Transaction in Own Shares

Bunzl PLC
24 October 2006


24 October 2006


                                   BUNZL PLC

                           TRANSACTION IN OWN SHARES

Bunzl plc ('Bunzl') announces that it has today purchased through JP Morgan
Cazenove Limited 250,000 of its ordinary shares at a price of 696.5586p per
share.  The purchased shares will be held as treasury shares.

Following the above purchase, Bunzl holds 2,840,000 ordinary shares as treasury
shares.  The total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding shares held as
treasury shares) is 345,352,398.




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