Transaction in own shares

Bunzl PLC
22 November 2004

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE



Monday, 22nd November 2004

                                   BUNZL PLC

                           TRANSACTION IN OWN SHARES

Bunzl plc ('Bunzl') announces that it has today purchased through Citigroup
450,000 of its ordinary shares at a price of 449.74p per share. The purchased
shares will be held as treasury shares.

Following the above purchase, Bunzl holds 6,660,000 ordinary shares as treasury
shares.  The total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding shares held as
treasury shares) is 443,128,872.




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