Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL (ELP)
Filed: 22 Apr 20, 10:06am
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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 and CPLE6), the NYSE (ELPVY and ELP) and the LATIBEX (XCOP), hereby informs its shareholders and the market in general, pursuant to Article 21-L, paragraph 2 of CVM Instruction 481/2009, as amended, that Copel’s 65th Annual Shareholders’ Meeting will be held in person on April 28, 2020, maintaining all the conditions set out in the Call Notice published on March 27, 2020.
The meeting will be held in a large room at the Company’s headquarters, enabling compliance with the social distancing recommendations arising from the COVID-19 pandemic. However, we recommend that shareholders participate in this meeting through the Remote Voting Form, as we believe that it is the safest way for shareholders to exercise their right to vote at the present time.
In addition to the remote vote instructions sent to the Central Depository of B3 - Brasil, Bolsa, Balcão through custodians by April 22, 2020, shareholders may opt tosend a digital copy of the Remote Voting Form directly to the Company by April 24, 2020, together with pertinent documents, by email, toacionistas@copel.com
For more information on the Form, the matters therein and necessary documents, shareholders may access the Company’s website (ri.copel.com) and the websites of B3 (http://www.b3.com.br/pt_br/) and the Brazilian Securities and Exchange Commission (http://www.cvm.gov.br/).
If you have any questions, please contact Copel’s Shareholder Department atacionistas@copel.com
Curitiba, April 20, 2020
Adriano Rudek de Moura
Chief Financial and Investor Relations Officer
| COMPANHIA PARANAENSE DE ENERGIA – COPEL | ||
| By: | /S/ Daniel Pimentel Slaviero | |
Daniel Pimentel Slaviero Chief Executive Officer | ||
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