Companhia Paranaense de Energia COPEL : Notice to Shareholders - Postponement of the Extraordinary General Meeting

COMPANHIA PARANAENSE DE ENERGIA - COPEL

Corporate Taxpayer's ID (CNPJ/MF): 76.483.817/0001-20

Publicly Held Company

CVM Registration no. 1431-1

SEC (CUSIP) Registration 20441B407 - Preferred "B"

SEC (CUSIP) Registration 20441B308 - Common

LATIBEX Registration 29922 - Preferred "B"

NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS

Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL, a company that generates, transmits, distributes and sells power, with shares listed on B3 (CPLE3, CPLE5, CPLE6), the NYSE (ELP) and the LATIBEX (XCOP), hereby informs its shareholders and the market in general, pursuant to Article

21-L, paragraph 3 of CVM Instruction 481/2009 that:

The Extraordinary Shareholders' Meeting scheduled for November 7, 2019, as per the Notice to Shareholders published on September 13, 2019, was postponed to December 2, 2019. The change was due to the resignation of a member of the Nominating and Appraisal Committe and the need to comply with the governance rules, pursuant to applicable legislation, by having the controlling shareholder fill the position at a majority vote of holders of common shares. It is noteworthy that all other matters provided for in that Meeting are maintained, including the election, by a separate vote of non-controlling holders of common shares, of an alternate member of the Company's Fiscal Council to complete the current term of office, due to the resignation of Ms. Vanessa C. Lopes.

In view of the above, and observing Article 21-L, paragraph 1 of the same instruction, the Company announces that the names of candidates to be included in the Remote Voting Form may be sent up to 25 days before the date of said Extraordinary Shareholders' Meeting, observing the percentage of shares provided for in Annex 21-LI.

All other information and instructions related to the Extraordinary Shareholders' Meeting will be included in the Call Notice, the Management Proposal, the Meeting Participation Manual and the Remote Voting Form, which, as provided for in Article 8 of the Company's Bylaws, will be filed up to thirty (30) days prior to the date of the meeting. Any change to the date of the Extraordinary Shareholders' Meeting will be communicated in a timely manner, pursuant to applicable legislation.

Curitiba, October 8, 2019.

Adriano Rudek de Moura

Chief Financial and Investor Relations Officer