The Board of Directors of Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL at their board of directors meeting resolved to appoint Mr. Marco Antônio Barbosa Cândido as Member of the Board of Directors of Copel, replacing Mr. Luiz Henrique Tessuti Dividino, up to the Shareholders' Meeting that will resolve on the vacancy. The Board of Directors unanimously resolved to elect, to be part of the Executive Board of Companhia Paranaense de Energia - Copel, according to the guidance of the Majority Shareholder, for a unified term of office starting January 1, 2018 and ending December 31, 2019: as Chief Executive Officer: Antonio Sergio de Souza Guetter; as Chief Financial and Investor Relations Officer: Adriano Rudek de Moura; as Legal and Institutional Relations Officer: Cristiano Hotz; as Chief Business Development Officer: Harry Françóia Júnior; as Chief Governance, Risk and Compliance Officer: Fabio Malina Losso; and as Deputy Officer: Paulo César Krauss.