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
SUMMARY OF THE MINUTES OF THE ONE HUNDRED AND NINETY-EIGHTH
EXTRAORDINARY SHAREHOLDERS’ MEETING
1. VENUE: Rua Coronel Dulcídio nº 800, Curitiba - PR. 2. DATE AND TIME: November 30, 2018 – 9:30 a.m. 3. CALL NOTICE: Disclosed in the newspapers “Diário Oficial do Estado do Paraná” and "Folha de Londrina". 4.QUORUM: 60.76% (sixty and seventy-six hundredths percent) of the voting capital attended the meeting. 5. PRESIDING BOARD: ROGÉRIO PERNA – Chairman of the Presiding Board; MAURICIO SCHULMAN – Chairman of the Board of Directors; and DENISE TEIXEIRA GOMES - Secretary. 6. RESOLUTIONS: 198TH EXTRAORDINARY SHAREHOLDERS’ MEETING:
ITEM 1 – Due to the absence of a qualified quorum, the second call of this Extraordinary Shareholders' Meeting was approved in order to resolve on the proposal to adjust the Company's Bylaws. The date of the new meeting will be defined in accordance with current legislation.
ITEM 2 – Approved, by majority votes, with the abstention of shareholders present that represented the custodians: Citibank N.A.; Itaú Unibanco S.A. - ADRs; Banco Bradesco S.A.; and J.P. Morgan S.A., the proposal of the Controlling Shareholder to not elect Mr. Mauro Ricardo Machado Costa as a member of the Board of Directors, however, ratify the acts practiced by him from June 18, 2018 until November 7, 2018. The seat occupied by said member remains vacant as of this date.
SIGNATURES: ROGÉRIO PERNA – Representative of the State of Paraná and Chairman of the Presiding Board; MAURICIO SCHULMAN – Chairman of Copel’s Board of Directors; and DENISE TEIXEIRA GOMES - Secretary. The signatures of the attending shareholders were omitted as authorized and registered in the Minutes of the Meeting.
This is a free translation of the 198th Extraordinary Shareholders’ Meeting drawn up in Copel’s Minutes Book no. 11, pages 081 and 082.
DENISE TEIXEIRA GOMES
Secretary
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/S/ Jonel Nazareno Iurk
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