Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL (ELP) 6-K Current report (foreign)

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 6-K

Report of Foreign Private Issuer
Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

For the month of December, 2016

Commission File Number 1-14668

COMPANHIA PARANAENSE DE ENERGIA

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Energy Company of Paraná

(Translation of Registrant's name into English)

Rua Coronel Dulcídio, 800
80420-170 Curitiba, Paraná
Federative Republic of Brazil
(5541) 3222-2027

(Address of principal executive offices)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F. Form 20-F ___X___ Form 40-F _______

 Indicate by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the information contained in this Form is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. 

Yes _______ No ___X____

Notice to the Market – IR 30/16

Share Capital Increase

Companhia Paranaense de Energia – COPEL, a company that generates, transmits, distributes and sells electric power, with shares listed on BM&FBovespa (CPLE3, CPLE5, CPLE6), NYSE (ELPVY, ELP) and LATIBEX (XCOP), hereby announces to its shareholders and to the market in general that, at the 193^rdGeneral Shareholders' Meeting held today, it was approved the capital increase of R$ 1.0 billion through capitalization of retained earnings. The share calpital raised from R$ 6,910 millons to R$ 7,910 millons.

The capitalization was approved compliance with article 199 of Law no. 6,404/76 and it will not cause any alteration in the Company’s equity, not generating, therefore, any financial or economic consequences to the Company. The amount incorporated comes from total of the accrued capital reserves of 2008 and of 59.6% of the capital retention of 2009.

The table below shows the change in the Company's Equity accounts:

		R$'000
Liabilities	Before the capitalization	After the capitalization of
	of retained earnings	retained earnings
EQUITY	15,609,198	15,609,198
Attributed to controlling shareholders	15,284,598	15,284,598
Share capital	6,910,000	7,910,000
Equity valuation adjustments	1,063,223	1,063,223
Legal reserves	744,784	744,784
Retained earnings	5,413,572	4,413,572
Accrued earnings	1,153,019	1,153,019
Attributable to non-controlling interest	324,600	324,600

Curitiba, December 22, 2016.

Luiz Eduardo da Veiga Sebastiani

Chief Financial and Investor Relations Officer

For more information, please contact the Investor Relations team: ri@copel.com or +55 41 3222-2027

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

Date: December 23, 2016

COMPANHIA PARANAENSE DE ENERGIA – COPEL
By:	/S/  Luiz Fernando Leone Vianna
	Luiz Fernando Leone Vianna Chief Executive Officer

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

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