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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, 2023
Trade and other non-current payables [abstract] |
Summary of Trade and Other Payables, Non-current |
| 30 June 2023 |  | 31 December 2022
| £m |  | £m
Payments due to vendors (earnout agreements) | 114.6 |  |  | 98.1 |
Liabilities in respect of put option agreements with vendors | 305.9 |  |  | 323.3 |
Fair value of derivatives | 12.6 |  |  | — |
Other creditors and accruals | 84.3 |  |  | 69.5 |
| 517.4 |  |  | 490.9 |
Maturity Analysis for Contingent Consideration and Future Earn-out Obligations | The following table sets out payments due to vendors, comprising contingent consideration and the Directors’ best estimates of future earnout-related obligations:
| 30 June 2023 |  | 31 December 2022
| £m |  | £m
Within one year | 73.3 |  |  | 62.0 |
Between 1 and 2 years | 37.8 |  |  | 19.5 |
Between 2 and 3 years | 34.8 |  |  | 27.6 |
Between 3 and 4 years | 28.8 |  |  | 28.6 |
Between 4 and 5 years | 13.2 |  |  | 22.4 |
| 187.9 |  |  | 160.1 |

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