1. Name and Address of Reporting Person Savage, Robert C. 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 12/2002 5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year) 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- |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/ | +-----------+---+----------+ Year | Indirect| Owner- | | | Year) | Year) | |Amount |A/D|Price | | (I) | ship | +------------------------------+----------+----------+---------+-----------+---+----------+--------------+-----------+------------+ 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|at End |direct |Owner-| |Security |Security|Year) |Year) | |(A) |(D) |cisable |tion Date |Title |Shares |Security |of Year|(I) |ship | +----------+--------+-------+-------+---------+-----+-----+----------+----------+-------+--------+----------+-------+-------+------+ Stock $22.56 01/01/2010 Common 8584 D Options Stock (Right to buy) Stock $31.69 01/01/2011 Common 5096 D Options Stock (Right to buy) Stock $31.7438 01/01/2009 Common 5110 D Options Stock (Right to buy) Stock $35.15 01/01/2 A 45032 01/01/2006 01/01/2012 Common 5032 $0.0000 5032 D Options 002 Stock (Right to buy) Phantom 1 Common 5151.54 I By Key Stock Units Stock 04 Trust Explanation of Responses: SIGNATURE OF REPORTING PERSON /s/ Robert C. Savage DATE 03/20/2003 The January 2002 grant of stock options should have been filed on a Form 5 due by February 14, 2003 but is being reported late on this Form 5.