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  • Overview of the organization and its external environment

 


The Ultra Group, which will celebrate 85 years of business activities in 2022, has more than 16 thousand employees. The Group operates in the following industry sectors: vertical integration in energy and infrastructure; specialized distribution and retail segments, through Ipiranga, Extrafarma and Ultragaz; the manufacture of surfactants and specialty chemicals, through Oxiteno; and the storage of bulk liquids, through Ultracargo. The Ultra Group’s Holding is responsible for financial, corporate and investor relations activities. The Holding also manages the Group’s Shared Services Center (CSC), located in the municipality of Campinas (SP).

The Ultra Group is a publicly-listed company and its shares are traded on the Brasil, Bolsa, Balcão (B3) Stock Exchange, in São Paulo (SP), and on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), since 1999. The Ultra Group’s market value was R$ 16 billion at year-end December 31st, 2021.

The Ultra Group will celebrate
85 years
of business

in 2022

Purpose


We create value for society by investing in companies that are sustainable and essential to people’s daily lives.

Business principles

  • Safety first
  • Management integrity and transparency
  • Financial discipline and strength
  • Customer satisfaction as the basis for success
  • Recognizing and developing people
  • Operational excellence

Drivers

  • Act as a controlling or reference shareholder in high quality companies
  • Strong market positioning and/or market potential
  • Tangible competitive advantage
  • Competent leadership team
  • Robust capacity for cash generation and return on capital
  • Social and environmental responsibility
  • Adherence to the Ultra Group’s business principles

ULTRA GROUP: Providing essential services for Brazil

Distribution Structure

7
port terminals (Ultracargo)

39
bases and own pools¹ for fuel distribution

19
bases for bottling and

20
bases for storage/distribution of LPG (Ultragaz)

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STATES WHERE THE GROUP HAS BOTTLING BASES (ULTRAGAZ)² AND COMPANY-OWNED DISTRIBUTION BASES (IPIRANGA)³. IN ADDITION, ULTRAGAZ HAS 20 SATELLITE BASES. IPIRANGA HAS TEN COMPANY-OWNED POOLS.
  • PORT TERMINALS (Ultracargo)
    PORT TERMINALS (Ultracargo)

    Aratu (BA), Itaqui (MA), Paranaguá4 (PR), Rio de Janeiro (RJ), Santos (SP), Suape (PE) and Vila do Conde (PA)

  • ULTRA GROUP HEADQUARTERS
    ULTRA GROUP HEADQUARTERS

    São Paulo (SP)

  • HOLDING’S CSC
    HOLDING’S CSC

    Campinas (SP)

  • INDUSTRIAL UNITS (Oxiteno)
    INDUSTRIAL UNITS (Oxiteno)

    Camaçari (BA), Mauá (SP), Suzano (SP), Tremembé (SP), Triunfo (RS)

  • DISTRIBUTION CENTERS (AmPm and Extrafarma)
    DISTRIBUTION CENTERS (AmPm and Extrafarma)

    am/pm: Cajamar (SP), Rio de Janeiro (RJ), São José dos Pinhais (PR) and Nova Santa Rita (RS)
    Extrafarma: Guarulhos (SP), Benevides (PA), Aquiraz (CE) and São Luís (MA)

1. Fuel logistics bases shared with other distributors.

2. Ultragaz bottling bases: Caucaia (CE), Suape – Cabo de Santo Agostinho (PE), Aracaju (SE), Juazeiro, Mataripe (BA), Betim (MG), Barra de São Francisco, Aracruz (ES), Duque de Caxias (RJ), São José dos Campos, Capuava – Mauá, Santos, Ribeirão Preto, Paulínia, Barueri (SP), Canoas (RS), Araucária (PR), Senador Canedo (GO) and Miramar (PA).

3. Ipiranga’s company-owned distribution bases: Bagé, Canoas, Cruz Alta, Santa Maria (RS), Cascavel, Guarapuava (PR), Barueri, Bauru, Cubatão, Ourinhos, Paulínia, Presidente Prudente, São Caetano do Sul, São José do Rio Preto (SP), Governador Valadares, Montes Claros (MG), Duque de Caxias (RJ), Campo Grande (MS), Cuiabá, Rondonopolis (MT), Barcarena, Belém, Itaituba, Munguba, Santarém (PA), Manaus (AM), Porto Velho, Vilhena (RO)

4. Joint venture between Ultracargo and União Vopak.

Present in the United States, Mexico, Uruguay, Aargentina, Colombia, China and Belgium

Industrial Units, R&D Laboratories and Oxiteno offices

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OUR PORTFOLIO

<strong>Ultragaz</strong><br>Combining Energies Ultragaz
Combining Energies
  • Network 5.600 resellers
  • 58 thousand business customers
    (industry, commerce and services, condominiums and special gas customers)
  • 23 States and the Federal District
  • 19 bottling bases and 20 satellite bases for storage and distribution of LPG
<strong>ULTRACARGO</strong><br>Leading Company in the evolution of port logistics ULTRACARGO
Leading Company in the evolution of port logistics
  • Terminals in seven ports1 in strategic regions of Brazil (storage and handling of chemicals, petrochemicals, fuels, bio-fuels and vegetable oils)
  • 874 thousand m3 average static storage capacity
    +5% vs. 2020

1. Joint venture with União Vopak in the port of Paranaguá (PR).

<strong>Ipiranga</strong><br>Passion for facilitating people's lives and mobility Ipiranga
Passion for facilitating people's lives and mobility
  • 1.841 lojas and 842 AmPm bakeries (convenience store network)
  • 7.104 reseller’s service stations and 5 thousand business customers
  • 4 AmPm distribution centers and 1.149 JetOil units (automotive service franchise)
  • 39 operational bases and company-owned pools¹

1. It also maintains 16 offices in third-party pools and has 41 third-party storage contracts.

  • Controls ICONIC (a joint venture with Chevron, the market leader in automotive lubricants in Brazil; 

  • Holds a stake in Transportadora Sulbrasileira de Gás (TSB)

<strong>Oxiteno</strong><br>Evolution by chemistry Oxiteno
Evolution by chemistry
  • 11 industrial units (Brazil, United States of America, Mexico and Uruguay)
  • 2 Global R&D centers, 3 R&D laboratories and 8 sales offices P&D (South America, North America, Europe and Asia)
<strong>Extrafarma</strong><br>Pra você viver melhor Extrafarma
Pra você viver melhor
  • 399 stores, in 10 States
  • 4 distribution centers
  • 117 own-brand products (Be Better)
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