UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              Washington, DC 20549


                                    FORM 8-K


                                 CURRENT REPORT
     Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

         Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): July 14, 2003


                               Mirant Corporation
               (Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

   Delaware                  001-16107                         58-2056305
 (State or other      (Commission File Number)               (IRS Employer
 jurisdiction of                                           Identification No.)
incorporation)

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         1155 Perimeter Center West, Suite 100, Atlanta, Georgia 30338
               (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)


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Registrant's telephone number, including area code:  (678) 579-5000

                               N/A
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          (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)






Item 3.  Bankruptcy or Receivership.

     On July 14, 2003, Mirant  Corporation  ("Mirant") and certain of its direct
and indirect U.S.  subsidiaries,  including Mirant Americas Generation,  LLC and
Mirant  Mid-Atlantic,  LLC (collectively,  the "Debtors"),  each filed voluntary
petitions for relief under Chapter 11 of title 11 of the United States Code (the
"Bankruptcy  Code") in the  United  States  Bankruptcy  Court  for the  Northern
District of Texas, Fort Worth Division (the "Bankruptcy  Court") in Case No. 03-
46588 (DML) and Case Nos. 03-46590 (BJH) through 03-46663 (DML). In addition, on
July 15, certain of Mirant's  Canadian  subsidiaries  filed an  application  for
creditor  protection under the Companies  Creditors'  Arrangement Act in Canada.
Excluded from the filings were all of Mirant's foreign  operating  subsidiaries,
other than certain  subsidiaries in Canada.  The Debtors remain in possession of
their assets and properties, and continue to operate their businesses and manage
their  properties,  as  "debtors-in-possession"  under the  jurisdiction  of the
Bankruptcy  Court  and in  accordance  with  the  applicable  provisions  of the
Bankruptcy  Code and orders of the Bankruptcy  Court.  On July 14, 2003,  Mirant
issued a press release  relating to the  foregoing,  a copy of which is attached
hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein in its entirety by reference.

Item 5.  Other Events and Regulation FD Disclosure.

     On July 15 , 2003,  the New  York  Stock  Exchange  ("NYSE")  notified  the
Company that the NYSE had suspended  trading in the  Company's  common stock and
preferred  trust  securities,  which  traded under the ticker  symbols,  MIR and
MIR_PA, respectively,  and that the NYSE intends to file an application with the
Securities  and Exchange  Commission to delist those  securities.  The NYSE took
this action following the Company's  announcement  that it and substantially all
of its  wholly-owned  subsidiaries  in the United States had filed petitions for
reorganization under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code.

Item 7. Financial Statements and Exhibits

         Exhibit No.       Description

         99.1              Press Release issued by Mirant on July 14, 2003.






                                   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, thereunto duly authorized.

Date:  July 16, 2003

                               Mirant Corporation


                               By:  /s/  J. William Holden III
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                                    J. William Holden III
                                    Senior Vice President and Treasurer