Transaction in Own Shares

Bunzl PLC
31 October 2006

Tuesday October 31st 2006

                                   BUNZL PLC

                           TRANSACTION IN OWN SHARES

Bunzl plc ('Bunzl') announces that it has today purchased through Citigroup
Global Markets U.K. Equity Limited 295,000 of its ordinary shares at a price of
694.2p per share.  The highest price and the lowest price paid for these shares
were 697 pence and 685 pence respectively. The purchased shares will be held as
treasury shares

Following the above purchase, Bunzl holds 3,615,000 ordinary shares as treasury
shares.  The total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding shares held as
treasury shares) is 316,647,898.



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