Holding in Company

Bunzl PLC
31 January 2001

Schedule 10 - Notification of Major Interests in Shares

1   Name of company:
BUNZL PLC

2   Name of shareholder having a major interest:
FIDELITY INTERNATIONAL LIMITED (FIL)

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 registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of
shares held by each of them:
NOMINEE/REGISTERED NAME                   MANAGEMENT       SHARES HELD
                                           COMPANY 

CITIBANK                                    (FPM)           131,300
BT GLOBENET NOMINEES LTD                    (FPM)            49,200
MSS NOMINEES LTD                            (FPM)           115,900
BANKERS TRUST                               (FPM)           944,400
CHASE MOMINEES LTD                          (FPM)         1,569,600
HSBC CLIENT HOLDINGS NOMINEE (UK) LTD       (FPM)           277,900
NORRUST NOMINEES LTD                        (FPM)           728,700
CLYDESDALE BANK (HEAD OFFICE) NOMINEES LTD  (FISL)        3,053,034
MSS NOMINEES LTD                            (FIL)           516,294
NORTRUST NOMINEES LTD                       (FIL)         1,092,600
BANKERS TRUST                               (FIL)           457,852
BT GLOBENET NOMINEES LTD                    (FIL)           172,900
STATE STREET NOMINEES LTD                   (FIL)           290,000
MORGAN STANLEY                              (FIL)           124,500
RBS TRUST BANK                              (FIL)         2,013,090
NORTHERN TRUST                              (FIL)           428,750
CHASE NOMINEES LTD                          (FIL)           900,000
BANK OF NEW YORK EUROPE                     (FIL)         1,015,350
CITIBANK                                    (FIL)            20,000
                                                        ____________
TOTAL                                                    13,901,370 
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5   Number of shares/amount of stock acquired:
FIRST NOTIFICATION

6   Percentage of issued class:
3.02%

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:
N/A

11  Date company informed:
30 JANUARY 2001

12  Total holding following this notification:
13,901,370

13  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification:
3.02%

14  Contact name for queries:
MRS C MEYER

15 Contact telephone number:
020-7495-4950

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

17  Date of notification:
31 JANUARY 2001





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