Holding(s) in Company

Bunzl PLC
08 May 2006



NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES


1. Name of company


Bunzl plc


2. Name of shareholder having a major interest


Lazard Asset Management LLC


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


Lazard Asset Management LLC and/or its subsidiaries relating to shares held in
portfolios managed on a discretionary basis for clients or Lazard funds.


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

Register Holder                                                           Amount

Lazard Asset Management LLC                                            657,447

Lazard Asset Management Limited                                      6,964,446

Lazard Fund Managers Limited                                         2,556,647

Lazard Asset Management (Deutschland) GmbH                             101,789

Lazard Fund Managers (Ireland) Limited                                 358,915

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                                                       Total        10,639,244
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5. Number of shares / amount of stock acquired


10,639,244


6. Percentage of issued class


3.067%


7. Number of shares / amount of stock disposed


N/A


8. Percentage of issued class


N/A


9. Class of security


Ordinary Shares of 321/7p


10. Date of transaction


02 May 2006


11. Date company informed


05 May 2006


12. Total holding following this notification


10,639,244


13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification


3.067%


14. Any additional information


N/A


15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries


P N Hussey, 020-7495-4950


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


P N Hussey, Company Secretary


Date of notification


08 May 2006


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