SCD LMP Capital and Income Fund Inc

LMP Capital and Income Fund Inc. (NYSE:SCD) announced today the appointment of Paolo M. Cucchi to the Fund๏ฟฝs 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๏ฟฝ 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๏ฟฝs 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 ๏ฟฝSCD,๏ฟฝ 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๏ฟฝs web site at www.leggmason.com/InvestorServices.