1. Name and Address of Reporting Person Pipitone, Guy L. 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) Senior Vice President 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 8229.2994 A $32.9700 DCommon Stock 03/03/2003 D -8229.2994 D $32.9700 0 D Common Stock 5187.7114 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 41900 03/01/2004 03/01/2013 Common 41900 $29.7100 41900 D Options 003 Stock (Right to buy) Stock $29.82 06/08/2008 Common 7055 D Options Stock (Right to buy) Stock $29.87 03/01/2009 Common 6095 D Options Stock (Right to buy) Stock $34.45 04/01/2012 Common 35000 D Options Stock (Right to buy) Explanation of Responses: SIGNATURE OF REPORTING PERSON /s/ Guy L. Pipitone DATE 03/04/2003 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.