Terra Nova Royalty Corporation

Headnote

National Policy 11-203 Process for Exemptive Relief Applications in Multiple Jurisdictions -- Securities Act, s. 74 -- Prospectus Requirements -- Trades by an issuer to its shareholders in securities of another company that it owns (e.g. spin-off transactions) -- The issuer will distribute the shares of the other company as a dividend to the issuer's shareholders; the other company is not a reporting issuer; the issuer has a de minimis connection to Canada; as a result of the transfer, the shareholders of the issuer will hold their interests in the subsidiary directly as opposed to indirectly through their shareholdings of the issuer.

Applicable Legislative Provisions

Securities Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. S.5, as am., s. 74.

June 23, 2010

IN THE MATTER OF

THE SECURITIES LEGISLATION OF

BRITISH COLUMBIA AND ONTARIO

(the Jurisdictions)

AND

IN THE MATTER OF

THE PROCESS FOR EXEMPTIVE RELIEF

APPLICATIONS IN MULTIPLE JURISDICTIONS

AND

IN THE MATTER OF

TERRA NOVA ROYALTY CORPORATION

(the Filer)

DECISION

Background

1 The securities regulatory authority or regulator in each of the Jurisdictions (Decision Maker) has received an application from the Filer for a decision under the securities legislation of the Jurisdictions (the Legislation) for an exemption from the prospectus requirement for its proposed distribution of shares (the KID Shares) of KHD Humboldt Wedag International AG (KID) to holders of common shares of the Filer (the Shareholders) resident in Canada by way of pro rata dividends (the Relief Sought).

Under the Process for Exemptive Relief Applications in Multiple Jurisdictions (for a dual application):

(a) the British Columbia Securities Commission is the principal regulator for this application;

(b) the Filer has provided notice that subsection 4.7(1) of Multilateral Instrument 11-102 -- Passport System (MI 11-102) is intended to be relied upon in Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Québec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland and Labrador, Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut; and

(c) the decision is the decision of the principal regulator and evidences the decision of the securities regulatory authority or regulator in Ontario.

Interpretation

2 Terms defined in National Instrument 14-101 -- Definitions and MI 11-102 have the same meaning if used in this decision, unless otherwise defined.

Representations

3 This decision is based on the following facts represented by the Filer:

1. the Filer is incorporated under the laws of British Columbia and has a head office located in Vancouver, British Columbia;

2. the Filer is a reporting issuer in British Columbia, Alberta, and Québec, and is not in default of securities legislation in any of these jurisdictions;

3. the Filer's common shares are listed only on the New York Stock Exchange;

4. KID is organized under the laws of Germany, headquartered in Cologne, Germany, the KID Shares are traded only on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and KID is subject to the rules of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and German securities laws;

5. on January 6, 2010, the Filer, then called KHD Humboldt Wedag International Ltd., announced its intention to restructure into two distinct companies, being: (i) a mineral royalty and natural resources company; and (ii) an industrial plant technology, equipment and service company (the Industrial Business), pursuant to a plan of arrangement under the Business Corporations Act (British Columbia) (the Arrangement);

6. the Arrangement was approved by the Shareholders on March 29, 2010, and by the British Columbia Supreme Court on March 30, 2010; the Arrangement became effective on March 30, 2010;

7. prior to the Arrangement, the Filer took certain reorganizational steps in order to consolidate its ownership in KID and indirectly transfer to KID substantially all of its subsidiaries engaged in the Industrial Business; immediately prior to the Arrangement, the Filer held approximately 98% of the issued KID Shares;

8. under the Arrangement, the Filer, among other things, distributed 8,645,688 KID Shares, representing approximately 26% of the outstanding KID Shares, to Shareholders on the basis of three and one-half KID Shares for each common share of the Filer held (calculated after a two for one forward split of KID);

9. the initial distribution of KID Shares under the Arrangement was exempt under section 2.11 of National Instrument 45-106 -- Prospectus Exemptions (NI 45-106);

10. the Filer intends to distribute the majority of its remaining interest in KID to Shareholders through two special dividends as follows (the Proposed Distributions):

(a) 7,571,228 KID Shares, representing approximately 23% of the outstanding KID Shares, to Shareholders on or about July 1, 2010, on a pro rata basis; and

(b) 9,383,728 KID Shares, representing approximately 29% of the outstanding KID Shares, to Shareholders in or about August or September 2010, on a pro rata basis;

11. the KID Shares are not listed on any Canadian stock exchange and are not intended to be listed on any such exchange;

12. KID is not a reporting issuer in Canada and does not intend to become a reporting issuer in Canada;

13. as of June 3, 2010, there were 51 registered holders of the Filer's common shares resident in Canada, holding approximately 3,884 common shares of the Filer, representing less than 0.001% of the Filer's outstanding common shares as at such date; additionally, such shareholders represent less than 10% of the Filer's registered Shareholders; as such, the proportion of common shares of the Filer held by residents of Canada and the proportion of KID Shares to be distributed to such Shareholders is de minimis;

14. the Filer will send all materials relating to the Proposed Distributions that it sends in the United States to Shareholders resident in Canada;

15. Shareholders will not be required to pay for the KID Shares received in the Proposed Distributions, or to surrender or exchange securities or take any other action to be entitled to receive their KID Shares; the Proposed Distributions will occur automatically and without any investment decision on the part of Shareholders;

16. the Proposed Distributions of KID Shares to Canadian Shareholders would be exempt from the prospectus requirements under subsection 2.31(2) of NI 45-106 but for the fact that KID is not a reporting issuer.

Decision

4 Each of the Decision Makers is satisfied that the decision meets the test set out in the Legislation for the Decision Maker to make the decision.

The decision of the Decision Makers under the Legislation is that the Relief Sought is granted provided that the first trade in KID Shares acquired under the Proposed Distributions will be deemed to be a distribution unless the conditions in section 2.6 or subsection 2.14(1) of National Instrument 45-102 -- Resale of Securities are satisfied.