On May 2, 2019, Barclays PLC announced that at its annual general meeting of shareholders held on May 2, 2019, the resolution to appoint Edward Bramson as director of the Company was not passed. The Company stated that John McFarlane, Dambisa Moyo, Reuben Jeffery, and Mike Turner retired at the Company’s annual general meeting and did not seek re-election. The Company added that John McFarlane, Dambisa Moyo, Reuben Jeffery, and Mike Turner therefore resigned from the Board at the conclusion of the meeting and Nigel Higgins replaced John McFarlane as Chairman and as Chairman of the Nominations Committee.