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/Year
3/2002 R1
5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year)
04/09/2002
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- |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 |
+---------------------------------+----------+-------+-----+-----------+------+----------+----------------+-----------+------------+
Common Stock 03/18/2002 P 100 A $34.0000 D
Common Stock 03/25/2002 P 100 A $33.5000 22472.544 D
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 $19.3125 03/01/2010 Common 20000 D
(Right to buy) Stock
Stock Options $27.75 11/22/2010 Common 20000 D
(Right to buy) Stock
Stock Options $29.5 05/16/2011 Common 40000 D
(Right to buy) Stock
Phantom 3/01 $0 03/01/2001 Common -0 D
Stock
Phantom 3/02 $0 03/01/2002 D V 5578. 03/01/2002 03/01/2002 Common 5578.895 $37.0000 -0 D
8957 Stock 7
Phantom-3/01D 1 03/01/2004 Common 10095.56 D
Stock
Phantom 3/02D 1 03/01/2002 A 7493. 03/01/2002 03/01/2005 Common 7493.621 $36.7200 7493.621 D
6214 Stock 4 4
Explanation of Responses:
Cash settlement of phantom stock in a transaction exempt under Rule 16b-3(e) and
voluntarily reported early on this Form4.
6,244.6845 shares are vested (i.e., non-forfeited) immediately. 1,248.9369
shares become vested (i.e., non-forfeited) on 3/01/2005.
SIGNATURE OF REPORTING PERSON
/s/ Robert F. Saunders
DATE
08/09/2002