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 S.A.
Commission
File Number: 001-14950
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.
In addition, documents (including any exhibits) filed with the SEC by Ultrapar
Participações S.A. 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. PLEASE, READ THE DOCUMENTS CAREFULLY BEFORE MAKING
A DECISION REGARDING THE MERGER.
This
communication shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of
an
offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of securities in any jurisdiction
in
which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration
or qualification under the securities laws of such jurisdiction
MATERIAL
NOTICE
of
ULTRAPAR
PARTICIPAÇÕES S.A.
In
accordance with the public offer notices (“Public Offer Notices”) published on
September 20, 2007, ULTRAPAR PARTICIPAÇÕES
S.A. (“Ultrapar”), following
the
rules established by the “Comissão de Valores Mobiliários” - Brazilian
Securities Exchange Commission (“CVM”) Instruction Nº. 361, dated March 5,
2002 (“CVM Instruction 361/02”), and in accordance with Article 254-A of Law
6,404, of December 15, 1976, (“Brazilian Corporate Law”), will be carrying out
public offers for the purchase of the common shares of DISTRIBUIDORA DE PRODUTOS
DE
PETRÓLEO IPIRANGA S.A. (“DPPI”) and
REFINARIA
DE PETRÓLEO IPIRANGA
S.A. (“RIPI”), as
a consequence
of Ultrapar’s acquisition of a controlling interest in such companies as
announced to the market on March 19, 2007, through auctions (“Auctions”) to be
held on October 22, 2007.
The
Public
Offer Notices for the tender offers included information relating to the rules
for the implementation of the Auctions and were published in the following
newspapers: Official Gazette of the State of Rio Grande do Sul, Jornal Agora
de
Rio Grande, O Estado de São Paulo, Valor Econômico and in the Official
Gazette of the State of São Paulo for RIPI, and the Official Gazette of the
State of Rio Grande do Sul, Jornal do Comércio do Rio Grande do Sul,
O Estado de São Paulo, Valor Econômico and the Official Gazette of the
State of São Paulo for DPPI, on September 20, 2007, and were made available on
the websites of the CVM (www.cvm.gov.br), Bovespa (www.bovespa.com.br), Ultrapar
(www.ultra.com.br), Ipiranga (www.ipiranga.com.br) and BBI
(www.shopinvest.com.br/ofertaspublicas).
Ultrapar,
aware that some shareholders are still registering their shares for the
Auctions, and reiterating its commitment to the best corporate governance
practices, hereby informs the market that, as the offerer, it will acquire
the
common shares of shareholders who have not been able to participate in the
Auctions up to and including on November 8, 2007, provided such holders prove
that they held the shares on the relevant Auction date.
The
price
to be paid for such shares would be the same as paid at the Auctions, which
will
be R$106.28147 for RIPI3 and R$112.06937 for DPPI3, updated by the “Taxa
Referencial” - Reference Rate (365-day basis), calculated pro-rata
temporis up to the financial settlement date for each Auction, under the terms
of the respective Public Offer Notice.
Shareholders
who were not able to register their shares for the Auctions and who wish to
sell
their shares in accordance with the procedures outlined in this “Material
Notice”, may do so up to November 8, 2007. Parties interested should contact
Ultrapar's Investor Relations Department - tel.: (55 11)
3177-7014.
October
18, 2007
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André
Covre
Chief
Financial and Investor Relations Officer
ULTRAPAR
PARTICIPAÇÕES S.A.
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Sérgio
Roberto Weyne Ferreira da Costa
Investor
Relations Officer
DISTRIBUIDORA
DE PRODUTOS DE PETRÓLEO IPIRANGA S.A.
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Sérgio
Roberto Weyne Ferreira da Costa
Investor
Relations Officer
REFINARIA
DE PETRÓLEO IPIRANGA S.A.
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