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Other reserves (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2019
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Summary of Other Reserves | Other reserves comprise the following:
|  | Capital redemption reserve £m |  |  | Equity reserve £m |  |  | Revaluation reserve £m |  |  | Translation reserve £m |  |  | Total other reserves £m |
1 January 2017 |  |  | 2.7 |  |  |  | (247.1 | ) |  |  | 271.3 |  |  |  | 1,158.3 |  |  |  | 1,185.2 |
Exchange adjustments on foreign currency net investments |  |  | – |  |  |  | – |  |  |  | – |  |  |  | (445.5 | ) |  |  | (445.5 | )
Gain on revaluation of available for sale investments |  |  | – |  |  |  | – |  |  |  | 32.1 |  |  |  | – |  |  |  | 32.1 |
Recognition and remeasurement of financial instruments |  |  | – |  |  |  | (10.1 | ) |  |  | – |  |  |  | – |  |  |  | (10.1 | )
31 December 2017 |  |  | 2.7 |  |  |  | (257.2 | ) |  |  | 303.4 |  |  |  | 712.8 |  |  |  | 761.7 |
Exchange adjustments on foreign currency net investments |  |  | – |  |  |  | – |  |  |  | – |  |  |  | 69.9 |  |  |  | 69.9 |
Accounting policy change (IFRS 9) 1 |  |  | – |  |  |  | – |  |  |  | (303.4 | ) |  |  | (104.0 | ) |  |  | (407.4 | )
Recognition and remeasurement of financial instruments |  |  | – |  |  |  | (30.7 | ) |  |  | – |  |  |  | – |  |  |  | (30.7 | )
31 December 2018 |  |  | 2.7 |  |  |  | (287.9 | ) |  |  | – |  |  |  | 678.7 |  |  |  | 393.5 |
Exchange adjustments on foreign currency net investments |  |  | – |  |  |  | – |  |  |  | – |  |  |  | (361.4 | ) |  |  | (361.4 | )
Exchange adjustments recycled to the income statement on disposal of discontinued operations |  |  | – |  |  |  | – |  |  |  | – |  |  |  | (284.0 | ) |  |  | (284.0 | )
Share cancellations |  |  | 0.5 |  |  |  | – |  |  |  | – |  |  |  | – |  |  |  | 0.5 |
Recognition and remeasurement of financial instruments |  |  | – |  |  |  | 2.5 |  |  |  | – |  |  |  | – |  |  |  | 2.5 |
Share purchases – close period commitments |  |  | – |  |  |  | (252.3 | ) |  |  | – |  |  |  | – |  |  |  | (252.3 | )
31 December 2019 |  |  | 3.2 |  |  |  | (537.7 | ) |  |  | – |  |  |  | 33.3 |  |  |  | (501.2 | )
Note
1 |  | Due to the adoption of IFRS 9, cumulative gains and losses on revaluation of available for sale investments have been transferred to retained earnings.

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