Holding(s) in Company

Bunzl PLC
21 May 2007


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|TR-1(i): 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(ii):                               |                                |
+------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------+
|2. Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes)        |
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|An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                             |   x   |
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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):                                                 |        |
+------------------------------------------------+-----------------------+--------+
|3. Full name of person(s) subject to the        |    Prudential plc group of     |
|notification obligation(iii):                   |           companies            |
+------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------+
|4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different    |                                |
|from 3.)(iv):                                   |                                |
+------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------+
|5. Date of the transaction (and date on which   |          17 May 2007           |
|the threshold is crossed or reached if          |                                |
|different)(v):                                  |                                |
+------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------+
|6. Date on which issuer notified:               |          21 May 2007           |
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|7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: |               3%               |
+------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------+
|8. Notified details:                                                             |
+------------------------------------------------+-----------------------+--------+
+------------------------------------------------+-----------------------+--------+



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|A: Voting rights attached to shares                                           |
+-------------+-------------------------+--------------------------------------+
|Class/type of|Situation previous to the|Resulting situation after the         |
|shares       |Triggering transaction   |triggering transaction(vii)           |
|             |(vi)                     |                                      |
|(if possible +----------+--------------+------+---------------+---------------+
|using the    |Number of |  Number of   |Number|   Number of   |  % of voting  |
|ISIN CODE)   |  Shares  |Voting Rights |  of  | voting rights |    rights     |
|             |          |     viii     |shares|      ix       |               |
|             |          |              +------+------+--------+------+--------+
|             |          |              |Direct|Direct|Indirect|Direct|Indirect|
|             |          |              |      |  x   |   xi   |      |        |
+-------------+----------+--------------+------+------+--------+------+--------+
|GB00B0744B38 |10,115,801|10,115,801    |Below |Below |        |Below |        |
|             |          |              |3%    |3%    |        |  3%  |        |
|             |          |              |      |      |        |      |        |
+-------------+----------+--------------+------+------+--------+------+--------+

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

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|Total (A+B)                                                                   |
+-------------------------------------------+----------------------------------+
|Number of voting rights                    |% of voting rights                |
+-------------------------------------------+----------------------------------+
|Below 3%                                   |Below 3%                          |
+-------------------------------------------+----------------------------------+




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|9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the|
|financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable xv:                 |
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|                                                                              |
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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 cease |N/A                          |
|to hold:                                            |                             |
+----------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+
|12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold   |N/A                          |
|voting rights:                                      |                             |
+----------------------------------+-----------------+-----------------------------+
|13. Additional information:       |We no longer have a notifiable interest        |
+----------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------+
|14. Contact name:                 |Paul Hussey                                    |
+----------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------+
|15. Contact telephone number:     |020 7495 4950                                  |
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