SEC Contract Filing

Filing Date: 2021-07-22

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<title>Document</title></head><body><div id="i57a1b79c3a1d4e35b947cfb3c2237fa9_58"></div><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div style="text-align:right"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Exhibit 10.1</font></div></div><div style="padding-left:18pt;padding-right:18pt;text-align:center;text-indent:-36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO<br>WESTERN DIVISION</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:96.794%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:52.873%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:44.927%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:0.25pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="padding-left:2.75pt;padding-right:2.75pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,</font></div><div style="padding-left:2.75pt;padding-right:2.75pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:2.75pt;padding-right:2.75pt;text-indent:72pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Plaintiff,</font></div><div style="padding-left:2.75pt;padding-right:2.75pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:2.75pt;padding-right:2.75pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">vs.</font></div><div style="padding-left:2.75pt;padding-right:2.75pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:2.75pt;padding-right:2.75pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">FIRSTENERGY CORP.,</font></div><div style="padding-left:2.75pt;padding-right:2.75pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:2.75pt;padding-right:2.75pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Defendant.</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="border-left:0.25pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="padding-left:10.85pt;padding-right:2.75pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:10.85pt;padding-right:2.75pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">CASE NO. </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">____________</font></div><div style="padding-left:10.85pt;padding-right:2.75pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:10.85pt;padding-right:2.75pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">JUDGE BLACK</font></div><div style="padding-left:10.85pt;padding-right:2.75pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:10.85pt;padding-right:2.75pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">DEFERRED PROSECUTION AGREEMENT</font></div><div style="padding-left:10.85pt;padding-right:2.75pt"><font><br></font></div></td></tr></table></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The United States Attorney&#8217;s Office for the Southern District of Ohio (&#8220;USAO-SDOH&#8221; or &#8220;government&#8221;) and the Defendant, FirstEnergy Corp., by its undersigned representative and counsel, pursuant to the authority granted by the Board of Directors, agree as follows&#58;</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;padding-left:36pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">1.</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%;padding-left:27pt;text-decoration:underline">Criminal Information and Acceptance of Responsibility</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">&#58; </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"> FirstEnergy Corp. acknowledges and agrees that the government will file the accompanying Information in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio charging FirstEnergy Corp. with conspiracy to commit honest services wire fraud in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 1343, 1346, 1349. FirstEnergy Corp. knowingly waives any right to indictment on this charge, as well as