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 January, 2018
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____
COMPANHIA PARANAENSE DE ENERGIA - COPEL
Corporate Taxpayer’s ID (CNPJ) No. 76.483.817/0001-20
PUBLICLY-HELD COMPANY
CVM Registry No. 1431-1
SEC Registry (CUSIP) No. 20441B308 - Common
SEC Registry (CUSIP) No. 20441B407 - Preferred "B"
LATIBEX Registry No. 29922 - Preferred "B"
NOTICE TO THE MARKET
Companhia Paranaense de Energia – COPEL, a company that generates, transmits, distributes and sells power, with shares listed on the BM&FBOVESPA (CPLE3, CPLE5, CPLE6),
NYSE (ELPVY, ELP) and LATIBEX (XCOP), in compliance with Article 12 of CVM Instruction 358/02, hereby informs its shareholders and the market in general that it has received a correspondence from Wellington Management Group LLP (transcribed below) stating, on behalf of some of its clients and in its capacity as an investment manager, the information that reduced its participation, in aggregate form, to 6,340,628 class B preferred shares (CPLE6) representing approximately 4.94% of all the total preferred shares issued by COPEL, as shown below.
Curitiba, January 15, 2018
Adriano Rudek de Moura
Chief Financial and Investor Relations Officer
WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP
280 Congress Street. Boston, Massachusetts 02210 USA
T +1 617.951.5000| F +1 617.95l.5000| F +1 617.951.5000 Client Service
www.weIlihgton.com
15th January 2018
Companhia Paranaense de Energia
Attn.: Mariceli Schmidt dos Santos
Investor Relations
Email: ri@copel.com
Rua Coronel Dulcídio, 800 - Batel
CEP: 80420-170
Curitiba — Paraná
Ref:Decrease of significant ownership interest in Companhia Paranaense de Energia
Dear Sir /Madam,
Wellington Management Group LLP (“Wellington Management”), a limited liability partnership validly existing under the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, USA, headquartered at 280 Congress Street, Boston, Massachusetts, 02210, USA, in its capacity as the ultimate parent company to a series of companies that exercise investment management activities with clients outside of Brazil (the “Wellington Entities”) and on their behalf, in compliance with Article 12 of the CVM Instruction No. 358, dated January 3, 2002, as amended (“CVM Instruction 358”), hereby informs that the portfolios of clients under the Wellington Entities’ management (the ”Accounts”) have sold, through certain transactions on stocl< exchanges, certain shares issued byCompanhia Paranaense de Energia (“Company”), thus holding currently 6,174,100 preferred shares, representing 4.81% of all preferred shares issued by the Company (on the basis of a total number of outstanding preferred shares 128,295,668), and 166,528 ADRs, representing 0.13% (on the basis of a total number of outstanding preferred shares 128,295,668).
Wellington Management also informs that the Wellington Entities have proxy voting rights on behalf of certain Accounts, in connection with the discretionary management powers.
This is a minority investment that does not involve a change in the composition of corporate control or a change in the management structure of the Company. Currently, the Wellington Entities do not intend to purchase for the Accounts any additional shares of the Company with the intent to acquire control or to change the management structure of the Company.
Please do not hesitate to contact us should you need any further clarifications. For any matters relating to this letter, please contact Taisia Lowe at +1 617 790 8054.
For purposes of Article 119 of Law 6,404, of December 15, 1976, as amended, the representative(s) in Brazil of the Accounts are listed below:
AMERICANSHIP + CO
CACTUSMARSH + CO
DEEPANCHOR CO
FINWELL & CO
IRISHSAIL CO
LONGREEF + CO
MEXICANBLANKET + CO
THE HARTFORD INTERNATIONAL VALUE FUND
USAA INTERNATIONAL FUND
ARCADE & CO.
ARKANSAS TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM
BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON
Deutsche Bank S.A. — Banco Alemão
DOMINION RESOURCES, INC. MASTER TRUST
EMPLOYEES’ RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF THE ST OF HI
FINWELL + CO
FMAP WMC LIMITED
GENERAL PENSION AND SOCIAL SECUHTY AUTHORITY
GLOBAL OPPORTUNITIES FUND LIMITED
HARTFORD LONG/SHORT GLOBAL EQUIT
HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY MASTER TRUST
HIGHLAND COLLECTIVE INVESTMENT TRU
HIGHLAND PUBLIC INFLATION HEDGES F
HP INVEST COMMON CONTRACTUAL FUND
ITALIANCOAL + CO.
JPM SP(DTVM),]PMCB NA FBO ALL OTHER
Lockheed Martin Corporation Master Retirement Trust
MEXICANDOLPHIN & CO.
MULTI-ADVISOR FUNDS INTERNATIONAL EQUITY VALUE FUND
NEBRASKA PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEMS
Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community
SQUIDISLAND + CO
TELUS PENSIONS MASTER TRUST
THE WELLINGTON TRUST COMPANY NATIONAL ASSOCIATION MULTIPLE COLLECTIVE
INVESTMENT FUNDS TRUST
THE WELLINGTON TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION MULTIPLE COMMON TRUST
FUNDS TRUST GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES PORTFOLIO
WELLINGTON GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES FUND (CANADA)
WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT FUNDS (IRELAND) PLC
WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT FUNDS (LUXEMBOURG) - WELLINGTON GLOBAL CAPITAL
CYCLES LONG-SHORT FUND D30
WELLINGTON TRUST COMPANY N.A.
WILMINGTON MULTI-MANAGER ALTERNATIVES FUND
WORKPLACE HEALTH, SAFETY AND COMPENSATION COMMISSION OF NEW BRUNSWICK
Kind regards,
Wellington Management Group LLP
____________________________
James Wilson
Authorized Person
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.
COMPANHIA PARANAENSE DE ENERGIA – COPEL |
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By: | /S/ Antonio Sergio de Souza Guetter
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| Antonio Sergio de Souza Guetter Chief Executive Officer | |
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