Salomon Brothers Emerging Markets Debt Fund Inc. Declares Dividend of $0.15000 per Share for September, October and November 200

Salomon Brothers Emerging Markets Debt Fund Inc. Declares Dividend of $0.15000 per Share for September, October and November 2004 NEW YORK, Aug. 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Salomon Brothers Emerging Markets Debt Fund Inc., which is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "ESD," announced today a dividend from ordinary income of $0.15000 per common share for the months of September, October and November 2004 appear below: Ex-Dividend Record Payable September 9/10/04 9/14/04 9/24/04 October 10/8/04 10/13/04 10/29/04 November 11/12/04 11/16/04 11/26/04 Salomon Brothers Emerging Markets Debt Fund Inc., a non-diversified closed-end investment management company, is managed by Salomon Brothers Asset Management Inc., an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Citigroup Inc. For more information, call Investor Relations at 1-888-777-0102 or 1-800-SALOMON, or visit the Fund's web site at http://www.sbam.com/ DATASOURCE: Salomon Brothers Emerging Markets Debt Fund Inc. CONTACT: Brenda Grandell, Director, Closed-End Funds of Citigroup Asset Management, +1-212-291-3775 Web site: http://www.sbam.com/