FIRSTENERGY CORP — Director's Dealing 2012

Mar 5, 2012

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: FIRSTENERGY CORP (FE)
CIK: 0001031296
Period of Report: 2012-03-02

Reporting Person: Kleisner Theodore J (Director)

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2012-03-02	Phantom Stock Units	$	A	688	Acquired		Common Stock (688)	Indirect

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	11339	Direct

Holdings (Derivative)

Security	Exercise Price	Expiration	Underlying	Shares	Ownership
Phantom Stock	$		Common Stock (442.15)	442.15	Direct
Phantom Stock Units	$		Common Stock (7812.246)	7812.246	Direct

Footnotes

F1: 1 for 1

F2: In accordance with the terms and conditions of the FirstEnergy Corp. Compensation Plan for Outside Directors.

F3: Upon completion of the merger pursuant to which Element Merger Sub, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of FirstEnergy Corp. ("FirstEnergy"), merged with and into Allegheny Energy, Inc. ("Allegheny Energy") with Allegheny Energy becoming a wholly owned subsidiary of FirstEnergy (the "Merger"), FirstEnergy issued to Allegheny Energy stockholders 0.667 of a share of FirstEnergy common stock for each share of Allegheny Energy common stock held prior to the merger. On the effective date of the Merger, the closing price of FirstEnergy's common stock was $37.75.

F4: Each share of phantom stock is the economic equivalent of one share of FirstEnergy Corp. common stock.

F5: The phantom stock units were converted upon the FirstEnergy Corp./Allegheny, Inc., merger based on an exchange ratio of 0.667 of a share of FirstEnergy Corp. common stock for each share of Allegheny Energy Inc., common stock and are payable in cash upon separation/termination from FirstEnergy Corp. Board.

F6: Represents shares underlying deferred share units deferred under the Allegheny Energy, Inc. Amended and Restated Revised Plan for Deferral of Compensation of Directors. To conform with reporting practices of deferred compensation at FirstEnergy Corp., the shares have been moved from Table I to Table II.