Transaction in Own Shares

Bunzl PLC
04 November 2004

4 November 2004

                                   BUNZL PLC

                           TRANSACTION IN OWN SHARES

Bunzl plc ('Bunzl') announces that it has today purchased through Cazenove & Co.
Ltd 700,000 of its ordinary shares at a price of 432.1127p per share. The
purchased shares will be held as treasury shares.

Following the above purchase, Bunzl holds 1,260,000 ordinary shares as treasury
shares.  The total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding shares held as
treasury shares) is 449,519,880.


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