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MANNUAL FOR PARTICIPATION

IN GENERAL MEETINGS

59^th Annual General Meeting

188^th Extraordinary General Meeting

April 24, 2014

TABLE OF CONTENTS


1. Message from the Chairman of the Board of Directors	3

2. Guidance for Participation in the Joint General Meeting	4
Attending Shareholder	4
Shareholder Represented by Proxy	4
Holders of ADRs	4

3. Call Notice	5

4. Complementary Call Notice	6

5. Information on the matters to be examined and discussed at the 59^thAnnual General Meeting	7
Analysis, discussion and voting on the Annual Management Report, balance sheet and other financial statements for fiscal year 2013	7
Resolution on the Board of Executive Officer s proposal for the allocation on net income for fiscal year 2013 including profit sharing payment and the subsequent distribution of shareholders payment	8
Election of members of the Fiscal Council due to end of term of office	11
Establishment of the compensation of the Management and members of the Fiscal Council	12

6. Information on the matters to be analyzed and discussed at the 188th Extraordinary General Meeting	12
Amendment to the caput of Article 4, in accordance with the provision set forth in paragraph 1 of Article 7, both of the Company's Bylaws, due to the conversion of preferred shares classes A and B, as per shareholders' request	12
Replacement of a member of Copel s Board of Directors	14

7. Annexes (Anexos - only in Portuguese)
I - item 12.6 to 12.10 of CVM s Reference Form (annex 24 to CVM s Rule 480/2009)
II - item 13 of CVM s Reference Form (annex 24 to CVM s Rule 480/2009)

1. Message from the Chairman of the Board of Directors

Dear Shareholder:

It is with immense pleasure that I present to you this Manual for Participation in the Annual General Meeting of the Companhia Paranaense de Energia - Copel, with general guidance for an effective participation and exercise of the vote.

This manual has been prepared based on Copel's Corporate Governance policy, which is founded on transparency and equity.

The manual aims to present, in a clear and brief way, the information related to the Company’s Annual General Meeting, seeking thereby to contribute for the understanding of the proposals for resolution and to encourage the participation of shareholders in the events of the annual corporate agenda of the Company.

Copel’s 59^th Annual General meeting (AGM) and 188^th Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) were called for April 24, 2014, at 2:30 p.m., at the Company’s headquarters located at Rua Coronel Dulcídio 800, in the city of Curitiba.

The matters to be presented in the AGM for resolution of shareholders are described in the Call Notice and in this manual as well as the types of shares granting the right to vote on the item of the agenda. Given the current number of Company shareholders, this manual seeks to encourage and enable participation in the General Meetings.

The CEO, one representative of the Fiscal Council and one representative of the independent auditors will attend the Joint General Meeting, who will be able to provide further clarification required on any matter included in the agenda.

Your participation is very important, considering that issues relevant to the Company are dealt with in the meetings.

Sincerely,

Mauricio Schulman

Chairman of the Board of Directors

2. Guidance for Participation in the Joint General Meeting

Copel’s shareholders may take part in the General Meeting by attending the meeting at the Company’s headquarters and voting, or by appointing a proxy to represent them, as described below.

Attending Shareholder

The shareholder wishing to take part in the Joint General Meeting shall arrive a few minutes before the time indicated in the Call Notice and bear the following documents:

· Identity card (RG), Alien’s Identity Card (RNE), Brazilian Driver’s License (CNH) or an accreditation card issued by an official professional organization; and

· Proof as Company shareholder issued by a depositary financial institution or a custodian agent or through the shareholding position issued by Copel.

Shareholder Represented by Proxy

The shareholder who is not able to attend the meeting and wishes to take part in the Joint General Meeting may appoint a proxy with powers to represent him/her.

Pursuant to Article 126, paragraph 1, of the Brazilian Corporation Law 6,404/1976, the proxy shall be a shareholder, lawyer or manager of the Company or of a financial institution/investment fund. The proxy shall have been appointed not more than one year before the date of the Joint General Meeting.

The documents required are the following:

· Power of attorney with special powers for representation at Copel’s General Meeting, bearing a notarized signature of the grantee (shareholder);

· Bylaws or Article of Incorporation and instrument of election/appointment of the managers in the event of the grantee being a legal entity; and

· Proof of ownership of the shares issued by the Company, conferred by the depositary financial institution and/or custodian.

Note: the documents mentioned in the second item above shall be forwarded to Copel’s headquarters, Diretoria de Finanças, Relações com Investidores e de Controle de Participações, Departamento de Acionistas e Custódia, at Rua Coronel Dulcício nº 800 - 3 rd floor, preferably 48 hours prior to the Meeting.

Holders of ADRs

The financial depositary institution of American Depositary Receipts (ADRs) in the United States, The Bank of New York Mellon, will send the powers of attorney to the holders of ADRs, so that they exercise their voting right at the Joint General Meeting.

The participation shall take place through Banco Itaú, representative of The Bank of New York Mellon in Brazil.

Should there be any doubt concerning the Joint General Meeting procedures and deadlines, please contact the Shareholders and Custody Department (Departamento de Acionistas e Custódia) at the telephone number (55 41) 3331-4269 or through the e-mail address acionistas@copel.com.

3. Call Notice

The Shareholders of Companhia Paranaense de Energia - Copel are invited to attend the Annual and Extraordinary General Meeting to be held on April 24, 2014, at 2:30 p.m. at the Company’s head office located at Rua Coronel Dulcídio, 800, Curitiba, to decide on the following agenda:

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

1. To analyze, discuss and vote the 2013 Annual Management Report, the balance sheet and other financial statements related to fiscal year of 2013;

2. To resolve on the Board of Executive Officers’ proposal for allocation of the 2012 net income in the amount of R$1,072,559,550.70 — including profit sharing payment — and the subsequent payment in the amount of R$560,537,416.30, as follows:

· Interest on equity replacing dividends, in the gross amount of R$180,000,000.00, which were declared and paid in advance on December 16, 2013;

· Dividends in the amount of R$380,537,416.30, of which R$145,039,000.00 were already declared and paid in advance on December 16, 2013; the remaining part of the dividends in the amount of R$235,498,416.30 ─ whose payment shall occur within 60 days of the Annual General Shareholders’ meeting taking place on April 24, 2014 ─ shall be distributed as follows: R$0.82136 per common share (ON), R$1.27708 per class A preferred share (PNA) and R$0.90366 per class B preferred share (PNB);

3. To elect the members of the Fiscal Council due to end of term of office; and

4. To establish the compensation for the Management and members of the Fiscal Council.

EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING

1. To amend the caput of Article 4, according to the provision set forth in paragraph 1 of Article 7, both of them in the Company’s Bylaws, due to the conversion of PNA shares into PNB shares, as per shareholders’ request;

Notes: a) Documents referring to the matters to be discussed at the Ordinary Shareholders’ Meeting, in addition to the Manual for Attendance in Meetings, are available for shareholders’ consultation at the Company’s headquarters as well as on its website (www.copel.com); b) Powers-of-attorney for the Ordinary Shareholders’ Meeting shall be filed at the Company’s head office, at the Shareholders and Custody Department of the Chief Financial, Investors’ Relations and Control of Holdings Office, at Rua Coronel Dulcídio, 800, 3º andar, Curitiba, at least forty-eight hours prior to the meeting.

Curitiba, March 24, 2014

Mauricio Schulman

Chairman of the Board of Directors

Publication

This Call Notice was published, pursuant to the Brazilian Corporation Law, in the Official Gazette of the State of Paraná and in the newspaper Gazeta do Povo, on March 24, 25 and 26, 2014 editions, being also available on the Company’s website (www.copel.com).

4. Complementary Call Notice

2. Replacement of a member of Copel’s Board of Directors

Curitiba, April 4, 2014

Mauricio Schulman

Chairman of the Board of Directors

Publication

This Call Notice was published, pursuant to the Brazilian Corporation Law, in the Official Gazette of the State of Paraná and in the newspaper Gazeta do Povo, on April 4, 7 and 8, 2014 editions, being also available on the Company’s website (www.copel.com).

5. Information on the matters to be examined and discussed at the 59^th Annual General Meeting

Below the Company’s Management presents some clarifications related to each item for resolution at the Annual General Meeting for the exercise of a conscious vote:

Analysis, discussion and voting on the Annual Management Report, balance sheet and other financial statements for the fiscal year 2013

Clarifications

The Management accounts are presented through the Annual Management Report and the Financial Statements prepared by Copel’s Board of Executive Officers.

The Annual Management Report presents information on the macroeconomic scenario and the Company’s financial performance and operations, with comments on the main accounts of the statement of income for the year, in addition to information related to employees, social responsibility, the capital markets, corporate governance, etc.

On the other hand, the Financial Statements express the Company’s economic situation and equity changes in the fiscal year. By analyzing the Financial Statements, it is possible to assess the equity situation, liquidity indexes, profitability level and the degree of indebtedness of the Company.

It is worth mentioning that the Company’s financial statements have been prepared pursuant to the accounting practices adopted in Brazil which include those set forth by the Brazilian corporate laws, the pronouncements, guidance and interpretations issued by the Brazilian Accounting Practice Committee (CPC), approved by the Brazilian Securities Commission (CVM) and the Federal Accounting Council (CFC). Copel’s Financial Statements mainly consolidate electric power companies and, accordingly, are presented in compliance with the recommendations of the specific legislation applied to the electric power public utility concessionaires.

The Annual Report and the Financial Statements have been approved by the Board of Executive Officers, the Audit Committee and the Board of Directors. In addition, the Fiscal Council issued an opinion on them, and they were deemed adequate for submission to the shareholders.

Furthermore, the Company’s Financial Statements were audited and received a favorable opinion by KPMG Auditores Independentes, the Company’s independent auditors.

The analysis of the Audit Committee and the opinions of the Fiscal Council and of the External Audit are attached to the Financial Statements.

Availability of Information

The Annual Report and the Financial Statements will be published in the Official Gazette of the State of Paraná, in the newspaper Gazeta do Povo on April 16, 2014, pursuant to the applicable laws, being also available at the Company’s headquarters, at BM&Fbovespa - Securities, Commodities and Futures Exchange, and on Copel’s website (www.copel.com).

Voting right

In this item of the agenda, only holders of common shares are entitled to vote.

Resolution on the Board of Executive Officer’s proposal for the allocation on net income for fiscal year 2013 in the amount of R$1,072,59,550.70 — including profit sharing payment — and the subsequent distribution of resources in the amount of R$560,537,416.30, as follows:

· Interest on equity replacing dividends, in the gross amount of R$180,000,000.00, which were declared and paid in advance on December 16, 2013;

Clarifications

The allocation of net income consists in determining the portions of net income to be appropriated to the legal and statutory revenue reserves, or to be distributed.

For the fiscal year 2014, the amount of said distribution is equivalent to 50% of net adjusted income, based on annual proposals from the Board of Executive Officers and the Board of Directors of the Company.

Allocation

Appropriation

From the net income for the fiscal year 2013, calculated in accordance with the Brazilian Corporation Law, in the amount of R$1.072.559.550,70 (one billion, seventy two million, five hundred and fifty nine thousand, five hundred and fifty reais and seventy cents), the Board of Executive Officers proposes the following appropriations:

a) R$53.627.977,54 (fifty-three million, six hundred and twenty-seven thousand, nine hundred and seventy-seven reais and fifty-four cents), equivalent to 5% of the net income, to create the Legal Reserve, in accordance with Article 40, item II, of the Bylaws;

b) R$180.000.000,00 (one hundred and eighty million reais) to pay for interest on capital, in partial replacement of compulsory minimum dividends, in compliance with articles 192 and 202 of Law nº 6,404/1976; article 9^th, paragraph 7^th, of Law nº 9,249, as of December 26, 1995; and article 6^th and its paragraphs of the Bylaws, which were already declared and paid in advance on December 16, 2013, as proposed at the 2074^th Meeting of the Board of Executive Officers, held on November 11, 2013, and ratified by the 119^th Extraordinary Meeting of the Board of Directors, held on November 13, 2013;

c) R$380.537.416,30 (three hundred and eighty million, five hundred and thirty-seven thousand, four hundred and sixteen reais and thirty cents) to be added up to the amount for payment of compulsory minimum dividends, in compliance with articles 192 and 202 of Law nº 6,404/1976; article 9^th, paragraph 7^th, of Law nº 9,249, as of December 26, 1995; and article 6^th and its paragraphs of the Bylaws, as well as for payment of additional dividends to the compulsory minimum dividends; of which R$145,039,000.00 (one hundred and forty five million, thirty-nine thousand reais) were already declared and paid in advance on December 16, 2013, as proposed at the 2074^th Meeting of the Board of Executive Officers, held on November 11, 2013, and ratified by the 119^th Extraordinary Meeting of the Board of Directors, held on November 13, 2013;

· Pursuant to the above-mentioned provisions set forth by the law and the Company’s Bylaws, the dividends are calculated based on the net income less the allocation to legal reserve. Nevertheless, this calculation basis is added by the realization of equity valuation adjustments, which is addressed by item 28 of ICPC no. 10, so as to offset the impacts on the income from higher expenses with depreciation, resulting from the adoption of new accounting standards established by it, as well as by the CPC Accounting Standard no. 27 – Fixed Assets – which in 2013 amounted to net value of R$102,143,259.43 (one hundred and two million, one hundred and forty-three thousand, two hundred and fifty-nine reais and forty-three cents).

This procedure reflects the Company’s policy for remuneration of shareholders, proposed by the 1943^rd Board of Executive Officers’ Meeting held on March 21, 2011, ratified by the 132^nd Annual Board of Directors’ Meeting held on March 23, 2011, and approved by the 56^th Annual General Meeting held on April 28, 2011. Therefore, this policy will be adopted during the realization of the equity valuation adjustments reserve.

The amounts of the calculation basis and of the compulsory minimum dividends are, respectively, R$1,121,074,832.59 (one billion, one hundred and twenty-one million, seventy-four thousand, eight hundred and thirty-two reais and fifty-nine cents) and R$280,268,708.15 (two hundred and eighty million, two hundred and sixty-eight thousand, seven hundred and eight reais and fifteen cents).

· Pursuant to items 10,11 and 24 of ICPC no. 08 – Booking of the Proposal for Payment of Dividends – and item III of CVM Resolution 683 of August 30, 2012, the portion of the dividends herein proposed exceeding from the minimum mandatory dividends corresponds to R$264,160,916.92 (two hundred and sixty-four million, one hundred and sixty thousand, nine hundred and sixteen reais and ninety-two cents). Nevertheless, as proposed at the 2074^th Meeting of the Board of Executive Officers, held on November 11, 2013, and ratified by the 119^th Extraordinary Meeting of the Board of Directors, held on November 13, 2013, the Company paid the stakeholders in advance the amount of R$308,931,208.77 (three hundred and eight million, nine hundred and thirty-one thousand, two hundred and eight reais and seventy-seven cents), net of income tax withheld at source. This amount paid in advance is superior to the minimum mandatory dividends in R$28,662,500.62 (twenty-eight million, six hundred and sixty-two thousand, five hundred reais and sixty-two cents), which resulted in negative adjustment of the original amount of the proposed dividends that exceeded the minimum mandatory dividends, whose adjusted amount is R$235,498,416.30 (two hundred and thirty-five million, four hundred and ninety-eight thousand, four hundred and sixteen reais and thirty cents). This amount will remain in reserve in the Company’s net equity under the line “Addition dividend proposed” until the resolution of the proposal by the 59^th Annual General Meeting, when it will, if approved, be transferred to the “Current liabilities” line.

d) R$560,537,416.29 (five hundred and sixty million, five hundred and thirty seven thousand, four hundred and sixteen reais and twenty nine cents) corresponding to the balance of net income for the year added by the realization of the equity valuation reserve, as Profit Retention Reserve, aiming to ensure the Company’s investment program, pursuant to Article 196 of Law 6,404/76.

· The amount of establishment of the profit retention reserve corresponds to the balance of net income for the year (after legal reserve, interest on equity and dividends) added by the retained earnings account resulting from the realization of the equity valuation adjustments verified in the fiscal year 2013, which is addressed in item 28 of ICPC no. 10, in the amount of R$ 102,143,259.43 (one hundred and two million, one hundred and forty-three thousand, two hundred and fifty-nine reais and forty-three cents).

Below is a breakdown of the allocations proposed herein.

Net income for the year	R$1,072,559,550.70
Realization of equity valuation adjustments	R$102,143,259.43
Legal reserve (5%)	R$(53,627,977.54)
= Calculation basis of mandatory minimum dividends	R$1,121,074,832.59
Interest on equity	R$(180,000,000.00)
Dividends	R$(380,537,416.30)
Profit retention reserve for investments	R$(560,537,416.29)

Payment of profit sharing and productivity incentives:

· Federal Law 10,101 of December 19, 2000, State Law 16,560/2010 and State Decree no. 1978/2007 regulate profit sharing as a tool to integrate capital and labor and stimulate productivity, pursuant to Article 7, item XI, of Brazil’s constitution.

· In compliance with the above-mentioned law, the Board of Executive Officers proposes the payment, as profit sharing, of R$ 78.000.000,00 (seventy-eighty million reais) to employees of wholly-owned subsidiaries. This amount is recorded in the Financial Statements under the “Personnel expenses” line, pursuant to item 26.2 of CVM/SNC/SEP Letter no. 1 of February 14, 2007.

Management’s Opinion

The Management of the Company considers that the propositions addressed herein are in compliance with the laws in force and the Bylaws and they fulfill the interests of the Company. For this reason, said propositions should be fully approved by the General Meeting.

Approvals

This matter was submitted to the analysis and approval of the Board of Executive Officers at its 2092^nd meeting held on March 10, 2014; of the Audit Committee at its 109^th meeting held on March 12, 2014; and of the Board of Directors at its 144^th ordinary meeting held on March 12, 2014, having also received a favorable opinion from the Fiscal Council in its 353^rd meeting held on March 13, 2014.

Fiscal Council Report

The members of the Fiscal Council of Companhia Paranaense de Energia - Copel, underwritten signed, acting according to their statutory tasks and legal responsibilities, have examined the Financial Statements, the Annual Management Report and the Board of Executive Officers’ proposal for allocation of the net income of the fiscal year ended on December 31, 2013, and based on the analysis done and on additional clarifications provided by the Board of Executive Officers, and, yet, considering the related report issued with no qualifications by KPMG Independent Auditors, concluded that the documents analysed, in all their relevant aspects, have been properly presented. For this reason, the Fiscal Council members have issued a favourable opinion on their submission to the Shareholders’ analysis and subsequent resolution. Curitiba, March 13, 2014. (a) Joaquim Antonio Guimarães de Oliveira Portes – Chairman; Nelson Leal Júnior; José Tavares da Silva Neto; Bruno Cabral Bergamasco; and Carlos Eduardo Parente de Oliveira Alves.

Election of the members of the Fiscal Council due to end of term of office

Clarifications

Copel’s Fiscal Council operates on a permanent basis and its main duties are overseeing the managers’ acts, examining and giving an opinion on the Financial Statements and reporting its conclusions to the Company’s shareholders.

Pursuant to Article 34 of the Company’s Bylaws, the shareholders elect the members of the Fiscal Council for a unified term of office of one year, which, in the case of this Council, expires at the Joint General Meeting of April 2014.

In accordance with the Brazilian Corporation Law (Law 6,404/1976), in order to take office, all members of the Fiscal Council shall sign a clearance certificate declaring that they are not impeded by any crimes provided for by law from performing business activities, and they shall also execute the Investiture Instrument and the Instruments of Adhesion to the Policies for Disclosure of Material Information and Maintenance of Confidentiality and for Trading of Securities issued by Copel itself, set forth by CVM Rule 358/2002, through which they undertake to comply with the rules therein.

Vacant positions and right to vote

Copel’s Fiscal Council comprises five sitting members and an equal number of alternates, with re-election authorized, as follows:

a) three members and their respective alternates appointed by the state of Paraná (only holders of common shares have voting rights);

b) one member and his respective alternate appointed by the minority holders of common shares - the election is carried out separately (controlling shareholders may not vote), and only the minority holders of common shares are entitled to vote. The candidate elected shall be the one who obtains the highest representative percentage of the capital stock of the Company, with no minimum limit; and

c) one member and his respective alternate appointed by the holders of preferred shares – the election is carried out separately (controlling shareholders may not vote), and only the holders of preferred shares are entitled to vote. The candidate elected shall be the one who obtains the highest representative percentage of the capital stock of the Company, with no minimum limit.

Appointments

Pursuant to CVM Rule 481 of December 17, 2009, the majority shareholder shall appoint, at the Annual General Meeting, to fill the vacant positions to which he is entitled, for reelection, the following members of the Fiscal Council:

Sitting members:

Joaquim Antonio Guimarães de Oliveira Portes

Nelson Leal Junior

José Tavares da Silva Neto

Alternates (respectively):

Osni Ristow

Roberto Brunner

Gilmar Mendes Lourenço

As the law does not make mandatory the early submission of the proposed names for election, the other shareholders may nominate, at this Joint General Meeting, their candidate during the analysis of the matter, if they have the right to do so, according to the criteria specified in item 4.5.1.

Annex I - item 12.6 to 12.10 of the Reference Form (only in portuguese)

Establishment of the compensation of the Management and members of the Fiscal Council

Clarifications

The Annual General Meeting shall determine the annual compensation of the members of the Company’s Board of Directors and Fiscal Council.

Traditionally, the policy and the percentages of compensation are set forth at the General Meeting, in accordance with the proposal submitted by the majority shareholder, which envisages:

a) the maintenance, for the Executive Officers, of the compensation proposed in the last fiscal year, adjusted to the new corporate organizational structure and by the National Consumers Prices Index (INPC) of the total period;

b) for each sitting member of the Fiscal Council and of the Board of Directors: monthly compensation of fifteen percent (15%) of the compensation that, on average, is assigned to each Executive Officer, added by the specific gratification paid to the members of the Audit Committee;

Annex II – item 13 of CVM’s Reference Form (Management Compensation) (only in portuguese)

Voting right

In this item of the agenda, only holders of common shares are entitled to vote.

6. Information on the matters to be analyzed and discussed at the 188^th Extraordinary General Meeting

Below the Company’s Management presents some clarifications related to the only item for resolution at the Extraordinary General Meeting for the exercise of a conscious vote:

Amendment to the caput of Article 4, in accordance with the provision set forth in paragraph 1 of Article 7, both of the Company's Bylaws, due to the conversion of preferred shares classes A and B, as per shareholders' request.

Clarifications

Whereas according to the privilege provided for in paragraph 1 of Article 7 of the Bylaws of the Company, there was conversion of Preferred A shares in Preferred B shares, at the request of shareholders, and that this would also lead to adjustments in the main clause of Article 4, it is proposed that the same article, before these two settings, should read as follows:

“Article 4 - Underwritten paid up capital is R$6,910,000,000.00 (six billion, nine hundred and ten million reais) represented by 273,655,375 (two hundred seventy-three million, six hundred and fifty-five thousand, three hundred and seventy-five) shares, with no par value, composed of 145,031,080 (one hundred and forty-five million, thirty-one thousand and eighty) ordinary shares, and 128,624,295 (one hundred and twenty-eight million, six hundred and twenty-four thousand and two hundred and ninety-five) preferred shares, of which 381.509 (three hundred and eighty-one thousand, five hundred and nine) shares are class “A” shares and 128,242,786 (one hundred twenty-eight million, two hundred forty-two thousand, seven hundred and eighty-six) shares are class “B” shares.”

Previous text marking alterations being made:

“Article 4 - Underwritten paid up capital is R$6,910,000,000.00 (six billion, nine hundred and ten million reais) represented by 273,655,375 (two hundred seventy-three million, six hundred and fifty-five thousand, three hundred and seventy-five) shares, with no par value, composed of 145,031,080 (one hundred and forty-five million, thirty-one thousand and eighty) ordinary shares, and 128,624,295 (one hundred and twenty-eight million, six hundred and twenty-four thousand and two hundred and ninety-five) preferred shares, of which 381.509 (three hundred and eighty-one thousand, five hundred and nine) ~~381,702 (three hundred and eighty-one thousand, seven hundred and two)~~ shares are class “A” shares and 128,242,786 (one hundred twenty-eight million, two hundred forty-two thousand, seven hundred and eighty-six) ~~128,242,593 (one hundred twenty-eight million, two hundred forty-two thousand, five hundred and ninety-three)~~ shares are class “B” shares.”

Voting right

In this item of the agenda, only holders of common shares are entitled to vote.

Replacement of a member of Copel’s Board of Directors

Clarifications

Copel’s Board of Directors is a decision-making body, composed of 7 (seven) or 9 (nine) members, Brazilian, shareholders, residing in the country and elected by the General Assembly, pursuant to the Brazilian Corporation Law (Law 6,404/76).

The Board of Directors has as its main duty the laying down of the overall strategy for the Company business.

In accordance with Law 6,404/1976 (Brazilian Corporation Law), in order to take office, all Board members shall sign a clearance certificate declaring that they are not impeded by any crimes provided for by law from performing business activities, and they shall also execute the Investiture Instrument and the Instruments of Adhesion to the Policies for Disclosure of Material Information and Maintenance of Confidentiality and for Trading of Securities issued by Copel itself, set forth by CVM Rule 358/2002, through which they undertake to comply with the rules therein.

Additionally, the members of the Board of Directors, in order to take office, shall sign a Management Consent Form as referred in the Corporate Governance Practices of Level 1 Regulation ("Level 1 Regulation") of BM&Fbovespa - Securities, Commodities and Futures Exchange, in compliance with article 33 of the Company’s Bylaws.

Under the current legislation, the State of Paraná, which is the major shareholder of the Company, can, at any time, appoint a new member for the Board of Directors to act as its representative and to fulfil any remaining term of office.

Thus, the State of Paraná hereby nominates Mr. Luiz Eduardo da Veiga Sebastiani as its representative in Copel’s Board of Directors for the 2013-2015 term of office, in replacement of Mr. Paulo Procopiak de Aguiar.

Annex I - item 12.6 to 12.10 of the Reference Form

This press release may contain forward-looking statements. These statements are statements that are not historical facts, and are based on management's current view and estimates of future economic circumstances, industry conditions, company performance and financial results. The words "anticipates", "believes", "estimates", "expects", "plans" and similar expressions, as they relate to the company, are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Statements regarding the declaration or payment of dividends, the implementation of principal operating and financing strategies and capital expenditure plans, the direction of future operations and the factors or trends affecting financial condition, liquidity or results of operations are examples of forward-looking statements. Such statements reflect the current views of management and are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties. There is no guarantee that the expected events, trends or results will actually occur. The statements are based on many assumptions and factors, including general economic and market conditions, industry conditions, and operating factors. Any changes in such assumptions or factors could cause actual results to differ materially from current expectations.

COMPANHIA PARANAENSE DE ENERGIA – COPEL

By:	/S/ Lindolfo Zimmer
	Lindolfo Zimmer CEO