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 March, 2009
Commission
File Number: 001-14950
ULTRAPAR
HOLDINGS INC.
(Translation
of Registrant’s Name into English)
Avenida Brigadeiro Luis Antonio,
1343, 9º Andar
São
Paulo, SP, Brazil 01317-910
(Address
of Principal Executive Offices)
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ULTRAPAR
HOLDINGS INC.
TABLE
OF CONTENTS
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1.
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Minutes
of the Board Of Directors’ Meeting held on March 4,
2009
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ITEM
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ULTRAPAR
PARTICIPAÇÕES S.A.
Publicly-Traded
Company
CNPJ nº
33.256.439/0001-
39 NIRE
35.300.109.724
MINUTES
OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS’ MEETING (01/2009)
Date,
Time and Location:
March 4th, 2009
at 2:30 p.m. at the Company’s headquarters, located at Av. Brigadeiro Luiz
Antônio, Nº 1343, 9th floor,
in the City and State of São Paulo.
Presence:
Members of the
Board of Directors, as per signatures below, including attendance of some
members via telephone.
Discussed
and approved matters:
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The Members of the Board
were informed about and have approved the contract, by the wholly-owned
subsidiary of the Company, Companhia Brasileira de Petróleo Ipiranga
(“CBPI”), of a bank credit facility (CCB) with Caixa Econômica Federal -
CEF, in the total amount of R$ 500,000,000.00 (five hundred million
reais), with interest rate equivalent to 120% of the daily average rate of
the Interbank Deposit Certificate (CDI) per annum, released by the
Brazilian Clearing and Custodian Agency (Central de Custódia e
Liquidação Financeira de Títulos - CETIP), with a 36-month term and
a 24-month grace period with quarterly interest payments and monthly
amortization of principal plus interest for a 12-month period (
"CCB").
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(Minutes of Board of
Directors Meeting of Ultrapar Participações S.A., held on March 4th,
2009)
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Due to CCB,
the Board of Directors authorized the Company to guarantee CBPI’s
obligations under the CCB agreement and approved the Company’s Officers to
execute all documents related to such agreement, as well as to perform all
necessary acts for the effectiveness of the
guarantee.
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Observations: the
above matters were approved by all board members attending the meeting, except
for board member Renato Ochman, who abstained from voting.
Once there were no
further matters to discuss, the meeting was
closed and the minutes of this meeting were transcribed, read and approved by
all the undersigned board members present. aa) Paulo Guilherme Aguiar Cunha –
Chairman; Lucio de Castro
Andrade Filho – Vice-President; Ana Maria Levy Villela Igel;
Paulo Vieira Belotti; Renato
Ochman; Nildemar
Secches; Luiz Carlos
Teixeira – Board Members.
I
hereby declare that this is a true and faithful copy of the minutes of the
meeting, which has been entered in the appropriate registration
book.
Paulo Guilherme Aguiar
Cunha
Chairman
of the Board
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: March
9, 2009
ULTRAPAR
HOLDINGS INC.
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By:
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/s/
André Covre
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Name:
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André
Covre
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Title:
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Chief
Financial and Investor Relations
Officer
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(Board
Minutes)