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CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	6-K
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CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20050330
FILED AS OF DATE:		20050404
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20050404

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			ULTRAPAR HOLDINGS INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001094972
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	NATURAL GAS DISTRIBUTION [4924]
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

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		FORM TYPE:		6-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-14950
		FILM NUMBER:		05730512

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		AV BRIGADERIO LUIZ ANTONIO 1343
		STREET 2:		9 ANDAR SAO PAULO
		CITY:			SP BRAZIL 01350-900
		STATE:			D5
		ZIP:			00000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		CT CORPORATION SYSTEM
		STREET 2:		1633 BROADWAY
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10019
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<P align="center"> <B><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">Form
      6-K</FONT></B> </P>
<P align="center"> <font size="3" face="Times New Roman, Times, serif"><B>SECURITIES
      AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION<br>
  </B></font><font size="3" face="Times New Roman, Times, serif"><B>Washington,
  D.C. 20549 </B> </font></P>
<P align="center"> <font size="3" face="Times New Roman, Times, serif"><B>Report
      Of Foreign Private Issuer<br>
  Pursuant To Rule 13a-16 Or 15d-16 Of<br>
  The Securities Exchange Act Of 1934 </B></font><font size="2" face="Times New Roman, Times, serif"> </font></P>
<P align="center"> <FONT size="2" face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">For the
    month of April, 2005 </FONT></P>
<P align="center"> <FONT size="2" face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">Commission
    File Number: 001-14950</FONT><FONT size="3" face="Times New Roman, Times, serif"> </FONT> </P>
<P align="center">&nbsp; </P>
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    <td align="center"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman, Times, serif"><B>ULTRAPAR HOLDINGS
          INC.<br>
    </B></font><FONT size=1 face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">(Translation
    of Registrant&#146;s Name into English)</FONT><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman, Times, serif"><B> </B> </FONT></td>
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    <td align="center"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman, Times, serif"><B>Avenida
          Brigadeiro Luis Antonio, 1343, 9&ordm;</B> <B>Andar<br>
S&atilde;o Paulo, SP, Brazil 01317-910<br>
      </B></font><FONT size=1 face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">(Address of
    Principal Executive Offices)</FONT></td>
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    <td align="center"><hr align="left" width=100% size=1 noshade color="#000000"></td>
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<blockquote>
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    <p> <FONT size="2" face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">Indicate by check
        mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover
        of Form 20-F or Form 40-F: </FONT> </p>
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      <td width="45%" align="left" valign="top"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">Form
          20-F <u>&nbsp;&nbsp;X&nbsp;&nbsp;</u> </font></td>
      <td width="10%" align="left" valign="top"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
      <td width="200" align="left" valign="top"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">Form
          40-F <u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u></font></td>
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    <p> <FONT size="2" face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">Indicate by check
        mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted
        by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1):</FONT> </p>
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        <td width="10%" align="left" valign="top"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
        <td width="45%" align="left" valign="top"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">No <u>&nbsp;&nbsp;X&nbsp;&nbsp;</u></font></td>
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    <p> <FONT size="2" face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">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):</FONT> </p>
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</blockquote>
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    <table width="50%" border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0>
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        <td width="45%" align="left" valign="top"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Yes <u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u></font></td>
        <td width="10%" align="left" valign="top"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
        <td width="45%" align="left" valign="top"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">No <u>&nbsp;&nbsp;X&nbsp;&nbsp;</u></font></td>
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    <p> <FONT size="2" face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">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: </FONT> </p>
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        <td width="45%" align="left" valign="top"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Yes <u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u></font></td>
        <td width="10%" align="left" valign="top"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
        <td width="45%" align="left" valign="top"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">No <u>&nbsp;&nbsp;X&nbsp;&nbsp;</u></font></td>
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    <p> <FONT size="2" face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">If &#147;Yes&#148; is
        marked, indicate below the file number assigned to the registrant in
        connection with Rule 12g3-2(b): <U>N/A</U><B> </B></FONT></p>
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<P align="center"> <B><FONT size="2" face="serif">ULTRAPAR HOLDINGS INC.</FONT></B> </P>
<P align="center"> <font size="2"><B><FONT face="serif">TABLE OF CONTENTS </FONT></B> </font></P>
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  <TABLE width="90%" border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0>
    <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD colspan=3 align="left"><font size="2"><B><FONT face="serif">ITEM</FONT></B></font></TD>
      <TD width="12%" align="center"><font size="2"><B><B><B><FONT face="serif">SEQUENTIAL</FONT></B><br>
                  <FONT face="serif">PAGE</FONT></B><br>
                  <FONT face="serif">NUMBER</FONT></B></font></TD>
      <TD width="3%"><font size="2">&nbsp;</font></TD>
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      <TD width="3%"><font size="2">&nbsp;</font></TD>
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      <TD align="center" valign="top"><b><font size="2" face="serif">1.</font></b></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left"><font size="2"><FONT face="serif"><b>Minutes of a
                           Meeting of the Board of Directors, March 30, 2005</b></FONT></font></TD>
      <TD align="center"><font size="2"><strong>3</strong></font></TD>
      <TD><font size="2">&nbsp;</font></TD>
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    <TR>
      <TD align="center"><font size="2"><FONT face="serif">2.</font></font></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD><font size="2"><FONT face="serif"><strong>Minutes of Ordinary General Meeting,
         March 31, 2005</strong></font></font></TD>
      <TD align="center"><font size="2"><FONT face="serif"><b>6</b></font></font></TD>

      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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      <TD width="78%">&nbsp;</TD>
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  <B><FONT size="2" face="serif">ITEM 1</FONT></B></P>


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     <p><B><FONT size=2 face="sans-serif">ULTRAPAR PARTICIPA&Ccedil;&Otilde;ES
                    S.A. </FONT></B><br>
                    <BR>
                    <B><FONT face="sans-serif">Publicly Listed Company</FONT></B></p>
     <p><FONT size=2 face="sans-serif">CNPJ
                    n&ordm; 33.256.439/0001-39 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT size=2 face="sans-serif">NIRE
                    35.300.109.724</FONT></p>
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<P align="center">
<B><FONT size=2 face="sans-serif">MINUTES OF A MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
(04/2005)</FONT></B></P>
<P>
<B><FONT size=2 face="sans-serif">Date, Time and Place: </FONT></B></P>
<P>
<FONT size=2 face="sans-serif">March 30, 2005, at 1 p.m., at Company Headquarters, located at Av. Brigadeiro Luiz Ant&ocirc;nio, n&ordm; 1343 &#150; 9</FONT><SUP><FONT size=2 face="sans-serif">th</FONT></SUP><FONT size=2 face="sans-serif"> floor, in
the City and State of S&atilde;o Paulo. </FONT></P>
<P>
<B><FONT size=2 face="sans-serif">Present: </FONT></B></P>
<P>
<FONT size=2 face="sans-serif">Members of the Board of Directors, whose signatures appear below.</FONT></P>
<B><FONT size=2 face="sans-serif">Matters discussed and deliberated on:<br>
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     <TD width="4%" valign=top nowrap><font size=2 face="sans-serif">1.</font></TD>
        <TD colspan="2" valign=top>
          <FONT size=2 face="sans-serif">To approve the alteration to item 4(i), letter &#147;h&#148;, in the minutes of the Company Board Meeting held on February 16, 2005, to include the hypothetical case of advance redemption envisaged under subparagraph
(h) of clause 7.1 of the Debenture Contract for the 1st Issue of Simple Debentures, non-convertible into shares, unsecured and without special privileges, in a single series, for public distribution (&#147;Debenture Contract&#148;), as added on
March 9, 2005 regarding the advance redemption of the debentures, whose text will now read as follows:</FONT>   </TD>
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<FONT size=2 face="sans-serif">&#147;(h) the failure to comply on the part of the issuer to the following financial index, which shall be verified quarterly, always when its regular quarterly information is published by the Issuer: the ratio between
Net Debt and EBITDA being less than or equal to 3.5. For the purposes of this item (h), the &#147;Net Debt&#148; is considered as the entire Consolidated financial debt of the Issuer, excluding the sum of the cash and cash equivalents and the
consolidated cash deposits of the Issuer, while EBITDA is considered to be consolidated operating profit before interest, as well as the consolidated expenses of depreciation and amortisation.&#148;</FONT>   </TD>
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<FONT size=1 face="sans-serif">(Ultrapar Board Meeting Minutes (04/2005) March
30, 2005)</FONT>
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     <TD width="4%" valign=top>&nbsp;</TD>
     <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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     <TD nowrap valign=top>&nbsp;</TD>
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<FONT size=2 face="sans-serif">2.</FONT>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;    </TD>
        <TD>
<FONT size=2 face="sans-serif">To ratify the other conditions of the debenture
issue approved at the Board of</FONT> <font size=2 face="sans-serif">Directors
meeting of February 16, 2005.</font>    </TD>
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<TD>&nbsp;</TD> <TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
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        <TD valign=top>
<FONT size=2 face="sans-serif">3.</FONT>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;    </TD>
        <TD>
<FONT size=2 face="sans-serif">To approve and include in the Debenture Issue
Contract, a rate of remunerative interest on the debentures corresponding to
102.5% (one hundred and two point five percent) of the accrued average daily
rates of the DIs &#150; interbank deposits - of one day, &#147;over extra group&#148;,
calculated and published by CETIP, based on 252 days, expressed in the form of
a percentage rate per annum (&#147;DI rate&#148;), to be calculated according
to the formula and the other dispositions set out in the Debenture Issue Contract,
calculated using the bookbuilding process, carried out by the Coordinating Banks
in combination with the Issuer on that date.</FONT>     </TD>
</TR><TR>
<TD>&nbsp;</TD> <TD>&nbsp;
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<TD>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD>
<FONT size=2 face="sans-serif">Observations: the deliberations were approved
unanimously by those present, with the exception of Board Member Renato Ochman,
who abstained from</FONT> <font size=2 face="sans-serif">voting.</font> </TD>
</TR><TR>
<TD>&nbsp;</TD> <TD>&nbsp;
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<TD>
<FONT size=2 face="sans-serif">There being no further business to discuss, the
meeting was closed and the minutes of this meeting being hereby set out, read
and approved by all the undersigned Board Members present</FONT><FONT size=2 face="serif">:
</FONT><B><FONT size=2 face="sans-serif">Paulo Guilherme Aguiar Cunha </FONT></B><FONT size=2 face="sans-serif">&#150; Chairman; </FONT><b><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Lucio
de Castro Andrade Filho </font></b><font size=2 face="sans-serif">- Vice Chairman; </font><b><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Ana
Maria Levy Villela</font></b> <b><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Igel; Olavo Egydio
Monteiro de Carvalho; Nildemar Secches; Paulo Vieira Belotti; Renato Ochman </font></b><font size=2 face="sans-serif">&#150; Board
Members.</font>         </TD>
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     <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD>&nbsp;</TD> <TD>
<FONT size=2 face="sans-serif">I declare that this is a faithful copy of the minutes written in the Company&#146;s record books.</FONT> </TD>
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     <TD colspan=2>&nbsp;</TD>
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<div align="center"><B><FONT size=2 face="sans-serif">Paulo Guilherme Aguiar Cunha</FONT></B><BR>
          <FONT size=2 face="sans-serif">Chairman of the Board </FONT>
     <br>
     <br>
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<P>
<FONT size=1 face="sans-serif">(Ultrapar Board Meeting Minutes (04/2005) of March
30, 2005)<br>
</FONT></P>
<P align="center">
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT size=2 face="sans-serif">A registration statement relating to these securities has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission but has not yet become effective. These securities may not be sold nor may
offers to buy be accepted prior to the time the registration statement becomes effective. This communication shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state in
which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state. </FONT></P>
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<P align="right">
  <B><FONT size="2" face="serif">ITEM 2</FONT></B></P>
<P align="center">
<B><FONT size=2 face="sans-serif">ULTRAPAR PARTICIPA&Ccedil;&Otilde;ES S.A.</FONT></B></P>
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        <TD width=55% align=center>
<FONT size=2 face="sans-serif">CNPJ n&ordm; 33.256.439/0001- 39</FONT>
        </TD>
        <TD width=2%>&nbsp;
        </TD>
        <TD width=42% align=center>
<FONT size=2 face="sans-serif">NIRE 35.300.109.724</FONT>
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<div align="center"><BR>
          <B><FONT size=2 face="sans-serif">Minutes of Ordinary General Meeting</FONT></B></div>
<P>
<B><FONT size=2 face="sans-serif">Date, Time and Place: </FONT></B></P>
<P>
<FONT size=2 face="sans-serif">March 31, 2005, 3 p.m., at Company Headquarters, located at Av. Brigadeiro Luiz Ant&ocirc;nio, n&ordm; 1343 &#150; 9</FONT><SUP><FONT size=2 face="sans-serif">th</FONT></SUP><FONT size=2 face="sans-serif"> floor, In
the City and State of S&atilde;o Paulo. </FONT></P>
<P>
<B><FONT size=2 face="sans-serif">Present: </FONT></B></P>
<P>
<FONT size=2 face="sans-serif">Shareholders representing more than two thirds of the paid-up capital, the Company Chairman and a representative of the Independent Auditors. </FONT></P>
<P>
<B><FONT size=2 face="sans-serif">Publications : </FONT></B></P>
<P>
<U><FONT size=2 face="sans-serif">Notice to Shareholders</FONT></U><FONT size=2 face="sans-serif">: Waived, according to disposition in subparagraph &sect; 5, of Article 133 of Law N&ordm; 6.404/76;</FONT></P>
<P>
<U><FONT size=2 face="sans-serif">Convening Notice</FONT></U><FONT size=2 face="sans-serif">: Published in the Official Gazette of the State of S&atilde;o Paulo and in the newspaper &#147;Valor Econ&ocirc;mico&#148;, on March 16, 17 and 18, 2005.
</FONT></P>
<P>
<U><FONT size=2 face="sans-serif">Documents referred to in Article 133, of Law N&ordm; 6404/76</FONT></U><FONT size=2 face="sans-serif">: published in the Official Gazette of the State of S&atilde;o Paulo and in the newspaper Valor Econ&ocirc;mico,
on February 17, 2005. </FONT></P>
<P>
<FONT size=2 face="sans-serif">Presiding at the Board: </FONT></P>
<P>
<FONT size=2 face="sans-serif">Chairman - Gilberto Tamm Barcellos Corr&ecirc;a</FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2 face="sans-serif">Secretary &#150; Elizabeth Akemi Ishii Kodato</FONT></P>
<P><B><FONT size=2 face="sans-serif">Order of the Day: </FONT></B></P>
<P>
<FONT size=2 face="sans-serif">In accordance with the published Convening Notice.</FONT></P>
<P>
<B><FONT size=2 face="sans-serif">Deliberations:</FONT></B></P>
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        <TD width="4%" valign=top>
<FONT size=2 face="sans-serif">1.</FONT></TD>
        <TD>
<FONT size=2 face="sans-serif">To record the minutes of this meeting summarising its deliberations, in accordance with that set out in Article 130, &sect; 1 of Law 6.404/76, and its publication, in the form of subparagraph &sect; 3, of the same
article;</FONT> </TD>
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<FONT size=2 face="sans-serif">2.</FONT></TD>
        <TD colspan=2>
<FONT size=2 face="sans-serif">Approve, with the abstention of those legally restricted, the documents referred to in Article 133, of Law 6404/76, with the alterations introduced by Law N&ordm; 10.303/01, with regard to the financial year ending
December 31, 2004.</FONT>       </TD>
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<TR><TD colspan=3>&nbsp;</TD></TR><TR>
        <TD valign=top>
<FONT size=2 face="sans-serif">3.</FONT></TD>
        <TD colspan=2>
<FONT size=2 face="sans-serif">Ratify the approval of the capital budget for the year 2005, in accordance with the deliberations of the Board of Directors, on February 16, 2005.</FONT>        </TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD colspan=3>&nbsp;</TD></TR><TR>
        <TD nowrap valign=top>
<FONT size=2 face="sans-serif">4.</FONT>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;    </TD>
        <TD colspan=2>
<FONT size=2 face="sans-serif">Approve the destination of Net Earnings in the year ending December 31, 2004, which amounted to R$ 414,479,259.81 (four hundred fourteen million, four hundred and seventy nine thousand, two hundred and fifty- nine
reais and eighty-one centavos), according to the following proposal by the Company management:</FONT>   </TD>
</TR>
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<TD>&nbsp;</TD> <TD width="4%" valign=top>
<FONT size=2 face="sans-serif">a)</FONT></TD>
        <TD>
<FONT size=2 face="sans-serif">R$ 20,723,962.99 (twenty million, seven hundred and twenty-three thousand, nine hundred and sixty-two reais and ninety-nine centavos), for the Legal Reserve;</FONT>     </TD>
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<FONT size=2 face="sans-serif">b)</FONT></TD>
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<FONT size=2 face="sans-serif">R$ 32,721,096.28 (thirty-two million, seven hundreds and twenty-one thousand, and ninety-six reais and twenty-eight centavos), to the Reserve for Profits to be Realised;</FONT> </TD>
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<FONT size=2 face="sans-serif">c)</FONT></TD>
        <TD>
<FONT size=2 face="sans-serif">R$ 196,877,648.41 (one hundred and ninety six million, eight hundred and seventy-seven thousand, six hundred and forty-eight reais and forty-one centavos) to the Profit Retention Reserve, based on the approved capital
budget.</FONT>  </TD>
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<FONT size=2 face="sans-serif">d)</FONT></TD>
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<FONT size=2 face="sans-serif">R$ 164,156,552.13 (one hundred and sixty-four million, one hundred and fifty six thousand, five hundred and fifty-two reais and thirteen centavos), for the distribution of dividends in the period, already paid in full
to the shareholders.</FONT>     </TD>
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<FONT size=2 face="sans-serif">5.</FONT></TD>
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<FONT size=2 face="sans-serif">5.1) elect the members of the Board of Directors, with a mandate up to the holding of the Ordinary General Meeting for 2006, in order to examine the documents referred to in article 133 of Law 6404/76, referring to the
current financial year.</FONT>  </TD>
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<FONT size=2 face="sans-serif">a)</FONT></TD>
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<B><FONT size=2 face="sans-serif">PAULO GUILHERME AGUIAR CUNHA</FONT></B><FONT size=2 face="sans-serif">,
Brazilian, married, engineer, holder of Identity Card RG n&ordm; 4.554.607/SSP-SP
and CPF n&ordm; 008.255.498-68, whose business address is:
Av. Brigadeiro Luiz Ant&ocirc;nio, n&ordm; 1343 - 9&ordm; andar, Bairro da Bela
Vista, in the City and State of S&atilde;o Paulo (CEP 01317-910);</FONT>        </TD>
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<FONT size=2 face="sans-serif">b)</FONT></TD>
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<B><FONT size=2 face="sans-serif">LUCIO DE CASTRO ANDRADE FILHO</FONT></B><FONT size=2 face="sans-serif">,
Brazilian, married, engineer, holder of Identity Card RG n&ordm; 3.045.977/SSP-SP
and CPF n&ordm; 061.094.708-72, whose business is address
is at: Av. Brigadeiro Luiz Antonio, n&ordm; 1343 &#150; 9&ordm; andar, Bairro
da Bela Vista, in the City and State of S&atilde;o Paulo (CEP 01317-910);</FONT>        </TD>
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<FONT size=2 face="sans-serif">c)</FONT></TD>
        <TD>
<B><FONT size=2 face="sans-serif">ANA MARIA LEVY VILLELA IGEL</FONT></B><FONT size=2 face="sans-serif">,
Brazilian, widow, businesswoman, holder of Identity Card RG n&ordm; 2.821.401/SSP-SP
and CPF n&ordm; 513.400.208-82, whose business address is
at: Av. Brigadeiro Luiz Antonio, n&ordm; 1343 &#150; 5&ordm; andar, Bairro da
Bela Vista, in the City and State of S&atilde;o Paulo (CEP 01317-910);</FONT>   </TD>
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<FONT size=2 face="sans-serif">d)</FONT></TD>
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<B><FONT size=2 face="sans-serif">PAULO VIEIRA BELOTTI</FONT></B><FONT size=2 face="serif">, </FONT><FONT size=2 face="sans-serif">Brazilian, married, civil engineer, holder of Identity Card RG n&ordm; 946.526-1/IFP-RJ and CPF n&ordm;
001.388.357-72, whose offices are at Rua do Ouvidor, n&ordm; 60, sala 1.104, Centro, in the City and State of Rio de Janeiro;</FONT>    </TD>
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<FONT size=2 face="sans-serif">e)</FONT></TD>
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<B><FONT size=2 face="sans-serif">OLAVO EGYDIO MONTEIRO DE CARVALHO</FONT></B><FONT size=2 face="sans-serif">,
Brazilian, judicially separated, industrial businessman, holder of identity card
RG n&ordm; 01.585.449-0/IFP-RJ and CPF n&ordm;
007.260.107-82, whose business address is at: Ladeira Nossa Senhora, n&ordm; 163 &#150; 7&ordm; andar,
in the City and State of Rio de Janeiro;</FONT> </TD>
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          <td><b><font size=2 face="sans-serif">RENATO OCHMAN</font></b><font size=2 face="sans-serif">,
                    Brazilian, married, lawyer, inscribed under OAB/SP sob n&ordm; 82.152
                    and holder of CPF n&ordm; 375.739.690 - 15, whose business
                    address is at: Av. Brigadeiro Faria Lima, n&ordm; 1461 &#150; 11&ordm; andar,
                    Bairro do Jardim Paulistano, in the City and State of S&atilde;o
                    Paulo (CEP 01451-904), and elected as set out in subparagraph
          I, do &sect; 4&ordm;, Article 141 of Law 6.404/76; </font></td>
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          <td><b><font size=2 face="sans-serif">NILDEMAR SECCHES</font></b><font size=2 face="sans-serif">,
                    Brazilian, widower, mechanical engineer, holder of Identity
                    Card RG n&ordm; 3.997.339-6/SSP-SP CPF n&ordm; 589.461.528-34,
                    whose business address is at: Av. Escola Polit&eacute;cnica,
                    n&ordm; 760, Bairro do Jaguar&eacute;, in the City and State
          of S&atilde;o Paulo (CEP 05350-000). </font></td>
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          <td><font size=2 face="sans-serif">5.2 - to set a global maximum annual
                    limit for the remuneration of the Members of the Board of
                    Directors, of R$ 840,000.00 (eight hundred and forty thousand
          reais).</font></td>
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<B><FONT size=2 face="sans-serif">Observation</FONT></B><FONT size=2 face="sans-serif">: the President of the Board announced that: (i) the Members of the Board of Directors, hereby elected, previously consulted with, declared that there no ongoing
impediments which would prevent them from exercising their activities in the roles designated, that they do not hold positions in companies which can be considered to be competitors of the Company in the market and that they do not have any conflict
of interest with the Company, in accordance with article 147 of Law n&ordm; 6.404/76; (ii) all the deliberations of the meeting were approved by all those present, except for Parth Investments Company and shareholder Renato Ochman, who abstained
from voting. </FONT></P>
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<FONT size=2 face="sans-serif">There being no further matters to discuss and
there being no request for the functioning of the Audit Committee, the meeting
was wound up, these meeting minutes duly presented, and being read and approved,
were signed  below by the shareholders present. a) For </FONT><B><FONT size=2 face="sans-serif">ULTRA
S.A. - PARTICIPA&Ccedil;&Otilde;ES</FONT></B><FONT size=2 face="sans-serif">: </FONT><B><FONT size=2 face="sans-serif">Paulo
Guilherme Aguiar Cunha </FONT></B><FONT size=2 face="sans-serif"> - Chairman;
</FONT><B><FONT size=2 face="sans-serif">Lucio de Castro Andrade Filho</FONT></B><FONT size=2 face="sans-serif"> &#150; Vice-chairman; </FONT><B><FONT size=2 face="sans-serif">PAULO
GUILHERME AGUIAR CUNHA; </FONT></B><FONT size=2
face="sans-serif">For </FONT><B><FONT size=2 face="sans-serif">PARTH INVESTMENTS
COMPANY</FONT></B><FONT size=2 face="sans-serif">, as proxy and for himself: </FONT><B><FONT size=2 face="sans-serif">RENATO
OCHMAN; </FONT></B><FONT size=2
face="sans-serif">For </FONT><B><FONT size=2 face="sans-serif">MONTEIRO ARANHA
S.A.</FONT></B><FONT size=2 face="sans-serif">: D&eacute;bora Regina Zambaldi
Zilber &#150; proxy; </FONT><B><FONT size=2 face="sans-serif">LUCIO DE CASTRO
ANDRADE FILHO; GILBERTO TAMM BARCELLOS  CORR&Ecirc;A; </FONT></B><FONT size=2 face="sans-serif">for
the holders of Preferred</FONT></P>
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<FONT size=2 face="sans-serif">Shares, </FONT><B><FONT size=2 face="sans-serif">INSTITUTO
AMBEV DE PREVID&Ecirc;NCIA PRIVADA,  ASCESE FUNDO DE INVESTIMENTO EM A&Ccedil;&Otilde;ES,
BB LUMINA FUNDO DE INVESTIMENTO EM A&Ccedil;&Otilde;ES, CLASSE A
FUNDO DE INVESTIMENTO EM A&Ccedil;&Otilde;ES: </FONT></B><FONT size=2 face="sans-serif">Dynamo
Administra&ccedil;&atilde;o de Recursos Ltda. &#150; Bruno Hermes da Fonseca &#150; Fund
Manager; For the holders of Preferred Shares </FONT><B><FONT size=2 face="sans-serif">G.A.S.-FUNDO
DE INVESTIMENTO EM A&Ccedil;&Otilde;ES; GAS L&Oacute;TUS HG FUNDO DE INVESTIMENTO
EM A&Ccedil;&Otilde;ES; GAS MIX FUNDO DE INVESTIMENTO EM T&Iacute;TULOS E VALORES
MOBILI&Aacute;RIOS; EXPRESS FUND
INTERNATIONAL, LLC: </FONT></B><FONT size=2 face="sans-serif">Fernanda Jacques
Faria &#150; proxy; For the holders of Preferred Shares </FONT><B><FONT size=2 face="sans-serif">BRADESCO
TEMPLETON DE VALOR E LIQUIDEZ &#150; FUNDO DE INVESTIMENTO EM
A&Ccedil;&Otilde;ES</FONT></B><FONT size=2 face="sans-serif">: Bradesco Templeton
Asset Manegement Ltda. - Fernanda Jacques Faria &#150; proxy; For the holders
of Preferred Shares, </FONT><B><FONT size=2 face="sans-serif">BANCO PACTUAL S.A. </FONT></B><FONT size=2 face="sans-serif">holder </FONT><B><FONT size=2 face="sans-serif">ROMANCHE
INVESTMENT CORPORATION, LLC: </FONT></B><FONT size=2 face="sans-serif">Bruno
Alexandre  Licari&atilde;o &#150; proxy; For the holders of Preferred Shares </FONT><B><FONT size=2 face="sans-serif">FUNDO
DE INVESTIMENTO EM A&Ccedil;&Otilde;ES ESMERALDA; FUNDO DE INVESTIMENTO MULTIMERCADO
PACTUAL ARBITRAGEM; FUNDO DE INVESTIMENTO  MULTIMERCADO PACTUAL HEDGE PLUS; FUNDO
DE INVESTIMENTO MULTIMERCADO PACTUAL HEDGE; ALFREDO NAGIB RIZKALLAH: </FONT></B><FONT size=2 face="sans-serif">Pactual
Asset Management S.A. Distribuidora de T&iacute;tulos e Valores Mobili&aacute;rios
- - Bruno  Alexandre Licari&atilde;o &#150;proxy; For the holders of Preferred
Shares </FONT><B><FONT size=2 face="sans-serif">SAFRA MULTIDIVIDENDOS &#150; FUNDO
DE INVESTIMENTO EM A&Ccedil;&Otilde;ES</FONT></B><FONT size=2 face="sans-serif"> and
</FONT><B><FONT size=2 face="sans-serif">SAFRA SMALL CAP FUNDO DE INVESTIMENTO
EM A&Ccedil;&Otilde;ES</FONT></B><FONT size=2 face="sans-serif">: Banco Safra
de Investimento S.A. &#150; Viviane Alves Zimerer &#150; proxy; Paulo Guilherme
Aguiar Cunha
&#150; Chairman; Gilberto Tamm Barcellos Corr&ecirc;a - President of the board;
Elizabeth Akemi Ishii Kodato - Secretary to the Board; Altair Tadeu Rossato &#150; CRC
n&deg; 1SP182515/O-5 - Auditor of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu S/C., Independent
 Auditors. </FONT></P>
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<FONT size=2 face="sans-serif">I declare that this is a faithful copy of the meeting minutes recorded in the Company registry. </FONT></P>
<FONT size=2 face="sans-serif">Elizabeth Akemi Ishii Kodato</FONT><BR>
<FONT size=2 face="sans-serif">Secretary to the Board </FONT>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT size=2 face="sans-serif">A registration statement relating to these securities has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission but has not yet become effective. These securities may not be sold nor may
offers to buy be accepted prior to the time the registration statement becomes effective. This communication shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state in
which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state. </FONT></P>


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<B><FONT size=2 face="serif">SIGNATURES</FONT></B></P>
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<FONT size=2 face="serif">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. </FONT></P>
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    <td colspan="3"> <b><font size="2" face="serif">ULTRAPAR HOLDINGS INC.</font></b></td>
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    <td width="5%"><font size=2 face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">Date:</font></td>
    <td width="45%"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">April
              4,
              2005</font> </td>
    <td width="4%"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">By:</font></td>
    <td colspan="2"> <FONT face="serif" size=2>/s/ L&uacute;cio de Castro Andrade Filho</FONT> </td>
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    <td width="6%"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">Name:</font></td>
    <td width="40%"> <FONT face="serif" size=2>L&uacute;cio de Castro Andrade Filho</FONT> </td>
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    <td width="6%"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">Title:</font></td>
    <td width="40%"> <FONT face="serif" size=2>Vice-President</FONT></td>
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<P><FONT size=2 face="serif">(Minutes of a Meeting of the Board of Directors,
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