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Trade and other payables: amounts falling due after more than one year
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2018
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Trade and other payables: amounts falling due after more than one year

18. Trade and other payables: amounts falling due after more than one year

 

The following are included in trade and other payables falling due after more than one year:

 

     2018
£m
     2017
£m
 
Payments due to vendors (earnout agreements)      266.5        450.0  
Liabilities in respect of put option agreements with vendors      205.2        219.5  
Fair value of derivatives      14.2        3.3  
Other creditors and accruals      355.5        320.0  
       841.4        992.8  

 

The Group considers that the carrying amount of trade and other payables approximates their fair value.

 

The following tables set out payments due to vendors, comprising contingent consideration and the Directors’ best estimates of future earnout-related obligations:

 

    

2018

£m

   

2017

£m

 
Within one year      148.2       180.7  
Between one and two years      140.2       128.3  
Between two and three years      38.5       144.1  
Between three and four years      50.3       58.3  
Between four and five years      20.4       103.1  
Over five years      17.1       16.2  
       414.7       630.7  
    

2018

£m

   

2017

£m

 
At beginning of year      630.7       976.5  
Earnouts paid (note 11)      (120.2     (199.1
New acquisitions      48.6       163.7  
Revision of estimates taken to goodwill (note 12)      (68.3     (60.7
Revaluation of payments due to vendors (note 6)      (82.6     (208.6
Exchange adjustments      6.5       (41.1
At end of year      414.7       630.7  

 

As of 31 December 2018, the potential undiscounted amount of future payments that could be required under the earnout agreements for acquisitions completed in the current year and for all earnout agreements range from £nil to £179 million (2017: £nil to £228 million) and £nil to £1,960 million (2017: £nil to £1,910 million), respectively.