Substantial Acquisitions of Shares Disclosure

Bunzl PLC 4 September 2000 FORM SAR 3 Date of disclosure...04/09/2000.... DISCLOSURE UNDER RULE 3 OF THE RULES GOVERNING SUBSTANTIAL ACQUISITIONS OF SHARES ('SARs') Date of acquisition.........01/09/2000...................................... Acquisition in.........BUNZL PLC...........................(name of company) (1) Class of voting shares Number of shares/rights If rights over shares (eg ordinary shares) over shares acquired acquired, as opposed to the shares themselves, specify nature of rights ORDINARY SHARES OF 25P ..1,281,013....shares ..................... ...N/A..........rights (2) Resultant total holding Resultant total holding Total percentage of voting shares (and % of rights over shares of total voting shares (and % of total voting in issue) shares in issue) ..73,062,149...(15.94%) ...............( %) .............(15.94%) (3) Party making disclosure....DEUTSCHE ASSET MANAGEMENT LTD................ (4) (a) Name of person acquiring shares or rights over shares ............ and, if different, beneficial owner............................... (b) Names of any other persons acting by agreement or understanding (see SAR 5)............................ Signed, for and on behalf of the party named in (3) above................... (Also print name of signatory).......W.J. CHARD............................. Telephone and extension number.......0171 545 0290.......................... Note. Under SAR 5, the holdings of and acquisitions by persons acting by agreement or understanding must be aggregated and treated as a holding of or acquisition by one person. Note 3 on SAR 5 requires persons who must aggregate holdings to disclose certain disposals. For full details of the SARs disclosure requirements, see Rules 3 and 5 of the SARs. If in doubt, contact the Panel on Takeovers and Mergers, Tel. No: 020 7382 9026.

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