Unassociated Document
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 S.A.
Commission
File Number: 001-14950
In
connection with Ultrapar Participações S.A.’s proposed acquisition of the three
publicly listed companies within Grupo Ipiranga (“Ipiranga”), Refinaria 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”), Ultrapar engaged Deutsche Bank Brazil to
deliver a report on the valuation of Ultrapar and each of the Target
Companies
(the "Valuation Report"). On April 13, 2007, Deutsche Bank delivered
the
Valuation Report to Ultrapar. On the same date, Ultrapar filed a copy
of the
Valuation Report with the Comissão
de Valores Mobiliários do Brasil.
In
addition, Ultrapar intends to file an English translation of the Valuation
Report with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Form 6-K and the
report
may be downloaded from the SEC's website at www.sec.gov
following
such filing.
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.
In
addition, documents (including any exhibits) filed with the SEC by Ultrapar
Participações S.A. 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. PLEASE, READ THE DOCUMENTS CAREFULLY BEFORE MAKING
A DECISION REGARDING THE MERGER.
This
communication shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation
of an
offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of securities in any jurisdiction
in
which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration
or qualification under the securities laws of such
jurisdiction