SEC Form 4 · accession 0001127602-18-010077

FIRSTENERGY CORP · FE

Statement of changes in beneficial ownership, as filed. Original on EDGAR ↗

Reporting owner

Michael J Dowling

Officer — Sr VP, External Affairs

Period of report

Mar 1, 2018

Accepted (ET)

Mar 5, 2018 · 4:34 pm EST

Rule 10b5-1 plan

unknown — predates the checkbox

Issuer CIK

0001031296

Table I — non-derivative securities

Security	Date	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Owned after	D/I	Nature of ownership
Common Stock^F1,F2,F3	Mar 1, 2018	M	8,871	—	A	53,530	D
Common Stock^F4,F3	Mar 1, 2018	D	142	—	D	53,388	D
Common Stock^F1,F3	Mar 1, 2018	D	8,729	$32.4825	D	44,659	D
Common Stock^F5,F2,F3	Mar 1, 2018	M	17,949	—	A	62,608	D
Common Stock^F4,F3	Mar 1, 2018	D	273	—	D	62,335	D
Common Stock^F5,F3	Mar 1, 2018	F	5,375	$32.4825	D	56,960	D
Common Stock^F6	holding	—	—		—	2,619	I	By Savings Plan

Table II — derivative securities

Security	Conv. / exercise price	Date	Code	Shares	A/D	Exercisable	Expires	Underlying	Underlying shares	Owned after	D/I
RSUC15^F2,F7,F1	—	Mar 1, 2018	M	8,871	D	—	—	Common Stock	8,871	0	D
RSUS15^F2,F7,F5	—	Mar 1, 2018	M	17,949	D	—	—	Common Stock	17,949	0	D
Phantom 3/18D^F4,F7,F8	—	Mar 1, 2018	A	415	A	—	—	Common Stock	415	831	D

Explanation of responses

F1Represents the vesting of the RSUC15 award. The award vested on March 1, 2018. Amounts also include dividend reinvestment.
F21 for 1. The RSUS15 and RSUC15 awards were previously granted for $0.00 under the FirstEnergy Corp. 2007 Incentive Plan.
F3Balance includes restricted stock and shares acquired through dividend reinvestment.
F4This transaction reflects the deferral of the RSUS15 and RSUC15 awards. 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.
F5Represents 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.
F6FE'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.
F71 for 1
F8This 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.