Filer:
Ultrapar
Participações S.A.
Issuer:
Ultrapar
Participações S.A.
Subject
of the
offer: Refinaria de Petróleo Ipiranga S.A.,
Distribuidora
de
Produtos de Petróleo Ipiranga S.A. and
Companhia
Brasileira
de Petróleo Ipiranga
Commission
File
Number: 001-14950
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MATERIAL
NOTICE
ULTRAPAR
PARTICIPAÇÕES S.A.
Publicly-Traded
Company
CNPJ/MF
33.256.439/0001-39
NIRE
35.300.109.724
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COMPANHIA
BRASILEIRA DE PETRÓLEO IPIRANGA
Publicly-Traded
Company
CNPJ/MF
33.069.766/0001-81
NIRE
33300025111
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DISTRIBUIDORA
DE PRODUTOS DE PETRÓLEO IPIRANGA S.A.
Publicly-Traded
Company
CNPJ/MF
92.689.256/0001-76
NIRE
43300004821
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REFINARIA
DE PETRÓLEO IPIRANGA S.A.
Publicly-Traded
Company
CNPJ/MF
94.845.674/0001-30
NIRE
43300002837
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Ultrapar
Participações S.A. (“Ultrapar”), Refinaria de Petróleo Ipiranga S.A. (RPI),
Distribuidora de Produtos de Petróleo Ipiranga S.A. (DPPI) and Companhia
Brasileira de Petróleo Ipiranga (CBPI) hereby inform that, on this date, a
decision was rendered on interlocutory appeal No. 546.024-4/6-00 currently
before the 10th
Private Law Section of the Court of Appeals of São Paulo, disabling the
restraining order granted on November 28, 2007 by the Judge of the 2nd
civil court of the judiciary district of São Paulo, for the plea process number
07/253416-4(2385/07), that suspended the holding of Special Shareholders
Meetings of RPI, DPPI and CBPI convened for December 18, 2007, to deliberate
on
the exchange of such companies shares by Ultrapar.
December
12,
2007.
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André
Covre
Chief
Financial and Investor
Relations Officer
Ultrapar
Participações
S.A.
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Sergio
Roberto Weyne Ferreira da
Costa
Investor
Relations
Officer
Companhia
Brasileira de Petróleo
Ipiranga
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Sergio
Roberto Weyne Ferreira da
Costa
Investor
Relations
Officer
Distribuidora
de Produtos de
Petróleo Ipiranga S.A.
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Sergio
Roberto Weyne Ferreira da
Costa
Investor
Relations
Officer
Refinaria
de Petróleo Ipiranga
S.A.
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This
document
relates to a proposed transaction involving Ultrapar Participações S.A.
(“Ultrapar”), Refinaria de Petróleo Ipiranga S.A. (“RPI”), Distribuidora de
Produtos de Petróleo Ipiranga S.A. (“DPPI”) and Companhia Brasileira de Petróleo
Ipiranga (“CBPI” and together with RPI and DPPI, the “Target Companies”). In
connection with the proposed transaction, Ultrapar has filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) a registration statement on Form F-4 (File no.
333-146406) (the “Registration Statement”) to register Ultrapar preferred shares
to be issued in the proposed transaction and that includes a prospectus of
Ultrapar. Ultrapar has also filed, and intends to continue to file, additional
relevant materials with the SEC. The Registration Statement and the related
prospectus contain important information about Ultrapar, the Target Companies,
the proposed transaction and related matters. Investors will be able
to obtain copies of the offering document and other documents from the SEC's
Public Reference Room at 450 Fifth Street N.W., Washington D.C., 20549. Please
call the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330 for further information on the Public Reference
Room. The documents may also be obtained from the website maintained by the
SEC
at http://www.sec.gov, which contains reports and other information regarding
registrants that file electronically with the SEC. Ultrapar has also filed
certain documents with the Comissão de Valores Mobiliários, the Brazilian
securities commission, which are available on the CVM’s website at
http://www.cvm.gov.br. In addition, documents (including any exhibits) filed
with the SEC or CVM by Ultrapar will be available free of charge from the
Investor Relations office of Ultrapar Participações S.A., located at Avenida
Brigadeiro Luis Antonio, 1343, 9º Andar São Paulo, SP, Brazil 01317-910, tel:
011-55-11-3177-6695. SHAREHOLDERS OF THE TARGET COMPANIES ARE URGED TO READ
THE
REGISTRATION STATEMENT AND ANY OTHER RELEVANT DOCUMENTS FILED WITH THE SEC,
INCLUDING THE PROSPECTUS, BECAUSE THEY CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT
THE
PROPOSED TRANSACTION.