2020 AGM update

23 March 2020

2020 Annual General Meeting

Further to its announcement on 9 March 2020 relating to the 2020 Annual General Meeting, Bunzl plc (the "Company") hereby announces that, given the developing situation with Coronavirus (COVID-19), the Company has taken the decision to change the proposed venue for the meeting to its registered office to give it greater control over the arrangements for it. The time of the meeting is also changing. As a result and as set out in the letter from the Chairman dated 23 March 2020 (the "Chairman's Letter"), the meeting will now be held at 11.30am on Wednesday, 15 April 2020 at York House, 45 Seymour Street, London, W1H7JT. The business to be conducted at the meeting remains unchanged and there will be no effect on voting instructions already received. The Company strongly recommends that shareholders should submit their proxy forms remotely.

A copy of the Chairman's Letter can be obtained on the Company's website at http://www.bunzl.com/investors/agm-information.aspx. As required by the Listing Rules, a copy of the Chairman's Letter has also been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.