Transaction in Own Shares

Bunzl PLC
03 November 2006

Friday, 3rd  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 901,000 of its ordinary shares at an average
price of 691.325p per share.  The highest price and the lowest price paid for
these shares were 692.5p and 689.0p respectively. The purchased shares will be
held as treasury shares

Following the above purchase, Bunzl holds 7,582,910 ordinary shares as treasury
shares.  The total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding shares held as
treasury shares) is 340,798,165.



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