Holding(s) in Company

Bunzl PLC
07 September 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
BANK OF NEW YORK BRUSSELS                                              218,256
BANK OF NEW YORK EUROPE                                                101,516
BANK OF NEW YORK LONDON                                                616,293
BT GLOBENET NOMINEES LTD                                               197,780
CHASE MANHATTAN BANK LONDON                                            315,779
CITIBANK                                                               196,406
DEUTSCHE BANK                                                          146,730
HSBC CLIENT HOLDINGS NOMINEE (UK) LTD                                8,811,293
JP MORGAN                                                               44,000
MELLON BANK                                                             56,300
MELLON NOMINEES LTD                                                     38,600
NORTHERN TRUST                                                       1,284,464
STATE STREET BANK & TRUST                                               41,600
CHASE MANHATTAN BANK LONDON                                          2,922,617
JP MORGAN                                                              413,700
HSBC CLIENT HOLDINGS NOMINEE (UK) LTD                                      101
CHASE NOMINEES LTD                                                       9,100
MELLON BANK                                                             11,700
STATE STREET NOMINEES LTD                                               12,000
BANK OF NEW YORK LONDON                                                286,200
BANKERS TRUST                                                        1,357,321
CHASE NOMINEES LTD                                                   1,261,722
CITIBANK                                                                58,500
DEUTCHE BANK                                                            28,300
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                                                   TOTAL            18,430,278
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5. Number of shares / amount of stock acquired

3,979,903 SINCE LAST NOTIFICATION

6. Percentage of issued class

0.885%

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 SEPTEMBER 2004

11. Date company informed

7 SEPTEMBER 2004

12. Total holding following this notification

18,430,278

13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

4.10%

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

7 SEPTEMBER 2004

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