Holding(s) in Company

Bunzl PLC
06 November 2007



TR-1: notification of major interests in shares

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|1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying  |           Bunzl plc           |
|issuer of existing shares to which voting    |                               |
|rights are attached:                         |                               |
+---------------------------------------------+-------------------------------+
|2. Reason for notification (yes/no)                                          |
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|An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                      |Yes        |
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|An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may    |           |
|result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which      |           |
|voting rights are attached                                       |           |
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|An event changing the breakdown of voting rights                 |           |
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|Other (please specify):______________                            |           |
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|3. Full name of person(s) subject to the     |Legal & General Group Plc (L&G)|
|notification obligation:                     |                               |
+---------------------------------------------+-------------------------------+
|4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different |   Legal & General Assurance   |
|from 3.):                                    | (Pensions Management) Limited |
|                                             |             (PMC)             |
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|5. Date of the transaction (and date on which|           01/11/07            |
|the threshold is crossed or reached if       |                               |
|different):                                  |                               |
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|6. Date on which issuer notified:            |           05/11/07            |
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|7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or       |       From 3% - 4%(L&G)       |
|reached:                                     |                               |
+---------------------------------------------+-------------------+-----------+
+---------------------------------------------+-------------------+-----------+

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|8. Notified details:                                                         |
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|A: Voting rights attached to shares                                                 |
+---------+---------------------+----------------------------------------------------+
|Class/   |Situation previous to|Resulting situation after the triggering transaction|
|type of  |the Triggering       |                                                    |
|shares   |transaction          |                                                    |
|         +----------+----------+----------+--------------------+--------------------+
|if       |Number of |Number of |Number of |Number of voting    |% of voting rights  |
|possible |Shares    |Voting    |shares    |rights              |                    |
|using the|          |Rights    +----------+----------+---------+---------+----------+
|ISIN CODE|          |          |Direct    |Direct    |Indirect |Direct   |Indirect  |
+---------+----------+----------+----------+----------+---------+---------+----------+
|Ord GBP  |11,588,064|11,588,064|13,110,980|13,110,980|         |4.01     |          |
|0.3214857|          |          |          |          |         |         |          |
+---------+----------+----------+----------+----------+---------+---------+----------+

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|B: Financial Instruments                                                      |
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|Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                          |
+---------------+-----------+------------------+-------------------+-----------+
|Type of        |Expiration |Exercise/         |Number of voting   |% of voting|
|financial      |date       |Conversion Period/|rights that may be |rights     |
|instrument     |           |Date              |acquired if the    |           |
|               |           |                  |instrument is      |           |
|               |           |                  |exercised/         |           |
|               |           |                  |converted.         |           |
+---------------+-----------+------------------+-------------------+-----------+
|               |           |                  |                   |           |
+---------------+-----------+------------------+-------------------+-----------+

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|Total (A+B)                                                                  |
+-------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+
|Number of voting rights              |% of voting rights                     |
+-------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+
|             13,110,980              |                 4.01                  |
+-------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+

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|9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or   |
|the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:               |
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|Legal & General Group Plc (Direct and Indirect)                              |
|(Group)                                                                      |
|Legal & General Investment Management (Holdings)                             |
|Limited (LGIMH) (Direct and Indirect)                                        |
|Legal & General Investment Management Limited                                |
|(Indirect) (LGIM)                                                            |
|Legal & General Group Plc (Direct) (L&G) (13,110,980 - 4.01% = LGAS, LGPL &  |
|PMC)                                                                         |
|Legal & General Investment Management   Legal & General Insurance Holdings   |
|(Holdings) Limited (Direct) (LGIMHD)    Limited (Direct) (LGIH)              |
|(11,523,638-3.53%=PMC)                                                       |
|Legal & General Assurance (Pensions     Legal & General Assurance Society    |
|Management) Limited (PMC) (             Limited (LGAS & LGPL)                |
|11,523,638-3.53% = PMC)                                                      |
|                                        Legal & General Pensions Limited     |
|                                        (Direct) (LGPL)                      |
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|Proxy Voting:                                                                |
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|10. Name of the proxy holder:                   |            N/A             |
+------------------------------------------------+----------------------------+
|11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will   |            N/A             |
|cease to hold:                                  |                            |
+------------------------------------------------+----------------------------+
|12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to    |            N/A             |
|hold voting rights:                             |                            |
+------------------------------------------------+----------------------------+

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|13. Additional information:     | Notification using the total voting rights |
|                                |           figure of 326,373,260            |
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|14. Contact name:               |                Paul Hussey                 |
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|15. Contact telephone number:   |               020 7495 4950                |
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