Transaction in Own Shares

Bunzl PLC
15 September 2006



15 September 2006


                                   BUNZL PLC

                           TRANSACTION IN OWN SHARES



Bunzl plc ('Bunzl') announces that it has today purchased through JP Morgan
Cazenove Limited 120,000 of its ordinary shares at a price of 685p per share.
The purchased shares will be held as treasury shares.



Following the above purchase, Bunzl holds 1,070,000 ordinary shares as treasury
shares.  The total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding shares held as
treasury shares) is 346,739,652.





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