4 1 heislerr012303form4.txt 1. Name and Address of Reporting Person Heisler, Jr., Robert B. 76 South Main Street Akron, OH 44308 USA 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol FirstEnergy Corp. (FE) 3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary) 4. Statement for Month/Year 1/2003 R1 5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year) 01/22/2003 6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) (X) Director ( ) 10% Owner ( ) Officer (give title below) ( ) Other (specify below) 7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) (X) Form filed by One Reporting Person ( ) Form filed by More than One Reporting Person TABLE I -- Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
+---------------------------------+----------+-------------+-----------------------------+----------------+-----------+------------+ |1. Title of Security |2. Trans- |3. Trans- |4. Securities Acquired (A) |5. Amount of |6. Owner- |7. Nature | | | action | action | or Disposed of (D) | Securities | ship | of In- | | | Date | Code | | Beneficially | Form: | direct | | | | | | Owned at | Direct | Bene- | | | (Month/ | | | End of | (D) or | ficial | | | Day/ +-------+-----+-----------+------+----------+ Month | Indirect| Owner- | | | Year) |Code |V |Amount |A/D |Price | | (I) | ship | +---------------------------------+----------+-------+-----+-----------+------+----------+----------------+-----------+------------+
TABLE II -- Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
+-------------+--------+----------+---------+-----------+---------------------+----------------+----------+--------+-------+-------+ |1. |2. |3. |4. |5. |6. |7. |8. |9. |10. |11. | | | | | | | | | |Number |Owner- | | | | | | | | | | |of |ship | | | | | | | | | | |Deriv- |Form of| | | | | | | | |Title and Amount| |ative |Deriv- | | | | | | | | |of Underlying | |Secur- |ative |Nature | | |Conver- | | |Number of | |Securities | |ities |Secur- |of | | |sion or | | |Derivative |Date Exercisable +-------+--------+ |Benefi- |ity: |In- | | |Exercise| | |Securities |and Expiration Date | |Amount | |cially |Direct |direct | | |Price of|Transac- |Transac- |Acquired(A)|(Month/Day/Year) | |or | |Owned |(D) or |Bene- | |Title of |Deriv- |tion Date |tion Code|Disposed(D)+----------+----------+ |Number |Price of |at End |In- |ficial | |Derivative |ative |(Month/ +------+--+-----+-----+Date Exer-|Expira- | |of |Derivative|of |direct |Owner- | |Security |Security|Day/Year) |Code |V |(A) |(D) |cisable |tion Date |Title |Shares |Security |Month |(I) |ship | +-------------+--------+----------+------+--+-----+-----+----------+----------+-------+--------+----------+--------+-------+-------+ Stock Options $31.69 01/01/2011 Common 5096 D (Right to buy) Stock Stock Options $31.7438 01/01/2009 Common 5110 D (Right to buy) Stock Phantom Stock 1 01/21/2003 A 317 Common 317 $31.5900 10319.45 I By Key Units Stock 38 Trust Phantom Stock 1 01/22/2003 A 112.2 Common 112.2461 $31.3200 10431.69 I By Key Units 461 Stock 99 Trust Explanation of Responses: 1 for 1 The deemed execution date for this transaction is January 22, 2003 In accordance with the terms and conditions of the Amended FirstEnergy Corp. Deferred Compensation Plan for Directors. Represents number of shares beneficially owned as of January 22, 2003 The deemed execution date for this transaction is January 23, 2003 Represents number of shares beneficially owned as of January 23, 2003
SIGNATURE OF REPORTING PERSON /s/ Robert B. Heisler, Jr. DATE 01/23/2003