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: 001-14950
MATERIAL
NOTICE
ULTRAPAR
PARTICIPAÇÕES S.A.
CNPJ
Nº.
33.256.439/0001-39
Ultrapar
Participações S.A. (“Ultrapar”) hereby informs the market, on this date, that
the Judge of the 2nd
civil court of the judiciary district of São Paulo, for the plea process number
07/253416-4(2385/07), has granted a restraining order (of a cautionary nature)
to suspend, until a subsequent judicial decision to the contrary, the holding
of
Special Shareholders Meetings convened for December 18, 2007, to deliberate
on
the exchange of the shares of Refinaria de Petróleo Ipiranga S/A (RPI),
Distribuidora de Produtos de Petróleo Ipiranga S/A (DPPI) and Companhia
Brasileira de Petróleo Ipiranga (CBPI) by Ultrapar.
Ultrapar
hereby informs that it will appeal such decision.
São
Paulo,
November 28, 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.