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 August, 2008
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)
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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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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Yes
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by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7):
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Registrant is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant
to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934:
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Yes
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X
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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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ITEM
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1.
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Material
notice, dated August 1, 2008, regarding supply contract between Oxiteno
and PQU
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2.
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Market
announcement, dated August 1, 2008, regarding Oxiteno sale of equity
interest in PQU
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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: August
4, 2008
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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 | |||
(Market
Announcement, Material Notice)
ITEM
1
ULTRAPAR
PARTICIPAÇÕES S.A.
PUBLICLY
LISTED COMPANY
CNPJ nº
33.256.439/0001- 39
MATERIAL
NOTICE
São Paulo, Brazil,
August 1st, 2008 - Ultrapar Participações S.A. (“Ultrapar” – BOVESPA: UGPA4 /
NYSE: UGP), announces the signing of a Supply Contract between Oxiteno S.A.
Indústria e Comércio (“Oxiteno”), subsidiary of Ultrapar, and Petroquímica União
S.A. (“PQU”) for the supply of ethylene to the Mauá unit, in the state of São
Paulo. The long-term contract is effective immediately and establishes and rules
the ethylene supply conditions referenced on the international
market.
The volume
contracted will allow the increase of at least 30% in the ethylene oxide
production compared to the volume of 50 thousand tons produced in the unit in
2007.
Oxiteno will soon
conclude the expansion of its ethylene oxide and specialty chemicals production
capacity at Mauá.
André
Covre
Chief Financial and
Investor Relations Officer
Ultrapar
Participações S.A.
ITEM
2
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ULTRAPAR
PARTICIPAÇÕES S.A.
PUBLICLY
LISTED COMPANY
CNPJ nº
33.256.439/0001- 39
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MARKET
ANNOUNCEMENT
São Paulo, Brazil,
August 1st, 2008 - Ultrapar Participações S.A. (“Ultrapar” – BOVESPA: UGPA4 /
NYSE: UGP), announces that its subsidiary Oxiteno S.A. Indústria e Comércio sold
the equity interest it owned in Petroquímica União S.A. (“PQU”) or 2,803,365
shares, representing 2.67% of the total capital of PQU to its controlling
shareholder Quattor Participações S.A..
André
Covre
Chief Financial and
Investor Relations Officer
Ultrapar
Participações S.A.