6-K

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSIONWashington, D.C. 20549

FORM 6-K

Report of Foreign Issuer
Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

For the month of December 2008

Commission File Number: 001-15276

Banco Itaú Holding Financeira S.A.
(Itaú Holding Financing Bank S.A.)
(Translation of Registrant’s Name Into English)

Praça Alfredo Egydio de Souza Aranha, 100-Torre Itaúsa
04344-902 São Paulo, SP, Brazil
(Address of principal executive offices)

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82-___________________.

SIGNATURES

             Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

	Banco Itaú Holding Financeira S.A.               (Registrant)
Date:  December 19, 2008	By:	/s/ Alfredo Egydio Setubal                Name:   Alfredo Egydio Setubal Title:     Investor Relations Officer
	By:	/s/ Silvio Aparecido de Carvalho         Name:   Silvio Aparecido de Carvalho Title:     Chief Financial Officer

EXHIBIT INDEX

99.1	Announcement to the Market – Re:  Meeting of the Board of Directors on December 18, 2008.
99.2	Announcement to the Market – Re:  Payment of Interest on Capital.

EX-99.1

Banco Itaú Holding Financeira S.A.

(DENOMINATION CURRENTLY BEING CHANGED TO

ITAÚ UNIBANCO BANCO MÚLTIPLO S.A.)

CNPJ. 60.872.504/0001-23 A Publicly Listed Company NIRE. 35300010230

MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

OF DECEMBER 18, 2008

The Board of Directors of BANCO ITAÚ HOLDING FINANCEIRA S.A. (denomination currently being changed to ITAÚ UNIBANCO BANCO MÚLTIPLO S.A.) on December 18, 2008, at 4.00 p.m., met at its head office, with the legal quorum being present and under the presidency of Dr. José Carlos Moraes Abreu, unanimously deciding pursuant to sub-item 19.2 of the corporate bylaws and  “ad referendum” of the General Stockholders Meeting:

a)   to declare interest on capital in the amount of R$ 0.077 per share, to be paid up to April 30, 2009, for account of the mandatory dividend for the fiscal year 2008, less 15% income tax at source, resulting in net interest of R$ 0.06545 per share, with the exception of legal entity stockholders demonstrating immunity or exemption from such tax;

b) the credit corresponding to the payment of this interest will be passed through this company’s accounts on December 30, 2008,  individually to each stockholder, on the basis of the shares held on December 30, 2008.

With no further items on the agenda, the President requested the transcription of these minutes, which having been read and approved were signed by all, the meeting being declared closed. São Paulo-SP, December 18, 2008. (signed) José Carlos Moraes Abreu, Alfredo Egydio Arruda Villela Filho and Roberto Egydio Setubal - Vice-Presidents; Alcides Lopes Tápias, Alfredo Egydio Setubal, Fernão Carlos Botelho Bracher, Gustavo Jorge Laboissiere Loyola, Henri Penchas, Persio Arida, Ricardo Villela Marino, Roberto Teixeira da Costa, Sergio Silva de Freitas and Tereza Cristina Grossi Togni – Directors.

ALFREDO EGYDIO SETUBAL

Investor Relations Officer

EX-99.2

Banco Itaú Holding Financeira S.A.

(DENOMINATION CURRENTLY BEING CHANGED TO

ITAÚ UNIBANCO BANCO MÚLTIPLO S.A.)

CNPJ. 60.872.504/0001-23 A Publicly Listed Company NIRE. 35300010230

MATERIAL FACT

PAYMENT OF INTEREST ON CAPITAL

1.    We wish to inform our Stockholders that at a meeting of the Board of Directors of BANCO ITAÚ HOLDING FINANCEIRA S.A. (denomination currently being changed to ITAÚ UNIBANCO BANCO MÚLTIPLO S.A.) held on December 18, 2008, it was decided:

a) to declare interest on capital in the amount of R$ 0.077 per share, to be paid up to April 30, 2009, for account of the mandatory dividend for the fiscal year 2008, less 15% income tax at source, resulting in net interest of R$ 0.06545 per share, with the exception of legal entity stockholders demonstrating immunity or exemption from such tax;

b) the credit corresponding to the payment of this interest will be passed through this company’s accounts on December 30, 2008,  individually to each stockholder, on the basis of the shares held on December 30, 2008.

2.    As already notified, the shares held by the stockholders of Unibanco – União de Bancos Brasileiros S.A. (Unibanco) and Unibanco Holdings S.A. (Unibanco Holdings), were merged into Banco Itaú S.A. and, the shares of Banco Itaú S.A. acquired by the Unibanco and Unibanco Holdings stockholders then being immediately merged into Banco Itaú Holding Financeira S.A. (Itaú),becoming entitled to any dividends/interest on capital (including monthly dividends) declared by Itaú as from November 28, 2008.

2.1. In this context, stockholders of Unibanco and Unibanco Holdings shall also be entitled to the said declared interest on capital, considering the adjustments arising from the swap ratio with the Itaú shares, according to the values specified below, and which shall be paid directly by Itaú upon substitution of the respective ticker symbols at a date to be informed in due course.

Share	Ticker Symbol	Par Value in R$	Value Net of IT in R$
UBB – ON	UBBR3	0.0652708	0.0554801
UBB – PN	UBBR4	0.0221378	0.0188171
UBB HOLDING – ON	UBHD3	0.0652708	0.0554801
UBB HOLDING – PN	UBHD6	0.0221378	0.0188171
UNIT*	UBBR11	0.0442757	0.0376343
GDS UNIBANCO**	UBB	0.4427577	0.3763440

(*) each UNIT represents one preferred Unibanco PN share and one preferred Unibanco Holdings PN share.

(**) each GDS traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: UBB) is the equivalent of 10 Units.

São Paulo-SP, December 18 2008.

BANCO ITAÚ HOLDING FINANCEIRA S.A.

(denomination currently being changed to ITAÚ UNIBANCO BANCO MÚLTIPLO S.A.)

ALFREDO EGYDIO SETUBAL

Investor Relations Officer