FIRSTENERGY CORP — Director's Dealing 2018

Mar 5, 2018

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: FIRSTENERGY CORP (FE)
CIK: 0001031296
Period of Report: 2018-03-01

Reporting Person: K. Jon Taylor (VP, Controller & CAO)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2018-03-01	Common Stock	M	7724.589	—	Acquired	15702.946	Direct
2018-03-01	Common Stock	D	7724.589	$32.4825	Disposed	7978.357	Direct
2018-03-01	Common Stock	M	15449.088	—	Acquired	23427.445	Direct
2018-03-01	Common Stock	D	4710.009	—	Disposed	18717.436	Direct
2018-03-01	Common Stock	F	3427.079	$32.4825	Disposed	15290.357	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2018-03-01	RSUC15	$	M	7724.589	Disposed		Common Stock (7724.589)	Direct
2018-03-01	RSUS15	$	M	15449.088	Disposed		Common Stock (15449.088)	Direct
2018-03-01	Phantom 3/18D	$	A	4710.009	Acquired		Common Stock (4710.009)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	2565.195	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Represents the vesting of the RSUC15 award. The award vested on March 1, 2018. Amounts also include dividend reinvestment.

F2: 1 for 1. The RSUS15 and RSUC15 awards were previously granted for $0.00 under the FirstEnergy Corp. 2007 Incentive Plan.

F3: Balance includes shares acquired through dividend reinvestment.

F4: Represents the vesting of the RSUS15 award. The award vested on March 1, 2018. The shares coded "F" were automatically withheld to cover tax obligations associated with the payout. Amounts also include dividend reinvestment.

F5: This transaction reflects the deferral of the RSUS15 award. As a result, the reporting person is reporting the disposition of shares of common stock in exchange for an equal number of shares of phantom stock described below.

F6: 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, 2018.

F7: 1 for 1

F8: This holding reflects phantom stock payable in cash upon retirement or other termination of employment under the FirstEnergy Corp. Amended and Restated Executive Deferred Compensation Plan. Each share of phantom stock is the economic equivalent of one share of common stock.