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 March, 2009

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) 

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ULTRAPAR HOLDINGS INC.

TABLE OF CONTENTS



ITEM
  
1.
Minutes of the Board Of Directors’ Meeting held on March 4, 2009
 
 
ITEM 1
 
 

ULTRAPAR PARTICIPAÇÕES S.A.
Publicly-Traded Company

CNPJ nº 33.256.439/0001- 39                    NIRE 35.300.109.724

MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS’ MEETING (01/2009)

Date, Time and Location:
March 4th, 2009 at 2:30 p.m. at the 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, as per signatures below, including attendance of some members via telephone.
 
 
Discussed and approved matters:
 
 
 
1.
The Members of the Board were informed about and have approved the contract, by the wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, Companhia Brasileira de Petróleo Ipiranga (“CBPI”), of a bank credit facility (CCB) with Caixa Econômica Federal - CEF, in the total amount of R$ 500,000,000.00 (five hundred million reais), with interest rate equivalent to 120% of the daily average rate of the Interbank Deposit Certificate (CDI) per annum, released by the Brazilian Clearing and Custodian Agency (Central de Custódia e Liquidação Financeira de Títulos - CETIP), with a 36-month term and a 24-month grace period with quarterly interest payments and monthly amortization of principal plus interest for a 12-month period ( "CCB").
 
 
(Minutes of Board of Directors Meeting of Ultrapar Participações S.A., held on March 4th, 2009)
 
 
 
2.
Due to CCB, the Board of Directors authorized the Company to guarantee CBPI’s obligations under the CCB agreement and approved the Company’s Officers to execute all documents related to such agreement, as well as to perform all necessary acts for the effectiveness of the guarantee.

Observations: the above matters were approved by all board members attending the meeting, except for board member Renato Ochman, who abstained from voting.

Once there were no further matters to discuss, the meeting was closed and the minutes of this meeting were transcribed, 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:  March 9, 2009
ULTRAPAR HOLDINGS INC.
 
 
By:
 /s/ André Covre
Name:
André Covre
Title:
Chief Financial and Investor Relations Officer




 

(Board Minutes)