LMP Capital and Income Fund Inc. Adds New Board Member

  
    
  
  
    
      LMP Capital and Income Fund Inc. (NYSE:SCD) announced today the 
      appointment of Paolo M. Cucchi to the Fund’s 
      Board of Directors effective March 5, 2007.
    
    
      Mr. Cucchi is Vice President and Dean of the College of Liberal Arts at 
      Drew University. He serves as a Director of 23 closed-end investment 
      management companies affiliated with Legg Mason Partners Fund Advisor, 
      LLC, the Funds’ investment adviser.
    
    
      Mr. Cucchi was appointed to serve as a Class I Director of the Fund to 
      hold office until the Annual Meeting of Stockholders in the year 2009 or 
      thereafter when a successor is duly elected and qualified by holders of 
      the Fund’s common stock.
    
    
      LMP Capital and Income Fund Inc., a non-diversified closed-end 
      investment management company traded on the New York Stock Exchange 
      under the symbol “SCD,” 
      is advised by Legg Mason Partners Fund Advisor, LLC, a wholly owned 
      subsidiary of Legg Mason, Inc. and is sub-advised by ClearBridge 
      Advisors, LLC, Western Asset Management Company and Western Asset 
      Management Ltd., affiliates of the adviser.
    
    
      For more information on the Fund, please call Investor Relations at 
      1-888-777-0102 or consult the Fund’s web site 
      at www.leggmason.com/InvestorServices.