183
SULLY’S TRAIL
PITTSFORD,
NEW YORK 14534
(585)
586-4680
for
Salomon
Brothers Inflation Management Fund Inc.
Salomon
Brothers Capital and Income Fund Inc.
This
letter is being sent to you by Karpus Investment Management (KIM) to enlist
your
support as a fellow shareholder. Citigroup is selling its Investment Management
business to Legg Mason for $3.7 Billion. KIM believes that there is a
benefit
to everyone BUT the shareholders
in this
transaction. Citigroup accuses KIM of conducting a “side-show” by raising these
critical shareholder issues.
We
should not go quietly and accept this transaction without a benefit to
us, the
shareholders. We have no assurances as to who will be conducting the day-to-day
management of the Funds in the future! The Boards of Directors of our Funds
are
treating us like cattle and trading us. They have a duty to address our
concerns.
These
funds had their initial price offerings just over one year ago. In this
short
period of time, the shareholders and the Boards have watched the funds
go from
trading at roughly a four percent premium to a nine to fourteen percent
discount
to net asset value! Citigroup now has the nerve to ask shareholders to
approve a
new investment manager without allowing them to at least get the net asset
value
of their initial investment. Demand better treatment from those in charge
of
your investments!
What
do we want to gain?
As
of September 30, 2005, Salomon Brothers Inflation Management
Fund
closed
at $17.72 per share verses the net asset value of $19.60. Net asset value
is
what the securities within the Fund are worth in the marketplace. Should
you
have been allowed to realize the real value as of this date, your
investment would have increased by 10.6% or $1.88 per
share.
As
of September 30, 2005, Salomon Brothers Capital and Income
Fund
closed
at $17.80 per share with a net asset value of $20.48 per share. Should
you have
been allowed to realize the real value as of this date, your
investment would have increased by 15.1% or $2.68 per
share.
KIM
wants ALL shareholders to be able to reap an economic benefit from this
transaction. If Citigroup and Legg Mason benefit, so should
we!
We
believe that this is the ONLY
CHANCE WE MAY HAVE
to make
the Boards of Directors and the Funds’ Management meet our expectations of
closing or eliminating the discount to net asset value of the Funds. We
want
this economic benefit before we will agree to transfer management of the
Funds.
By
voting
the GREEN
CARD
we will
be sending a message to the Boards of Directors that they simply can not
ignore
the economic loss caused by the Funds’ widening discount and expect shareholders
to blindly approve this transaction.
VOTE
AGAINST THE NEW MANAGEMENT CONTRACT
If
you
have already received and voted a white proxy card of either Fund, you
can
rescind your vote by voting the GREEN proxy card provided to you by Karpus
Investment Management.
WE
NEED YOUR SUPPORT TO ALERT MANAGEMENT AND THE BOARDS OF DIRECTORS THAT
WE WILL
NOT GO QUIETLY WITHOUT AN ECONOMIC BENEFIT FOR THE
SHAREHOLDERS.
VOTE
THE GREEN CARD WITH KARPUS, BEWARE OF TELEPHONE SOLICITATIONS; MAKE SURE
YOUR
VOTE IS COUNTED AND COUNTED ACCORDING TO YOUR
WISHES.