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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, 2020
Statement [LineItems] |
Summary of Deferred and Earnout Related Obligations | The following table sets out the movements of deferred and earnout related obligations during the period:
|  | Six months ended 30 June 2020 |  |  | Six months ended 30 June 2019 |  |  | Year ended 31 December 2019 |
|  | £m |  |  | £m |  |  | £m |
At the beginning of the period |  |  | 253.8 |  |  |  | 414.7 |  |  |  | 414.7 |
Earnouts paid |  |  | (88.5 | ) |  |  | (57.9 | ) |  |  | (130.0 | )
New acquisitions |  |  | 2.9 |  |  |  | 3.9 |  |  |  | 9.6 |
Revision of estimates taken to goodwill |  |  | (3.0 | ) |  |  | 1.1 |  |  |  | (14.3 | )
Revaluation of payments due to vendors (note 6) |  |  | (4.3 | ) |  |  | 8.4 |  |  |  | 1.1 |
Transfer to disposal group classified as held for sale |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | (11.5 | )
Exchange adjustments |  |  | 5.7 |  |  |  | 1.3 |  |  |  | (15.8 | )
At the end of the period |  |  | 166.6 |  |  |  | 371.5 |  |  |  | 253.8 |
Over 1 year [member] |
Statement [LineItems] |
Summary of Trade and Other Payables |
|  | 30 June 2020 |  |  | 30 June 2019 |  |  | 31 December 2019 |
|  | £m |  |  | £m |  |  | £m |
Payments due to vendors (earnout agreements) |  |  | 101.2 |  |  |  | 203.9 |  |  |  | 111.4 |
Liabilities in respect of put option agreements with vendors |  |  | 120.5 |  |  |  | 223.0 |  |  |  | 151.4 |
Fair value of derivatives |  |  | 0.6 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 21.2 |
Other creditors and accruals |  |  | 164.0 |  |  |  | 140.8 |  |  |  | 199.3 |
|  |  | 386.3 |  |  |  | 567.7 |  |  |  | 483.3 |
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 2020 |  |  | 30 June 2019 |  |  | 31 December 2019 |
|  | £m |  |  | £m |  |  | £m |
Within one year |  |  | 65.4 |  |  |  | 167.6 |  |  |  | 142.4 |
Between 1 and 2 years |  |  | 26.1 |  |  |  | 90.0 |  |  |  | 36.9 |
Between 2 and 3 years |  |  | 15.5 |  |  |  | 44.1 |  |  |  | 37.5 |
Between 3 and 4 years |  |  | 28.1 |  |  |  | 36.9 |  |  |  | 14.8 |
Between 4 and 5 years |  |  | 27.8 |  |  |  | 22.4 |  |  |  | 9.7 |
Over 5 years |  |  | 3.7 |  |  |  | 10.5 |  |  |  | 12.5 |
|  |  | 166.6 |  |  |  | 371.5 |  |  |  | 253.8 |

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