CURITIBA, Brazil, Aug. 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL (NYSE:ELPNYSE:/NYSE:LATIBEX:NYSE:XCOPNYSE:/NYSE:BOVESPA:NYSE:CPLE3NYSE:CPLE5NYSE:CPLE6), a company that generates, transmits, distributes and trades power to the State of Parana, announces its results for the first half of 2009. All figures in this report are in Brazilian Reais and were prepared in accordance with Brazilian GAAP. COPEL's consolidated financial statements present, in addition to the figures of the wholly owned subsidiaries (COPEL Geracao e Transmissao, COPEL Distribuicao and COPEL Telecomunicacoes), those of Compagas, Elejor, UEG Araucaria, Centrais Eolicas do Parana and Domino Holdings, controlled jointly with other shareholders. - Net Operating Revenue: R$ 2,713 million. - Operating Income: R$ 861 million. - Net Income: R$ 562 million (R$ 2.05 per share). - EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization): R$ 942 million. - Return on Net Equity: 7.0% in 1H09. - Total power consumption billed by COPEL to captive customers in 1H09 increased by 2.5% over 1H08. - COPEL's ratings, according to Fitch, are AA (bra) for the corporate rating, AA+(bra) for the third debenture issue and AA(bra) for the fourth debenture issue. The Company's shares and main indexes presented the following variations from January through June 2009: Ticker Variation Price Variation Index % % CPLE3 (common/ Bovespa 18.2 26.00 LATIBEX 48.8 2,624 CPLE6 (preferred B/ Bovespa 13.8 27.30 Ibovespa 37.1 51,464 ELP (ADR/ NYSE) 34.1 14.13 Dow Jones (3.8) 8,447 XCOP (preferred B/ Latibex 32.1 9.91 Contact: Investor Relations - COPEL Phone: (55 41) 3222-2027 E-mail: DATASOURCE: Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL CONTACT: Investor Relations, COPEL, +011-5541-3222-2027,

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