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 December, 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:

Form 20-F
X
  
Form 40-F
  

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Yes
    
No
X

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7):

Yes
    
No
X

Indicate by check mark whether by furnishing the information contained in this Form, the Registrant is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934:

Yes
    
No
X
 
If “Yes” 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



ITEM
  
1.
Minutes of Board of Directors Meeting dated December 10, 2008
   
   

 

 
ULTRAPAR PARTICIPAÇÕES S.A.

Publicly Listed Company

CNPJ nº 33.256.439/0001- 39
NIRE 35.300.109.724


Minutes of a meeting of the Board of Directors (14/2008)


Date, Time and Location:
December 10, 2008, at 2.30 p.m., at 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, duly signed below.

Deliberated matters:

1.  
The members approved the Company’s budget for 2009.

2.  
The members discussed the Company’s Financial Risk Management Policy and decided to ratify it and yearly review it.



Observation: The deliberations were approved by all board members present, except for board member Renato Ochman, who abstained from voting.
 
 
 
(Minutes of a meeting of the Board of Directors of Ultrapar Participações S.A., of
December 10, 2008)





Once there were no further matters to discuss, the meeting was closed and the minutes of this meeting were transcript, 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:  December 10, 2008
 
ULTRAPAR HOLDINGS INC.
  
     
     
     
 
By:
 /s/ André Covre  
 
Name:   André Covre
  
 
Title:     Chief Financial and Investor Relations Officer
  








(Minutes of the Board of Directors Meeting)