Transaction in Own Shares

Bunzl PLC
11 September 2006


11 September 2006

                                   BUNZL PLC
                           TRANSACTION IN OWN SHARES

Bunzl plc ('Bunzl') announces that it has today purchased through JP Morgan
Cazenove Limited 150,000 of its ordinary shares at a price of 670.6197p per
share.  The purchased shares will be held as treasury shares.

Following the above purchase, Bunzl holds 450,000 ordinary shares as treasury
shares.  The total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding shares held as
treasury shares) is 347,243,888.


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