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 September, 2012
 
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 Meeting of the Board of Directors held on September 19th, 2012
 
 
 
 
 

 
ULTRAPAR PARTICIPAÇÕES S.A.

Publicly Traded Company

CNPJ nº 33.256.439/0001- 39
NIRE 35.300.109.724

MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS (09/2012)

Date, Time and Location:
September 19th, 2012, at 2:30 p.m., at the Company’s headquarters, located at Av. Brigadeiro Luís Antônio, nr 1343 – 9th floor, in the City and State of São Paulo.

Attendance:
Members of the Board of Directors.

Decisions:

1.  
The members of the Board of Directors analyzed and approved the proposal of strategic positioning of Ultracargo, the Company’s storage business.

2.  
The members of the Board of Directors analyzed and approved, in line with the Ultrapar’s Investment Approval Policy, the proposal for investments to increase production capacity by 100 thousand tons per year in the United States and Mexico by Oxiteno, the Company’s chemical business, in a total value of US$ 92 million, of which US$ 5 million are estimated to be spent in 2012.
 
 
 

 
 
(Minutes of the Meeting of the Board of Directors of Ultrapar Participações S.A., held on September 19th, 2012)
 
3.  
The members of the Board of Directors analyzed and approved the additional investment budget for 2012 of R$ 115 million allocated to Ipiranga, the Company’s fuel distribution business.

4.  
The members of the Board of Directors were updated about strategic and expansion projects of the Company’s subsidiaries.

5.  
The members of the Board of Directors discussed alternatives to finance the Company’s indebtedness maturing in 2013.

Observations: The deliberations were approved, with no amendments or qualifications, by all the Board Members present.

As there were no further matters to be discussed, the meeting was closed, and the minutes of this meeting were written, read and approved by all the undersigned members present.


Paulo Guilherme Aguiar Cunha – Chairman


Lucio de Castro Andrade Filho


Ana Maria Levy Villela Igel


Paulo Vieira Belotti


Olavo Egydio Monteiro de Carvalho
 
 
 

 
 
(Minutes of the Meeting of the Board of Directors of Ultrapar Participações S.A., held on September 19th, 2012)

Nildemar Secches


Luiz Carlos Teixeira


Thilo Mannhardt


Renato Ochman

 
 

 

 
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: September 19, 2012
 
ULTRAPAR HOLDINGS INC.
 
 
 
 
By:
/s/ André Covre
 
Name: André Covre
 
Title:   Chief Financial and Investor Relations Officer
 
 
(Minutes of the Meeting of the Board of Directors held on September 19th, 2012)