Purchase of Own Securities

Bunzl PLC
25 February 2003

Bunzl plc: Purchase of Own Shares

Bunzl plc ('Bunzl') announces that it has today purchased for cancellation
180,000 of its ordinary shares from Cazenove & Co. Ltd at a price of 370.5332p
per share.

These purchases were made pursuant to the authority that was granted by
shareholders at the Annual General Meeting held on 15 May 2002 and are
consistent with Bunzl's overall capital management strategy which seeks to
maintain an appropriate balance sheet structure. Further purchases may be made
from time to time, subject to market conditions and the Company's capital
requirements to fulfil its overall strategic priority of growing both
organically and by acquisition.


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