Transaction in Own Shares

Bunzl PLC
20 July 2007

Friday 20 July 2007

                                   BUNZL PLC

                           TRANSACTION IN OWN SHARES

Bunzl plc ('Bunzl') announces that it has today purchased through Citigroup
Global Markets U.K. Equity Limited 300,000 of its ordinary shares at a price of
687.5171p per share. The purchased shares will be held as treasury shares.

Following the above purchase, Bunzl holds 20,496,000 ordinary shares as treasury
shares.  The total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding shares held as
treasury shares) is 329,026,170.



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