Companhia Paranaense de Energia COPEL : Notice to the Market

Notice to the Market

Disclosure of Material Shareholding Acquisition

BlackRock increases its participation in Copel to 15.04% of the

Preferred "B"

Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL ("Company"), a company that generates, transmits, distributes and trade energy, with shares listed on B3 (CPLE3, CPLE5, CPLE6), the NYSE (ELPVY, ELP) and the LATIBEX (XCOP), in compliance with Art. 12 of CVM Instruction 358/02, communicates to its shareholders and the market in general, which it received from BlackRock, Inc. ("BlackRock"), on behalf of some of its clients, as a third-party asset manager, the information that it increased its participation, on a consolidated basis, to 6,617,479 class B preferred shares and 12,687,285 American Depositary Receipts ("ADR"), representing class B preferred shares, totaling 19,304,764 class B preferred shares, representing approximately 15.04% of the total class B preferred shares issued by the Company, as shown below.

BlackRock also stated that: (a) the purpose of the aforementioned equity interests is strictly for investment purposes, and does not aim to change the shareholding control or administrative structure of the Company; and (b) BlackRock has not entered into any contracts or agreements that regulate the exercise of voting rights or the purchase and sale of securities issued by the Company.

Curitiba, January 22, 2021.

Adriano Rudek de Moura

Chief Financial and Investor Relations Officer

Notice to the Market

Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL

Rua Coronel Dulcídio, 800 - 3rd floor

CEP .: 80210-220

Curitiba, PR, Brazil

At .: Mr. Adriano Rudek de Moura Investor Relations Officer Phone: [phone]

Fax: [phone]

Email: [e-mail]

January 22, 2021

Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL - Disclosure of Acquisition of Relevant Shareholding Interest

Dear Sirs,

1. BlackRock, Inc. ("BlackRock") comes, on behalf of some of its clients, as investment manager, to inform that it has acquired class B preferred shares issued by Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL ("Company"), being that, on January 19, 2021, its holdings reached, in aggregate, 6,617,479 class B preferred shares and
   12,687,285 American Depositary Receipts ("ADRs"), representing class B preferred shares, totaling
   19,304,764 preferred shares class B, representing approximately 15.04% of the total class B preferred shares issued by the Company, and 459,888 derivative financial instruments referenced in class B preferred shares with financial settlement, representing approximately 0.35% of the total class B preferred shares issued by Company.
2. In order to comply with the provisions of Article 12 of Instruction No. 358 of the Brazilian Securities and
   Exchange Commission ("CVM"), dated January 3, 2002, as amended, BlackRock hereby requests the Investor
   Relations Officer disclosure of the following information to the CVM and the other competent institute:
3. 1. BlackRock is headquartered at 55 East 52nd Street, New York City, New York State 10022-0002, United States of America;
   2. the equity interests held by BlackRock reached, in aggregate, 6,617,479 class B preferred shares and 12,687,285 ADRs, representing class B preferred shares, totaling 19,304,764 class B preferred shares, representing approximately 15.04% of the total class B preferred shares issued by the Company, and 459,888 derivative financial instruments referenced to class B preferred shares with financial settlement, representing approximately 0.35% of the total class B preferred shares issued by the Company, as specified in item 1 above;
   3. the purpose of the aforementioned equity interests is strictly for investment purposes, not aiming at changing the shareholding control or the administrative structure of the Company; and
   4. no contracts or agreements were entered into by BlackRock that regulate the exercise of voting rights or the purchase and sale of securities issued by the Company.
4. We remain at your disposal for any additional clarifications or comments that you deem necessary on the subject.