SAO PAULO, May 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Ultrapar Participacoes S.A. (BMF&BOVESPA: UGPA4 / NYSE: UGP), a company engaged in fuel distribution (Ultragaz/Ipiranga), chemicals (Oxiteno), and storage for liquid bulk (Ultracargo), hereby reports its results for the first quarter of 2010.

With businesses that are concurrently resilient and leveraged on the Brazilian economy growth, acquisitions with strong returns and operational excellence programs, we report in this 1Q10 our fifteenth consecutive quarter of growth in EBITDA, which reached R$ 362 million, up 32% over 1Q09.

    --  GROWTH IN THE BRAZILIAN ECONOMY, ACQUISITIONS AND EXPANSION PROJECTS
        ALLOW HIGHER VOLUMES IN ALL BUSINESS UNITS IN 1Q10
    --  ULTRAPAR'S SALES REACH R$ 10 BILLION IN 1Q10, WITH GROWTH IN ALL
        BUSINESS UNITS
    --  ULTRAPAR'S EBITDA REACHES R$ 362 MILLION IN 1Q10, 32% GROWTH ON 1Q09
    --  ULTRAPAR'S NET EARNINGS REACH R$ 141 MILLION IN 1Q10, 54% GROWTH ON 1Q09

"In this first quarter we captured the benefits from the investments made and the greater dynamism of the Brazilian economy, evidenced mainly by the growth in diesel sales, LPG for the bulk segment, specialty chemicals in the domestic market and liquid bulk storage. At the same time, we advanced in capturing the gains from recent acquisitions, reduced our cost of debt and announced the sale of Ultracargo's in-house logistics, solid bulk storage and road transportation businesses, reinforcing its focus on liquid bulk storage, segment in which it has a leadership position," Pedro Wongtschowski - CEO.




    Results conference call

    Brazilian conference call
    May 7, 2010
    10 a.m. (U.S. EDT)
    Sao Paulo - SP
    Telephone for connection: +55 11 2188 0155
    Code: Ultrapar

    International conference call
    May 7, 2010
    11:30 p.m. (U.S. EDT)
    Participants Brazil: 0800 891 9722
    Participants U.S.: +1 800 418 6854
    Participants International: +1 973 200 3114
    Code: Ultrapar or 68481410

    IR Contact
    E-mail: invest@ultra.com.br
    Telephone: + 55 11 3177 7014
    Website: www.ultra.com.br


    Ultrapar Participacoes S.A.
    UGPA4 = R$85.50/share (03/31/10)
    UGP = US$48.43/ADR    (03/31/10)

SOURCE Ultrapar Participacoes S.A.