Companhia Paranaense de Energia COPEL : Clarifications on inquiries from CVM / B3 (Form 6-K)

Clarifications on inquiries from CVM / B3

Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL ('Company'), a company that generates, transmits, distributes and sells energy, with shares and share deposits (UNITs) classified in B3 SA - Brazil, Stock Exchange, Counter (CPLE3, CPLE5, CPLE6, CPLE11), at NYSE (ELP) and at LATIBEX (XCOP, XCOPO, XCOPU), comes to provide clarification on the questioning of atypical fluctuations involving securities issued by the Company, requested through Official Letter 1217/2021-SLS, sent on 06 of September 2021 by B3 SA - Brasil, Bolsa, Balcão ('B3'), which is transcribed below.

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September 6, 2021

1217/2021-SLS

Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL

At. Mr. Adriano Rudek de Moura

Investor Relations Officer

Ref.: Request for clarification on atypical oscillation

Dear sir,

In view of the last fluctuations registered with the securities issued by this company, the number of trades and the quantity traded, as below, we request that you be informed, until 09/10/2021, if there is any fact known to you. that can justify them.

PN shares
Prices (R$ per share)
Date	Open	Minimum	Maximum	Avarage	Last	Oscill. %	Neg. Num.	Quantity	Volume (R$)
08/24/2021	6.67	6.65	6.73	6.69	6.7	0.9	14,888	7,149,700	47,849,338.00
08/25/2021	6.66	6.63	6.72	6.67	6.72	0.29	15,600	6,104,400	40,741,736.00
08/26/2021	6.68	6.5	6.7	6.58	6.5	-3.27	22,976	12,004,200	79,028,424.00
08/27/2021	6.55	6.41	6.61	6.54	6.58	1.23	21,120	9,228,100	60,334,870.00
08/30/2021	6.59	6.5	6.69	6.61	6.57	-0.15	20,800	7,259,800	47,988,848.00
08/31/2021	6.59	6.5	6.84	6.79	6.84	4.1	24,792	44,839,000	304,514,431.00
09/01/2021	6.84	6.8	7.12	7.05	7.1	3.8	35,522	21,928,900	154,611,965.00
09/02/2021	7.04	6.89	7.17	7.06	6.98	-1.69	36,063	18,608,400	131,456,609.00
09/03/2021	7.01	6.79	7.09	6.85	6.79	-2.72	60,967	48,581,800	332,863,293.00
09/06/2021*	6.83	6.79	7.22	7.02	7.22	6.33	37,332	14,060,800	98,727,261.00

*Updated until 4:54 pm.

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In response to the request, it is clarified that the average trading volume ('ADTV') of class 'B' preferred shares issued by the Company ('PNB'), traded under the code 'CPLE6', has been suffering relevant fluctuations in the months recent and which have been intensified in recent days.

The Company informs that it is not aware of any relevant act or fact that substantiates these fluctuations and, in its view, this movement may be related to the joint impacts: (i) of the disclosure, on September 2nd of 2021, of the new composition of the theoretical portfolio of the Bovespa index ('Ibovespa'), which increased the weight of shares issued by the Company in said index; (ii) the rebalancing of the MSCI index portfolio at the end of August with a potential impact on Copel's shares; and (iii) the creation of a new tariff flag, announced on August 31, 2021, by the National Electric Energy Agency - ANEEL, with the objective of generate extra revenue to defray the effects of water scarcity.

Curitiba, September 10, 2021.

Adriano Rudek de Moura

Chief Financial and Investor Relations Officer

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