Disposal

Bunzl PLC
27 September 2000


                  BUNZL SELLS ONLY CAPITAL EQUIPMENT BUSINESS
                                       
                                       
Bunzl plc, the international Group supplying business to business consumables,
today  announces  that  it  has  agreed to sell  its  only  capital  equipment
business, Filtrona Instruments and Automation ('FIA'), to Molins PLC.

The  sale  is conditional on approval by the shareholders of Molins  PLC  and,
subject thereto, is expected to be completed by 16 October 2000.

FIA,  based  in  the UK with sales worldwide, is principally  engaged  in  the
assembly  and sale of process and quality control instruments to  the  tobacco
industry.  Sales in the year ended 31 December 1999 were £17.9 million and the
net assets of the business to be sold at that date were £6.1 million.



Enquiries:


Bunzl plc                                         Finsbury
Anthony Habgood, Chairman                         Roland Rudd
David Williams, Finance Director                  Morgan Bone

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