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Trade and other payables: amounts falling due within one year | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2019
Within one year [member] |
Statement [LineItems] |
Trade and other payables: amounts falling due within one year | 19. Trade and other payables: amounts falling due within one year The following are included in trade and other payables falling due within one year:
|  | 2019 £m |  |  | 2018 £m |
Trade payables |  |  | 10,112.1 |  |  |  | 10,524.3 |
Deferred income |  |  | 1,024.6 |  |  |  | 1,253.6 |
Payments due to vendors (earnout agreements) |  |  | 142.4 |  |  |  | 148.2 |
Liabilities in respect of put option agreements with vendors |  |  | 75.4 |  |  |  | 36.8 |
Fair value of derivatives |  |  | 1.5 |  |  |  | 2.6 |
Share repurchases - close period commitments 1 |  |  | 252.3 |  |  |  | – |
Other creditors and accruals |  |  | 2,578.5 |  |  |  | 3,072.9 |
|  |  | 14,186.8 |  |  |  | 15,038.4 |
Note
1 |  | During 2019, the Company entered into an arrangement with a third party to conduct share buybacks on its behalf in the close period commencing on 2 January 2020 and ending on 27 February 2020, in accordance with UK listing rules. The commitment resulting from this agreement constitutes a liability at 31 December 2019, which is included in Trade and other payables: amounts falling due within one year and has been recognised as a movement in equity.
The Group considers that the carrying amount of trade and other payables approximates their fair value.

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