FIRSTENERGY CORP — Director's Dealing 2012

Jan 4, 2012

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: FIRSTENERGY CORP (FE)
CIK: 0001031296
Period of Report: 2012-01-03

Reporting Person: COTTLE WILLIAM T (Director)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2012-01-03	Common Stock	M	677	$44.68	Acquired	3548.364	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2012-01-03	Phantom Stock Units	$	M	677	Disposed		Common Stock (677)	Indirect

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	275	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: 1 for 1

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

F3: This transaction represents the annual conversion of phantom stock held in Mr. Cottle's deferred stock account to common stock (to be performed over a five year period, beginning in January 2010).