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SALOMON BROTHERS HIGH INCOME FUND II INC

ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT


THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT:

	FIRST:  The charter of SALOMON BROTHERS HIGH INCOME
FUND II INC, a Maryland corporation (the Corporation), is
hereby amended by deleting existing ARTICLE II in its entirety
and substituting in lieu thereof a new Article to read as
follows:

ARTICLE II

NAME

		The name of the corporation (which is
hereinafter called the
	Corporation) is:

			Western Asset High Income Fund II Inc.

	SECOND:  The amendment does not increase the
authorized stock of the Corporation.

	THIRD:  Pursuant to Section 2-605 (a) of the Maryland
General Corporation Law, the amendment to the charter of the
Corporation as hereinabove set forth has been duly approved by
the Board of Directors of the Corporation as required by law.

	FOURTH:  The foregoing amendment to the charter of the
Corporation shall become effective at 9:00 a.m. on October 9,
2006.

	FIFTH:  The undersigned Chairman and Chief Executive
Officer acknowledges these Articles of Amendment to be the
corporate act of the Corporation and as to all matters or facts
required to be verified under oath, the undersigned Chairman and
Chief Executive Officer acknowledges that to the best of his
knowledge, information and belief, these matters and facts are
true in all material respects and that this statement is made
under the penalties for perjury.




IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused these
Articles to be signed in its name and on its behalf by its
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer and attested to by its
Assistant Secretary on this 19 day of September, 2006.

ATTEST:					SALOMON BROTHERS HIGH INCOME
FUND II INC


________________________		By:__________________________
Robert M. Nelson,					R. Jay Gerken,
Assistant Secretary					Chairman and Chief
Executive Officer



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