MIRANT NORTH AMERICA ESCROW, LLC MIRANT NORTH AMERICA, LLC MNA FINANCE CORP. AS ISSUERS AND LAW DEBENTURE TRUST COMPANY OF NEW YORK, AS TRUSTEE

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1 EXECUTION COPY MIRANT NORTH AMERICA ESCROW, LLC MIRANT NORTH AMERICA, LLC MNA FINANCE CORP. AS ISSUERS AND LAW DEBENTURE TRUST COMPANY OF NEW YORK, AS TRUSTEE 7.375% Senior Notes due 2013 INDENTURE Dated as of December 23, 2005

2 Table of Contents Page ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE SECTION 1.1. Definitions... 1 SECTION 1.2. Other Definitions SECTION 1.3. Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act SECTION 1.4. Rules of Construction ARTICLE II THE SECURITIES SECTION 2.1. Form, Dating and Terms SECTION 2.2. Execution and Authentication SECTION 2.3. Registrar and Paying Agent SECTION 2.4. Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust SECTION 2.5. Holder Lists SECTION 2.6. Transfer and Exchange SECTION 2.7. Form of Certificate to be Delivered in Connection with Transfers to IAIs SECTION 2.8. Form of Certificate to be Delivered in Connection with Transfers Pursuant to Regulation S SECTION 2.9. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Securities SECTION Outstanding Securities SECTION Temporary Securities SECTION Cancellation SECTION Payment of Interest; Defaulted Interest SECTION Computation of Interest SECTION CUSIP, Common Code and ISIN Numbers ARTICLE III COVENANTS SECTION 3.1. Payment of Securities SECTION 3.2. Limitation on Indebtedness SECTION 3.3. Limitation on Restricted Payments SECTION 3.4. Limitation on Restrictions on Distributions from Restricted Subsidiaries SECTION 3.5. Limitation on Sales of Assets and Subsidiary Stock SECTION 3.6. Limitation on Liens SECTION 3.7. Limitation on Sale/Leaseback Transactions SECTION 3.8. Limitation on Affiliate Transactions SECTION 3.9. Restrictions on Activities of MNA Finance Corp SECTION Limitation on Lines of Business ii

3 SECTION Change of Control SECTION SEC Reports SECTION Future Subsidiary Guarantors SECTION Maintenance of Office or Agency SECTION Corporate Existence SECTION Payment of Taxes and Other Claims SECTION Payments for Consent SECTION Compliance Certificate SECTION Further Instruments and Acts SECTION Statement by Officers as to Default SECTION Activities prior to Emergence Date SECTION Effectiveness of Covenants SECTION Limitation on Ability of the Issuers to Release Funds from Escrow ARTICLE IV SUCCESSOR COMPANY SECTION 4.1. Merger and Consolidation ARTICLE V REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES SECTION 5.1. Redemption SECTION 5.2. Applicability of Article SECTION 5.3. Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee SECTION 5.4. Selection by Trustee of Securities to Be Redeemed SECTION 5.5. Notice of Redemption SECTION 5.6. Deposit of Redemption Price SECTION 5.7. Securities Payable on Redemption Date SECTION 5.8. Securities Redeemed in Part SECTION 5.9. Special Mandatory Redemption ARTICLE VI DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES SECTION 6.1. Events of Default SECTION 6.2. Acceleration SECTION 6.3. Other Remedies SECTION 6.4. Waiver of Past Defaults SECTION 6.5. Control by Majority SECTION 6.6. Limitation on Suits SECTION 6.7. Rights of Holders to Receive Payment SECTION 6.8. Collection Suit by Trustee SECTION 6.9. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim SECTION Priorities SECTION Undertaking for Costs iii

4 ARTICLE VII TRUSTEE SECTION 7.1. Duties of Trustee SECTION 7.2. Rights of Trustee SECTION 7.3. Individual Rights of Trustee SECTION 7.4. Trustee s Disclaimer SECTION 7.5. Notice of Defaults SECTION 7.6. Reports by Trustee to Holders SECTION 7.7. Compensation and Indemnity SECTION 7.8. Replacement of Trustee SECTION 7.9. Successor Trustee by Merger SECTION Eligibility; Disqualification SECTION Preferential Collection of Claims Against the Issuers SECTION Trustee s Application for Instruction from the Issuers SECTION Paying Agents ARTICLE VIII DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE; DEFEASANCE SECTION 8.1. Discharge of Liability on Securities; Defeasance SECTION 8.2. Conditions to Defeasance SECTION 8.3. Application of Trust Money SECTION 8.4. Repayment to the Issuers SECTION 8.5. Indemnity for U.S. Government Obligations SECTION 8.6. Reinstatement ARTICLE IX AMENDMENTS SECTION 9.1. Without Consent of Holders SECTION 9.2. With Consent of Holders SECTION 9.3. Compliance with Trust Indenture Act SECTION 9.4. Revocation and Effect of Consents and Waivers SECTION 9.5. Notation on or Exchange of Securities SECTION 9.6. Trustee To Sign Amendments ARTICLE X SECURITIES GUARANTEE SECTION Subsidiary Guarantee SECTION Limitation on Liability; Termination, Release and Discharge SECTION Right of Contribution SECTION No Subrogation iv

5 ARTICLE XI MISCELLANEOUS SECTION Trust Indenture Act Controls SECTION Notices SECTION Communication by Holders with other Holders SECTION Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent SECTION Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion SECTION When Securities Disregarded SECTION Rules by Trustee, Paying Agent and Registrar SECTION Legal Holidays SECTION Governing Law SECTION No Recourse Against Others SECTION Successors SECTION Multiple Originals SECTION Qualification of Indenture SECTION Table of Contents; Headings SECTION Force Majeure SECTION Effectiveness of Provisions for MNA and the Subsidiary Guarantors SCHEDULE 3.2 SCHEDULE 3.4 SCHEDULE 3.6 SCHEDULE 3.8 SCHEDULE I Existing Indebtedness Permitted Restrictions on Distributions Existing Liens Affiliate Transactions Existing Investments EXHIBIT A EXHIBIT B EXHIBIT C Form of the Series A Note Form of the Series B Note Form of Indenture Supplement to Add Subsidiary Guarantors v

6 TIA Section CROSS-REFERENCE TABLE Indenture Section 310(a)(1)... N.A. (a)(2)... N.A. (a)(3)... N.A. (a)(4)... N.A. (a)(5)... N.A. (b) ; 7.8; 7.10 (c)... N.A. 311(a) (b) (c)... N.A. 312(a) (b) (c) (a) (b)(1)... N.A. (b)(2)... N.A. (c) (d) (a) (b)... N.A. (c)(1)... N.A. (c)(2)... N.A. (c)(3)... N.A. (d)... N.A. (e)... N.A. 315(a)... N.A. (b)... N.A. (c)... N.A. (d)... N.A. (e)... N.A. 316(a)(last sentence)... N.A. (a)(1)(a)... N.A. (a)(1)(b)... N.A. (a)(2)... N.A. (b)... N.A. (c)... N.A. 317(a)(1)... N.A. (a)(2)... N.A. (b)... N.A. 318(a)... N.A. N.A. means Not Applicable. Note: This Cross-Reference Table shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be part of this Indenture. vi

7 INDENTURE dated as of December 23, 2005, among MIRANT NORTH AMERICA ESCROW, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company ( Escrow LLC ), MIRANT NORTH AMERICA, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company ( MNA and together with the Escrow LLC, the Company ), MNA FINANCE CORP., a Delaware corporation ( MNA Finance Corp. and, together with the Company, the Issuers ), the Subsidiary Guarantors (as hereinafter defined) from time to time parties hereto and LAW DEBENTURE TRUST COMPANY OF NEW YORK, a national banking association (the Trustee ), as Trustee. For and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the Securities by the Holders thereof, each party hereto covenants and agrees as follows for the benefit of the other parties and for the equal and ratable benefit of all Holders of (i) the Issuers 7.375% Senior Notes due 2013 issued on the date hereof (the Initial Securities ), (ii) if and when issued, an unlimited principal amount of additional 7.375% Senior Notes, Series A, due 2013 in a non-registered offering or 7.375% Senior Notes, Series B, due 2013 in a registered offering of the Issuers, that may be offered from time to time subsequent to the Issue Date (the Additional Securities ) and (iii) if and when issued, the Issuers 7.375% Senior Notes, Series B, due 2013, that may be issued from time to time in exchange for Initial Securities or any Additional Securities in an offer registered under the Securities Act as provided in a Registration Rights Agreement (as hereinafter defined) (the Exchange Securities, and together with the Initial Securities and Additional Securities, the Securities ). ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE SECTION 1.1. Definitions. Acquired Indebtedness means Indebtedness (i) of a Person or any of its Subsidiaries existing at the time such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary or (ii) assumed in connection with the acquisition of assets from such Person, in each case whether or not Incurred by such Person in connection with, or in anticipation or contemplation of, such Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary or such acquisition. Acquired Indebtedness shall be deemed to have been Incurred, with respect to clause (i) of the preceding sentence, on the date such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary and, with respect to clause (ii) of the preceding sentence, on the date of consummation of such acquisition of assets. Additional Assets means: (1) any property, plant or equipment to be used by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary in a Permitted Business or capital expenditures by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary which are related to a Permitted Business; (2) the Capital Stock of a Person that becomes a Restricted Subsidiary as a result of the acquisition of such Capital Stock by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary; or (3) Capital Stock constituting a minority interest in any Person that at such time is a Restricted Subsidiary;

8 provided, however, that, in the case of clauses (2) and (3), such Restricted Subsidiary is primarily engaged in a Permitted Business. Additional Securities has the meaning ascribed to it in the second introductory paragraph of this Indenture. Affiliate of any specified Person means any other Person, directly or indirectly, controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such specified Person. For the purposes of this definition, control when used with respect to any Person means the power to direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms controlling and controlled have meanings correlative to the foregoing; provided that exclusively for purposes of Section 3.8, beneficial ownership of 10% or more of the Voting Stock of a Person shall be deemed to be control. Applicable Premium means, with respect to any Security on any applicable redemption date, the greater of: (1) 1.0% of the then outstanding principal amount of the Security; and (2) the excess of: (a) (b) the present value at such redemption date of (i) the redemption price of the Security at December 31, 2009 (such redemption price being set forth in the table appearing in Section 5 of the Security) plus (ii) all required interest payments due on the Security, through December 31, 2009 (excluding accrued but unpaid interest), computed using a discount rate equal to the Treasury Rate as of such redemption date plus 50 basis points; over the then outstanding principal amount of the Security. Asset Disposition means any direct or indirect sale, lease (other than an operating lease entered into in the ordinary course of business), transfer, issuance or other disposition, or a series of related sales, leases, transfers, issuances or dispositions that are part of a common plan, of shares of Capital Stock of a Restricted Subsidiary (other than directors' qualifying shares), property or other assets (each referred to for the purposes of this definition as a disposition ) by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, including any disposition by means of a merger, consolidation or similar transaction. Notwithstanding the preceding, the following items shall not be deemed to be Asset Dispositions: (1) a disposition of assets (x) by a Restricted Subsidiary to the Company or (y) by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary to a Restricted Subsidiary; provided that in the case of a sale by a Restricted Subsidiary to another Restricted Subsidiary, the Company directly or indirectly owns an equal or greater percentage of the Common Stock of the transferee than of the transferor; (2) the sale of Cash Equivalents; 2

9 (3) a disposition of inventory in the ordinary course of business; (4) a disposition of obsolete, uneconomic or worn out equipment, vehicles or similar assets or equipment, vehicles or similar assets that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the Company is no longer useful or desirable in the conduct of the business of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries and that is disposed of in each case in the ordinary course of business; (5) transactions permitted under Section 4.1; (6) an issuance of Capital Stock by a Restricted Subsidiary to the Company or to a Restricted Subsidiary; (7) for purposes of Section 3.5 only, the making of a Permitted Investment (other than a Permitted Investment to the extent such transaction results in the receipt of cash or Cash Equivalents by the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries) or a disposition subject to Section 3.3; (8) dispositions of assets in a single transaction or series of related transactions with an aggregate fair market value of less than $25.0 million; (9) the creation of a Permitted Lien and dispositions in connection with Permitted Liens; (10) dispositions of receivables in connection with the compromise, settlement or collection thereof in the ordinary course of business or in bankruptcy or similar proceedings and exclusive of factoring or similar arrangements; (11) the issuance by a Restricted Subsidiary of Preferred Stock that is permitted by Section 3.2; (12) the licensing or sublicensing of intellectual property or other general intangibles and licenses, leases or subleases of other property in the ordinary course of business which do not materially interfere with the business of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries; (13) foreclosure on assets; (14) the disposition by the Company or any Subsidiary of power, capacity, fuel, emission credits and other products or services, in each case in the ordinary course of business (it being understood that a disposition of a quantity of power, capacity, fuel or emission credits or other products or services that is material to the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, shall not alone cause such disposition not to be in the ordinary course of business); (15) compromises and settlements of claims against third parties and, in an amount not to exceed $10.0 million since the Emergence Date, dispositions in connection with the settlement of claims and litigation; (16) dispositions made pursuant to the Plan of Reorganization; 3

10 (17) to the extent allowable under Section 1031 of the Code, any exchange of like property (excluding any boot thereon) for use in a Permitted Business; (18) any sale of Capital Stock in, or Indebtedness or other securities of, an Unrestricted Subsidiary (with the exception of Investments acquired pursuant to the definition of Permitted Investments); (19) any Casualty Event; and (20) the unwinding of any Hedging Obligation. Attributable Indebtedness in respect of a Sale/Leaseback Transaction means, as at the time of determination, the present value (discounted at the interest rate implicit in the transaction) of the total obligations of the lessee for rental payments during the remaining term of the lease included in such Sale/Leaseback Transaction (including any period for which such lease has been extended), determined in accordance with GAAP; provided, however, that if such Sale/Leaseback Transaction results in a Capitalized Lease Obligation, the amount of Indebtedness represented thereby will be determined in accordance with the definition of Capitalized Lease Obligations. Average Life means, as of the date of determination, with respect to any Indebtedness or Preferred Stock, the quotient obtained by dividing (1) the sum of the products of the numbers of years from the date of determination to the dates of each successive scheduled principal payment of such Indebtedness or redemption or similar payment with respect to such Preferred Stock multiplied by the amount of such payment by (2) the sum of all such payments. Bankruptcy Law means Title 11 of the United States Code or any similar federal or state law for the relief of debtors. Bankruptcy Court means the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Texas (Fort Worth Division) presiding over the Chapter 11 cases of Mirant Corporation and its affiliates, Case No (DML). Board of Directors means as to any Person, the board of directors or managers, as applicable, of such Person (or, if such Person is a partnership, the board of directors or other governing body of the general partner of such Person) or any duly authorized committee thereof. Board Resolution means a copy of a resolution certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of a Person to have been duly adopted by the Board of Directors of such Person and to be in full force and effect on the date of such certification, and delivered to the Trustee. Business Day means each day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which banking institutions in New York, New York are authorized or required by law to close. Capital Stock of any Person means any and all shares, interests, rights to purchase, warrants, options, participation or other equivalents of or interests in (however designated) equity of such Person, including any Preferred Stock and limited liability or partnership interests (whether general or limited), but excluding any debt securities convertible into such equity. 4

11 Capitalized Lease Obligations means an obligation that is required to be classified and accounted for as a capitalized lease for financial reporting purposes in accordance with GAAP, and the amount of Indebtedness represented by such obligation will be the capitalized amount of such obligation at the time any determination thereof is to be made as determined in accordance with GAAP, and the Stated Maturity thereof will be the date of the last payment of rent or any other amount due under such lease prior to the first date such lease may be terminated without penalty; provided, however, that in no event shall the obligations of MIRMA under the Facility Lease Documents (without giving effect to any amendment, supplement or modification thereto) be treated as Capitalized Lease Obligations. Cash Equivalents means: (1) securities issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by the United States Government or any agency or instrumentality of the United States (provided that the full faith and credit of the United States is pledged in support thereof), and, other than any such securities used to defease Indebtedness, having maturities of not more than one year from the date of acquisition; (2) marketable general obligations issued by any state of the United States of America or any political subdivision of any such state or any public instrumentality thereof maturing within one year from the date of acquisition and, at the time of acquisition, having a credit rating of A or better from either Standard & Poor s Ratings Group, Inc. or Moody s Investors Service, Inc.; (3) certificates of deposit, time deposits, eurodollar time deposits, overnight bank deposits or bankers acceptances having maturities of not more than one year from the date of acquisition thereof issued by any commercial bank the long term debt of which is rated at the time of acquisition thereof at least A or the equivalent thereof by Standard & Poor s Ratings Group, Inc., or A or the equivalent thereof by Moody s Investors Service, Inc., and having combined capital and surplus in excess of $500.0 million; (4) repurchase obligations with a term of not more than seven days for underlying securities of the types described in clauses (1), (2) and (3) entered into with any bank meeting the qualifications specified in clause (3) above; (5) commercial paper rated at the time of acquisition thereof at least A2 or the equivalent thereof by Standard & Poor s Ratings Group, Inc. or P2 or the equivalent thereof by Moody s Investors Service, Inc., or carrying an equivalent rating by a nationally recognized rating agency, if both of the two named rating agencies cease publishing ratings of investments, and in any case maturing within one year after the date of acquisition thereof; (6) interests in any investment company or money market fund which invests 95% or more of its assets in instruments of the type specified in clauses (1) through (5) above; and (7) money market funds that (i) (x) comply with the criteria set forth in SEC Rule 2a- 7 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended and are rated at least A by Standard & Poor s Ratings Group, Inc. and A by Moody s Investors 5

12 Service, Inc. or (y) are rated AAA by Standard & Poor s Ratings Group, Inc. and Aaa by Moody s Investors Service, Inc. and (ii) have portfolio assets of at least $2,500,000,000. "Casualty Event" means any taking under power of eminent domain or similar proceeding and any insured loss; provided that any such taking or insured loss that results in Net Available Cash of less than $25.0 million shall not be deemed a Casualty Event. Change of Control means: (1) any person or group of related persons (as such terms are used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act) is or becomes the beneficial owner (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act, except that such person or group shall be deemed to have beneficial ownership of all shares that any such person or group has the right to acquire, whether such right is exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time), directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of the Company (other than a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of New Mirant) or Parent (or its successor by merger, consolidation or purchase of all or substantially all of its assets) (for the purposes of this clause, such person or group shall be deemed to beneficially own any Voting Stock of the Company or Parent held by a parent entity, if such person or group beneficially owns (as defined above), directly or indirectly, more than 50% of the voting power of the Voting Stock of such parent entity); or (2) the first day on which a majority of the members of the Board of Directors of the Company or Parent are not Continuing Directors; or (3) the sale, lease, transfer, conveyance or other disposition (other than by way of merger or consolidation), in one or a series of related transactions, of all or substantially all of the assets of Parent or, other than to New Mirant or a Wholly- Owned Subsidiary of New Mirant, the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole to any person (as such term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act); or (4) the adoption by the stockholders of the Company or Parent of a plan or proposal for the liquidation or dissolution of the Company or Parent. Code means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. Commodity Agreement means any commodity futures contract, commodity option or other similar agreement or arrangement entered into by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary designed to protect the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries against fluctuations in the price of any commodity, including without limitation, fuel, emissions and electric energy or capacity, actually sold or used in the ordinary course of business of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries. Common Stock means with respect to any Person, any and all shares, interest or other participations in, and other equivalents (however designated and whether voting or nonvoting) of 6

13 such Person s common stock whether or not outstanding on the Issue Date, and includes, without limitation, all series and classes of such common stock. Company has the meaning set forth in the first paragraph of the recitals of this Indenture, and the successors and assigns thereto. Consolidated Coverage Ratio means as of any date of determination, with respect to any Person, the ratio of (x) the aggregate amount of Consolidated EBITDA of such Person for the period of the most recent four consecutive fiscal quarters ending prior to the date of such determination for which financial statements are in existence (the Reference Period ) to (y) Consolidated Interest Expense for such four fiscal quarters, provided, however, that: (1) if the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary: (a) (b) has Incurred any Indebtedness since the beginning of such period that remains outstanding on such date of determination or if the transaction giving rise to the need to calculate the Consolidated Coverage Ratio is an Incurrence of Indebtedness, Consolidated EBITDA and Consolidated Interest Expense for such period will be calculated after giving effect on a pro forma basis to such Indebtedness as if such Indebtedness had been Incurred on the first day of such period (except that in making such computation, the amount of Indebtedness under any revolving credit facility outstanding on the date of such calculation will be deemed to be (i) the average daily balance of such Indebtedness during such four fiscal quarters or such shorter period for which such facility was outstanding or (ii) if such facility was created after the end of such four fiscal quarters, the average daily balance of such Indebtedness during the period from the date of creation of such facility to the date of such calculation) and the discharge of any other Indebtedness repaid, repurchased, defeased or otherwise discharged with the proceeds of such new Indebtedness as if such discharge had occurred on the first day of such period; or has repaid, repurchased, defeased or otherwise discharged any Indebtedness since the beginning of the period that is no longer outstanding on such date of determination or if the transaction giving rise to the need to calculate the Consolidated Coverage Ratio involves a discharge of Indebtedness (in each case other than Indebtedness Incurred under any revolving credit facility unless such Indebtedness has been permanently repaid and the related commitment terminated), Consolidated EBITDA and Consolidated Interest Expense for such period will be calculated after giving effect on a pro forma basis to such discharge of such Indebtedness, including with the proceeds of such new Indebtedness, as if such discharge had occurred on the first day of such period; (2) if since the beginning of such period the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary will have made any Asset Disposition or disposed of any company, division, operating unit, segment, business, group of related assets or line of business or if the transaction giving rise to the need to calculate the Consolidated Coverage Ratio is such an Asset Disposition: 7

14 (a) (b) the Consolidated EBITDA for such period will be reduced by an amount equal to the Consolidated EBITDA (if positive) directly attributable to the assets which are the subject of such Asset Disposition for such period or increased by an amount equal to the Consolidated EBITDA (if negative) directly attributable thereto for such period; and Consolidated Interest Expense for such period will be reduced by an amount equal to the Consolidated Interest Expense directly attributable to any Indebtedness of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary repaid, repurchased, defeased or otherwise discharged with respect to the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with such Asset Disposition for such period (or, if the Capital Stock of any Restricted Subsidiary is sold, the Consolidated Interest Expense for such period directly attributable to the Indebtedness of such Restricted Subsidiary to the extent the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries are no longer liable for such Indebtedness after such sale); (3) if since the beginning of such period the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (by merger or otherwise) will have made an Investment in any Restricted Subsidiary (or any Person which becomes a Restricted Subsidiary or is merged with or into the Company) or an acquisition of assets, including any acquisition of assets occurring in connection with a transaction causing a calculation to be made hereunder, which constitutes all or substantially all of a company, division, operating unit, segment, business, group of related assets or line of business, Consolidated EBITDA and Consolidated Interest Expense for such period will be calculated after giving pro forma effect thereto (including the Incurrence of any Indebtedness) as if such Investment or acquisition occurred on the first day of such period; (4) if since the beginning of such period any Person (that subsequently became a Restricted Subsidiary or was merged with or into the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary since the beginning of such period) will have Incurred any Indebtedness or discharged any Indebtedness, made any Asset Disposition or any Investment or acquisition of assets that would have required an adjustment pursuant to clause (2) or (3) above if made by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary during such period, Consolidated EBITDA and Consolidated Interest Expense for such period will be calculated after giving pro forma effect thereto as if such transaction occurred on the first day of such period; and (5) with respect to any portion of a Reference Period that occurs prior to January 3, 2006, Consolidated EBITDA and Consolidated Interest Expense for such period will be calculated after giving pro forma effect to adjustments consistent with the presentation of Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Financial Information for the twelve months ended September 30, 2005 set forth in the Offering Memorandum. For purposes of this definition, whenever pro forma effect is to be given to any calculation under this definition, the pro forma calculations will be determined in good faith by a responsible financial or accounting officer of the Company; provided that (x) whenever pro forma effect is to 8

15 be given to an Investment, merger, acquisition or Asset Disposition, the pro forma calculations shall be determined in good faith by a responsible financial or accounting Officer of the Company and shall comply with the requirements of Rule of Regulation S-X promulgated by the SEC, except that such pro forma calculations may include operating expense reductions for such period resulting from the transaction which is being given pro forma effect that have been realized or for which substantially all the steps necessary for realization have been taken or are reasonably expected to be taken within six months following any such transaction, including, but not limited to, the execution or termination of any contracts, reduction of costs related to administrative functions, the termination of any personnel or the closing (or approval by the Board of Directors of the Company of any closing) of any facility, as applicable, provided that, in either case, such adjustments are set forth in an Officers Certificate signed by the Company s chief financial officer and another Officer which states (i) the amount of such adjustment or adjustments, (ii) that such adjustment or adjustments are based on the reasonable good faith beliefs of the Officers executing such Officers Certificate at the time of such execution and (iii) that any related Incurrence of Indebtedness is permitted pursuant to the Indenture and (y) pro forma calculations pursuant to clause (5) above shall be set forth in an Officers Certificate signed by the Company s chief financial officer and another Officer which states that such calculations are based on the reasonable good faith beliefs of the Officers executing such Officers Certificate at the time of such execution. If any Indebtedness bears a floating rate of interest and is being given pro forma effect, the interest expense on such Indebtedness will be calculated as if the rate in effect on the date of determination had been the applicable rate for the entire period (taking into account any Interest Rate Agreement applicable to such Indebtedness if such Interest Rate Agreement has a remaining term in excess of 12 months). If any Indebtedness that is being given pro forma effect bears an interest rate at the option of the Company, the interest rate shall be calculated by applying such optional rate chosen by the Company. Consolidated EBITDA for any period means, without duplication, the Consolidated Net Income for such period plus (to the extent deducted from Consolidated Net Income), without duplication: (1) Consolidated Interest Expense; plus (2) Consolidated Income Taxes plus franchise and similar taxes; plus (3) consolidated depreciation expense; plus or minus, as the case may be (4) all non-recurring costs and expenses of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries incurred in connection with (x) the Emergence Transactions and (y) litigation attributable to the Company s Chapter 11 cases (so long as such costs and expenses have been approved and allowed by the Bankruptcy Court), including but not limited to non-recurring costs and expenses incurred in the related financing transactions and as a result of operating changes implemented within 18 months of the completion of the Emergence Transactions; plus (5) the amount of any restructuring charges (including, without limitation, retention, severance, facility closure costs and benefit charges); plus (6) realized losses on transition power agreements, in the amounts set forth in and as further described in the Offering Memorandum, but only to the extent such 9

16 realized loss was incurred in the consecutive four quarter period referred to in the definition of Consolidated Coverage Ratio; plus (7) other non-cash expenses and losses reducing Consolidated Net Income (including the effects of fresh start accounting under SOP 90-7, but excluding any such non-cash charge to the extent it represents an accrual of or reserve for cash charges in any future period or amortization of a prepaid cash expense that was paid in a prior period not included in the calculation and Mark-to-Market Adjustments); minus (8) noncash items increasing Consolidated Net Income of such Person for such period (including the effects of fresh start accounting under SOP 90-7, but excluding any items which represent the reversal of any accrual of, or reserve for, anticipated cash charges made in any prior period and Mark-to-Market Adjustments). Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, amounts under clauses (2) through (8) of a Restricted Subsidiary of a Person (other than a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary) will be added to or subtracted from, as the case may be, Consolidated Net Income to compute Consolidated EBITDA of such Person only to the extent (and in the same proportion) that the net income (loss) of such Restricted Subsidiary was included in calculating the Consolidated Net Income of such Person and, to the extent the amounts set forth in clauses (2) through (8) are in excess of those necessary to offset a net loss of such Restricted Subsidiary or if such Restricted Subsidiary has net income for such period included in Consolidated Net Income, only if a corresponding amount would be permitted at the date of determination to be dividended to the Company by such Restricted Subsidiary without prior approval (that has not been obtained), pursuant to the terms of its charter and all agreements, instruments, judgments, decrees, orders, statutes, rules and governmental regulations applicable to that Restricted Subsidiary or its stockholders. Consolidated Income Taxes means, with respect to any Person for any period, taxes imposed upon such Person or other payments required to be made by such Person by any governmental authority which taxes or other payments are calculated by reference to the income or profits of such Person or such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries (to the extent such income or profits were included in computing Consolidated Net Income for such period), regardless of whether such taxes or payments are required to be remitted to any governmental authority. Consolidated Interest Expense means, with respect to any Person for any period, the sum, without duplication, of: (1) consolidated interest expense of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, to the extent such expense was deducted in computing Consolidated Net Income (including amortization of original issue discount resulting from the issuance of Indebtedness at less than par, noncash interest payments (but excluding any noncash interest expense attributable to the movement in the markto-market valuation of Hedging Obligations or other derivative instruments pursuant to Financial Accounting Standards Board Statement No. 133 Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities ), the interest component of Capitalized Lease Obligations and net payments, if any, pursuant to interest rate Hedging Obligations with respect to Indebtedness, and excluding 10

17 amortization of deferred financing fees, debt issuance costs, commissions, fees and expenses and any expensing of bridge or other financing fees, commitments, administration and transaction fees and charges); (2) commissions, discounts and other fees and charges owed with respect to letters of credit and bankers' acceptance financing; (3) the interest expense on Indebtedness of another Person that is Guaranteed by such Person or one of its Restricted Subsidiaries or secured by a Lien on assets of such Person or one of its Restricted Subsidiaries; (4) the product of (a) all dividends paid or payable, in cash, Cash Equivalents or Indebtedness or accrued during such period on any series of Disqualified Stock of such Person or on Preferred Stock of its Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Subsidiary Guarantors payable to a party other than the Company or a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary, times (b) a fraction, the numerator of which is one and the denominator of which is one minus the then current combined federal, state, provincial and local statutory tax rate of such Person, expressed as a decimal, in each case, on a consolidated basis and in accordance with GAAP; and (5) consolidated capitalized interest of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, whether paid or accrued; less (6) interest income with respect to accounts deposited to secure the synthetic letter of credit tranche of the Senior Secured Credit Agreement in existence on the Emergence Date. Consolidated Net Income means, for any period, the Net Income of the Company and its consolidated Restricted Subsidiaries; provided, however, that there will not be included in such Consolidated Net Income: (1) any net income (loss) of any Person if such Person is not a Restricted Subsidiary, except that, subject to the limitations contained in clauses (3) through (9) below and to the extent not already included in this definition or pursuant to clause (iv) of the first paragraph of Certain covenants Limitation on restricted payments, Consolidated Net Income of the Company and its consolidated Restricted Subsidiaries shall be increased by the aggregate amount of cash actually distributed by such Person during such period to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary as a dividend or other distribution (subject, in the case of a dividend or other distribution to a Restricted Subsidiary, to the limitations contained in clause (2) below); (2) for purposes of the covenant described under Certain covenants Limitation on restricted payments only, any net income (but not loss) of any Restricted Subsidiary to the extent such Subsidiary is not permitted at the date of determination to declare or pay dividends or similar distributions without any prior governmental approval (which approval has not been obtained) or, directly or indirectly, by the operation of the terms of its charter or any agreement, instrument, judgment decree, order, statute, rule or governmental regulation applicable to that Restricted Subsidiary or its stockholders, (unless such 11

18 restriction has been waived or arises solely from the requirement under the Facility Lease Documents with respect to MIRMA and its Subsidiaries that MIRMA and its Subsidiaries deliver financial statements for the most recently completed fiscal year or fiscal quarter, as the case may be, and the date of determination is less than 90 or 60 days, as the case may be, from the end of such fiscal year or fiscal quarter), except that: (a) (b) subject to the limitations contained in clauses (3) through (9) below, the Company's equity in the net income of any such Restricted Subsidiary for such period will be included in such Consolidated Net Income up to the aggregate amount of cash that could have been distributed by such Restricted Subsidiary during such period to the Company or another Restricted Subsidiary as a dividend (subject, in the case of a dividend to another Restricted Subsidiary, to the limitation contained in this clause); and the Company s equity in a net loss of any such Restricted Subsidiary for such period will be included in determining such Consolidated Net Income; (3) any gain (loss) realized upon the sale or other disposition of any property, plant or equipment of the Company or its consolidated Restricted Subsidiaries (including pursuant to any Sale/Leaseback Transaction) which is not sold or otherwise disposed of in the ordinary course of business (determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Company) and any gain (loss) realized upon the sale or other disposition of any Capital Stock of any Person; (4) any extraordinary gain or loss; (5) the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles; (6) any increase in amortization or depreciation or other non-cash charges resulting from the application of SOP 90-7 in relation to the Emergence Transactions or from purchase accounting due to any acquisition that is consummated after the Issue Date; and (7) any income (loss) from the early extinguishment of Indebtedness; (8) consolidated amortization expense or impairment charges recorded in connection with the application of Financial Accounting Standard No. 142 Goodwill and Other Intangibles and Financial Accounting Standard No. 144 Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long Lived Assets; and (9) Mark-to-Market Adjustments. For purposes of calculating the amount of Restricted Payments permitted pursuant to clause (c)(i) of Section 3.3, the amount of Consolidated Net Income shall be reduced, without duplication, by amounts dividended to Parent for taxes pursuant to clause (10) of the second paragraph of Section 3.3 (such calculation to be made on a quarterly basis). 12

19 Notwithstanding the foregoing, for the purpose of Section 3.3 only, there shall be excluded from Consolidated Net Income any income arising from any sale or other disposition of Restricted Investments made by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, any repurchases and redemptions from the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, any repayments on loans and advances which constitute Restricted Investments by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, any sale of the stock of an Unrestricted Subsidiary or any distribution or dividend from an Unrestricted Subsidiary, in each case only to the extent such amounts increase the amount of Restricted Payments permitted under such covenant pursuant to clause (c)(iv) of Section 3.3. Continuing Directors means, as of any date of determination, any member of the Board of Directors of the Company or Parent, as the case may be, who: (1) was a member of such Board of Directors on the date of the Indenture; or (2) was nominated for election or elected to such Board of Directors with the approval of a majority of the Continuing Directors who were members of the relevant Board at the time of such nomination or election. Credit Facility means, with respect to the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor, one or more debt facilities (including, without limitation, the Senior Secured Credit Agreement or commercial paper facilities with banks or other institutional lenders providing for revolving credit loans, term loans, receivables financing (including through the sale of receivables to such lenders or to special purpose entities formed to borrow from such lenders against such receivables) or letters of credit, in each case, as amended, restated, modified, renewed, refunded, replaced or refinanced (including by means of sales of debt securities to institutional investors) in whole or in part from time to time (and whether or not with the original administrative agent and lenders or another administrative agent or agents or other lenders and whether provided under the original Senior Secured Credit Agreement or any other credit or other agreement, commercial paper facilities with banks or other institutional investors or one or more indentures). Currency Agreement means, in respect of a Person, any foreign exchange contract, currency swap agreement, futures contract, option contract or other similar agreement as to which such Person is a party or a beneficiary. Custodian means any receiver, trustee, assignee, liquidator, custodian or similar official under any Bankruptcy Law. Default means any event which is, or after notice or passage of time or both would be, an Event of Default. Definitive Securities means certificated Securities. Disqualified Stock means, with respect to any Person, any Capital Stock of such Person which by its terms (or by the terms of any security into which it is convertible or for which it is exchangeable) or upon the happening of any event: (1) matures or is mandatorily redeemable pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise; (2) is convertible or exchangeable for Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock (excluding Capital Stock which is convertible or exchangeable solely at the option of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary); or 13

20 (3) is redeemable at the option of the holder of the Capital Stock in whole or in part, in each case on or prior to the date that is 91 days after the earlier of the date (a) of the Stated Maturity of the Securities or (b) on which there are no Securities outstanding, provided that only the portion of Capital Stock which so matures or is mandatorily redeemable, is so convertible or exchangeable or is so redeemable at the option of the holder thereof prior to such date will be deemed to be Disqualified Stock; provided, further that any Capital Stock that would constitute Disqualified Stock solely because the holders thereof have the right to require the Company to repurchase such Capital Stock upon the occurrence of a change of control or asset sale (each defined in a substantially identical manner to the corresponding definitions in the Indenture) shall not constitute Disqualified Stock if the terms of such Capital Stock (and all such securities into which it is convertible or for which it is ratable or exchangeable) provide that the Company may not repurchase or redeem any such Capital Stock (and all such securities into which it is convertible or for which it is ratable or exchangeable) pursuant to such provision prior to compliance by the Company with Section 3.5 and Section 3.11 of this Indenture and such repurchase or redemption complies with Section 3.3. DTC means The Depository Trust Company, its nominees and their respective successors and assigns, or such other depository institution hereinafter appointed by the Company. Emergence Date means the date on which Section 12.2 of the Plan of Reorganization (Conditions Precedent to the Occurrence of the Effective Date) shall have been satisfied, the Emergence Transactions shall have occurred and the Plan of Reorganization shall have been substantially consummated. Emergence Transactions means the various transactions set forth in the Plan of Reorganization entered into by the Company and its affiliates in connection with the Emergence Date and substantial consummation of the Plan of Reorganization, including without limitation, the various corporate restructuring transactions outlined in the Plan of Reorganization (other than the contribution of MET to the Company which shall occur no later than 60 days after the Emergence Date), the issuance of the Securities, borrowing made under the Senior Secured Credit Agreement on the Emergence Date and the application of a portion of the proceeds of such financings in accordance with such Plan of Reorganization. Equity Offering means (a) a public offering for cash by the Company or Parent, as the case may be, of its Common Stock, or options, warrants or rights with respect to its Common Stock, other than (x) public offerings with respect to options, warrants or rights, registered on Form S-4 or S-8, (y) an issuance to any Subsidiary or (z) any offering of Common Stock issued in connection with a transaction that constitutes a Change of Control and (b) contributions of cash or Cash Equivalents to the common equity capital of the Company by Persons other than the Company and its Subsidiaries (except in connection with a transaction that constitutes a Change of Control). For the avoidance of doubt, any payments received by the Company in respect of MAI Series A Preferred Shares and MAI Series B Preferred Shares shall not constitute Equity Offerings. Escrow Agreement means that certain escrow agreement dated as of the date of this Indenture by and among the Issuers, the Trustee, Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as 14