Holding(s) in Company

Bunzl PLC
10 March 2003

                                  SCHEDULE 10

                   NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES



1. Name of company

BUNZL PLC


2. Name of shareholder having a major interest

FMR CORP AND ITS DIRECT AND INDIRECT SUBSIDIARIES AND FIDELITY INTERNATIONAL 
LIMITED AND ITS DIRECT AND INDIRECT SUBSIDIARIES


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

NON-BENEFICIAL INTERESTS REPRESENTING FUNDS UNDER MANAGEMENT HELD ON BEHALF OF 
CLIENTS


4. Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of
shares held by each of them

NOMINEE/REGISTERED NAME                                      SHARES HELD

MELLON BANK                                                       30,702
STATE STREET NOMINEE LTD                                          21,400
STATE STREET BANK & TRUST                                          8,800
BROWN BROTHERS HARRIMAN                                           10,000
CLYDESDALE BANK (HEAD OFFICE) NOMINEES LTD                     1,129,067
CITIBANK                                                         121,600
BT GLOBENET NOMINEES LTD                                          28,400
MSS NOMINEES LTD                                                 134,200
BANKERS TRUST                                                  1,371,721
CHASE NOMINEES LTD                                             1,149,022
HSBC CLIENT HOLDINGS NOMINEE (UK) LTD                            212,300
BANK OF NEW YORK LONDON                                           93,300
MSS NOMINEES LTD                                                 154,994
NORTRUST NOMINEES LTD                                            751,104
BANKERS TRUST                                                    436,072
BT GLOBENET NOMINEES LTD                                         208,200
STATE STREET BANK & TRUST                                        172,100
MORGAN STANLEY                                                   227,693
RBS TRUST BANK                                                   744,500
NORTHERN TRUST                                                   796,809
BANK OF NEW YORK EUROPE                                          193,616
CITIBANK                                                         174,019
CHASE MANHATTAN BANK LONDON                                      224,481
BANK OF NEW YORK LONDON                                          445,600
DEUTCHE BANK                                                      34,100
J P MORGAN                                                       277,000
STATE STREET BANK & TRUST                                        244,600
MELLON NOMINEES LTD                                               38,600
BANK OF NEW YORK BRUSSELS                                        411,364
HSBC CLIENT HOLDINGS NOMINEE (UK) LTD                          4,173,400


TOTAL                                                         14,018,764


5. Number of shares / amount of stock acquired

409,070 (SINCE LAST NOTIFICATION)


6. Percentage of issued class

0.087%


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

6 MARCH 2003


11. Date company informed

10 MARCH 2003


12. Total holding following this notification

14,018,764


13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

3.00%


14. Any additional information

N/A


15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries

MRS C MEYER - 020 7495 4950


16. Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making
this notification

MR P N HUSSEY, COMPANY SECRETARY & GROUP LEGAL ADVISER


Date of notification

10 MARCH 2003


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