Salomon Brothers Capital and Income Fund Inc. Announces New Share Repurchase Program

Business Wire, Feb 6, 2006

NEW YORK -- The Board of Directors of Salomon Brothers Capital and Income Fund Inc. (the "Fund"), which is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "SCD," today announced that it has authorized the Fund to repurchase from time to time in the open market up to 1,000,000 shares of the Fund's common stock. The Board of Directors directed the management of the Fund to repurchase shares of the Fund's common stock at such times and in such amounts as management believes will enhance shareholder value, subject to review by the Fund's Board of Directors.

This is the second repurchase program authorized by the Board of Directors of the Fund. Pursuant to the Fund's previous repurchase program of up to 1,000,000 shares, the Fund has currently repurchased approximately 900,000 shares; there are still approximately 100,000 additional shares authorized and remaining to be repurchased under the initial program. Upon completion of this authorization, the second repurchase program will become effective.

Salomon Brothers Capital and Income Fund Inc., a non-diversified closed-end investment company, is managed by Salomon Brothers Asset Management Inc, a wholly owned subsidiary of Legg Mason, Inc.

For more information about the Fund, call 1-888-777-0102 or consult the Fund's web site at www.sbam.com.

This press release may contain statements regarding plans and expectations for the future that constitute forward-looking statements within the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All statements other than statements of historical fact are forward-looking and can be identified by the use of words such as "may," "will," "expect," "anticipate," "estimate," "believe," "continue" or other similar words. Such forward-looking statements are based on the Fund's current plans and expectations, and are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements. Additional information concerning such risks and uncertainties are contained in the Fund's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Note: On December 1, 2005, Citigroup Inc. ("Citigroup") sold substantially all of its worldwide asset management business, Citigroup Asset Management ("CAM"), to Legg Mason, Inc. ("Legg Mason"). As part of this transaction, the investment adviser for the fund(s) referenced herein became a wholly owned subsidiary of Legg Mason.

Under a licensing agreement between Citigroup and Legg Mason, the names of the funds, the names of any classes of shares of funds, and the names of investment advisers of the funds, as well as all logos, trademarks, and service marks related to Citigroup or any of its affiliates ("Citi Marks") are licensed for use by Legg Mason. Citi Marks include, but are not limited to, "Smith Barney," "Salomon Brothers," "Citi," "Citigroup Asset Management," and "Davis Skaggs Investment Management." Legg Mason and its affiliates, as well as the Fund's investment adviser, are not affiliated with Citigroup.

All Citi Marks are owned by Citigroup, and are licensed for use until no later than one year after the date of the licensing agreement.