Companhia Paranaense de Energia COPEL : IR 03/15 - Evaluation Report of the Transmission Assets

Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL, in accordance with CVM Instruction 358/2002, hereby informs its shareholders and the market in general that it presented today, to the Brazilian Electricity Regulatory Agency (ANEEL), the evaluation report of the electricity transmission assets existing on May 31, 2000 (Existing System Basic Network - RBSE, and Other Transmission Facilities - RPC) related to the concession agreement 060/2001.

The evaluation report was prepared by American Appraisal Serviços de Avaliação Ltda., in accordance with Resolution ANEEL 589/2013 which establishes the criteria for the calculation of the New Replacement Value (VNR) of the transmission facilities for indemnification purposes, pursuant to Law 12,783/13.

The indemnification value calculated totals R$882.3 million with base date on December 31, 2012, while the book value of these assets, according our Standardized Financial Statements, was R$160.2 million on the same date.

ANEEL's Superintendency of Economic and Financial Oversight (SFF) will have up to 30 days, as of the filing date, to manifest its acceptance of the evaluation report and another 120 days, as of the acceptance, to ratify the information with the consequent calculation of the indemnifiable amount, given that the indemnification basis may be subject to adjustments.

The Company clarifies that the financial and economic effects and the recognition of the respective accounting impacts on the Financial Statements will depend on (a) the ratification of the final result of the evaluation report by the regulatory authority, and (b) the establishment, by the Ministry of Mines and Energy, of the form and period for receiving the indemnification.