FIRSTENERGY CORP — Director's Dealing 2016

Mar 3, 2016

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: FIRSTENERGY CORP (FE)
CIK: 0001031296
Period of Report: 2016-03-01

Reporting Person: Dowling Michael J (Sr VP, External Affairs)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2016-03-01	Common Stock	M	10699	—	Acquired	23986.765	Direct
2016-03-01	Common Stock	F	3542	$33.535	Disposed	20444.765	Direct
2016-03-01	Common Stock	M	181.8284	—	Acquired	20626.5934	Direct
2016-03-01	Common Stock	D	14.8284	$33.45	Disposed	20611.765	Direct
2016-03-01	Common Stock	F	48	$33.45	Disposed	20563.765	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2016-03-01	RSUP18	$	M	10699	Disposed		Common Stock (10699)	Direct
2016-03-01	Phantom 3/13D	$	M	181.8284	Disposed	2016-03-01	Common Stock (181.8284)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	1893.604	Indirect

Holdings (Derivative)

Security	Exercise Price	Expiration	Underlying	Shares	Ownership
Phantom / Retirement	$		Common Stock (406.412)	406.412	Direct
Phantom 3/16D	$		Common Stock (1826.84)	1826.84	Direct

Footnotes

F1: The amount listed in Table II represents the vesting of the RSUP18 award. The award vested on March 1, 2016 and because the performance targets were achieved, the award was paid out at a performance rate of 150%. The shares coded "F" were withheld to cover income tax obligations associated with the payout.

F2: 1 for 1

F3: Balance includes shares acquired through dividend reinvestment.

F4: This transaction reflects the conversion of stock units originally deferred for three years and dividend equivalents accrued during that time, and credited to the Executive Deferred Compensation Plan's Phantom 3/13d stock account, to directly held common stock. Units were withheld to cover income tax obligations.

F5: Dividend equivalents that accrue after January 1, 2014 on shares held in the Phantom 3/13d account are paid in cash under the terms of the Executive Deferred Compensation Plan.

F6: FE's 401(k) Plan includes a unitized fund invested in FE stock, in which the reporting person may invest, and includes dividend reinvestment and company match features. The number of shares reported as indirectly held in the 401(k) Plan in this row is an estimate of the number of shares of FE's common stock held in the unitized stock fund and allocated to the reporting person's account as of December 31, 2015.

F7: This holding reflects amounts payable upon retirement or other termination of employment under arrangements approved by the Compensation Committee.

F8: Includes stock units acquired through dividend reinvestment.