Salomon Brothers Worldwide Income Fund Inc. Announces Results of Annual Meeting of Shareholders

Business Wire, March 1, 2006

NEW YORK -- Salomon Brothers Worldwide Income Fund Inc., which is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "SBW," announced today the results of the votes cast at the Fund's annual meeting of shareholders held on February 28, 2006.

Carol L. Colman, William R. Hutchinson, and R. Jay Gerken were elected as Class II Directors of Salomon Brothers Worldwide Income Fund Inc. to hold office until the annual meeting of stockholders in the year 2009 or thereafter when respective successors are duly elected and qualified.

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

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

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," and "Citigroup Asset 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.