Transaction in Own Shares

Bunzl PLC
07 December 2004


Tuesday 7th December 2004

                                   BUNZL PLC
                           TRANSACTION IN OWN SHARES


Bunzl plc ('Bunzl') announces that it has today purchased through Citigroup
650,000 of its ordinary shares at a price of 445.007p per share. The purchased
shares will be held as treasury shares.

Following the above purchase, Bunzl holds 11,635,000 ordinary shares as treasury
shares.  The total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding shares held as
treasury shares) is 438,263,978.


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