Transaction in Own Shares

Bunzl PLC
01 November 2006

Wednesday, 1st November 2006

                                   BUNZL PLC

                           TRANSACTION IN OWN SHARES

Bunzl plc ('Bunzl') announces that it has today purchased through Citigroup
Global Markets U.K. Equity Limited 1,766,910 of its ordinary shares at a price
of 696.0p per share.  The highest price and the lowest price paid for these
shares were 707.5 pence and 695.5 pence respectively. The purchased shares will
be held as treasury shares

Following the above purchase, Bunzl holds 5,381,910 ordinary shares as treasury
shares.  The total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding shares held as
treasury shares) is 342,880,988.



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