Transaction in Own Shares

Bunzl PLC
24 July 2007





Tuesday 24 July 2007

                                   BUNZL PLC
                           TRANSACTION IN OWN SHARES


Bunzl plc ('Bunzl') announces that it has today purchased through Citigroup
Global Markets U.K. Equity Limited 299,961 of its ordinary shares at a price of
667.3361246p per share. The purchased shares will be held as treasury shares.

Following the above purchase, Bunzl holds 21,081,000 ordinary shares as treasury
shares.  The total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding shares held as
treasury shares) is 328,441,170.


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