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EXHIBIT 99.1
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Thank you for investing in FirstEnergy. Please take a moment now to vote your
shares of common stock for the Adoption of the Agreement and Plan of Merger
between FirstEnergy Corp. and GPU, Inc.
YOUR VOTE IS IMPORTANT!
YOU CAN VOTE TODAY IN ONE OF THREE WAYS:
1. VOTE BY TELEPHONE - You will be asked to enter the Control Number below.
Then, if you wish to vote as recommended by the Board of Directors,
simply press 1. If you do not wish to vote as the Board recommends, you
need only respond to a few simple prompts.
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YOUR CONTROL NUMBER IS:
1-888-457-2961
CALL ON A TOUCH-TONE TELEPHONE ANYTIME.
THERE IS NO CHARGE FOR THIS CALL.
FOR TELEPHONE OR INTERNET VOTING
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Your telephone or Internet vote authorizes the named Proxies to vote your
shares in the same manner as if you had marked, signed and returned your
proxy card.
OR
2. VOTE BY INTERNET - Access http://www.proxyvoting.com/fe and respond to a
few simple prompts after entering the Control Number above.
OR
3. VOTE BY MAIL - If you do not have access to a touch-tone telephone or to
the Internet, complete and return the proxy card below in the envelope
provided.
TEAR HERE
Vote by marking an (X) in the appropriate box. When properly executed, your
proxy card will be voted in the manner you direct and, if you do not specify
your choices, your proxy card will be voted FOR Item 1.
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YOUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS A VOTE FOR ITEM 1.
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ITEM 1 - To adopt the Agreement and Plan of Merger
and the amendment to the Articles of Incorporation
described in the proxy statement.
FOR / / AGAINST / / ABSTAIN / /
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/ / Check this box if you expect to attend the
meeting in person.
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Signature(s) Date
Sign above as name(s) appear on this proxy card. If
signing for a corporation or partnership or as an
agent, attorney or fiduciary, indicate the capacity
in which you are signing.
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PROXY
[FIRSTENERGY LOGO]
This Proxy Card is Solicited by the Board of
Directors for the Special Meeting of Shareholders
to be held at the John S. Knight Center, 77 E. Mill
Street, Akron, Ohio, on Thursday, __________, 2000,
at 10 a.m., Eastern Time.
The undersigned appoints Nancy C. Ashcom and Edward J. Udovich as Proxies
with the power to appoint their substitute; authorizes them to represent and
to vote, as directed on the reverse side, all the shares of common stock of
FirstEnergy Corp. which the undersigned would be entitled to vote if
personally present at the Special Meeting of Shareholders to be held on
__________, 2000, or at any adjournment; and authorizes them to vote, at
their discretion, on any matters incident to the conduct of the meeting.
You are urged to specify your choices by marking the appropriate box on the
REVERSE SIDE, but you do not need to mark any box if you wish to vote as the
Board of Directors recommends.
SIGN THIS CARD ON THE REVERSE SIDE
PLEASE SIGN AND MAIL PROMPTLY IF YOU ARE NOT VOTING BY TELEPHONE OR INTERNET
