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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 30, 2018

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

FORM 20-F/A

Amendment no. 1

ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)

OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017

Commission file number: 001-14668

                                                

COMPANHIA PARANAENSE DE ENERGIA – COPEL

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

Energy Company of Paraná

(Translation of Registrant’s Name into English)

The Federative Republic of Brazil

(Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)

Rua Coronel Dulcídio, 800

80420-170 Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

Jonel Nazareno Iurk

+55 41 3222 2027 – ri@copel.com

Rua Coronel Dulcídio, 800, 3rd floor – 80420.170 Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil

(Name, telephone, e-mail and/or facsimile number and address of company contact person)

Securities registered or to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of Each Class

Name of Each Exchange on Which Registered

Preferred Class B Shares, without par value*

New York Stock Exchange

American Depositary Shares (as evidenced by American Depositary Receipts),

each representing one Preferred Class B Share

New York Stock Exchange

 

* Not for trading, but only in connection with the listing of American Depositary Shares on the New York Stock Exchange.

Securities registered or to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None

Securities for which there is a reporting obligation pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Act: None

Indicate the number of outstanding shares of each of the Issuer’s classes of capital or common stock as of December 31, 2017:

145,031,080 Common Shares, without par value

328,627 Class A Preferred Shares, without par value

128,295,668 Class B Preferred Shares, without par value

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.

Yes x   No ¨

If this report is an annual or transition report, indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

Yes ¨   No x

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports) and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.

Yes x   No ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).

N/A

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” and ”emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. (Check one):

Large accelerated filer x   Accelerated filer ¨  

Non-accelerated filer ¨   Emerging growth company ¨  

If an emerging growth company that prepares its financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ¨

Indicate by check mark which basis of accounting the registrant has used to prepare the financial statements included in this filing:

U.S. GAAP   ¨                                             IFRS               x                                            Other ¨

If “Other” has been checked in response to the previous question, indicate by check mark which financial statement item the registrant has elected to follow.

N/A

If this is an annual report, indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934).

Yes ¨  No x


 

EXPLANATORY NOTE

 

Companhia Paranaense de Energia – Copel (“Copel”) is filing this Amendment No. 1 (the “Form 20-F/A”) to its Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017 (the “Form 20-F”) to submit the Interactive Data File (as defined in Rule 11 of Regulation S-T) with respect to the audited consolidated financial statements of Copel as Exhibit 101 to the Form 20-F in accordance with Rule 405 of Regulation S-T. Exhibit 101 was omitted from the Form 20-F as originally filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 15, 2018, pursuant to the 30-day grace period provided under Rule 405(a)(2)(ii) of Regulation S-T.

Except as set forth above, this Form 20-F/A does not modify or update any of the disclosures in the Form 20-F. This Form 20-F/A speaks as of the time of filing of the Form 20-F, does not reflect events that may have occurred subsequent to such filing, and does not modify or update in any way disclosures made in the Form 20-F.


 

Item 19. Exhibits

 

101.INS*

XBRL Instance Document

101.SCH*

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document

101. CAL*

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document

101. DEF*

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document

101.LAB*

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document

101.PRE*

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document

* In accordance with Rule 402 of Regulation S-T, the information in these exhibits shall not be deemed to be “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Exchange Act, and shall not be incorporated by reference into any registration statement or other document filed under the Securities Act, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.


 

Signatures

The registrant hereby certifies that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form 20-F and that it has duly caused and authorized the undersigned to sign this annual report on its behalf.

 

Companhia Paranaense De Energia – Copel
 
By:/s/Jonel Nazareno Iurk                 
Name: Jonel Nazareno Iurk
Title: Chief Executive Officer
 
 
 

By: /s/ Adriano Rudek de Moura                     

Name: Adriano Rudek de Moura

Title: Chief Financial and Investor Relations Officer

                                                                                            

Date: May 30, 2018