Salomon Brothers Municipal Partners Fund II Inc. 'MPT' Sets New Rate and Announces Distributions of $0.04500 Per Common Share f

Salomon Brothers Municipal Partners Fund II Inc., which
is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "MPT,"
announced distributions of $0.04500 per common share per month. The
Fund had previously paid a distribution of $0.05500 per share per
month. The distribution schedules for June, July and August 2006
appear below:

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                Ex-Dividend     Record         Payable

    June         06/23/06       06/27/06       06/30/06
    July         07/21/06       07/25/06       07/28/06
    August       08/18/06       08/22/06       08/25/06
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   The Fund is reducing its distribution to approximate the current
level of investment income generated by the portfolio. In declaring
the new rate, the Fund cited the impact of the higher borrowing costs
on the Fund's preferred stock.
   Salomon Brothers Municipal Partners Fund II Inc., a diversified
closed-end investment management company, is managed by Salomon
Brothers Asset Management Inc, a wholly owned subsidiary of Legg
Mason, Inc.
   For more information, call Investor Relations at 1-888-777-0102 or
visit the Fund's web site at www.leggmason.com/InvestorServices.

   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.