Form
6-K
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
Report
Of Foreign Private Issuer
Pursuant
To Rule 13a-16 Or 15d-16 Of
The
Securities Exchange Act Of 1934
For
the
month of January, 2008
Commission
File Number: 001-14950
ULTRAPAR
HOLDINGS INC.
(Translation
of Registrant’s Name into English)
Avenida
Brigadeiro Luis Antonio, 1343, 9ºAndar
São
Paulo, SP, Brazil 01317-910
(Address
of Principal Executive Offices)
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under
cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F:
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by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted
by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1):
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by check mark whether by furnishing the information contained in this Form,
the
Registrant is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant
to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934:
If
“Yes”
is marked, indicate below the file number assigned to the registrant in
connection with Rule 12g3-2(b): N/A
ULTRAPAR
HOLDINGS INC.
TABLE
OF CONTENTS
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Market
Announcement dated January 22, 2008
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant
has
duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized.
Date: January
22, 2008
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ULTRAPAR
HOLDINGS INC.
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By:
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André Covre |
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André
Covre |
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Chief
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(Market
Announcement)
Item
1
ULTRAPAR
PARTICIPAÇÕES S.A.
Publicly
Listed Company
CNPJ/MF
nº 33.256.439/0001-39
NIRE
35.300.109.724
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COMPANHIA
BRASILEIRA DE PETRÓLEO IPIRANGA
publicly
listed company
CNPJ/MF
nº 33.069.766/0001-81
NIRE
33300025111
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DISTRIBUIDORA
DE PRODUTOS DE PETRÓLEO S.A.
publicly
listed company
CNPJ/MF
nº 92.689.256/0001-76
NIRE
43300004821
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REFINARIA
DE PETRÓLEO IPIRANGA S.A.
publicly
listed company
CNPJ/MF
nº 94.845.674/0001-30
NIRE
43300002837
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MARKET
ANNOUNCEMENT
Ultrapar
Participações S.A. (“Ultrapar”), together with its subsidiaries
Refinaria de Petróleo Ipiranga S.A. (“RPI”), Distribuidora de Produtos de
Petróleo Ipiranga S.A. (“DPPI”) and Companhia Brasileira de Petróleo
Ipiranga (“CBPI”), hereby announce that the deadline for their respective
shareholders to dissent and exercise their appraisal rights with
respect to the deliberations at the Extraordinary General Shareholders
Meeting
held on December 18, 2007, at which the exchange of RPI, DPPI and CBPI
shares
for Ultrapar shares was approved, expired on January 21, 2008, pursuant to
Article 137 of Brazilian Corporate Law, with no shareholders having exercised
appraisal rights.
Ultrapar
also
announces that its management will not be calling an Extraordinary General
Shareholder Meeting to reconsider the share exchange that was approved,
and that
the shares of RPI, DPPI and CBPI will cease to be traded on the São Paulo Stock
Exchange (“BOVESPA”) on January 23, 2008 and the former shareholders from these
companies will become shareholders of Ultrapar, whose shares are traded
on
BOVESPA under the ticker code UGPA4.
Pursuant
to the
share exchange, RPI Shareholders received 0.79850 preferred share of Ultrapar
for every 1 (one) share of RPI; DPPI shareholders received 0.64048
preferred share of Ultrapar for every 1 (one) share of DPPI and CBPI
shareholders received 0.41846 preferred shares of Ultrapar for every 1
(one)
share of CBPI.
Fractional
shares
resulting from the share exchange will be sold at an auction to be held
on the
BOVESPA and the amount resulting from the sale will be made available for
the
respective shareholders after the final settlement of the shares sold at
the
auction.
São
Paulo, 22
January 2008.
André
Covre
Investor
Relations Director
Ultrapar
Participações S.A.
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Sergio
Roberto
Weyne Ferreira
da
Costa
Investor
Relations Director
Refinaria
de Petróleo
Ipiranga
S.A.
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Sergio
Roberto
Weyne Ferreira
da
Costa
Investor
Relations Director
Distribuidora
de Produtos de
Petróleo
Ipiranga S.A.
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Sergio
Roberto
Weyne Ferreira
da
Costa
Investor
Relations Director
Companhia
Brasileira de
Petróleo
Ipiranga
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