Companhia Paranaense de Energia : IR 02/18 - Change in Composition of the Statutory Audit Committee

Change in Composition of the Statutory Audit Committee

Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL, a company that generates, transmits, distributes and sells power, with shares listed on the NYSE (ELPVY, ELP), B3 (CPLE3, CPLE5, CPLE6) and the LATIBEX (XCOP), announces to its shareholders and to the market in general that, during the 174th Ordinary Board Of Directors', held on January 23, 2018, Mr. Marco Antônio Barbosa Cândido was elected to compose the Company's Statutory Audit Committee, which is now composed as follows:

•  Mauricio Schulman, as a member and Chairman;

•  Rogério Perna, as a member and financial specialist;

•  Marco Antônio Barbosa Cândido, as a member;

•  Leila Abraham Loria, as a member; and

•  Olga Stankevinius Colpo, as a member.

The Committee was constituted following the guidelines of Copel's Bylaws and Rule 10 A-3 of the Securities Exchange Act. This Committee reports and is directly linked to theBoard of Directors. The Audit Committee's main duties are controlling, revising, supervising, accompanying, and, whenever necessary, presenting suggestions about the Company's activities.

Adriano Rudek de Moura

Chief Financial and Investor Relations Officer

For further information, please contact our Investor Relations team:[e-mail] (41) 3222-2027

Curitiba, January 29, 2018.

Notice to the Market - 02/18

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Marco Antônio Barbosa Cândido

Date of birth: March 6, 1969.

Educational background: PhD in Production Engineering from Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina - UFSC (1997); Masters degree in Production Engineering from Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina - UFSC (1994); and Degree in Aeronautical Mechanics Engineering from Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica - ITA (1991). Current position: Member of the Board of Directors at Companhia Paranaense de Energia - Copel, elected in the 196th Extraordinary Shareholders' Meeting, held on January 9, 2018, for the 2017-2019 term of office; CEO and Founding Partner at MBC Consultoria; Counselor at Hospital Santa Rita and Operadora Santa Rita Saúde in the city of Maringá - PR; and Counselor at the hotel group Rafain, in the city of Foz do Iguaçu - PR.

Professional background: Professor and researcher at the Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná - PUCPR (1995-2013); CEO at Associação Paranaense de Cultura - APC, parent company of Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná - PUCPR (2005-2012); CEO at Grupo Marista (2012-2013); CEO at Grupo Paysage (2013-2015); Counselor at Sistema de Saúde Mãe de Deus, in the state of Rio Grande do Sul - RS (2014-2015); and Counselor at Grupo Positivo (2014-2016).