Holding in Company

Bunzl PLC
26 September 2001



Schedule 10 - Notification of Major Interests in Shares

1   Name of company:
BUNZL PLC

2   Name of shareholder having a major interest:
LEGAL & GENERAL INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT 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:
N/A

4   Name of registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of
shares held by each of them:
HSBC GLOBAL CUSTODY NOMINEE (UK) LTD A/C 886603     1,500,000
HSBC GLOBAL CUSTODY NOMINEE (UK) LTD A/C 775245     2,162,418
HSBC GLOBAL CUSTODY NOMINEE (UK) LTD A/C 754612       100,000
HSBC GLOBAL CUSTODY NOMINEE (UK) LTD A/C 252605       588,222
HSBC GLOBAL CUSTODY NOMINEE (UK) LTD A/C 360509       266,122
HSBC GLOBAL CUSTODY NOMINEE (UK) LTD A/C 357206     9,185,938
HSBC GLOBAL CUSTODY NOMINEE (UK) LTD A/C 866197        34,420
HSBC GLOBAL CUSTODY NOMINEE (UK) LTD A/C 130007        90,492
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                                                   13,927,612
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5   Number of shares/amount of stock acquired:
218,550 SINCE LAST NOTIFICATION

6   Percentage of issued class:
0.04%

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

8   Percentage of issued class:
N/A

9   Class of security:
ORDINARY SHARES OF 25P

10  Date of transaction:
N/A

11  Date company informed:
25 SEPTEMBER 2001

12  Total holding following this notification:
13,927,612

13  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification:
3.01%

14  Contact name for queries:
MRS C MEYER

15 Contact telephone number:
020-7495-4950

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

17  Date of notification:
26 SEPTEMBER 2001


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