Transaction in Own Shares

Bunzl PLC
31 August 2006



31 August 2006


                                   BUNZL PLC
                           TRANSACTION IN OWN SHARES


Bunzl plc ('Bunzl') announces that it has today purchased through JP Morgan
Cazenove Limited 100,000 of its ordinary shares at a price of 654.285p per
share.  The purchased shares will be held as treasury shares.

Following the above purchase, Bunzl holds 300,000 ordinary shares as treasury
shares.  The total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding shares held as
treasury shares) is 347,243,888.





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