Transaction in Own Shares

Bunzl PLC
02 November 2006

Thursday 2nd  November 2006

                                   BUNZL PLC

                           TRANSACTION IN OWN SHARES


Bunzl plc ('Bunzl') announces that it has today purchased through Citigroup
Global Markets U.K. Equity Limited 1,300,000 of its ordinary shares at a price
of 696.0p per share.  The purchased shares will be held as treasury shares.


Following the above purchase, Bunzl holds 6,681,910 ordinary shares as treasury
shares.  The total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding shares held as
treasury shares) is 341,583,661.



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