Holding in Company

Bunzl PLC
2 October 2001



Schedule 10 - Notification of Major Interests in Shares

1   Name of company:
BUNZL PLC

2   Name of shareholder having a major interest:
SCOTTISH WIDOWS INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIP LTD

3   Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of
holding of the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a non-beneficial
interest or in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that
person's spouse or children under the age of 18:
SCOTTISH WIDOWS INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIP LTD ON BEHALF OF LLOYDS TSB GROUP PLC,
LLOYDS TSB BANK PLC AND SCOTTISH WIDOWS GROUP LTD.

4   Name of registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of
shares held by each of them:
REGISTER HOLDER                                          AMOUNT
STATE STREET NOMINEES LTD A/C XBY2                      915,000
STATE STREET NOMINEES LTD A/C XBY3                      187,800
STATE STREET NOMINEES LTD A/C W32L                      604,776
STATE STREET NOMINEES LTD A/C W3L2                       34,734
STATE STREET NOMINEES LTD A/C W33H                    1,536,758
STATE STREET NOMINEES LTD A/C XBJ2                    1,656,180
STATE STREET NOMINEES LTD A/C XBK2                      550,600
STATE STREET NOMINEES LTD A/C XBJ3                       48,310
STATE STREET NOMINEES LTD A/C W3J3                      370,809
STATE STREET NOMINEES LTD A/C W318                       44,612
STATE STREET NOMINEES LTD A/C XBP7                      286,134
STATE STREET NOMINEES LTD A/C XBY4                      577,300
STATE STREET NOMINEES LTD A/C W39Q                       50,622
STATE STREET NOMINEES LTD A/C XBY5                       44,258
STATE STREET NOMINEES LTD A/C W32Z                       77,400
STATE STREET NOMINEES LTD A/C W39N                      697,479
STATE STREET NOMINEES LTD A/C W36U                      619,500
STATE STREET NOMINEES LTD A/C XBK6                    1,147,067
STATE STREET NOMINEES LTD A/C XBS8                       10,650
STATE STREET NOMINEES LTD A/C W39F                    6,394,347
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TOTAL                                                15,854,336
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5   Number of shares/amount of stock acquired:
3,235,187 SINCE LAST NOTIFICATION

6   Percentage of issued class:
0.07%

7   Number of shares/amount of stock disposed:
N/A

8   Percentage of issued class:


9   Class of security:
ORDINARY SHARES OF 25P

10  Date of transaction:
1 OCTOBER 2001

11  Date company informed:
2 OCTOBER 2001

12  Total holding following this notification:
15,854,336

13  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification:
3.43%

14  Contact name for queries:
MRS C MEYER

15 Contact telephone number:
0171-495-4950

16  Name of company official responsible for making notification:
P N HUSSEY, COMPANY SECRETARY

17  Date of notification:
2 OCTOBER 2001


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