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Trade and other payables: amounts falling due after more than one year | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2021
More than one year |
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Trade and other payables: amounts falling due after more than one year |
16. | Trade and other payables: amounts falling due after more than one year
|  | 30 June 2021 |  |  | 31 December 2020 |
|  | £m |  |  | £m |
Payments due to vendors (earnout agreements) |  |  | 69.5 |  |  |  | 56.5 |
Liabilities in respect of put option agreements with vendors |  |  | 245.9 |  |  |  | 101.4 |
Fair value of derivatives |  |  | 38.2 |  |  |  | 11.2 |
Other creditors and accruals |  |  | 78.3 |  |  |  | 144.4 |
|  |  | 431.9 |  |  |  | 313.5 |
The Group considers that the carrying amount of trade and other payables approximates their fair value. The following table sets out payments due to vendors, comprising contingent consideration and the Directors’ best estimates of future earnout-related obligations:
|  | 30 June 2021 |  |  | 31 December 2020 |
|  | £m |  |  | £m |
Within one year |  |  | 83.7 |  |  |  | 57.8 |
Between 1 and 2 years |  |  | 20.5 |  |  |  | 17.2 |
Between 2 and 3 years |  |  | 18.4 |  |  |  | 6.0 |
Between 3 and 4 years |  |  | 19.4 |  |  |  | 30.5 |
Between 4 and 5 years |  |  | 11.2 |  |  |  | 2.8 |
|  |  | 153.2 |  |  |  | 114.3 |
The Group’s approach to payments due to vendors is outlined in note 19. The Group does not consider there to be any material contingent liabilities at 30 June 2021.

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