FIRSTENERGY CORP — Director's Dealing 2017

Feb 22, 2017

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: FIRSTENERGY CORP (FE)
CIK: 0001031296
Period of Report: 2017-02-21

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

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2017-02-21	RSUP19	$	A	14955	Acquired	2017-03-01	Common Stock (14955)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	33733.931	Direct
Common Stock	2255.44	Indirect

Holdings (Derivative)

Security	Exercise Price	Expiration	Underlying	Shares	Ownership
Phantom / Retirement	$		Common Stock (424.742)	424.742	Direct
Phantom 3/16D	$		Common Stock (1888.906)	1888.906	Direct

Footnotes

F1: Balance includes restricted stock and shares acquired through dividend reinvestment.

F2: FE's 401(k) Savings 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 January 31, 2017.

F3: 1 for 1

F4: The Board approved the performance results for the performance-adjusted restricted stock unit grant (RSUP19), and this award will vest on March 1, 2017. Performance targets were achieved, so the award will be paid out at a performance rate of 162%.

F5: This holding reflects phantom stock payable in cash upon retirement or other termination of employment under the FirstEnergy Corp. Executive Deferred Compensation Plan. Each share of phantom stock is the economic equivalent of one share of common stock.

F6: Includes stock units acquired through dividend reinvestment.