Annual Meeting
The 2010 Annual Meeting of Shareholders of FirstEnergy Corp. will be held on Tuesday, May 18, 2010, at the John S. Knight Center, 77 East Mill Street, Akron, Ohio.
The 2009 Annual Meeting of Shareholders of FirstEnergy Corp. was held on May 19, 2009. The voting results for items voted on were as follows:
Item 1. Election of 11 Directors for one-year term.
| Paul T. Addison |
115,453,478 |
| Anthony J. Alexander |
115,319,952 |
| Michael J. Anderson |
115,182,823 |
|
Dr. Carol A. Cartwright |
107,462,102 |
| William T. Cottle |
108,415,632 |
| Robert B. Heisler, Jr. |
114,997,860 |
| Ernest J. Novak, Jr. |
115,243,864 |
| Catherine A. Rein |
114,687,786 |
| George M. Smart |
107,568,271 |
| Wes M. Taylor |
115,400,913 |
| Jesse T. Williams, Sr. |
107,935,870 |
Item 2. Management Proposal - Ratification of the Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
| For |
219,754,593 |
or 99.05 Percent of Votes Cast |
| Against |
2,100,019 |
or .95 Percent of Votes Cast |
| Abstain |
1,131,567 |
Item 3. Shareholder Proposal - Proposal requesting that the Board adopt a simple majority vote. (Approval required a favorable vote of a majority of the votes cast.)
| For |
155,741,944 |
or 80.84 Percent of Votes Cast |
| Against |
36,909,437 |
or 19.16 Percent of Votes Cast |
| Abstain |
2,395,715 |
Item 4. Shareholder Proposal - Proposal requesting that the Board reduce the percentage of shares required to call a special shareholder meeting. (Approval required a favorable vote of a majority of the votes cast.)
| For |
110,529,850 |
or 57.40 Percent of Votes Cast |
| Against |
82,017,229 |
or 42.60 Percent of Votes Cast |
| Abstain |
2,499,618 |
Item 5. Shareholder Proposal - Proposal requesting that the Board establish a shareholder proponent engagement process. (Approval required a favorable vote of a majority of the votes cast.)
| For |
88,329,182 |
or 46.03 Percent of Votes Cast |
| Against |
103,545,248 |
or 53.97 Percent of Votes Cast |
| Abstain |
3,172,666 |
Item 6. Shareholder Proposal - Proposal requesting that the Board adopt a majority vote standard for the election of directors. (Approval required a favorable vote of a majority of the votes cast.)
| For |
128,558,349 |
or 66.71 Percent of Votes Cast |
| Against |
64,162,961 |
or 33.29 Percent of Votes Cast |
| Abstain |
2,325,387 |
(01/11/10)
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