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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000950103-07-002308
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	6-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20070920
FILED AS OF DATE:		20070920
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20070920

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:		071126247

	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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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">THE
        OFFER
        MADE IN THIS NOTICE IS ADDRESSED TO ALL SHAREHOLDERS IN THE DISTRIBUIDORA
        DE
        PRODUTOS DE PETR&#211;LEO IPIRANGA S.A. IN BRAZIL. ADDITIONALLY, SHAREHOLDERS IN THE
        DISTRIBUIDORA DE PRODUTOS DE PETR&#211;LEO IPIRANGA S.A. LOCATED OUTSIDE BRAZIL MAY
        PARTAKE IN THE OFFER, SUBJECT TO THE CONDITION THAT SUCH SHAREHOLDERS COMPLY
        WITH THE LAW AND REGULATIONS OF THE JURISDICTION IN WHICH THEY ARE
        LOCATED.</font></div>
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        OFFER NOTICE FOR THE ACQUISITION OF COMMON SHARES ISSUED BY DISTRIBUIDORA
        DE
        PRODUTOS DE PETR&#211;LEO IPIRANGA S.A.</strong></font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">Publicly-held
        Company -&#160;&#160;CVM n&#186; 00519-3</font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">National
        Register of Legal Entities (CNPJ/MF) Enrollment No.
        92.689.256/0001-76</font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">ISIN
        Code
        BRDPPIACNOR8</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><strong>FOR
        AND ON BEHALF OF</strong></font></div>
      <div><br></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><strong>ULTRAPAR
        PARTICIPA&#199;&#213;ES S.A.</strong></font></div>
      <div><br></div>
      <div><br></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><strong>BRADESCO
        S.A. CORRETORA DE T&#205;TULOS E VALORES MOBILI&#193;RIOS </strong>(the &#8220;<u>Intermediary
        Institution&#8221;),</u> a financial institution with headquarters located at Avenida
        Paulista, 1450, 7&#186; andar, City of S&#227;o Paulo, State of S&#227;o Paulo and enrolled
        with the National Register of Legal Entities (CNPJ) under No.
        61.855.045/0001-32, and <strong>BANCO BRADESCO BBI S.A. </strong>(the &#8220;<u>Offer
        Financial Advisor</u>&#8221;), a financial institution with headquarters located at
        Cidade de Deus, Pr&#233;dio Nov&#237;ssimo, 4&#186; andar, Vila Yara, in the City of Osasco,
        State of S&#227;o Paulo and enrolled with the National Register of Legal Entities
        (CNPJ)&#160;&#160;under No.&#160;&#160;06.271.464/0001-19, for and on account of
<strong>ULTRAPAR PARTICIPA&#199;&#213;ES S.A.</strong>, a publicly-held company with
        headquarters located at Avenida Brigadeiro Luiz Ant&#244;nio, 1343, 9&#186; andar, in the
        City of S&#227;o Paulo, State of S&#227;o Paulo, enrolled with the National Register of
        Legal Entities (CNPJ) under No. 33.256.439/0001-39 (the &#8220;<u>Offerer</u>&#8221; or
&#8220;<u>Ultrapar</u>&#8221;), hereby submit to the shareholders in <strong>DISTRIBUIDORA
        DE PRODUTOS DE PETR&#211;LEO IPIRANGA S.A.</strong>&#160;&#160;(&#8220;<u>DPPI</u>&#8221;), a
        publicly-held company with headquarters located at Av. Dolores Alcaraz Caldas,
        90, in the City of Porto Alegre, State of Rio Grande do Sul, enrolled with
        the
        National Register of Legal Entities (CNPJ) under No. 92.689.256/0001-76,
        this
        public offering (the &#8220;<u>Offer</u>&#8221;) to acquire up to the entirety of the common
        shares issued by DPPI (the &#8220;Shares&#8221;), under the rules established by the
        Brazilian Security and Exchange Commission (<em>Comiss&#227;o de Valores Mobili&#225;rios
</em>&#8211; &#8220;CVM&#8221;) Instruction No. 361, dated March 5, 2002, (the &#8220;<u>CVM Instruction
        361/02</u>&#8221;) for the purpose of and pursuant to the following
        conditions:</font></div>
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        OFFER</strong></font></div>
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        Basis.</u> The Offer is being made as a result of the sale of control over DPPI
        to the Offerer, as established in article 254-A of Law 6,404, dated December
        15,
        1976, as amended (the &#8220;<u>Brazilian Corporate Law</u>&#8221;) and by CVM Instruction
        361/02. Disposal of a controlling stake in DPPI was announced to the market
        </font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><strong><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">Item
        1</font></strong></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><u>Exhibit
        I</u> - Draft Public Offer Instrument</font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right">&#160;</div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">in
        the
        relevant facts disclosed on March 19, 2007 and April 18, 2007, which are
        summarized in Section 5 of this Offer Notice (the "<u>Notice</u>").</font></div>
      <div><br></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt;"></font>1.1.1.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;The
        Offer complies with the procedures applicable to public offerings to acquire
        shares via disposal of control in publicly traded companies as set forth
        in CVM
        Instruction 361/02.</font></div>
      <div><br></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">1.2.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;<u>Format.</u>
        This Offer will be concluded via an auction (the &#8220;<u>Auction</u>&#8221;) at the S&#227;o
        Paulo Stock Exchange ("<u>BOVESPA</u>"). This Offer is not subject to any
        requirement for minimum acceptance levels and the Offerer shall purchase
        all
        Shares offered during the Auction.</font></div>
      <div><br></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">1.3.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;<u>Validity.</u>
        This Offer shall remain in effect for a period of 32 days, from the date
        that
        this Notice is published, i.e. it shall come into effect on September 20,
        2007
        and shall expire on October 22, 2007, on which date the Auction shall be
        held
        (the "<u>Auction Date</u>"). The Offer period shall not be extended beyond the
        Auction Date.</font></div>
      <div><br></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">1.4.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;<u>Shares
        Encompassed by the Offer.</u> The Offerer hereby agrees to purchase up to the
        entirety of the 1,663,620 Shares issued by DPPI and currently outstanding
        on the
        market, through the Intermediary Institution, which are equivalent to 15.6%
        of
        the Shares issued by DPPI.</font></div>
      <div><br></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">1.4.1.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;By
        accepting to sell Shares owned by them pursuant to the terms of this Offer,
        the
        shareholders hereby declare that such Shares are free and unencumbered of
        any
        burden, <em>right in rem</em>, or any other form of encumbrance that may bar the
        full and immediate exercise of ownership by the Offerer over such Shares,
        and
        that they comply with the trading requirements established in BOVESPA
        regulations.</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">1.4.2.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;In
        the event that DPPI declares dividends and/or interest on own equity during
        the
        period between the Auction Date and the date that the Shares offered during
        the
        Auction to the Offerer are effectively transferred, the respective payments
        shall be made pursuant to article 205 of Brazilian Corporate Law to the owner
        of
        the Shares on each date that dividends and/or interest on own equity are
        declared.</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">1.5.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;<u>Offer
        Price.</u> The Offerer agrees to acquire the Shares for the price of R$
        112.06937 per share, corresponding to 80% of the price paid per share held
        by
        the controlling shareholders in DPPI&#160;&#160;that was bound to the
        Shareholders&#8217; Agreement dated October 27, 1981 and duly registered with DPPI
        head office (the &#8220;<u>Shareholders&#8217; Agreement</u>&#8221;) (the &#8220;<u>Offer Price</u>&#8221;),
        restated by the variation in the Reference Rate (<em>Taxa Referencial
        -&#160;&#160;</em>&#8220;TR&#8221;) (365 day basis) calculated on a pro-rated basis from the
        Closing Date (as defined in item 5.3) up to the Auction financial settlement
        date.</font></div>
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        Offer Price shall be paid in cash, in Brazilian legal currency, on the Auction
        financial settlement date.</font></div>
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          1</font></strong></div>
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          I</u> - Draft Public Offer Instrument&#160;</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">1.6.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;<u>Consequences
        of Accepting the Offer.</u> Upon accepting this offer, each DPPI shareholder
        agrees to dispose of the ownership over their Shares, including all direct
        rights inherent to such Shares, pursuant to the terms and conditions set
        forth
        herein.</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><strong>2.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;THE
        AUCTION</strong></font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">2.1.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;<u>Auction
        Date.</u> The Auction shall be held on October 22, 2007, at 1:15pm (S&#227;o Paulo
        local time), via MEGABOLSA, the BOVESPA trading system.</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">2.2.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;<u>Acceptance
        Procedures.</u> By 12.00 p.m. (S&#227;o Paulo local time) on the Auction Date, the
        Brokers (as defined in Section 3 below), representatives of the shareholders
        wishing to offer their Shares during the Offer shall register the number
        of
        Shares held directly on the MEGABOLSA system using the code DPPI3L and which
        will be sold by the shareholders they are representing during the
        Auction.&#160;&#160;Offer acceptance, and the subsequent firm offer to sell the
        Shares, shall be deemed irrevocable and irreversible from commencement of
        the
        Auction, to the extent that Offer acceptance shall create an obligation on
        the
        accepter to dispose of its Shares and for which acceptance has been issued,
        in
        the form and subject to the terms set forth in this Notice.</font></div>
      <div><br></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">2.3.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;<u>Third
        Party Buying Interferences.</u> Any third party shall be entitled to make a
        competing offer to acquire all or part of the Shares, subject, however, to
        the
        following:</font></div>
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                  competing offer shall be registered with the CVM pursuant to the
                  terms of
                  CVM Instruction 361/02; and</font></div>
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                  value of the first competing purchase offer shall be at least 5%
                  higher
                  than the last price offered.</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">2.4.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;<u>Brokerage
        Costs and Commissions.</u> All brokerage costs and commissions relating to the
        disposal of the Shares shall be borne by the respective selling shareholders.
        All brokerage costs and commissions related to the purchase of the Shares
        shall
        be borne by the Offerer.</font></div>
      <div><br></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">2.5.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;<u>Broker
        Representing the Offerer.</u> Bradesco S.A. Corretora de T&#237;tulos e Valores
        Mobili&#225;rios (the &#8220;<u>Offerer Broker</u>&#8221;) shall be the Offerer&#8217;s representative
        during the Auction.</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><strong>3.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;AUCTION
        REGISTRATION</strong></font></div>
      <div><br></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">3.1.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;<u>Registration
        in a Brokerage House.</u> DPPI shareholders wishing to take part in the Auction
        shall register with the Offerer Broker or any other brokerage company authorized
        to trade on BOVESPA (each individually referred to as &#8220;<u>Broker</u>&#8221; and
        collectively as the &#8220;<u>Brokers</u>&#8221;) from the date this Notice is published up
        to 5pm on October 19, 2007, the business day immediately preceding the Auction
        Date (the &#8220;<u>Registration Period</u>&#8221;). Auction participation shall comply with
        the requirements established in BOVESPA and&#160;<font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">Companhia
        Brasileira de Liquida<font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">&#231;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">&#227;</font>o
        e Cust&#243;dia (the
&#8220;CBLC&#8221;)</font> Transaction regulations, as well as the requirements set forth in
        Section 3.</font></div>
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          I</u> - Draft Public Offer Instrument&#160;</font></div>
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        Shareholders not registered with a Broker shall present the Broker with a
        certifyed copy of each of the following documents in order to carry out their
        registration, as applicable:</font></div>
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        Identity Card, National Taxpayer&#8217;s Enrollment Card (CPF) and proof of address.
        Representatives of estates, minors and those civilly disabled and shareholders
        represented by an attorney shall also present documentation granting powers
        of
        representation and original documents or certified copies of the
        representative&#8217;s Identity Card and National Taxpayer&#8217;s Enrolment
        Card;</font></div>
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        Entities.</u> By-laws or articles of incorporation, National Register of Legal
        Entities (CNPJ) card, company documents granting powers of representation
        and
        original documents or certified copies of the Identity Card and National
        Taxpayer&#8217;s Enrollment Card of the legal entity&#8217;s representative.</font></div>
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        Settlement.</u> Offer financial settlement shall be carried out on the 3rd
        business day following the Auction Date (the &#8220;<u>Settlement Date</u>&#8221;), pursuant
        to the rules established by the CBLC for gross settlement.</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">4.2.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;<u>Settlement
        Method.</u>&#160;&#160;Auction settlement shall be carried out by the CBLC using
        the gross settlement method, as defined in Chapter VII of the CBLC Operating
        Procedures.&#160;&#160;CBLC shall not act as an Auction settlement central
        guarantor counterpart. CBLC shall act as a facilitator of Auction settlement
        pursuant to this Offer, including the receipt (a) of Offerer funds and Shares
        from shareholders who have sold their Shares during the Offer, via their
        custody
        agents and (b) onlending Offerer funds to shareholders offering their Shares
        during the Offer and the onlending of the Shares to the Offerer.</font></div>
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        to the terms of the Intermediation Agreement, the Offerer&#8217;s settlement
        liabilities established herein shall be directly fulfilled by the Offerer
        or by
        an entity from its economic group and, in any case, the Offerer shall remain
        wholly liable for and shall guarantee compliance with all obligations attributed
        to it in relation to the Offer and established herein.</font></div>
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        Pursuant to the terms of the Intermediation Agreement executed by the
        Intermediary Institution and the Offerer and paragraph 4, article 7 of CVM
        Instruction 361/02, the Intermediary Institution shall guarantee the Offer
        financial settlement.</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><strong>5.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;ACQUISITION
        OF THE IPIRANGA GROUP AND CORPORATE RESTRUCTURING</strong></font></div>
      <div><br></div>
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        and Sale Agreement.</u> On March 18, 2007, the Offerer entered into an
        irrevocable and irreversible agreement with the controlling shareholders
        (the
&#8220;<u>Ipiranga Controlling Shareholders</u>&#8221;), of DPPI and Refinaria de Petr&#243;leo
        Ipiranga S.A. (&#8220;<u>RIPI</u>&#8221;), with&#160;&#160;Petr&#243;leo Brasileiro S.A.
        (&#8220;<u>Petrobras</u>&#8221;) and Braskem S.A. (&#8220;<u>Braskem</u>&#8221;) as intervening parties,
        to acquire all shares held by the Ipiranga Controlling Shareholders
</font></div>
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        <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><strong><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">Item
          1</font></strong></div>
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        <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><u>Exhibit
          I</u> - Draft Public Offer Instrument </font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">in
        DPPI,
        RIPI, and Companhia Brasileira de Petr&#243;leo Ipiranga (&#8220;CBPI&#8221;) (the &#8220;<u>Purchase
        and Sale Agreement</u>&#8221;) on its own behalf and as commission agent for and on
        account of Braskem and Petrobras to acquire petrochemical assets, and in
        Petrobras&#8217; case, certain distribution assets.</font></div>
      <div><br></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">5.1.1.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;The
        Ipiranga Group businesses will be managed by Petrobras, Ultrapar and Braskem.
        Ultrapar shall hold the fuel and lubricant distribution businesses located
        in
        the South and Southeast regions in Brazil (the &#8220;<u>South Distribution
        Assets</u>&#8221;), Petrobras shall hold the fuel and lubricant distribution
        businesses located in the North, Northeast and Mid-West regions in Brazil
        (the
&#8220;<u>North Distribution Assets</u>&#8221;) and Braskem and Petrobras shall hold the
        Petrochemical Assets, represented by Ipiranga Qu&#237;mica S.A., Ipiranga
        Petroqu&#237;mica S.A. (&#8220;<u>IPQ</u>&#8221;) and the latter&#8217;s stake in Copesul &#8211; Companhia
        Petroqu&#237;mica do Sul (&#8220;<u>Copesul</u>&#8221;), in a proportion of 60% to Braskem and
        40% to Petrobras (the &#8220;<u>Petrochemical Assets</u>&#8221;). The assets relating to oil
        refinery operations held by RIPI shall be shared equally by Petrobras, Ultrapar
        and Braskem.</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">5.2.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;<u>Transaction
        Stages.</u> The transaction is divided into five (05) stages: (i) acquisition of
        the shares from the Ipiranga Controlling Shareholders by the Offerer; (ii)
        a
        mandatory tender offer due to disposal of control for acquisition of common
        shares issued by RIPI, DPPI, CBPI and IPQ (the &#8220;<u>Tag Along POAs</u>"); (iii) a
        public offering to cancel Copesul&#8217;s registration as a publicly traded company;
        (iv) exchange offer by Ultrapar's of shares issued by RIPI, DPPI and CBPI;
        and
        (v) segregation of the South Distribution Assets, North Distribution Assets
        and
        Petrochemical Assets, and the consequent transfer of the Petrochemical Assets
        to
        Braskem and Petrobras and the North Distribution Assets to
        Petrobras.</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">5.3.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;<u>Acquisition
        of shares from the Ipiranga Controlling Shareholders.</u> On April 18, 2007,
        (the &#8220;<u>Closing Date</u>&#8221;) Ultrapar acquired shares issued by RIPI, DPPI and
        CBPI from the Ipiranga Controlling Shareholders representing the following
        company stakes: (i) 66.2% of the common shares issued by RIPI, (ii) 11.6%
        of the
        preferred shares issued by RIPI, (iii) 69.2% of the common shares issued
        by
        DPPI, (iv) 10.5% of the preferred shares issued by DPPI, (v) 3.8% of the
        common
        shares issued by CBPI, and (vi) less than 0.1% of the preferred shares issued
        by
        CBPI.&#160;&#160;In addition, on April 23, 2007, Ultrapar acquired the common
        and preferred shares issued by RIPI and DPPI and common shares issued by
        CBPI
        from one of the Controlling Shareholders, representing less than 0.1% of
        the
        shares of the respective class and type. The following table indicates the
        value
        per share that was paid to the Ipiranga Controlling Shareholders:</font></div>
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        Corporate Restructuring.</u>&#160;&#160;Following conclusion of the Tag Along
        POAs, Ultrapar shall undertake a corporate restructuring in order to (i)
        simplify the Ipiranga Group corporate structure, </font></div>
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          1</font></strong></div>
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          I</u> - Draft Public Offer Instrument </font></div>
        <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right">&#160;</div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">concentrating
        all of the shareholders in a single company listed on the stock market, allowing
        for a reduction in costs and increased liquidity and (ii) permit segregation
        and
        transfer of the Petrochemical Assets, North Distribution Assets and South
        Distribution Assets (the &#8220;<u>Corporate Restructuring</u>&#8221;). Within this context,
        Ultrapar shall incorporate the shares issued by RIPI, DPPI and CBPI (the
        &#8220;<u>Share Incorporations</u>&#8221;) pursuant to the terms of article 252 of Brazilian
        Corporate Law. As a result of the Share Incorporations, RIPI, DPPI and CBPI
        shall become wholly-owned subsidiaries of Ultrapar.&#160;&#160;Shareholders
        holding preferred and any common shares in RIPI, DPPI and CBPI shall receive
        preferred shares in Ultrapar.</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">5.5.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;<u>Segregation
        of Assets.</u> Upon conclusion of the Share Incorporations, Ultrapar shall (i)
        reduce RIPI's and CBPI&#8217;s capital stock in order to transfer the Petrochemical
        Assets directly to Ultrapar, for future delivery to Braskem and Petrobras,
        pursuant to the commission agency, and (ii) Ultrapar shall spin off CBPI
        to
        transfer the North Distribution Assets to a company controlled by
        Petrobras.</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">5.6.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;<u>CADE</u>.
        The transaction has been presented for approval to the Brazilian Anti-trust
        Authorities (CADE &#8211; Administrative Board for Economic Defense), Secretary for
        Economic Rights (SDE) and the Economic Oversight Office (SEAE). CADE has
        issued
        a writ of prevention with a series of provisions on management of the assets
        acquired. The provisions relating to the Petrochemical Assets were effectively
        reviewed on April 25, 2007, in a decision ratified in CADE Full Session,
        at
        which time Braskem entered into an Agreement to Preserve Reversibility of
        the
        Transaction (the &#8220;<u>APRO</u>&#8221;). Such alterations being made, CADE accepted
        Petrobras&#8217; retention of a minority stake in Copesul after the acquisition.
        Additionally, on May 16, 2007, another APRO was entered into for the fuel
        distribution sector. This APRO establishes corporate governance rules
        encompassing CBPI, in order to maintain distribution sector competition and
        transaction reversibility relating to the Petrobras Assets.&#160;&#160;Please
        note that these APROs do not affect the conclusion of the Offer.</font></div>
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        PRICE CALCULATION AND VALUATION REPORT</strong></font></div>
      <div><br></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">6.1.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;<u>Offer
        Price Calculation</u>. The Offerer is making this Offer at a value equivalent to
        80% of DPPI share value that was bound to the Shareholders&#8217; Agreement, paid to
        DPPI controlling shareholders, for the purposes of article 254-A of Brazilian
        Corporate Law.</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">6.2.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;<u>Valuation
        Report.</u> On April 4, 2007, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. (&#8220;<u>Deutsche
        Bank</u>&#8221;) issued a DPPI valuation report (the &#8220;<u>Valuation Report</u>&#8221;) within
        the terms required by CVM Instruction 361/02, which contains analyses on
        DPPI
        adopting the following methodologies:</font></div>
      <div><br></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">(i)
        <u>Book Value per Share.</u> The book equity value on December 31, 2006, was R$
        25.13 per Share;</font></div>
      <div><br></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">(ii)
        <u>Weighted Average Price of the Shares.</u> The weighted average price per
        volume of Shares traded on BOVESPA (a) between March 15, 2006 and March 16,
        2007
        was R$ 41.69 and (b) between March 19, 2007 (date that the relevant fact
        was
        disclosed) and April 4, 2007 (date of the Valuation Report) was R$ 101.06;
        and</font></div>
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          1</font></strong></div>
        <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right">&#160;</div>
        <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><u>Exhibit
          I</u> - Draft Public Offer Instrument&#160;</font></div>
        <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right">&#160;</div>
      </div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">(iii)
        <u>Discounted Cash Flow.</u> The discounted cash flow method resulted in a range
        of values between R$ 41.11 and R$ 45.44 per Share.</font></div>
      <div><br></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">6.3.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;<u>Shares
        held by Deutsche Bank and related entities.</u>&#160;Deutsche Bank, its
        affiliates and persons related to Deutsche Bank and its affiliates do not
        hold
        shares issued by DPPI or the Offerer.</font></div>
      <div><br></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">6.3.1.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Deutsche
        Bank hereby declares that there is no conflict of interest which reduces
        its
        independence as required to draw up the Valuation Report.</font></div>
      <div><br></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">6.3.2.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Deutsche
        Bank will receive US$ 3,000,000.00 net of taxes as remuneration for drawing
        up
        the Valuation Report.</font></div>
      <div><br></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><strong>7.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;INFORMATION
        REGARDING DPPI</strong></font></div>
      <div><br></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">7.1.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Headquarters
        and Business Purpose. DPPI's headquarter is located at Av. Dolores Alcaraz
        Caldas, 90, in the City of Porto Alegre, State of Rio Grande do Sul, and
        its
        purpose comprises (i) engaging in the trade of distributing oil refined products
        and other fuels, industry of land transportation, agency, and chemical
        industries related to oil derivatives, additives, animal and vegetal fats,
        paints, cans and drums, subsidiaries to the distribution, and (ii) purchase
        of
        shares, units or stakes in other companies.</font></div>
      <div><br></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">7.2.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;<u>Composition
        of Shareholdings.</u> On April 23, 2007, the DPPI shareholdings were as
        follows:</font></div>
      <div><br></div>
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            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="12%" style="BORDER-TOP: black 0.75pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 0.75pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;"><strong><font style="DISPLAY: inline; COLOR: #000000;">Shareholder</font></strong></font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="10%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-TOP: black 0.75pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;"><strong>Common
                  Shares</strong></font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="10%" style="BORDER-TOP: black 0.75pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 0.75pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;"><strong>%</strong></font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="10%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-TOP: black 0.75pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;"><strong>Preferred
                  Shares</strong></font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="10%" style="BORDER-TOP: black 0.75pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 0.75pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;"><strong>%</strong></font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="10%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-TOP: black 0.75pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;"><strong>Total</strong></font></div>
                <div>&#160;</div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="10%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 0.75pt solid; BORDER-TOP: black 0.75pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 0.75pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;"><strong>%</strong></font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
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              <td align="left" valign="top" width="12%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 0.75pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;"><strong>Offerer</strong></font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="bottom" width="10%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">7,409,987</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="bottom" width="10%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 0.25pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">69.2</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="bottom" width="10%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">2,239,899</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="bottom" width="10%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 0.25pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">10.5</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="bottom" width="10%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">9,649,886</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="bottom" width="10%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 0.75pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 0.25pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">30.2</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="12%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 0.75pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;"><strong>Persons
                  Linked to the Offerer</strong></font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="bottom" width="10%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">1,632,758</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="bottom" width="10%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 0.25pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">15.3</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="bottom" width="10%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">814,058</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="bottom" width="10%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 0.25pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">3.8</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="bottom" width="10%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">2,446,816</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="bottom" width="10%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 0.75pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 0.25pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">7.6</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="12%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 0.75pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;"><strong>Management</strong></font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="bottom" width="10%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">3</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="bottom" width="10%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 0.25pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Less
                  than 0.1</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="bottom" width="10%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">1,003</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="bottom" width="10%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 0.25pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Less
                  than 0.1</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="bottom" width="10%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">1,006</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="bottom" width="10%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 0.75pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 0.25pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Less
                  than 0.1</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="12%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 0.75pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;"><strong>Treasury
                  Shares</strong></font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="bottom" width="10%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">0</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="bottom" width="10%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 0.25pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">0.0</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="bottom" width="10%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">0</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="bottom" width="10%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 0.25pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">0.0</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="bottom" width="10%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">0</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="bottom" width="10%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 0.75pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 0.25pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">0.0</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="12%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 0.75pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;"><strong>Free
                  Float</strong></font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="bottom" width="10%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">1,663,620</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="bottom" width="10%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 0.25pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">15.6</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="bottom" width="10%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">18,238,672</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="bottom" width="10%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 0.25pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">85.7</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="bottom" width="10%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">19,902,292</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="bottom" width="10%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 0.75pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 0.25pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">62.2</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="12%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 0.75pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;"><strong>Total</strong></font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="bottom" width="10%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;"><strong>10,706,368</strong></font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="bottom" width="10%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 0.25pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;"><strong>100.0</strong></font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="bottom" width="10%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;"><strong>21,293,632</strong></font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="bottom" width="10%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 0.25pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;"><strong>100.0</strong></font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="bottom" width="10%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;"><strong>32,000,000</strong></font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="bottom" width="10%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 0.75pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 0.25pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;"><strong>100.0</strong></font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>

        </table>
      </div>
      <div><br></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">7.3.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;<u>DPPI
        Selected Financial Indicators</u>. DPPI selected financial indicators are stated
        in the following table, based on consolidated financial statements:</font></div>
      <div><br></div>
      <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center">
        <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="80%">

            <tr>
              <td align="justify" valign="top" width="34%" style="BORDER-TOP: black 0.75pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 0.75pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="10%" style="BORDER-TOP: black 0.75pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 0.75pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;"><strong>12.31.2005</strong></font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="9%" style="BORDER-TOP: black 0.75pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 0.75pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;"><strong>12.31.2006</strong></font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="9%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 0.75pt solid; BORDER-TOP: black 0.75pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 0.75pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;"><strong>06.30.2007</strong></font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="justify" valign="top" width="34%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 0.75pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Capital
                  Stock Realized (R$ thousand)</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="10%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 0.75pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">305,000</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="9%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 0.75pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">555,000</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="9%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 0.75pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 0.75pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">615,000</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="justify" valign="top" width="34%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 0.75pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Net
                  Equity (R$ thousand)</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="10%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 0.75pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">708,362</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="9%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 0.75pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">804,029</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="9%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 0.75pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 0.75pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">873,446</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="justify" valign="top" width="34%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 0.75pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Net
                  Revenue (R$ thousand)</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="10%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 0.75pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">22,757,503</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="9%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 0.75pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">25,714,728</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="9%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 0.75pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 0.75pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">12,799,366</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="justify" valign="top" width="34%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 0.75pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Operating
                  Profits (R$ thousand)</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="10%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 0.75pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">518,310</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="9%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 0.75pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">452,213</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="9%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 0.75pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 0.75pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">276,380</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="justify" valign="top" width="34%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 0.75pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Net
                  Profits (R$ thousand)</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="10%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 0.75pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">169,788</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="9%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 0.75pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">160,875</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="9%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 0.75pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 0.75pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">69,417</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="justify" valign="top" width="34%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 0.75pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Total
                  Liabilities (R$ thousand)*</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="10%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 0.75pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">2,761,384</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="9%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 0.75pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">2,851,524</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="9%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 0.75pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 0.75pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">2,827,491</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="34%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 0.75pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Current
                  Liabilities (R$ thousand)*</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="10%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 0.75pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">1,114,617</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="9%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 0.75pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">884,620</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="9%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 0.75pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 0.75pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">733,125</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>

        </table>
      </div>
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          <div style="WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">7</font></div>
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        <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right">&#160;</div>
        <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><u>Exhibit
          I</u> - Draft Public Offer Instrument&#160;</font></div>
        <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right">&#160;</div>
      </div>
      <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center">
        <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="80%">

            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="34%" style="BORDER-TOP: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 0.75pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Long
                  Term Liabilities&#160;&#160;(R$ thousand)*</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="10%" style="BORDER-TOP: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 0.75pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">580,175</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="9%" style="BORDER-TOP: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 0.75pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">738,532</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="9%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 0.75pt solid; BORDER-TOP: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 0.75pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">724,099</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="justify" valign="top" width="34%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 0.75pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Number
                  of Shares excluding Treasury Share (thousand)</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="10%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 0.75pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">16,000</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="9%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 0.75pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">32,000</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="9%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 0.75pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 0.75pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">32,000</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="justify" valign="top" width="34%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 0.75pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Earnings
                  per Share (R$)</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="10%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 0.75pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">10.61</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="9%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 0.75pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">5.03</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="9%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 0.75pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 0.75pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">2.17</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="justify" valign="top" width="34%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 0.75pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">BookValue
                  per 1,000 shares (R$)</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="10%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 0.75pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">44.27</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="9%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 0.75pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">25.13</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="9%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 0.75pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 0.75pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">27.30</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="justify" valign="top" width="34%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 0.75pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Total
                  Liabilities / Net Equity (%)</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="10%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 0.75pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">390%</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="9%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 0.75pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">355%</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="9%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 0.75pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 0.75pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">324%</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="justify" valign="top" width="34%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 0.75pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Net
                  Profit / Net Equity (%)</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="10%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 0.75pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">24%</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="9%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 0.75pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">20%</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="9%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 0.75pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 0.75pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">8%</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="justify" valign="top" width="34%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 0.75pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Net
                  Profits / Net Revenues (%)</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="10%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 0.75pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">1%</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="9%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 0.75pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">1%</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="9%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 0.75pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 0.75pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">1%</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="justify" valign="top" width="34%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 0.75pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Net
                  Profits / Book Capital Stock (%)</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="10%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 0.75pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">56%</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="9%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 0.75pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">29%</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="9%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 0.75pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 0.75pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">11%</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>

        </table>
      </div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">*
        Refers
        to the sum of Current Liabilities, Long Term Liabilities and Non-Controlling
        Shareholders Stakes and does not, therefore, consider Net Equity.</font></div>
      <div><br></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">7.3.1.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Annual
        and periodic DPPI financial statements are available at <font style="DISPLAY: inline; COLOR: #0000ff;"><u>www.ipiranga.com.br</u></font> and
<font style="DISPLAY: inline; COLOR: #0000ff;"><u>www.cvm.gov.br</u></font>.</font></div>
      <div><br></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">7.4.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;<u>Historic
        Share Trading Information</u>. The following tables indicate the trading
        volumes, quantities and average prices involved in spot market trades on
        BOVESPA
        for the Shares (DPPI3) and the preferred shares (DPPI4) issued by DPPI in
        the
        last twelve (12) months.</font></div>
      <div><br></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">7.4.1.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;<u>Common
        Shares</u></font></div>
      <div><br></div>
      <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center">
        <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="70%">

            <tr>
              <td align="justify" valign="top" width="15%" style="BORDER-TOP: black 0.5pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 0.5pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;"><strong>Month</strong></font></div>
                <div>&#160;</div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="13%" style="BORDER-TOP: black 0.5pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 0.5pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;"><strong>Total
                  Volume Traded (R$)</strong></font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="17%" style="BORDER-TOP: black 0.5pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 0.5pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;"><strong>Number
                  of Common Shares Traded</strong></font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="12%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 0.5pt solid; BORDER-TOP: black 0.5pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 0.5pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;"><strong>Weighted
                  Average Price (in R$) of Common Shares</strong></font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="15%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 0.5pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">July
                  2007</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="13%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 0.5pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">1,156,990</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="17%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 0.5pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">10,700</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="bottom" width="12%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 0.5pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 0.5pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">R$
                  108.13</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="15%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 0.5pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">June
                  2007</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="13%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 0.5pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">696,978</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="17%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 0.5pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">6,500</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="bottom" width="12%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 0.5pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 0.5pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">R$
                  107.23</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="15%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 0.5pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">May
                  2007</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="13%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 0.5pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">591,575</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="17%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 0.5pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">5,600</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="bottom" width="12%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 0.5pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 0.5pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">R$
                  105.64</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="15%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 0.5pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">April
                  2007</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="13%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 0.5pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">1,326,117</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="17%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 0.5pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">12,900</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="bottom" width="12%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 0.5pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 0.5pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">R$
                  102.80</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="15%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 0.5pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">March
                  2007</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="bottom" width="13%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 0.5pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">5,921,184</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="bottom" width="17%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 0.5pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">62,200</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="bottom" width="12%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 0.5pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 0.5pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">R$
                  95.20</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="15%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 0.5pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">February
                  2007</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="bottom" width="13%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 0.5pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">3,500</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="bottom" width="17%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 0.5pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">100</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="bottom" width="12%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 0.5pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 0.5pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">R$
                  35.00</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="15%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 0.5pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">January
                  2007</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="bottom" width="13%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 0.5pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">24,000</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="bottom" width="17%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 0.5pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">800</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="bottom" width="12%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 0.5pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 0.5pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">R$
                  30.00</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="15%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 0.5pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">December
                  2006</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="bottom" width="13%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 0.5pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">42,843</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="bottom" width="17%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 0.5pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">1,500</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="bottom" width="12%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 0.5pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 0.5pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">R$
                  28.56</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="15%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 0.5pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">November
                  2006</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="bottom" width="13%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 0.5pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">19,400</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="bottom" width="17%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 0.5pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">700</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="bottom" width="12%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 0.5pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 0.5pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">R$
                  27.71</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="15%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 0.5pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">October
                  2006</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="bottom" width="13%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 0.5pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">72,679</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="bottom" width="17%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 0.5pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">2,400</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="bottom" width="12%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 0.5pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 0.5pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">R$
                  30.28</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="15%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 0.5pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">September
                  2006</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="bottom" width="13%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 0.5pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">10,962</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="bottom" width="17%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 0.5pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">300</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="bottom" width="12%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 0.5pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 0.5pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">R$
                  36.54</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="15%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 0.5pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">August
                  2006</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="bottom" width="13%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 0.5pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">70,957</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="bottom" width="17%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 0.5pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">2,200</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="bottom" width="12%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 0.5pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 0.5pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">R$
                  32.25</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>

        </table>
      </div>
      <div>&#160;</div>
      <div id="PGBRK" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt">
        <div id="FTR">
          <div id="GLFTR" style="WIDTH: 100%" align="left">
          </div>
        </div>
        <div id="PN" style="PAGE-BREAK-AFTER: always">
          <div style="WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">8</font></div>
          <div style="WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-ALIGN: center">
            <hr style="COLOR: black" noshade size="2">
          </div>
        </div>
        <div id="HDR">
          <div id="GLHDR" style="WIDTH: 100%" align="right">
          </div>
        </div>
      </div>
      <div><br>
        <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><strong><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">Item
          1</font></strong></div>
        <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right">&#160;</div>
        <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><u>Exhibit
          I</u> - Draft Public Offer Instrument </font></div>
        <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right">&#160;</div>
      </div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt;"></font>7.4.2.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;<u>Preferred
        Shares</u></font></div>
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      <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center">
        <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="75%">

            <tr>
              <td align="justify" valign="top" width="15%" style="BORDER-TOP: black 0.5pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 0.5pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;"><strong>Month</strong></font></div>
                <div>&#160;</div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="13%" style="BORDER-TOP: black 0.5pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 0.5pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;"><strong>Total
                  Volume Traded (R$)</strong></font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="17%" style="BORDER-TOP: black 0.5pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 0.5pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;"><strong>Number
                  of Preferred Shares Traded</strong></font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="12%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 0.5pt solid; BORDER-TOP: black 0.5pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 0.5pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;"><strong>Weighted
                  Average Price (in R$) of Preferred Shares</strong></font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="justify" valign="top" width="15%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 0.5pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">July
                  2007</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="13%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 0.5pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">11,480,622</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="17%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 0.5pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">288,000</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="bottom" width="12%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 0.5pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 0.5pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">R$
                  39.86</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="justify" valign="top" width="15%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 0.5pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">June
                  2007</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="13%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 0.5pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">23,644,893</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="17%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 0.5pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">616,400</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="bottom" width="12%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 0.5pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 0.5pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">R$
                  38.36</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="15%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 0.5pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">May
                  2007</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="13%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 0.5pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">37,830,293</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="17%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 0.5pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">995,200</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="bottom" width="12%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 0.5pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 0.5pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">R$
                  38.01</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="15%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 0.5pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">April
                  2007</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="13%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 0.5pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">30,204,108</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="17%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 0.5pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">791,700</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="bottom" width="12%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 0.5pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 0.5pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">R$
                  38.15</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="15%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 0.5pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">March
                  2007</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="bottom" width="13%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 0.5pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">19,192,523</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="bottom" width="17%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 0.5pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">563,700</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="bottom" width="12%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 0.5pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 0.5pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">R$
                  34.05</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="15%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 0.5pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">February
                  2007</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="bottom" width="13%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 0.5pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">4,503,339</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="bottom" width="17%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 0.5pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">138,700</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="bottom" width="12%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 0.5pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 0.5pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">R$
                  32.47</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="15%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 0.5pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">January
                  2007</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="bottom" width="13%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 0.5pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">6,720,480</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="bottom" width="17%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 0.5pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">242,100</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="bottom" width="12%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 0.5pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 0.5pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">R$
                  27.76</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="15%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 0.5pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">December
                  2006</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="bottom" width="13%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 0.5pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">8,192,719</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="bottom" width="17%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 0.5pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">322,000</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="bottom" width="12%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 0.5pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 0.5pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">R$
                  25.44</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="15%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 0.5pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">November
                  2006</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="bottom" width="13%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 0.5pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">10,899,672</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="bottom" width="17%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 0.5pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">461,200</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="bottom" width="12%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 0.5pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 0.5pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">R$
                  23.63</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="15%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 0.5pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">October
                  2006</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="bottom" width="13%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 0.5pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">7,352,049</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="bottom" width="17%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 0.5pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">318,900</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="bottom" width="12%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 0.5pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 0.5pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">R$
                  23.05</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="15%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 0.5pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">September
                  2006</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="bottom" width="13%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 0.5pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">2,675,335</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="bottom" width="17%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 0.5pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">116,100</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="bottom" width="12%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 0.5pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 0.5pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">R$
                  23.04</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="15%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 0.5pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">August
                  2006</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="bottom" width="13%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 0.5pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">6,063,855</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="bottom" width="17%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 0.5pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">261,300</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="bottom" width="12%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 0.5pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 0.5pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">R$
                  23.21</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>

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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><strong>8.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;INFORMATION
        REGARDING THE OFFERER</strong></font></div>
      <div><br></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">8.1.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Headquarter
        and Business Purpose. The Offerer's headquarter is located at Avenida Brigadeiro
        Luiz Ant&#244;nio, 1343, 9&#186; andar, in the City of S&#227;o Paulo, State of S&#227;o Paulo, and
        the Offerer's purpose is the investment of equity capital in commerce, industry,
        agriculture and service companies, via subscription to or purchase of company
        shares or units.</font></div>
      <div><br></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">8.2.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;<u>Sector
        and Activities.</u> Prior to acquiring the South Distribution Assets, Ultrapar
        was active in the Liquefied Petroleum Gas (&#8220;<u>LPG</u>") distribution sector via
        Ultragaz Participa&#231;&#245;es Ltda. (&#8220;<u>Ultragaz</u>&#8221;), in the chemicals production
        via Oxiteno S.A. Ind&#250;stria e Com&#233;rcio (&#8220;<u>Oxiteno</u>&#8221;), and in the integrated
        logistics solutions for special bulk cargo, via Ultracargo Opera&#231;&#245;es Log&#237;sticas
        e Participa&#231;&#245;es Ltda. (&#8220;<u>Ultracargo</u>&#8221;). Highlights in its operating areas:
        with Ultragaz, it is the leading Brazilian LPG distributor, with 24% market
        share (Source: Sindig&#225;s); with Oxiteno, it is the largest South American
        manufacturer of ethylene oxide and its main derivatives as well as the biggest
        producer of chemical specialties in Brazil; and with Ultracargo it is one
        of the
        largest logistics solution providers for special bulk cargo in
        Brazil.</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">8.3.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;<u>Information
        on the Offerer&#8217;s Controlling Company</u>. Ultrapar is controlled by Ultra S.A.,
        which holds 66% of the voting capital and 40% of Ultrapar&#8217;s total capital
        stock.</font></div>
      <div><br></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><strong>9.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;SUPERVENING
        LIABILITY</strong></font></div>
      <div><br></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">9.1.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;<u>Additional
        Liability.</u> The Offerer hereby agrees to pay the owners of the Shares
        accepting the Offer any additional amount, if any, between: (i) the price
        paid
        to the shareholders for the sale of their Shares, restated by the TR (based
        on
        365 days per year) on a pro-rated basis from the Auction Date up to the date
        on
        which payment of such amounts is due (restated according to the alterations
        in
        the number of shares </font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">
        <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><strong><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">Item
          1</font></strong></div>
        <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right">&#160;</div>
        <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><u>Exhibit
          I</u> - Draft Public Offer Instrument </font></div>
        <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right">&#160;</div>
      </div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">resulting
        from splits, groupings or conversions) and (ii) the Share price that would
        be
        due, or may be due, in the event of the following circumstances within a
        period
        of one (01) year from the Auction Date, (a) a fact that requires or shall
        require a mandatory public offering to acquire the Shares or (b) a corporate
        event that would entitle Shareholders accepting the Offer to withdraw from
        the
        company upon payment of a price per share, if they still were DPPI shareholders
        on the date of such a corporate event, and disagreed with the deliberation
        approving the implementation of any corporate event that would allow said
        right
        to be enforced.</font></div>
      <div><br></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">9.1.1.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;<u>DPPI
        Share Incorporation.</u> According to the relevant fact disclosed on March 19,
        2007, the Offerer intends to incorporate DPPI shares once the Offer has been
        concluded. Pursuant to article 252, paragraph 2 of Brazilian Corporation
        Law,
        the owners of common and preferred shares issued by DPPI disagreeing with
        this
        share incorporation shall be entitled to withdraw from the company, upon
        receiving a price per share that shall be defined within the scope of article
        264, of the Brazilian Corporate Law. Shareholders accepting this Offer shall
        be
        entitled to receive the difference, if any, between the Offer Price (restated
        as
        set forth in item 1.5) and the share price resulting from exercising the
        right
        to withdraw from the company. Thus, the Offerer does not foresee paragraph
        1,
        article 10 of CVM Instruction 361/02 being applicable, since the price per
        share
        resulting from enforcement of the right to withdraw from the company has
        not yet
        been disclosed.</font></div>
      <div><br></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><strong>10.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;ADDITIONAL
        INFORMATION</strong></font></div>
      <div><br></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">10.1.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;<u>Updating
        the Publicly traded Company Registration</u>. The Offerer hereby declares that
        to the best of its knowledge and having requested the appropriate confirmation,
        DPPI registration as a publicly traded company has been maintained up to
        date
        pursuant to article 21 of Law No. 6385/76;</font></div>
      <div><br></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">10.2.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;<u>Offerer
        Representation.</u> The Offerer hereby represents that it is responsible for the
        truthfullness, quality and quantity of information submitted to the CVM and
        the
        market, and for any harm caused to DPPI, its shareholders and third parties,
        by
        gross negligence or willful misconduct, resulting from false, inaccurate
        information or information that has been omitted.</font></div>
      <div><br></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">10.3.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;<u>Intermediary
        Institution Representation.</u> The Intermediary Institution hereby represents
        that it has taken every precaution and acted diligently to ensure that the
        information submitted by the Offerer is true, consistent, accurate and
        sufficient, undertaking liability for any omission in its duty, and that
        it has
        verified the quantity and quality of the information supplied to the market
        during the entire Offer procedure, required for shareholders to take decisions,
        including occasional and seasonal DPPI information, as well as those contained
        herein and in the Valuation Report.</font></div>
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        of the Financial Advisor</u>. In conjunction with the Intermediary Institution,
        the Financial Advisor shall help the Offerer in all phases of the Offer,
        including, but not limited to, issues regarding (i) oversight and control
        of
        Offer development, (ii) responses to any questions eventualy raised by DPPI
        shareholders and (iii) the receipt and processing of shareholder accreditation
        requests from shareholders </font></div>
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        <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><u>Exhibit
          I</u> - Draft Public Offer Instrument </font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">wishing
        to
        take part in the Auction. Regardless of this Financial Advisor&#8217;s duty, the
        Intermediary Institution shall not exempt itself from any of its legal and
        regulatory duties in relation to the Offer and its settlement.</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">10.5.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;<u>Shares
        held by the Intermediary Institution, the Financial Advisor and affiliate
        companies. </u>The Intermediary Institution, the Financial Advisor, its
        controlling company and the entities related thereto pursuant to article
        3, item
        VI of CVM Instruction 361/02 represent that they do not hold or manage common
        and/or Preferred Shares issued by DPPI.</font></div>
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        Undisclosed Relevant Facts or Circumstances</u>. The Intermediary Institution,
        the Financial Advisor for the Offer and the Offerer hereby declare that they
        have no knowledge of the existence of any relevant facts or circumstances
        not
        disclosed to the public which may have a relevant bearing on DPPI income
        or DPPI
        Share prices on the market.</font></div>
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        to the Valuation Report, the Offer Notice, the Justified Statement of the
        Purchase Price Calculation Format and List of Shareholders.</u> The Valuation
        Report, this Notice and the List of DPPI Shareholders are available to all
        interested parties (the last document issued only upon identification of
        the
        recipient and issuance of a receipt signed by the recipient) at the following
        addresses. The Valuation Report and this Notice may also be found at the
        addresses listed below:</font></div>
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        DE PRODUTOS DE PETR&#211;LEO IPIRANGA S.A.</strong></font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">Avenida
        Dolores Alcaraz Caldas, 90 - Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><strong>ULTRAPAR
        PARTICIPA&#199;&#213;ES S.A.</strong></font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">Avenida
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><strong>INTERMEDIARY
        INSTITUTION</strong></font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><strong>BRADESCO
        S.A. CORRETORA DE T&#205;TULOS E VALORES MOBILI&#193;RIOS</strong></font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">Avenida
        Paulista, 1450, 7&#186; andar, City of S&#227;o Paulo, State of S&#227;o Paulo</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><strong>OFFER
        FINANCIAL ADVISOR</strong></font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><strong>BANCO
        BRADESCO BBI S.A.</strong></font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">Avenida
        Paulista, 1450, 8&#186; andar, City of S&#227;o Paulo, State of S&#227;o Paulo</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">Rua
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        Janeiro</font></div>
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          I</u> - Draft Public Offer Instrument&#160;</font></div>
        <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right">&#160;</div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">Rua
        XV de
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">10.8.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;
        &#160;&#160;<u>CVM registration.</u> The offer was filed with the CVM in advance
        for analysis and was registered on September 14, 2007 with number
        CVM/SRE/OPA/ALI/2007-004. On September 17, BOVESPA authorized the Auction
        to be
        held on its trading system.</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><strong>GRANTING
        OF THE REQUEST TO REGISTER THIS OFFER DOES NOT IMPLY THAT CVM GUARANTEES
        THE
        TRUTHFULLNESS OF THE INFORMATION PROVIDED NOR DOES IT REPRESENT A JUDGMENT
        REGARDING THE QUALITY OF THE COMPANY ISSUING THE OFFER OR THE PRICE OFFERED
        FOR
        THE SHARES INVOLVED.</strong></font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">ANBID</font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">This
        public offer/program was prepared in accordance with the Brazilian Association
        of Investment Banks &#8211; ANBID Self-Regulation Code for Public Offerings of
        Securities Distribution and Acquisition registered under No. 4890254 with
        the
        4<font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt;"><sup>th</sup></font> Registry
        of
        Deeds and Documents of the Judicial District of S&#227;o Paulo, State of S&#227;o Paulo.
        This public offer/program therefore complies with the minimum standards of
        information contained in the code and ANBID is in no way liable for the
        information provided, the quality of the issuer and/or offerer, participating
        institutions and the securities that are the involved in the public
        offer/program&#8221;<em>.</em></font></div>
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        2</strong></font></div>
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        <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><u>Exhibit
          I</u>&#8211; Draft Public Offer Instrument</font></div>
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        OFFER
        MADE IN THIS NOTICE IS ADDRESSED TO ALL SHAREHOLDERS IN THE REFINARIA DE
        PETR&#211;LEO IPIRANGA S. A. IN BRAZIL. ADDITIONALLY, SHAREHOLDERS IN REFINARIA DE
        PETR&#211;LEO IPIRANGA S. A. LOCATED OUTSIDE BRAZIL MAY PARTAKE IN THE OFFER, SUBJECT
        TO THE CONDITION THAT SUCH SHAREHOLDERS COMPLY WITH THE LAW AND REGULATIONS
        OF
        THE JURISDICTION IN WHICH THEY ARE LOCATED.</font></div>
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        OFFER NOTICE FOR THE ACQUISITION OF COMMON SHARES ISSUED BY
</strong></font></div>
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        Company -&#160;&#160;CVM No. 00999-7</font></div>
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        Register of Legal Entities (CNPJ/MF) Enrollment No.
        94.845.674/0001-30</font></div>
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        Code
        ISIN BRRIPIACNOR3</font></div>
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        Institution&#8221;),</u> a financial institution with headquarters located at Avenida
        Paulista, 1450, 7&#186; andar, City of S&#227;o Paulo, State of S&#227;o Paulo and enrolled
        with the National Register of Legal Entities (CNPJ) under No.
        61.855.045/0001-32, and <strong>BANCO BRADESCO BBI S.A. </strong>(the &#8220;<u>Offer
        Financial Advisor</u>&#8221;), a financial institution with headquarters located
        at&#160;&#160;Cidade de Deus, Pr&#233;dio Nov&#237;ssimo, 4&#186; andar, Vila Yara, in the City
        of Osasco, State of S&#227;o Paulo and enrolled with the National Register of Legal
        Entities(CNPJ)&#160;&#160;under No. 06.271.464/0001-19, for and on account of
<strong>ULTRAPAR PARTICIPA&#199;&#213;ES S.A.</strong>, a publicly-held company with
        headquarters located at Avenida Brigadeiro Luiz Ant&#244;nio, 1343, 9&#186; andar, in the
        City of S&#227;o Paulo, State of S&#227;o Paulo, enrolled with the National Register of
        Legal Entities (CNPJ) under No. 33.256.439/0001-39 (&#8220;<u>Offerer</u>&#8221; or
&#8220;<u>Ultrapar</u>&#8221;), hereby submit to the shareholders in <strong>REFINARIA DE
        PETR&#211;LEO IPIRANGA S.A.</strong> (&#8220;<u>RIPI</u>&#8221;), a publicly-held company with
        headquarters located at Rua Engenheiro Heitor Amaro Barcellos, 551, in the
        City
        of Rio Grande, State of Rio Grande do Sul, enrolled with the National Register
        of Legal Entities (CNPJ) under No. 94.845.674/0001-30, this public offering
        (the
&#8220;<u>Offer</u>&#8221;) to acquire up to the entirety of the common shares issued by
        RIPI (the &#8220;Shares&#8221;), under the rules established by the Brazilian Security and
        Exchange Commission (<em>Comiss&#227;o de Valores Mobili&#225;rios </em>&#8211; &#8220;CVM&#8221;)
        Instruction No. 361, dated March 5, 2002, (the &#8220;<u>CVM Instruction 361/02</u>&#8221;)
        for the purpose of and pursuant to the following conditions:</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><strong>1.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;THE
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        Basis.</u> The Offer is being made as a result of the disposal of control over
        RIPI to the Offerer, as established in article 254-A of Law 6,404, dated
        December 15, 1976, as amended (the &#8220;<u>Brazilian Corporate Law</u>&#8221;) and by CVM
        Instruction 361/02. Disposal&#160;&#160;of a controlling stake in RIPI was
        announced to the market in the relevant facts disclosed on March 19, 2007
        and
        April 18, 2007, which are summarized in Section 5 of the Offer Notice (the
        "<u>Notice</u>").</font></div>
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          2</strong></font></div>
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          <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><u>Exhibit
            I</u>&#8211; Draft Public Offer Instrument</font></div><br></div>
      </div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt;"></font>1.1.1.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;The
        Offer complies with the procedures applicable to public offerings to acquire
        shares via disposal of share control in publicly traded companies as set
        forth
        in CVM Instruction 361/02.</font></div>
      <div><br></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">1.2.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;<u>Format.</u>
        This Offer will be concluded via an auction (the &#8220;<u>Auction</u>&#8221;) at the S&#227;o
        Paulo Exchange Market ("<u>BOVESPA</u>"). This Offer is not subject to any
        requirement for minimum acceptance levels and the Offerer shall purchase
        all
        Shares offered during the Auction.</font></div>
      <div><br></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">1.3.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;<u>Validity.</u>
        This Offer shall remain in effect for a period of 32 days, from the date
        that
        this Notice is published, i.e. it shall come into effect on September 20,
        2007
        and shall expire on October 22, 2007, on which date the Auction shall be
        held
        (the "<u>Auction Date</u>"). The Offer period shall not be extended beyond the
        Auction Date.</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">1.4.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;<u>Shares
        Encompassed by the Offer.</u> The Offerer hereby agrees to purchase up to the
        entirety of the 3,374,422 Shares issued by RIPI and currently outstanding
        on the
        market, through the Intermediary Institution, which are equivalent to 33.8%
        of
        the Shares issued by RIPI.</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">1.4.1.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;By
        accepting to sell Shares owned by them pursuant to the terms of this Offer,
        the
        shareholders hereby declare that such Shares are free and unencumbered of
        any
        burden, <em>right in rem</em>, or any other form of encumbrance that may bar the
        full and immediate exercise of ownership by the Offerer over such Shares,
        and
        that they comply with the trading requirements established in BOVESPA
        regulations.</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">1.4.2.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;In
        the event that RIPI declares dividends and/or interest on own equity during
        the
        period between the Auction Date and the date that the Shares offered during
        the
        Auction to the Offerer are effectively transferred, the respective payments
        shall be made pursuant to article 205 of Brazilian Corporate Law to the owner
        of
        the Shares on each date that dividends and/or interest on own equity are
        declared.</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">1.5.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;<u>Offer
        Price.</u> The Offerer agrees to acquire the Shares for the price of R$
        106.28147 per share, corresponding to 80% of the price paid per share to
        the
        controlling shareholders in RIPI&#160;&#160;that was bound to the Shareholders&#8217;
Agreement dated February 23, 1994 and duly registered with RIPI head office
        (the
&#8220;<u>Shareholders&#8217; Agreement</u>&#8221;) (the &#8220;<u>Offer Price</u>&#8221;), restated by the
        variation in the Reference Rate (<em>Taxa Referencial &#8211; </em>&#8220;TR&#8221;) (365 day
        basis) calculated on a pro-rated basis from the Closing Date (as defined
        in item
        5.3) up to the Auction financial settlement date.</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">1.5.1.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;The
        Offer Price shall be paid in cash, in Brazilian legal currency, on the Auction
        financial settlement date.</font></div>
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        of Accepting the Offer.</u> Upon accepting this offer, each RIPI shareholder
        agrees to dispose of the ownership over their Shares, including all direct
        rights inherent to such Shares, pursuant to the terms and conditions set
        forth
        herein.</font></div>
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          2</strong></font></div>
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            I</u>&#8211; Draft Public Offer Instrument</font></div>
        </div>
      </div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><strong>2.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;THE
        AUCTION</strong></font></div>
      <div><br></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">2.1.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;<u>Auction
        Date.</u> The Auction shall be held on October 22, 2007, at 1:00 pm (S&#227;o Paulo
        local time), via MEGABOLSA, the BOVESPA trading system.</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">2.2.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;<u>Acceptance
        Procedures.</u> By 12.00 p.m. (Sao Paulo local time) on the Auction Date, the
        Brokers (as defined in Section 3 below), representatives of the shareholders
        wishing to offer their Shares during the Offer shall register the number
        of
        Shares held directly on the MEGABOLSA system using the code RIPI3L and which
        will be sold by the shareholders they are representing during the
        Auction.&#160;&#160;Offer acceptance, and the subsequent firm offer to sell the
        Shares, shall be deemed irrevocable and irreversible from commencement of
        the
        Auction, to the extent that Offer acceptance shall create an obligation on
        the
        accepter to dispose of its Shares and for which acceptance has been issued,
        in
        the form and subject to the terms set forth in this Notice.</font></div>
      <div><br></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">2.3.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;<u>Third
        Party Buying Intereferences.</u> Any third party shall be entitled to make a
        competing offer to acquire all or part of the Shares, subject, however, to
        the
        following:</font></div>
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                <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">(i)</font></div>
              </td>
              <td>
                <div align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">A
                  competing offer shall be registered with the CVM pursuant to the
                  terms of
                  CVM Instruction 361/02; and</font></div>
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                <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">(ii)</font></div>
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                <div align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">The
                  value of the first competing purchase offer shall be at least 5%
                  higher
                  than the last price offered.</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">2.4.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;<u>Brokerage
        Costs and Commissions.</u> All brokerage costs and commissions relating to the
        disposal of the Shares shall be borne by the respective selling shareholders.
        All brokerage costs and commissions relating to the purchase of the Shares
        shall
        be borne by the Offerer.</font></div>
      <div><br></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">2.5.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;<u>Broker
        Representing the Offerer.</u> Bradesco S.A. Corretora de T&#237;tulos e Valores
        Mobili&#225;rios (the &#8220;<u>Offerer Broker</u>&#8221;) shall be the Offerer&#8217;s representative
        during the Auction.</font></div>
      <div><br></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><strong>3.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;AUCTION
        REGISTRATION</strong></font></div>
      <div><br></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">3.1.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;<u>Registration
        in a Brokerage House.</u> RIPI shareholders wishing to take part in the Auction
        shall register with the Offerer Broker or any other brokerage company authorized
        to trade on BOVESPA (each individually referred to as &#8220;<u>Broker</u>&#8221; and
        collectively as the &#8220;<u>Brokers</u>&#8221;) from the date this Notice is published up
        to 5:00pm on October 19, 2007, the business day immediately preceding the
        Auction Date (the &#8220;<u>Registration Period</u>&#8221;). Auction participation shall
        comply with the requirements established in BOVESPA and&#160;<font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">Companhia
        Brasileira de Liquida&#231;<font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">&#227;</font>o e Cust&#243;dia (the
        &#8220;CBLC&#8221;)</font> Transaction regulations, as well as the requirements set forth in
        Section 3.</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">3.1.1.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Shareholders
        not registered with a Broker shall present the Broker with a certifyed copy
        of
        each of the following documents in order to carry out their registration,
        as
        applicable:</font></div>
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          2</strong></font></div>
        <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right">&#160;</div>
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          <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><u>Exhibit
            I</u>&#8211; Draft Public Offer Instrument</font></div><br></div>
      </div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 72pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">(i)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;<u>Individuals</u>.
        Identity Card, National Taxpayer&#8217;s Enrollment Card (CPF) and proof of address.
        Representatives of estates, minors and those civilly disabled and shareholders
        represented by an attorney shall also present documentation granting powers
        of
        representation and original document or certified copies of the representative&#8217;s
        Identity Card and National Taxpayer&#8217;s Enrolment Card;</font></div>
      <div><br></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 72pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">(ii)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;<u>Legal
        Entities.</u> By-laws or articles of incorporation, National Register of Legal
        Entities (CNPJ) card, company documents granting powers of representation
        and
        original documents or certified copies of the Identity Card and National
        Taxpayer&#8217;s Enrollment Card of the legal entity&#8217;s representative.</font></div>
      <div><br></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><strong>4.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;SETTLEMENT</strong></font></div>
      <div><br></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">4.1.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;<u>Financial
        Settlement.</u> Offer financial settlement shall be carried out on the 3rd
        business day following the Auction Date (the &#8220;<u>Settlement Date</u>&#8221;), pursuant
        to the rules established by the CBLC for gross settlement.</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">4.2.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;<u>Settlement
        Method.</u>&#160;&#160;Auction settlement shall be carried out by the CBLC using
        the gross settlement method, as defined in Chapter VII of the CBLC Operating
        Procedures.&#160;&#160;CBLC shall not act as an Auction settlement central
        guarantor counterpart. CBLC shall act as a facilitator of Auction settlement
        pursuant to this Offer, including the receipt (a) of Offerer funds and Shares
        from shareholders who have sold their Shares during the Offer, via their
        custody
        agents and (b) onlending Offerer funds to shareholders offering their Shares
        during the Offer and the onlending of the Shares to the Offerer.</font></div>
      <div><br></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">4.2.1.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subject
        to the terms of the Intermediation Agreement, the Offerer&#8217;s settlement
        liabilities established herein shall be directly fulfilled by the Offerer
        or by
        an entity from its economic group and, in any case, the Offerer shall remain
        wholly liable for and shall guarantee compliance with all liabilities attributed
        to it in relation to the Offer and established herein.</font></div>
      <div><br></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">4.3.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;<u>Guarantee.</u>
        Pursuant to the terms of the Intermediation Agreement executed by the
        Intermediation Institution and the Offerer and paragraph 4, article 7 of
        CVM
        Instruction 361/02, the Intermediary Institution shall guarantee the Offer
        financial settlement.</font></div>
      <div><br></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><strong>5.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;ACQUISITION
        OF THE IPIRANGA GROUP AND CORPORATE RESTRUCTURING</strong></font></div>
      <div><br></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">5.1.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;<u>Purchase
        and Sale Agreement.</u> On March 18, 2007, the Offerer entered into an
        irrevocable and irreversible agreement with the controlling shareholders
        (the
&#8220;<u>Ipiranga Controlling Shareholders</u>&#8221;) of the Refinaria de Petr&#243;leo
        Ipiranga S.A. (&#8220;<u>RIPI</u>&#8221;) and Distribuidora de Produtos de Petr&#243;leo Ipiranga
        S.A. (&#8220;<u>DPPI</u>&#8221;), with&#160;&#160;Petr&#243;leo Brasileiro S.A.
        (&#8220;<u>Petrobras</u>&#8221;) and Braskem S.A. (&#8220;<u>Braskem</u>&#8221;) as intervening parties,
        to acquire all shares held by the Ipiranga Controlling Shareholders in RIPI,
        DPPI and Companhia Brasileira de Petr&#243;leo Ipiranga (&#8220;<u>CBPI</u>&#8221;) (the
&#8220;<u>Purchase and Sale Agreement</u>&#8221;) on its own behalf and as agent for and
</font></div>
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          2</strong></font></div>
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            I</u>&#8211; Draft Public Offer Instrument</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">on
        account
        of Braskem and Petrobras to acquire petrochemical assets, and in Petrobras&#8217;
case, certain distribution assets.</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">5.1.1.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;The
        Ipiranga Group businesses will be managed by Petrobras, Ultrapar and Braskem.
        Ultrapar shall hold the fuel and lubricant distribution businesses located
        in
        the South and Southeast regions (the &#8220;<u>South Distribution Assets</u>&#8221;),
        Petrobras shall hold the fuel and lubricant distribution businesses located
        in
        the North, Northeast and Mid-West (the &#8220;<u>North Distribution Assets</u>&#8221;) and
        Braskem and Petrobras shall hold the Petrochemical Assets, represented by
        Ipiranga Qu&#237;mica S.A., Ipiranga Petroqu&#237;mica S.A. (&#8220;<u>IPQ</u>&#8221;) and the
        latter&#8217;s stake in Copesul &#8211; Companhia Petroqu&#237;mica do Sul (&#8220;<u>Copesul</u>&#8221;), in
        a proportion of 60% to Braskem and 40% to Petrobras (the &#8220;<u>Petrochemical
        Assets</u>&#8221;). The assets relating to oil refinery operations held by RIPI shall
        be shared equally by Petrobras, Ultrapar and Braskem.</font></div>
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        Stages.</u> The transaction is divided into five (05) stages: (i) acquisition of
        the shares from the Ipiranga Controlling Shareholders by the Offerer; (ii)
        a
        mandatory tender offer due to disposal of control for acquisition of common
        shares issued by RIPI, DPPI, CBPI and IPQ (the &#8220;<u>Tag Along POAs</u>"); (iii) a
        public offering to cancel Copesul&#8217;s registration as a publicly traded company;
        (iv) exchange offer by Ultrapar's of shares issued by RIPI, DPPI and CBPI;
        and
        (v) segregation of the South Distribution Assets, North Distribution Assets
        and
        Petrochemical Assets, and the consequent transfer of the Petrochemical Assets
        to
        Braskem and Petrobras and the North Distribution Assets to
        Petrobras.</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">5.3.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;<u>Acquisition
        of shares from the Ipiranga Controlling Shareholders.</u> On April 18, 2007,
        (the &#8220;<u>Closing Date</u>&#8221;) Ultrapar acquired shares issued by RIPI, DPPI and
        CBPI from the Ipiranga Controlling Shareholders representing the following
        company stakes: (i) 66.2% of the common shares issued by RIPI, (ii) 11.6%
        of the
        preferred shares issued by RIPI, (iii) 69.2% of the common shares issued
        by
        DPPI, (iv) 10.5% of the preferred shares issued by DPPI, (v) 3.8% of the
        common
        shares issued by CBPI, and (vi) less than 0.1% of the preferred shares issued
        by
        CBPI. In addition, on April 23, 2007, Ultrapar acquired the common and preferred
        shares issued by RIPI and DPPI and common shares issued by CBPI from one
        of the
        Controlling Shareholders, representing less than 0.1% of the shares of the
        respective class and type. The following table indicates the value per share
        that was paid to the Ipiranga Controlling Shareholders:</font></div>
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                  Price (R$/share)</font></div>
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                  Restricted</font></div>
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                  Unrestricted</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">5.4.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;<u>Ultrapar
        Corporate Restructuring.</u>&#160;&#160;Following conclusion of the Tag Along
        POAs, Ultrapar shall undertake a corporate restructuring in order to (i)
        simplify the Ipiranga Group corporate structure, concentrating all of the
        shareholders in a single company listed on the stock market, allowing for
        a
        reduction </font></div>
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            I</u>&#8211; Draft Public Offer Instrument</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">in
        costs
        and increased liquidity and (ii) permit segregation and transfer of the
        Petrochemical Assets, North Distribution Assets and South Distribution Assets
        (the &#8220;<u>Corporate Restructuring</u>&#8221;). Within this context, Ultrapar shall
        incorporate the shares issued by RIPI, DPPI and CBPI (the &#8220;<u>Share
        Incorporation</u>&#8221;) pursuant to the terms of article 252 of Brazilian Corporate
        Law. As a result of the Share Incorporations, RIPI, DPPI and CBPI shall become
        wholly-owned subsidiaries of Ultrapar.&#160;&#160;Shareholders holding preferred
        and any common shares in RIPI, DPPI and CBPI shall receive preferred shares
        in
        Ultrapar.</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">5.5.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;<u>Segregation
        of Assets.</u> Upon conclusion of the Share Incorporations, Ultrapar shall (i)
        reduce RIPI's and CBPI&#8217;s capital stock in order to transfer the Petrochemical
        Assets directly to Ultrapar, for future delivery to Braskem and Petrobras,
        pursuant to the commission agency, and (ii) Ultrapar shall spin off CBPI
        to
        transfer the North Distribution Assets to a company controlled by
        Petrobras.</font></div>
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        The transaction has been presented for approval to the Brazilian Anti-trust
        Authorities (CADE &#8211; Administrative Board for Economic Defense), Secretary fot
        Economic Rights (SDE) and the Economic Oversight Office (SEAE). CADE has
        issued
        a writ of prevention with a series of provisions on management of the assets
        acquired. The provisions relating to the Petrochemical Assets were effectively
        reviewed on April 25, 2007, in a decision ratified by the CADE Full Session,
        at
        which time Braskem entered into an Agreement to Preserve Reversibility of
        the
        Transaction (the &#8220;<u>APRO</u>&#8221;). Such alterations being made, CADE accepted
        Petrobras&#8217; retention of a minority stake in Copesul after the acquisition.
        Additionally, on May 16, 2007, another APRO was entered into for the fuel
        distribution sector. This APRO establishes corporate governance rules
        encompassing CBPI, in order to maintain distribution sector competition and
        transaction reversibility relating to the Petrobras Assets.&#160;&#160;Please
        note that these APROs do not affect the conclusion of the Offer.</font></div>
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        PRICE CALCULATION AND VALUATION REPORT</strong></font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">6.1.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;<u>Offer
        Price Calculation</u>. The Offerer is making this Offer at a value equivalent to
        80% of RIPI share value that was bound to the Shareholders&#8217; Agreement, paid to
        RIPI controlling shareholders, for the purposes of article 254-A of Brazilian
        Corporation Law.</font></div>
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        Report.</u> On April 4, 2007, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. (&#8220;<u>Deutsche
        Bank</u>&#8221;) issued a RIPI valuation report (the &#8220;Valuation Report&#8221;) within the
        terms required by CVM Instruction 361/02, which contains analyses on RIPI
        adopting the following methodologies:</font></div>
      <div><br></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">(i)
        <u>Book Value per Share.</u> The book equity value on December 31, 2006, was R$
        19.50 per Share;</font></div>
      <div><br></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">(ii)
        <u>Weighted Average Price of the Shares.</u> The weighted average price per
        volume of Shares traded on BOVESPA (a) between March 15, 2006 and March 16,
        2007
        was R$ 45.81 and (b) between March 19, 2007 (date that the relevant fact
        was
        disclosed) and April 4, 2007 (date of the Valuation Report) was R$ 97.09;
        and</font></div>
      <div>&#160;</div>
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        <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><strong>Item
          2</strong></font></div>
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          <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><u>Exhibit
            I</u>&#8211; Draft Public Offer Instrument</font></div>
        </div>
      </div>
      <div>&#160;</div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">(iii)
        <u>Discounted Cash Flow.</u> The discounted cash flow method resulted in a range
        of values between R$ 51.63 and R$ 57.06 per Share.</font></div>
      <div><br></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">6.3.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;<u>Shares
        held by Deutsche Bank and related entities.</u>&#160;Deutsche Bank, its
        affiliates and persons related to Deutsche Bank and its affiliates do not
        hold
        shares issued by RIPI or the Offerer.</font></div>
      <div><br></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">6.3.1.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Deutsche
        Bank hereby declares that there is no conflict of interest which reduces
        its
        independence as required to draw up the Valuation Report.</font></div>
      <div><br></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">6.3.2.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Deutsche
        Bank&#160;&#160;will receive US$ 3,000,000.00 net of taxes as remuneration for
        drawing up the Valuation Report.</font></div>
      <div><br></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><strong>7.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;INFORMATION
        REGARDING RIPI</strong></font></div>
      <div><br></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">7.1.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;<u>Headquarters
        and Business Purpose</u>. RIPI's headquarters is located at Rua Engenheiro
        Heitor Amaro Barcellos, 551, in the City of Rio Grande, State of Rio Grande
        do
        Sul, and its purpose comprises, (i) the industrial and commercial exploration
        of
        the oil refinery in the City of Rio Grande, fuel storage deposits and subsidiary
        industries; (ii) importing, exporting and sale of refined oil products, raw
        materials required by the industry; and (iii) exploration of the chemical
        products industry in general, except pharmaceutical products.</font></div>
      <div><br></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">7.2.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;<u>Composition
        of Shareholdings.</u> On April 23, 2007, the RIPI shareholdings were as
        follows:</font></div>
      <div><br></div>
      <div align="left">
        <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%">

            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="16%" style="BORDER-TOP: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;"><strong>Shareholder</strong></font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="14%" style="BORDER-TOP: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;"><strong>Common
                  </strong></font></div>
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;"><strong>Shares</strong></font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="14%" style="BORDER-TOP: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;"><strong>%</strong></font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="14%" style="BORDER-TOP: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;"><strong>Preferred
                  </strong></font></div>
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;"><strong>Shares</strong></font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="14%" style="BORDER-TOP: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;"><strong>%</strong></font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="14%" style="BORDER-TOP: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;"><strong>Total</strong></font></div>
                <div>&#160;</div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="14%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-TOP: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;"><strong>%</strong></font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="16%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;"><strong>Offerer</strong></font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="bottom" width="14%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">6,607,978</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="bottom" width="14%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">66.2</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="bottom" width="14%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">2,277,269</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="bottom" width="14%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">11.6</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="bottom" width="14%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">8,885,247</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="bottom" width="14%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">30.0</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="16%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;"><strong>Persons
                  Linked to the Offerer</strong></font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="bottom" width="14%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">0</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="bottom" width="14%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">0.0</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="bottom" width="14%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">0</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="bottom" width="14%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">0.0</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="bottom" width="14%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">0</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="bottom" width="14%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">0.0</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="16%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;"><strong>Management</strong></font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="bottom" width="14%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">4</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="bottom" width="14%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Less
                  than 0.1</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="bottom" width="14%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">3</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="bottom" width="14%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Less
                  than 0.1</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="bottom" width="14%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">7</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="bottom" width="14%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Less
                  than 0.1</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="16%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;"><strong>Treasury
                  Shares</strong></font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="bottom" width="14%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">0</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="bottom" width="14%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">0.0</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="bottom" width="14%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">0</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="bottom" width="14%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">0.0</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="bottom" width="14%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">0</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="bottom" width="14%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">0.0</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="16%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;"><strong>Free
                  Float</strong></font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="bottom" width="14%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">3,374,422</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="bottom" width="14%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">33.8</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="bottom" width="14%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">17,340,324</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="bottom" width="14%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">88.4</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="bottom" width="14%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">20,714,746</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="bottom" width="14%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">70.0</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="16%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;"><strong>Total</strong></font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="bottom" width="14%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;"><strong>9,982,404</strong></font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="bottom" width="14%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;"><strong>100.0</strong></font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="bottom" width="14%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;"><strong>19,617,596</strong></font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="bottom" width="14%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;"><strong>100.0</strong></font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="bottom" width="14%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;"><strong>29,600,000</strong></font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="bottom" width="14%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;"><strong>100.0</strong></font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>

        </table>
      </div>
      <div><br></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">7.3.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;<u>RIPI
        Selected Financial Indicators</u>. RIPI selected financial indicators are stated
        in the following table, based on consolidated financial statements:</font></div>
      <div><br></div>
      <div align="center">
        <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="95%">

            <tr>
              <td align="justify" valign="top" width="55%" style="BORDER-TOP: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="15%" style="BORDER-TOP: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;"><strong>31.12.2005</strong></font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="15%" style="BORDER-TOP: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;"><strong>31.12.2006</strong></font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="15%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-TOP: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;"><strong>30.06.2007</strong></font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="justify" valign="top" width="55%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Capital
                  Stock Realized (R$ thousand)</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="15%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">180,000</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="15%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">365,000</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="15%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">475,000</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="justify" valign="top" width="55%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Net
                  Equity (R$ thousand)</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="15%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">431,176</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="15%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">577,300</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="15%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">710,212</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="justify" valign="top" width="55%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Net
                  Revenue (R$ thousand)</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="15%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">291,809</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="15%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">432,135</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="15%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">420,809</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="justify" valign="top" width="55%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Operating
                  Profits (R$ thousand)</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="15%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">151,988</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="15%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">166,213</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="15%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">132,529</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="justify" valign="top" width="55%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Net
                  Profits (R$ thousand)</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="15%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">137,312</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="15%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">164,013</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="15%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">132,912</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="justify" valign="top" width="55%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Total
                  Liabilities (R$ thousand)*</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="15%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">162,550</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="15%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">223,083</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="15%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">215,101</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>

        </table>
      </div>
      <div align="center">&#160;</div>
      <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left">
        <div>&#160;</div>
        <div id="PGBRK" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt">
          <div id="FTR">
            <div id="GLFTR" style="WIDTH: 100%" align="left">
            </div>
          </div>
          <div id="PN" style="PAGE-BREAK-AFTER: always">
            <div style="WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">7</font></div>
            <div style="WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-ALIGN: center">
              <hr style="COLOR: black" noshade size="2">
            </div>
          </div>
          <div id="HDR">
            <div id="GLHDR" style="WIDTH: 100%" align="right">
            </div>
          </div>
        </div>
        <div>&#160;</div>
        <div>
          <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><strong>Item
            2</strong></font></div>
          <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right">&#160;</div>
          <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right">
            <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><u>Exhibit
              I</u>&#8211; Draft Public Offer Instrument</font></div><br></div>
        </div>
        <div align="center">
          <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="95%">

              <tr>
                <td align="left" valign="top" width="55%" style="BORDER-TOP: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                  <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Current
                    Liabilities (R$ thousand)</font></div>
                </td>
                <td valign="top" width="15%" style="BORDER-TOP: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                  <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">88,307</font></div>
                </td>
                <td valign="top" width="15%" style="BORDER-TOP: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                  <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">161,037</font></div>
                </td>
                <td valign="top" width="15%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-TOP: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                  <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">152,149</font></div>
                </td>
              </tr>
              <tr>
                <td align="left" valign="top" width="55%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                  <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Long
                    Term Liabilities&#160;&#160;(R$ thousand)</font></div>
                </td>
                <td valign="top" width="15%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                  <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">74,243</font></div>
                </td>
                <td valign="top" width="15%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                  <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">62,046</font></div>
                </td>
                <td valign="top" width="15%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                  <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">62,952</font></div>
                </td>
              </tr>
              <tr>
                <td align="justify" valign="top" width="55%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                  <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Number
                    of Share excluding Treasury Share (thousand)</font></div>
                </td>
                <td valign="top" width="15%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                  <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">14,800</font></div>
                </td>
                <td valign="top" width="15%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                  <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">29,600</font></div>
                </td>
                <td valign="top" width="15%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                  <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">29,600</font></div>
                </td>
              </tr>
              <tr>
                <td align="justify" valign="top" width="55%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                  <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Earnings
                    per Share (R$)</font></div>
                </td>
                <td valign="top" width="15%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                  <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">9.28</font></div>
                </td>
                <td valign="top" width="15%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                  <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">5.54</font></div>
                </td>
                <td valign="top" width="15%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                  <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">4.49</font></div>
                </td>
              </tr>
              <tr>
                <td align="justify" valign="top" width="55%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                  <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Book
                    Value per 1,000 shares (R$)</font></div>
                </td>
                <td valign="top" width="15%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                  <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">29.13</font></div>
                </td>
                <td valign="top" width="15%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                  <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">19.50</font></div>
                </td>
                <td valign="top" width="15%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                  <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">23.99</font></div>
                </td>
              </tr>
              <tr>
                <td align="justify" valign="top" width="55%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                  <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Total
                    Liabilities / Net Equity (%)</font></div>
                </td>
                <td valign="top" width="15%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                  <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">38%</font></div>
                </td>
                <td valign="top" width="15%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                  <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">39%</font></div>
                </td>
                <td valign="top" width="15%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                  <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">30%</font></div>
                </td>
              </tr>
              <tr>
                <td align="justify" valign="top" width="55%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                  <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Net
                    Profits / Net Equity (%)</font></div>
                </td>
                <td valign="top" width="15%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                  <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">32%</font></div>
                </td>
                <td valign="top" width="15%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                  <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">28%</font></div>
                </td>
                <td valign="top" width="15%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                  <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">19%</font></div>
                </td>
              </tr>
              <tr>
                <td align="justify" valign="top" width="55%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                  <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Net
                    Profits / Net Revenues (%)</font></div>
                </td>
                <td valign="top" width="15%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                  <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">47%</font></div>
                </td>
                <td valign="top" width="15%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                  <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">38%</font></div>
                </td>
                <td valign="top" width="15%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                  <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">32%</font></div>
                </td>
              </tr>
              <tr>
                <td align="justify" valign="top" width="55%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                  <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Net
                    Profits / Book Capital Stock (%)</font></div>
                </td>
                <td valign="top" width="15%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                  <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">76%</font></div>
                </td>
                <td valign="top" width="15%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                  <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">45%</font></div>
                </td>
                <td valign="top" width="15%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                  <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">28%</font></div>
                </td>
              </tr>

          </table>
        </div>
      </div>
      <div align="center">&#160;</div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">*
        Refers
        to the sum of Current Liabilities, Long Term Liabilities and Non-Controlling
        Shareholder Stakes and does not, therefore, consider Net Equity.</font></div>
      <div><br></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">7.3.1.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Annual
        and periodic RIPI financial statements are available at
<u>www.ipiranga.com.br</u> and <u>www.cvm.gov.br</u>.</font></div>
      <div><br></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">7.4.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;<u>Historic
        Share Trading Information</u>. The following tables indicate the trading
        volumes, quantities and average prices involved in spot market trades on
        BOVESPA
        for the Shares (RIPI3) and the preferred shares (RIPI4) issued by RIPI in
        the
        last twelve (12) months.</font></div>
      <div><br></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">7.4.1.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;<u>Common
        Shares</u></font></div>
      <div><br></div>
      <div align="center">
        <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="80%">

            <tr>
              <td align="justify" valign="top" width="40%" style="BORDER-TOP: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;"><strong>Month</strong></font></div>
                <div>&#160;</div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="20%" style="BORDER-TOP: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;"><strong>Total
                  Volume </strong></font></div>
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;"><strong>Traded
                  (R$)</strong></font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="20%" style="BORDER-TOP: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;"><strong>Number
                  of Common </strong></font></div>
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;"><strong>Shares
                  Traded</strong></font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="20%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-TOP: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;"><strong>Weighted
                  </strong></font></div>
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;"><strong>Average
                  Price </strong></font></div>
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;"><strong>(in
                  R$) of </strong></font></div>
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;"><strong>Common
                  </strong></font></div>
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;"><strong>Shares</strong></font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="40%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">July
                  2007</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="20%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">4,980,519</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="20%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">48,500</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="20%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">102.69</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="40%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">June
                  2007</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="20%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">5,307,200</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="20%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">52,200</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="20%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">101.67</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="40%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">May
                  2007</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="20%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">10,026,714</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="20%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">99,700</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="20%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">100.57</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="40%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">April
                  2007</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="20%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">17,155,834</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="20%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">174,800</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="20%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">98.15</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="40%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">March
                  2007</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="20%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">57,223,406</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="20%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">697,300</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="20%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">82.06</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="40%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">February
                  2007</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="20%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">7,020,126</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="20%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">140,700</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="20%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">49.89</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="40%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">January
                  2007</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="20%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">4,183,714</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="20%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">95,700</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="20%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">43.72</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="40%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">December
                  2006</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="20%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">3,981,381</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="20%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">93,700</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="20%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">42,49</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="40%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">November
                  2006</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="20%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">5,761,127</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="20%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">139,700</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="20%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">41.24</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="40%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">October
                  2006</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="20%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">3,800,917</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="20%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">95,800</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="20%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">39.68</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="40%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">September
                  2006</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="20%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">2,142,523</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="20%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">55,800</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="20%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">38.40</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="40%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">August
                  2006</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="20%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">6,240,697</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="20%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">166,600</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="20%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">37.46</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>

        </table>
      </div>
      <div>&#160;</div>
      <div id="PGBRK" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt">
        <div id="FTR">
          <div id="GLFTR" style="WIDTH: 100%" align="left">
          </div>
        </div>
        <div id="PN" style="PAGE-BREAK-AFTER: always">
          <div style="WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">8</font></div>
          <div style="WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-ALIGN: center">
            <hr style="COLOR: black" noshade size="2">
          </div>
        </div>
        <div id="HDR">
          <div id="GLHDR" style="WIDTH: 100%" align="right">
          </div>
        </div>
      </div>
      <div>&#160;</div>
      <div>
        <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><strong>Item
          2</strong></font></div>
        <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right">&#160;</div>
        <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right">
          <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><u>Exhibit
            I</u>&#8211; Draft Public Offer Instrument</font></div><br></div>
      </div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt;"></font>7.4.2.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;<u>Preferred
        Shares</u></font></div>
      <div><br></div>
      <div align="center">
        <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="80%">

            <tr>
              <td align="justify" valign="top" width="40%" style="BORDER-TOP: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;"><strong>Month</strong></font></div>
                <div>&#160;</div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="20%" style="BORDER-TOP: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;"><strong>Total
                  Volume </strong></font></div>
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;"><strong>Traded
                  (R$)</strong></font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="20%" style="BORDER-TOP: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;"><strong>Number
                  of Preferred </strong></font></div>
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;"><strong>Shares
                  Traded</strong></font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="20%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-TOP: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;"><strong>Weighted
                  </strong></font></div>
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;"><strong>Average
                  Price </strong></font></div>
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;"><strong>(in
                  R$) of </strong></font></div>
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;"><strong>Preferred
                  </strong></font></div>
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;"><strong>Shares</strong></font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="40%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">July
                  2007</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="20%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">31,705,915</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="20%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">660,800</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="20%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">47.98</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="40%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">June
                  2007</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="20%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">70,905,593</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="20%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">1,526,000</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="20%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">46.47</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="40%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">May
                  2007</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="20%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">59,458,279</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="20%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">1,297,600</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="20%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">45.82</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="40%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">April
                  2007</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="20%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">138,304,666</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="20%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">2,970,800</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="20%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">46.55</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="40%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">March
                  2007</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="20%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">53,359,641</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="20%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">1,236,000</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="20%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">43.17</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="40%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">February
                  2007</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="20%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">15,058,610</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="20%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">371,400</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="20%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">40.55</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="40%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">January
                  2007</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="20%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">21,220,955</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="20%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">568,400</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="20%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">37.33</font></div>
              </td>
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            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="40%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">December
                  2006</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="20%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">10,764,171</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="20%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">289,000</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="20%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">37.25</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="40%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">November
                  2006</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="20%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">13,019,251</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="20%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">352,800</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="20%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">36.90</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="40%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">October
                  2006</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="20%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">15,642,217</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="20%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">437,300</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="20%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">35.77</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="40%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">September
                  2006</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="20%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">13,719,488</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="20%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">415,000</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="20%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">33.06</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="40%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">August
                  2006</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="20%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">15,525,493</font></div>
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                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">497,400</font></div>
              </td>
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                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">31.21</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><strong>8.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;INFORMATION
        REGARDING THE OFFERER</strong></font></div>
      <div><br></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">8.1.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Headquarter
        and <u>Business Purpose</u>. The Offerer's headquarter is located at Avenida
        Brigadeiro Luiz Ant&#244;nio, 1343, 9&#186; andar, in the City of S&#227;o Paulo, State of S&#227;o
        Paulo, and the Offerer's purpose is the investment of equity capital in
        commerce, industry, agriculture and service companies, via subscription to
        or
        purchase of company shares or units.</font></div>
      <div><br></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">8.2.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;<u>Sector
        and Activities.</u> Prior to acquiring the South Distribution Assets, Ultrapar
        was active in the Liquefied Petroleum Gas (&#8220;<u>LPG</u>") distribution sector via
        Ultragaz Participa&#231;&#245;es Ltda. (&#8220;<u>Ultragaz</u>&#8221;),&#160;in the chemicals
        production via Oxiteno S.A. Ind&#250;stria e Com&#233;rcio (&#8220;<u>Oxiteno</u>&#8221;), and in the
        integrated logistics solutions for special bulk cargo, via Ultracargo Opera&#231;&#245;es
        Log&#237;sticas e Participa&#231;&#245;es Ltda. (&#8220;<u>Ultracargo</u>&#8221;). Highlights in its
        operating areas: with Ultragaz, it is the leading Brazilian LPG distributor,
        with 24% market share (Source: Sindig&#225;s); with Oxiteno, it is the largest South
        American manufacturer of ethylene oxide and its main derivatives as well
        as the
        largest producer of chemical specialties in Brazil; and with Ultracargo it
        is
        one of the biggest logistics solution providers for special bulk cargo in
        Brazil.</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">8.3.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;<u>Information
        on the Offerer&#8217;s Controlling Company</u>. Ultrapar is controlled by Ultra S.A.
        Participa&#231;&#245;es, which holds 66% of the voting capital and 40% of Ultrapar&#8217;s total
        capital stock.</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><strong>9.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;SUPERVENING
        LIABILITY</strong></font></div>
      <div><br></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">9.1.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;<u>Additional
        Liability.</u> The Offerer hereby agrees to pay the owners of the Shares
        accepting the Offer any additional amount, if any, between: (i) the price
        paid
        to the shareholders for the sale of their Shares, restated by the TR (based
        on
        365 days per year) on a pro-rated basis from the Auction Date up to the date
        on
</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">
        <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><strong>Item
          2</strong></font></div>
        <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right">&#160;</div>
        <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right">
          <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><u>Exhibit
            I</u>&#8211; Draft Public Offer Instrument</font></div>
          <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right">&#160;</div>
        </div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">which
        payment of such amounts is due (restated according to the alterations in
        the
        number of shares resulting from splits, groupings or conversions) and (ii)
        the
        Share price that would be due, or may be due, in the event of the following
        circumstances within a period of one (01) year from the Auction Date, (a)
        a fact
        that requires or shall require a mandatory public offering to acquire the
        Shares
        or (b) a corporate event that would entitle Shareholders accepting the Offer
        to
        withdraw from the company upon payment of a price per share, if they still
        were
        RIPI shareholders on the date of such a corporate event, and disagreed with
        the
        deliberation approving the implementation of any corporate event that would
        allow said right to be enforced.</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">9.1.1.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;<u>RIPI
        Share Incorporation.</u> According to the relevant fact disclosed on March 19,
        2007, the Offerer intends to incorporate RIPI shares once the Offer has been
        concluded. Pursuant to article 252, paragraph 2 of Brazilian Corporation
        Law,
        the owners of common and preferred shares issued by RIPI disagreeing with
        this
        share incorporation shall be entitled to withdraw from the company, upon
        receiving a price per share that shall be defined within the scope of article
        264, of Brazilian Corporate Law. Shareholders accepting this Offer shall
        be
        entitled to receive the difference, if any, between the Offer Price (restated
        as
        set forth in item 1.5) and the share price resulting from exercising the
        right
        to withdraw from the company. Thus, the Offerer does not foresee paragraph
        1,
        article 10 of CVM Instruction 361/02 being applicable, since the price per
        share
        resulting from enforcement of the right to withdraw from the company has
        not yet
        been disclosed.</font></div>
      <div><br></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><strong>10.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;ADDITIONAL
        INFORMATION</strong></font></div>
      <div><br></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">10.1.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;<u>Updating
        the Publicly traded Company Registration</u>. The Offerer hereby declares that
        to the best of its knowledge and having requested the appropriate confirmation,
        RIPI registration as a publicly traded company has been maintained up to
        date
        pursuant to article 21 of Law No. 6385/76;</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">10.2.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;<u>Offerer
        Representation.</u> The Offerer hereby represents that it is responsible for the
        truthfullness, quality and quantity of information submitted to the CVM and
        the
        market, and for any harm caused to RIPI, its shareholders and third parties,
        by
        gross negligence or willful misconduct, resulting from false, inaccurate
        information or information that has been omitted.</font></div>
      <div><br></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">10.3.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;<u>Intermediary
        Institution Representation.</u> The Intermediary Institution hereby represents
        that it has taken every precaution and acted diligently to ensure that the
        information submitted by the Offerer is true, consistent, accurate and
        sufficient, undertaking liability for any omission in its duty, and that
        it has
        verified the quantity and quality of the information supplied to the market
        during the entire Offer procedure, required for shareholders to take decisions,
        including occasional and seasonal RIPI information, as well as those contained
        herein and in the Valuation Report.</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">10.4.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;<u>Duties
        of the Financial Advisor</u>. In conjunction with the Intermediary Institution,
        the Financial Advisor shall help the Offerer in all phases of the Offer,
        including, but not limited to, issues regarding (i) oversight and control
        of
        Offer development, (ii) responses to any questions eventualy raised by RIPI
        shareholders and (iii) the receipt and processing of shareholder accreditation
        requests from shareholders </font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">
        <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><strong>Item
          2</strong></font></div>
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        <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right">
          <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><u>Exhibit
            I</u>&#8211; Draft Public Offer Instrument</font></div>
          <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right">&#160;</div>
        </div>
      </div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">wishing
        to
        take part in the Auction. Regardless of this Financial Advisor&#8217;s duty, the
        Intermediary Institution shall not exempt itself from any of its legal and
        regulatory duties in relation to the Offer and its settlement.</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">10.5.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;<u>Shares
        held by the Intermediary Institution, the Financial Advisor and affiliated
        companies. </u>The Intermediary Institution, the Financial Advisor, its
        controlling company and the entities related thereto pursuant to article
        3, item
        VI of CVM Instruction 361/02 represent that they do not hold or manage Common
        and/or Preferred Shares issued by RIPI.</font></div>
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        the Financial Advisor for the Offer and the Offerer hereby declare that they
        have no knowledge of the existence of any relevant facts or circumstances
        not
        disclosed to the public which may have a relevant bearing on RIPI income
        or RIPI
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        Purchase Price Calculation Format and List of Shareholders.</u> The Valuation
        Report, this Notice and the List of RIPI Shareholders are available to all
        interested parties (the last document issued only upon identification of
        the
        recipient and issuance of a receipt signed by the recipient) at the following
        addresses. The Valuation Report and this Notice may also be found at the
        addresses listed below:</font></div>
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        INSTITUTION</strong></font></div>
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        registration.</u> The offer was filed with the CVM in advance for analysis and
        was registered on September 14, 2007 with number CVM/SRE/OPA/ALI/2007/005.
        On
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        system.</font></div>
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        OF THE REQUEST TO REGISTER THIS OFFER DOES NOT IMPLY THAT CVM GUARANTEES
        THE
        TRUTHFULLNESS OF THE INFORMATION PROVIDED NOR DOES IT REPRESENT A JUDGMENT
        REGARDING THE QUALITY OF THE COMPANY ISSUING THE OFFER OR THE PRICE OFFERED
        FOR
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        public offer/program was prepared in accordance with the Brazilian Association
        of Investment Banks &#8211; ANBID Self-Regulation Code for Public Offerings of
        Securities Distribution and Acquisition registered under No. 4890254 with
        the
        4<font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt;"><sup>th</sup></font> Registry
        of
        Deeds and Documents of the Judicial District of S&#227;o Paulo, State of S&#227;o Paulo.
        This public offer/program therefore complies with the minimum standards of
        information contained in the code and ANBID is in no way liable for the
        information provided, the quality of the issuer and/or offerer, participating
        institutions and the securities that are the involved in the public
        offer/program&#8221;<em>.</em></font></div>
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        <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial;">CNPJ
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          18, 2007,
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          floor, in the City and State of S&#227;o Paulo.</font></div>
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          of the Board
          of Directors, duly signed.</font></div>
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          members of the
          Board of Directors discussed relevant strategic projects for the expansion
          of
          the company.</font></div>
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          there was no
          further matters to discuss, the meeting was closed and the minutes of this
          meeting were transcript, read and approved by all the undersigned Board
          Members
          present.</font><br></div>
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          Maria
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          Vieira
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            notice is neither an offer to purchase nor a solicitation of an offer
            to sell
            common shares of Refinaria de Petr&#243;leo Ipiranga S.A. or Distribuidora de
            Produtos de Petr&#243;leo Ipiranga S.A.</em><em>The Offers (as defined below) are
            made solely by the Public Offer Notices (as defined below) being published
            in
            Brazil on September 20, 2007. The Offers are not being extended to, nor
            will
            tenders be accepted from or on behalf of, holders of shares of capital
            stock of
            any company in any jurisdiction in which the extending or acceptance
            of the
            Offers would not be in compliance with the laws of that jurisdiction.
            In any
            jurisdictions where the laws require that the Offers be made by a licensed
            broker or dealer, the Offers shall be deemed to be made on behalf of
            the Company
            by Bradesco S.A. Corretora de T&#237;tulos e Valores Mobili&#225;rios, the Dealer Manager
            for the Offers, or one or more registered brokers or dealers licensed
            under the
            laws of that jurisdiction.</em></font></div>
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            of
            Offers to Purchase for Cash All Outstanding</font></div>
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            of
            Common Stock</font></div>
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            DE PETR&#211;LEO IPIRANGA S.A.</strong></font></div>
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            DE PRODUTOS DE PETR&#211;LEO IPIRANGA S.A.</strong></font></div>
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            PARTICIPA&#199;&#213;ES S.A.</strong></font></div>
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            Participa&#231;&#245;es S.A. (&#8220;Ultrapar&#8221;), a publicly traded company organized under the
            laws of the Federative Republic of Brazil, is offering to purchase for
            cash (the
&#8220;Offers&#8221;) all of the outstanding shares of common stock (the &#8220;Shares&#8221;) of
            Refinaria de Petr&#243;leo Ipiranga S.A. (&#8220;RIPI&#8221;) and Distribuidora de Produtos de
            Petr&#243;leo Ipiranga S.A. (&#8220;DPPI&#8221;), two publicly traded companies organized under
            the laws of the Federative Republic of Brazil, at the prices of R$106.28147
            and
            R$112.06937 per share (each, an &#8220;Offer Price&#8221; and together, the &#8220;Offer Prices&#8221;),
            respectively, under the terms and subject to the conditions set forth
            in the
            public offer notice for the acquisition of common shares issued by RIPI
            and DPPI
            for and on behalf of Ultrapar Participa&#231;&#245;es S.A. that are being published in
            Brazil on September 20, 2007&#160;&#160;(together, with any amendments or
            supplements thereto, the &#8220;Public Offer Notices&#8221;).</font></div>
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            Offers
            are open to all holders of common shares of RIPI and DPPI and will remain
            open
            for a period of 32 days from September 20, 2007.&#160;&#160;The Offers will be
            conducted via auctions (the &#8220;Auctions&#8221;) on October 22, 2007 (the &#8220;Auction
            Date&#8221;), at 1:00 P.M. and 1:15 P.M. (S&#227;o Paulo local time) for RIPI and DPPI,
            respectively, via MEGABOLSA, the trading system of the S&#227;o Paulo Stock Exchange
            (the &#8220;BOVESPA&#8221;).&#160;&#160;The Offer period shall not be extended beyond the
            Auction Date.&#160;&#160;The Auctions are not subject to any requirement for
            minimum acceptance levels and Ultrapar must purchase all Shares offered
            during
            the Auction.&#160;&#160;Holders of validly tendered Shares will receive their
            respective Offer Price in cash, in <em>reais</em>, on the financial settlement
            date for the Auctions, which shall be three business days following the
            Auction
            Date, expected to be October 25, 2007.</font></div>
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                      TIME (1:00
                      P.M.&#160;&#160;and&#160;&#160;1:15 P.M.,&#160;S&#195;O PAULO LOCAL TIME) ON
                      OCTOBER 22, 2007, FOR SHAREHOLDERS OF RIPI AND DPPI,
                      RESPECTIVELY.</strong></font></div>
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            12:00
            P.M. (S&#227;o Paulo local time) on the Auction Date, the brokers and representatives
            of the shareholders that wish to sell Shares in the Offers must register
            the
            Shares they hold, which will be sold during the Auctions on the MEGABOLSA
            under
            the ticker symbols &#8220;RIPI3L&#8221; and &#8220;DPPI3L&#8221;, respectively.&#160;&#160;Offer,
            acceptance and the subsequent firm offer to sell the Shares will be irrevocable
            and irreversible as of the commencement of the Auctions, to the extent
            that an
            offer and acceptance creates an obligation on the part of the shareholder
            to
            dispose of his or her Shares and provided that acceptance was duly and
            validly
            given in accordance with the Public Offer Notices.</font></div>
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            third
            party is entitled to make a competing offer to acquire all or part of
            the
            Shares, subject however, to the following: (i) competing offers must
            be
            registered with the Comiss&#227;o de Valores Mobili&#225;rios (the &#8220;CVM&#8221;), pursuant to CVM
            instruction 361/02 and (ii) the value of the first competing offer must
            be at
            least 5% greater than the last price offered by Ultrapar.&#160;&#160;All
            brokerage costs and commissions relating to the disposal of the Shares
            shall be
            borne by the respective selling shareholder. All brokerage costs and
            commissions
            relating to the purchase of the Shares shall be borne by
            Ultrapar.&#160;&#160;Bradesco S.A. Corretora de T&#237;tulos e Valores Mobili&#225;rios
            (the &#8220;Dealer Manager&#8221;) will be Ultrapar&#8217;s representative during the
            Auctions.</font></div>
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            or
            DPPI shareholders that wish to take part in the Auctions must register
            with the
            Dealer Manager or any other brokerage company authorized to trade on
            the BOVESPA
            (each individually referred to as a &#8220;Broker&#8221; and, collectively, as the
&#8220;Brokers&#8221;) between the date that the Public Offer Notices are published and 5:00
            P.M. on October 19, 2007, the business day immediately preceding the
            Auction
            Date (the &#8220;Registration Period&#8221;). Participation in the Auctions must comply with
            the requirements established by the BOVESPA and Companhia Brasileira
            de
            Liquida&#231;<font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">&#227;</font>o
            e
            Cust&#243;dia (the &#8220;CBLC&#8221;), the securities clearing house for the BOVESPA, as well as
            with the requirements set forth in the Public Offer Notices.&#160;&#160;To
            register with a</font></div>
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            shareholders must present the Broker with certified copies of the identifying
            documents set forth in the Public Offer Notices.</font></div>
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            the
            event that RIPI or DPPI shareholders accept the Offers but are within
            one year
            subjected to a mandatory public offering for their Shares, or to a corporate
            event from which they validly dissent, Ultrapar has agreed in the Public
            Offer
            Notices to pay such holders an additional amount equal to the difference
            of the
            price paid to such holders in the Offers (inflation adjusted from the
            Auction
            Date to the date of the additional payment) and the share price to be
            paid in
            respect of such offering or event. Further, because of the structure
            by which
            Ultrapar will acquire RIPI and DPPI&#8217;s Shares, Brazilian Corporate Law entitles
            holders of RIPI and DPPI&#8217;s common and preferred shares to withdraw from their
            shareholdings and to receive a price per share equal to the difference,
            if any,
            between the Offer Price (adjusted as described above) and the share price
            resulting from exercising the withdrawal right.</font></div>
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            to the terms of the Dealer Manager Agreement executed by the Dealer Manager
            and
            Ultrapar and to CVM Instruction 361/02, the Dealer Manager will guarantee
            financial settlement of the Offers.</font></div>
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            Offers
            are being conducted as part of a multi-stage acquisition and restructuring
            (the
&#8220;Transaction&#8221;) of the Ipiranga Group, a large Brazilian fuel distributor,
            petrochemicals producer and oil refinery, of which RIPI, DPPI and Companhia
            Brasileira de Petr&#243;leo Ipiranga (&#8220;CBPI&#8221;) form the substantial part, by Ultrapar,
            Petr&#243;leo Brasileiro S.A. (&#8220;Petrobras&#8221;) and Braskem S.A.
            (&#8220;Braskem&#8221;).&#160;&#160;Pursuant to several Transaction agreements, the Ipiranga
            Group&#8217;s businesses will be split up and managed by Petrobras, Braskem and
            Ultrapar.&#160;&#160;The Transaction consists of five stages: (i) Ultrapar&#8217;s
            acquisition of shares of RIPI, DPPI and CBPI from controlling shareholders
            of
            the Ipiranga Group; (ii) mandatory tender offers, of which the Offers
            form the
            substantial part, for the common shares of RIPI, DPPI, CBPI and IPQ;
            (iii) a
            public offering to delist Copesul&#8217;s shares from the BOVESPA; (iv) exchange
            offers of Ultrapar&#8217;s preferred shares for the remaining outstanding common and
            preferred shares of RIPI, DPPI and CBPI; and (v) the split-up of the
            Ipiranga
            Group&#8217;s Assets among Ultrapar, Braskem and Petrobras.</font></div>
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          <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 27pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">On
            April
            4, 2007, in accordance with CVM Instruction 361/02, Deutsche Bank Securities
            Inc. (&#8220;Deutsche Bank&#8221;) issued a valuation report (the &#8220;Valuation Report&#8221;), with
            respect to RIPI, DPPI, CBPI and Ultrapar.&#160;&#160;The Valuation Report
            recommended book equity values per share as of December 31, 2006 for
            RIPI and
            DPPI of R$19.50 and R$25.13, respectively; weighted average prices per
            share for
            RIPI and DPPI of (i) R$45.81 and R$41.69, for the period from March 15,
            2006 to
            March 16, 2007 and (ii) R$97.09 and R$101.06, for the period from March
            19, 2007
            (the date that the Transaction was first publicly announced) to April
            4, 2007
            (the date of the Valuation Report) for RIPI and DPPI, respectively; and,
            under
            the discounted cash flow method, price per share ranges of R$51.63 to
            R$57.06
            and R$41.11 to R$45.44 for RIPI and DPPI, respectively.&#160;&#160;Deutsche Bank
            and its affiliates do not hold shares issued by RIPI, DPPI or
            Ultrapar.&#160;&#160;Deutsche Bank disclaims any conflict of interest that would
            decrease its independence as required to impartially produce the Valuation
            Report.&#160;&#160;Deutsche Bank will receive US$3,000,000.00 net of taxes for
            delivering the Valuation Report.</font></div>
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            Offers
            were previously filed with the CVM for its review and approval and on
            September
            14, 2007 were registered under the numbers, CVM/SRE/OPA/ALI/2007/004
            and
            CVM/SRE/OPA/ALI/2007/005 for RIPI and DPPI, respectively.&#160;&#160;On
            September 17, 2007, the BOVESPA authorized the Auctions to be held on
            its
            trading system.</font></div>
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            conjunction with the Dealer Manager, Banco Bradesco BBI S.A. (the &#8220;Financial
            Advisor&#8221;) will help Ultrapar through all phases of the Offers to (i) oversee
            and
            control the progress of the Offers, (ii) respond to any questions raised
            by RIPI
            or DPPI shareholders and (iii) receive and process certification requests
            from
            shareholders that wish to participate in the Auction.</font></div>
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            and
            periodic financial statements and operating information regarding RIPI,
            DPPI and
            Ultrapar are available at each company&#8217;s respective website, listed below, as
            well as at <font style="DISPLAY: inline; COLOR: #0000ff;"><u>www.cvm.gov.br</u></font>, and,
            in
            the case of Ultrapar, at <font style="DISPLAY: inline; COLOR: #0000ff;"><u>www.sec.gov</u></font>.&#160;&#160;Additional
            information regarding the Transaction, such as the Transaction agreements,
            the
            Valuation Report and the Public Offer Notices, are available at <font style="DISPLAY: inline; COLOR: #0000ff;"><u>www.ultra.com.br</u></font>, <font style="DISPLAY: inline; COLOR: #0000ff;"><u>www.cvm.gov.br</u></font>
            and <font style="DISPLAY: inline; COLOR: #0000ff;"><u>www.sec.gov</u></font>.</font></div>
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            Public Offer Notices contain important information and should be read
            in their
            entireties before making any decision with respect to the
            Offers.</strong></font></div>
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            or requests for assistance or copies of the Public Offer Notices may
            be directed
            to Ultrapar at its address and telephone number below.&#160;&#160;Holders of
            RIPI or DPPI common shares may also contact their brokers, dealers, commercial
            banks, trust companies or other nominees for assistance concerning the
            Offers.</font></div>
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            <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><strong><font style="DISPLAY: inline; COLOR: #000000;">REFINARIA
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              S.A.</font></strong></font></div>
            <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">Rua
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              Sul</font></div>
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