1. Name and Address of Reporting Person
Saunders, Robert F.
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/Day/Year
03/03/2003
5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year)
6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)
( ) Director ( ) 10% Owner
(X) Officer (give title below) ( ) Other (specify below)
President of FENOC
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- |2A.Execu- |3. Trans-|4. Securities Acquired (A)|5. Amount of |6. Owner- |7. Nature |
| | action | action | action| or Disposed of (D) |Securities | ship | of In- |
| | Date | Date | Code | |Beneficially | Form: | direct |
| | | | | |Owned | Direct | Bene- |
| | (Month/ | (Month/ | | |Following | (D) or | ficial |
| | Day/ | Day/ +-----+---+-----------+---+----------+Reported | Indirect| Owner- |
| | Year) | Year) |Code |V |Amount |A/D|Price |Transaction(s)| (I) | ship |
+------------------------------+----------+----------+-----+---+-----------+---+----------+--------------+-----------+------------+
Common Stock 03/03/2003 A 8904.216 A $32.9700 D
Common Stock 03/03/2003 D -8904.216 D $32.9700 19999.1339 D
Common Stock 1025.5062 I By Savings
Plan Trust
TABLE II -- Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
+----------+--------+-------+-------+---------+-----------+---------------------+----------------+----------+-------+-------+------+
|1. |2. |3. |3A. |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- |Trans- |Execu- | |Number of | |Securities | |ities |Secur- |of |
| |sion or |action |tion | |Derivative |Date Exercisable +-------+--------+ |Benefi-|ity: |In- |
| |Exercise|Date |Date | |Securities |and Expiration Date | |Amount | |cially |Direct |direct|
| |Price of| | |Transac- |Acquired(A)|(Month/Day/Year) | |or | |Owned |(D) or |Bene- |
|Title of |Deriv- |(Month/|(Month/|tion Code|Disposed(D)+----------+----------+ |Number |Price of | |In- |ficial|
|Derivative|ative | Day/ | Day/ +------+--+-----+-----+Date Exer-|Expira- | |of |Derivative| |direct |Owner-|
|Security |Security|Year) |Year) |Code |V |(A) |(D) |cisable |tion Date |Title |Shares |Security | |(I) |ship |
+----------+--------+-------+-------+------+--+-----+-----+----------+----------+-------+--------+----------+-------+-------+------+
Stock $19.3125 03/01/2010 Common 20000 D
Options Stock
(Right to
buy)
Stock $27.75 11/22/2010 Common 20000 D
Options Stock
(Right to
buy)
Stock $29.5 05/16/2011 Common 40000 D
Options Stock
(Right to
buy)
Stock $29.71 03/03/2 A 41300 03/01/2004 03/01/2013 Common 41300 $29.7100 41300 D
Options 003 Stock
(Right to
buy)
Stock $34.45 04/01/2012 Common 35000 D
Options Stock
(Right to
buy)
Phantom $0 03/01/2001 Common -0 D
3/01 Stock
Phantom $0 03/01/2002 Common -0 D
3/02 Stock
Phantom-3/0 1 03/01/2004 Common 10925.3 D
1D Stock 42
Phantom 1 03/01/2005 Common 7746.41 D
3/02D Stock 8
Explanation of Responses:
These performances shares paid out in cash, per the vesting and payout date
approved by the Compensation Committee. The performance shares were not
required to be reported at date of grant because the vesting is based in part on
factors other than stock price.
This option vests yearly in twenty-five percent increments beginning on
3/1/2004.
SIGNATURE OF REPORTING PERSON
/s/ Robert F. Saunders
DATE
03/04/2003