Transaction in own shares

Bunzl PLC
03 December 2004

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE



Friday 3rd December 2004



                                   BUNZL PLC
                           TRANSACTION IN OWN SHARES

Bunzl plc ('Bunzl') announces that it has today purchased through Citigroup
300,000 of its ordinary shares at a price of 440.78p per share. The purchased
shares will be held as treasury shares.

Following the above purchase, Bunzl holds 10,710,000 ordinary shares as treasury
shares.  The total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding shares held as
treasury shares) is 439,188,978.




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