C LEND 16201                              18,322
CHASE NOMINEES LTD A/C BGIOMNI 19688                           85,179
INVESTORS BANK & TRUST COMPANY                                 15,582
***UNKNOWN***                                                 371,387
***UNKNOWN***                                                 339,595
***UNKNOWN***                                                   3,592
***UNKNOWN***                                                  16,553
***UNKNOWN***                                                  12,893
***UNKNOWN***                                                  18,908
***UNKNOWN***                                                   8,283
***UNKNOWN***                                                   6,273
                                                          ------------
TOTAL                                                      14,209,295
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5   Number of shares/amount of stock acquired:
2,972,683 SINCE LAST NOTIFICATION

6   Percentage of issued class:
0.08%

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:
1 MAY 2001

11  Date company informed:
4 MAY 2001

12  Total holding following this notification:
14,209,295

13  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification:
3.08%

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:
4 MAY 2001


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