THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IS NOT FOR PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION OR RELEASE, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN THE UNITED STATES OR IN ANY OTHER JURISDICTION IN WHICH OFFERS OR SALES WOULD BE PROHIBITED BY APPLICABLE LAW

7 December 2017

BUNZL FINANCE PLC

PUBLICATION OF PROSPECTUS

The following prospectus (the "Prospectus") has been approved by the UK Listing Authority today and is available for viewing:

Prospectus dated 7 December 2017 relating to the issue of £300,000,000 2.250 per cent. Guaranteed Notes due 2025 by Bunzl Finance plc as Issuer and Bunzl plc as Guarantor.

A copy of the Prospectus can be viewed on the Bunzl plc website at http://www.bunzl.com/investors.aspx

The Prospectus has also been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at: http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.

This website is not provided for, or directed at, U.S. persons or persons in the United States. If you are a U.S. person or are viewing this page from the United States, you should exit this section of the website.

For further information, please contact:

Bunzl Finance plc

York House,

45 Seymour Street

London

W1H 7JT

United Kingdom

Email: paul.hussey@bunzl.com

Attention: Paul Hussey

DISCLAIMER - INTENDED ADDRESSES

Please note that the information contained in the Prospectus may be addressed to and/or targeted at persons who are residents of particular countries (specified in the Prospectus) only and is not intended for use and should not be relied upon by any person outside these countries and/or to whom the offer contained in the Prospectus is not addressed. Prior to relying on the information contained in the Prospectus you must ascertain from the Prospectus whether or not you are part of the intended addressees of the information contained therein.

Your right to access this service is conditional upon complying with the above requirement.

The Prospectus does not constitute an offer of securities for sale in the United States. The bonds described herein and in the Prospectus have not been, and will not be, registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), or under any relevant securities laws of any state of the United States of America, and may not be offered or sold to U.S. persons or to persons within the United States of America, except pursuant to an exemption from the Securities Act. For a further description of certain restrictions on offers and sales of the bonds and on distribution of the Prospectus, see the "Subscription and Sale" section in the Prospectus.

No offer or invitation to acquire any securities is being made pursuant to this announcement.