Holding in Company

Bunzl PLC
21 September 2000



Schedule 10 - Notification of Major Interests in Shares

1   Name of company:
BUNZL PLC

2   Name of shareholder having a major interest:
CGNU PLC

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:
CGNU PLC AND CERTAIN OF ITS SUBSIDIARIES


4   Name of registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of
shares held by each of them:
CHASE GA GROUP NOMINEES LTD                7,987,371 (MATERIAL)
CHASE GA PENSION NOMINEES LTD                844,347 (MATERIAL)
CUIM NOMINEE LTD                           4,866,695 (MATERIAL)
                                         ___________
                                          13,698,413
                                         ___________ 


5   Number of shares/amount of stock acquired:
N/A

6   Percentage of issued class:
N/A

7   Number of shares/amount of stock disposed:
402,225 SINCE LAST NOTIFICATION

8   Percentage of issued class:
0.09%

9   Class of security:
ORDINARY SHARES OF 25P

10  Date of transaction:
N/A

11  Date company informed:
20 SEPTEMBER 2000

12  Total holding following this notification:
13,698,413

13  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification:
NO NOTIFIABLE INTEREST

14  Contact name for queries:
MR P N HUSSEY

15 Contact telephone number:
020-7495-4950

16  Name of company official responsible for making notification:
MR P N HUSSEY, COMPANY SECRETARY AND GROUP LEGAL ADVISER

17  Date of notification:
20 SEPTEMBER 2000

Additional Information: