Appendix
C
Golf
Trust of America, Inc.
Nominating
Committee Charter
Section 1.Statement
of Purpose.
1.1The Nominating
Committee (the “Committee”) of Golf Trust of
America, Inc. (the “Company”) is a standing
committee of the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”).
1.2The purpose of the
Committee is to:
(a)Identify
individuals qualified to become members of the Board;
(b)Recommend director
nominees for each annual meeting of stockholders and nominees for
election to fill any vacancies on the Board;
(c)Advise the Board
with respect to the structure and composition of committees of the
Board; and
(d)Any related matters.
Section 2.Organization.
2.1Charter. At
least annually, this Charter will be reviewed and reassessed by the
Committee and any proposed changes will be submitted to the Board for
approval.
2.2Composition.
(a)The members of the
Committee will be appointed by the Board and meet the independence
requirements of applicable law, the listing standards of the American
Stock Exchange and applicable policies of the Board.
(b)The Committee will
be comprised of at least three members.
(c)Committee members
may be removed by the Board at any time, from time to time, at the
Board’s discretion.
(d)The Board may
designate a Committee Chairman. If the Board does not designate a
Committee Chairman, the members of the Committee will designate a
Committee Chairman by majority vote of the full Committee. The Board
may remove a Committee member as Committee Chairman at any time, from
time to time, at its discretion.
2.3Meetings.
(a)In order to
discharge its responsibilities, the Committee will each year
establish a schedule of meetings.
(b)The Committee
Chairman or a majority of the members of the Committee may call
meetings of the Committee that are outside of the schedule of
meetings established by the Committee.
(c)Any one or more of
the members of the Committee may participate in a meeting of the
Committee by means of conference call or similar communication device
through which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each
other.
2.4Action of the
Committee. The action of the majority of the members of the full
Committee will be the action of the Committee, unless the concurrence
of a greater proportion is required for such action by the Company’s
Bylaws or any other applicable policy or procedure approved by the
Board.
2.5Agenda, Minutes and
Reports.
(a)The Chairman of the
Committee will be responsible for establishing the agendas for
meetings of the Committee. An agenda, together with materials
relating to the subject matter of each meeting, will be sent to
members of the Committee prior to each meeting.
(b)Minutes for all
meetings of the Committee will be prepared to document the
Committee’s discharge of its responsibilities. The minutes
will be circulated in draft form to all Committee members to ensure
an accurate final record, will be approved at a subsequent meeting of
the Committee and will be distributed periodically to the full Board.
(c)The Committee will make regular reports to the Board.
Section 3.Duties
and Responsibilities. The
Committee will carry out the duties and responsibilities set forth
below. These functions should serve as a guide with the
understanding that the Committee may determine to carry out
additional functions and adopt additional policies and procedures as
may be appropriate.
3.1Director Selection
Criteria. The Committee will establish criteria for selecting
new directors, which will reflect, among other factors, a candidate’s
integrity and business ethics, strength of character, judgment,
experience and independence, as well as factors relating to the
composition of the Board, including its size, its structure and the
relative strengths and experience of current Board members.
3.2Director
Recruitment.
(a)The Committee will
consider and recruit candidates to fill new positions on the Board
and will review any candidate recommended by the stockholders of the
Company in accordance with the Company’s Bylaws and any other
applicable policy or procedure approved by the Board.
(b)The Committee will
conduct appropriate inquiries to establish a candidate’s
compliance with the independence and other qualification requirements
established by the Committee.
3.3Consideration of
Directors for Re-Election. In connection with its annual
recommendation of a slate of nominees, the Committee will assess the
contributions of those directors slated for re-election, and will at
that time review its criteria for Board candidates in the context of
the Board evaluation process and other perceived needs of the Board.
3.4Recommendation of
Nominees to Board. The Committee will recommend the director
nominees for approval by the Board.
3.5Evaluation of
Board, Directors and Committee.
(a)The Committee will
evaluate the performance of the Board on an annual basis.
(b)The Committee will
solicit comments from all directors and report annually to the Board
on its assessment of the Board’s performance.
(c)The Committee will
periodically evaluate the performance of individual directors.
(d)The Committee will
evaluate its own performance on an annual basis and establish
criteria for such evaluation.
3.6Consideration of
Stockholder Proposals. The Committee will review and make
recommendations to the Board with respect to any proposal properly
presented by a stockholder for inclusion in the Company's annual
proxy statement. The Committee may, as appropriate in light of the
subject matter of the proposal, refer any such proposal to any other
committee of the Board for purposes of such review and
recommendations.
3.7Other
Duties. The Committee will carry out such other duties as may be
delegated to it by the Board from time to time.
Section 4.Resources.
4.1Consultants. In
discharging its responsibilities, the Committee will have the
resources and sole authority to engage any outside consultant or
search firm to be used to identify director candidates for nomination
to the Board, to retain outside consultants to advise the Committee
and to approve the terms of any such engagement and the fees of any
such consultant or search firm.
4.2Access
to Records. The Committee will have full access to any relevant
records of the Company and may also request that any officer or other
employee of the Company, the Company’s outside counsel or any
other person meet with any members of, or consultants to, the
Committee.
Section 5.Delegation. The Committee may
delegate any of its responsibilities to a
subcommittee comprised of one or more members of the Committee.
Approved
by the Committee
Date: October 19, 2007
Approved
by the Board
Date: October 19, 2007