1. Name and Address of Reporting Person
Burg, H. P.
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)
(X) Director ( ) 10% Owner
(X) Officer (give title below) ( ) Other (specify below)
Vice Chairman & CEO
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 42050.7128 A $32.9700 D
Common Stock 03/03/2003 D -42050.7128 D $32.9700 123619.7652 D
Common Stock 9005.3914 I By Eileen E.
Burg Trust
Common Stock 9914.0141 I By Savings
Plan Trust
Common Stock 361.9871 I By Rob P.
Burg
Common Stock 361.9871 I Wil P. Burg
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 60000 D
Options Stock
(Right to
buy)
Stock $24.28 11/17/2005 Common 60000 D
Options Stock
(Right to
buy)
Stock $27.75 11/22/2010 Common 140000 D
Options Stock
(Right to
buy)
Stock $29.5 05/16/2011 Common 200000 D
Options Stock
(Right to
buy)
Stock $29.71 03/03/2 A 26680 03/01/2004 03/01/2013 Common 266800 $29.7100 266800 D
Options 003 0 Stock
(Right to
buy)
Stock $29.82 06/08/2008 Common 32012 D
Options Stock
(Right to
buy)
Stock $29.87 03/01/2009 Common 27703 D
Options Stock
(Right to
buy)
Stock $34.45 04/01/2012 Common 200000 D
Options Stock
(Right to
buy)
Phantom - 1 03/01/2001 Common -0 D
3/99 Stock
Phantom 1 03/03/2 D 2550. 03/01/2000 03/01/2003 Common 2550.537 $29.7100 -0 D
3/00 003 537 Stock
Phantom-3/0 1 03/01/2004 Common 10438.7 D
1D Stock 16
Phantom 1 03/01/2005 Common 8092.68 D
3/02D Stock 6
Phantom / 1 03/03/2 A 2550. Common 2550.537 $29.7100 9387.29 D
Retirement 003 537 Stock 4
Phantom 1 03/03/2 A 27105 03/03/2003 03/01/2006 Common 27105.92 $29.6300 27105.9 D
3/03D 003 .922 Stock 2 22
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.
These transactions reflect the extension of the expiration date of phantom stock
from 3/1/2003 to "retirement" or "other termination of employment" under
arrangements approved by the Compensation Committee, and reflects the stock
moving to the "retirement" account from the Phantom 3/00 account.
1 for 1
22,588.27 shares are vested (i.e. non-forfeited) immediately. 4,517.65 shares
become vested (i.e. non-forfeited) on 3/1/06.
SIGNATURE OF REPORTING PERSON
/s/ H. P. Burg
DATE
03/04/2003