Amended Current Report Filing (8-k/a)

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D. C. 20549

FORM 8-K/A

(Amendment No. 1)

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): January 17, 2017



Commission	Registrant; State of Incorporation;	I.R.S. Employer
File Number	Address; and Telephone Number	Identification No.

333-21011	FIRSTENERGY CORP.	34-1843785
	(An Ohio Corporation)
	76 South Main Street
	Akron, OH 44308
	Telephone (800)736 - 3402

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (17 CFR §230.405) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR §240.12b-2).

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Explanatory Note

Pursuant to Instruction 2 to Item 5.02 of Form 8-K, this Current Report on Form 8-K/A amends and supplements the information reported in Item 5.02(d) to the Current Report on Form 8-K dated and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 17, 2017 (Original Report) regarding the appointments of Steven J. Demetriou and James F. O’Neil III to the Board of Directors (Board) of FirstEnergy Corp. (Company). Specifically, this amendment reports information concerning committee appointments for Messrs. Demetriou and O’Neil that had not been determined at the time of the Original Report. For completeness, additional changes in the composition of certain committees of the Board are also being reported herein. Apart from these additions with respect to Item 5.02(d), there are no changes to the disclosure in the Original Report.

Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

(d) At its organizational meeting on May 16, 2017, the Board appointed Mr. Demetriou to its Compensation Committee and Finance Committee, and appointed Mr. O’Neil to its Audit Committee and Nuclear Committee, in each case effective immediately.

In addition, at such organizational meeting, the Board appointed Thomas N. Mitchell to its Corporate Governance Committee, and appointed Mr. Mitchell as chair of its Nuclear Committee. William T. Cottle, who Mr. Mitchell replaces as chair of the Nuclear Committee, will continue as a member of the Nuclear Committee.

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

May 17, 2017