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Salomon Brothers Fund Inc as of September 30, 2004 NEW YORK, Oct. 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Salomon Brothers Fund Inc (NYSE:SBF) as of September 30, 2004 Investment Objective: The Fund's primary investment objectives are growth and conservation of capital. Income receives secondary consideration. Portfolio Composition* Common Stocks 98.7% Cash 1.3 Industry Allocations Financial Services 20.0% Information Technology 15.6 Industrials 13.9 Healthcare 13.1 Consumer Staples 10.6 Energy 9.6 Consumer Discretionary 8.4 Basic Materials 4.0 Telecommunication Services 2.0 Utilities 1.7 Cash 1.3 Top 10 Holdings General Electric 4.0% Microsoft 3.7 Exxon Mobil Corp 3.3 Pfizer 2.9 Bank of America 2.9 Boeing 2.4 Wells Fargo 2.3 American International Group 2.2 Procter & Gamble 2.2 JP Morgan Chase 2.1 *Portfolio holdings and weightings are subject to change at any time. Portfolio Statistics Inception Date: September 24, 1929 Total Net Assets: $1,3940.810 million Market Price: $11.91 NAV: $14.04 Salomon Brothers Fund Inc, a diversified investment management company, is managed by Salomon Brothers Asset Management, an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Citigroup Inc. For more information, call 1-888-777-0102 or 1-800-SALOMON, or consult the Fund's web site at http://www.sbam.com/ . DATASOURCE: Salomon Brothers Fund Inc CONTACT: Brenda Grandell, Director, Closed-End Funds, of Salomon Brothers Fund Inc, +1-212-291-3775; or Edward Giltenan, Head of Public Relations, Citigroup Asset Management, for Salomon Brothers Fund Inc, +1-212-559-6746 Web site: http://www.sbam.com/

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