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Trade and other payables: amounts falling due within one year (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2019
Within one year [member] |
Statement [LineItems] |
Summary of Trade and Other Payables | The following are included in trade and other payables falling due within one year:
|  | 2019 1 £m |  |  | 2018 1 £m |
Trade payables |  |  | 10,112.1 |  |  |  | 10,524.3 |
Deferred income |  |  | 1,024.6 |  |  |  | 1,253.6 |
Payments due to vendors (earnout agreements) |  |  | 143.4 |  |  |  | 149.1 |
Liabilities in respect of put option agreements with vendors |  |  | 75.7 |  |  |  | 19.4 |
Fair value of derivatives |  |  | 1.5 |  |  |  | 2.6 |
Share repurchases - close period commitments 2 |  |  | 252.3 |  |  |  | – |
Other creditors and accruals |  |  | 2,578.5 |  |  |  | 3,072.9 |
|  |  | 14,188.1 |  |  |  | 15,021.9 |
Notes
1 |  | Figures have been restated to be in accordance with IAS 39 Financial Instruments: Recognition and Measurement, as described in the accounting policies
2 |  | 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.

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