Holding(s) in Company

Bunzl PLC
29 March 2004


                                  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

STATE STREET NOMINEES LTD                                                9,900
HSBC CLIENT HOLDINGS NOMINEE (UK) LTD                                      100
CLYDESDALE BANK (HEAD OFFICE) NOMINEES LTD                              79,017
CHASE MANHATTAN BANK LONDON                                          1,748,000
BANK OF NEW YORK LONDON                                                154,600
NORTHERN TRUST                                                          86,500
DEUTCHE BANK                                                            20,000
CITIBANK                                                                32,400
BANKERS TRUST                                                        1,588,814
CHASE NOMINEES LTD                                                   1,267,522
NORTRUST NOMINEES LTD                                                  440,700
BT GLOBENET NOMINEES LTD                                               197,780
NORTHERN TRUST                                                         727,954
BANK OF NEW YORK EUROPE                                                101,516
CHASE MANHATTAN BANK LONDON                                            275,979
BANK OF NEW YORK LONDON                                                436,000
DEUTCHE BANK                                                            74,000
STATE STREET BANK & TRUST                                               41,600
MELLON NOMINEES LTD                                                     38,600
BANK OF NEW YORK BRUSSELS                                              218,256
HSBC CLIENT HOLDINGS NOMINEE (UK) LTD                                6,438,919
DEUTCHE BANK AG, LONDON                                                 42,267
CITIBANK                                                               175,051
CLYDESDALE BANK (HEAD OFFICE) NOMINEES LTD                             254,900
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                                                     TOTAL          14,450,375
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5. Number of shares / amount of stock acquired

941,595 SINCE LAST NOTIFICATION

6. Percentage of issued class

0.209%

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

26 MARCH 2004

11. Date company informed

29 MARCH 2004

12. Total holding following this notification

14,450,375

13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

3.22%

14. Any additional information

N/A

15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries

MR P HUSSEY - 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

29 MARCH 2004

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