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: 333-146406
Ultrapar’s
Registration Statement on Form F-4 declared effective
São
Paulo, December
17, 2007 – Ultrapar Participações S.A. (“Ultrapar”) informs that the
Registration Statement on Form F-4 (the “Form F-4”), filed in connection with a
share exchange transaction, wherein the preferred shares of Refinaria de
Petróleo Ipiranga S.A. (“RIPI”), Distribuidora de Produtos de Petróleo Ipiranga
S.A. (“DPPI”), and Companhia Brasileira de Petróleo Ipiranga (“CBPI”), will be
exchanged for preferred shares of Ultrapar (“Share Exchange”), was declared
effective by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on December
17,
2007. The prospectus will be made available on Ultrapar’s and RIPI,
DPPI and CBPI’s websites.
The
Special
Shareholders Meetings of RIPI, DPPI, CBPI and Ultrapar to deliberate about
the
Share Exchange will be held on December 18, 2007.
André
Covre
Chief
Financial and
Investor Relations Officer
Ultrapar
Participações S.A.
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.