Companhia Paranaense de Energia COPEL : IR 02 - Copel Distribuição has a new Chief Executive Officer - Html PDF

Notice to the Market - IR 02/16

Copel Distribuição has a new Chief Executive Officer

Companhia Paranaense de Energia - Copel, pursuant to CVM Instruction 358/2002, hereby informs its shareholders and the market in general that its wholly owned subsidiary, Copel Distribuição S.A, has a new Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Antonio Sérgio de Souza Guetter.

Mr. Guetter has built his career at Copel. He graduated in Civil Engineering from the Federal University of Paraná, has an Executive MBA in Finance (from ISPG) and Business Administration (from PUC/ISAD) and has completed graduate programs in various areas, including Marketing and Strategic Management (Texas University - 1998), Quality (JUSE - Japanese Union of Scientists and Engineers - 1999), Management and Planning (Drexel University of Philadelphia - 2000) and Finance (New York University - 2001 and Wharton School - 2012).

During his career at the Company, Mr. Guetter has held the positions of Chief Financial and Investor Relations Officer of Copel, Chief Executive Officer of Copel Renováveis and Assistant Officer of Copel Participações, in addition to having held the positions of Chief Executive Officer and Administration and Security Officer at Fundação Copel de Previdência e Assistência Social. He has recently held the position of Assistant Manager to Copel Distribuição's Chief Executive Officer.

Curitiba, Brazil, January 11, 2016.

Luiz Eduardo da Veiga Sebastiani

Chief Financial and Investor Relations Officer

For additional information, please contact Copel's Investor Relations team:

[e-mail] or (55-41) 3222-2027