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Trade and other payables: amounts falling due after more than one year (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2019
More than one year [member] |
Statement [LineItems] |
Summary of Trade and Other Payables |
|  | 30 June 2019 |  |  | 30 June 2018 |  |  | 31 December 2018 |
|  | £m |  |  | £m |  |  | £m |
Payments due to vendors (earnout agreements) |  |  | 203.9 |  |  |  | 349.2 |  |  |  | 266.5 |
Liabilities in respect of put option agreements with vendors |  |  | 223.0 |  |  |  | 211.2 |  |  |  | 205.2 |
Fair value of derivatives |  |  | — |  |  |  | 30.4 |  |  |  | 14.2 |
Other creditors and accruals |  |  | 140.8 |  |  |  | 347.0 |  |  |  | 355.5 |
|  |  | 567.7 |  |  |  | 937.8 |  |  |  | 841.4 |
Trade and Other Payable [member] |
Statement [LineItems] |
Maturity Analysis for Non-derivative Financial Liabilities | The following table sets out payments due to vendors, comprising contingent consideration and the Directors’ best estimates of future earnout-related obligations:
|  | 30 June 2019 |  |  | 30 June 2018 |  |  | 31 December 2018 |
|  | £m |  |  | £m |  |  | £m |
Within one year |  |  | 167.6 |  |  |  | 193.7 |  |  |  | 148.2 |
Between 1 and 2 years |  |  | 90.0 |  |  |  | 131.4 |  |  |  | 140.2 |
Between 2 and 3 years |  |  | 44.1 |  |  |  | 96.5 |  |  |  | 38.5 |
Between 3 and 4 years |  |  | 36.9 |  |  |  | 61.3 |  |  |  | 50.3 |
Between 4 and 5 years |  |  | 22.4 |  |  |  | 49.9 |  |  |  | 20.4 |
Over 5 years |  |  | 10.5 |  |  |  | 10.1 |  |  |  | 17.1 |
|  |  | 371.5 |  |  |  | 542.9 |  |  |  | 414.7 |
Summary of Contingent Consideration | The following table sets out the movements in contingent consideration during the period:
|  | Six months ended 30 June 2019 |  |  | Six months ended 30 June 2018 |  |  | Year ended 31 December 2018 |
|  | £m |  |  | £m |  |  | £m |
At the beginning of the period |  |  | 414.7 |  |  |  | 630.7 |  |  |  | 630.7 |
Earnouts paid |  |  | (57.9 | ) |  |  | (38.0 | ) |  |  | (120.2 | )
New acquisitions |  |  | 3.9 |  |  |  | 11.9 |  |  |  | 48.6 |
Revision of estimates taken to goodwill |  |  | 1.1 |  |  |  | (26.3 | ) |  |  | (68.3 | )
Revaluation of payments due to vendors (note 6) |  |  | 8.4 |  |  |  | (29.7 | ) |  |  | (82.6 | )
Exchange adjustments |  |  | 1.3 |  |  |  | (5.7 | ) |  |  | 6.5 |
At the end of the period |  |  | 371.5 |  |  |  | 542.9 |  |  |  | 414.7 |

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