Holding(s) in Company

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: ii

Bunzl plc

2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

X

An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached

An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights

Other (please specify):

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: iii

Invesco Limited

4. Full name of shareholder(s)  (if different from 3.):iv

5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v

23 April 2010

6. Date on which issuer notified:

26 April 2010

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii

11%, 10%

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix

Class/type of shares

if possible using the ISIN CODE

Situation previous to the triggering transaction

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Number of Shares

Number of Voting Rights

Number of shares

Number of voting rights

% of voting rights x

Direct

Direct xi

Indirect xii

Direct

Indirect

Ordinary 32.14857p Shares

36,374,263

36,374,263

35,743,311

10.88%

GB00B0744B38

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

Expiration date xiii

Exercise/ Conversion Period xiv

Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.

% of voting rights

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

Exercise price

Expiration date xvii

Exercise/ Conversion period xviii

Number of voting rights instrument refers to

% of voting rights xix, xx

Nominal

Delta

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

35,743,311

10.88%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi

Bank of New York - 26,741,450

Bank of New York, London - 88,243

Boston Safe Deposit - 48,839

Chase Bank Hong Kong - 93,973

HSBC Bank plc London - 381,434

Mellon Bank Pittsburg - 188,419

State Street Trust & Banking Co, London - 4,282,135

Trust & Custody Services - 3,307

Northern Trust Company, London - 244,263

Invesco PowerShares Capital Management Limited - 6,935

AiM Private Asset Management (ADR's Ratio 5:1) - 2,062,850

Invesco AiM Advisors Inc. - 1,601,463

Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:

12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:

13. Additional information:

14. Contact name:

Paul Hussey

15. Contact telephone number:

020 7725 5000