Bunzl PLC

Major Shareholding Notification • Oct 7, 2014

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RNS Number : 6998T

Bunzl PLC

07 October 2014

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES i

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			Yes
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	Massachusetts Financial Services Company
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):iv	MFS invests in securities of the issuer on behalf of its various mutual funds and institutional account clients.
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v	2 October 2014
6. Date on which issuer notified:	6 October 2014
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii	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 GB00B0744B38	33,273,497	33,273,497			33,452,090		10.0043%

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
33,452,090	10.0043%

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

BUNZL PLC- B0744B3

Holdings as of 2 October 2014

Entity                                              Holding         Percentage

MFS Investment Management (LUX) S.a.r.l..	32,506	Held 0.0097%
MFS Investment Management Canada Ltd	392,188	0.1173%
Massachusetts Financial Services Company	30,089,866	8.9988%
MFSHeritageTrustCompany	935,807	0.2799%
MFS Institutional Advisors,Inc.	1,757,461	0.5256%
MFS International (U.K.) Ltd	206,404	0.0617%
MFS Investment Management K.K .	27,858	0.0113%

Notifiable Interest	33,452,090	10.0043%
Shares Outstanding	334,376,196

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:	N/A
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:	N/A
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:	N/A

13. Additional information:
14. Contact name:	Paul Hussey
15. Contact telephone number:	020 7725 5000

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