Salient MLP & Energy Infrastructure Fund to Host Conference Call on

Wednesday, December 18, 2013

Houston, TX - December 9, 2013 - Salient announced today a conference call to be held Wednesday, December 18, 2013 at 3:00 p.m. (Eastern Time) discussing the Salient MLP & Energy Infrastructure Fund (NYSE: SMF) ("The Fund"). The Fund's portfolio managers, Greg Reid and Ted Gardner of Salient Capital Advisors, LLC, will update investors on the current MLP environment and potential opportunities that may exist in the space entering 2014. The call will conclude with a question and answer session.

Please dial-in to the call for a more in depth discussion. Conference Call Dial-in Information:

Date: December 18, 2013

Time: 3:00 p.m. (Eastern Time)

USA Toll Free Number: 866-939-3921 or 678-302-3550

A slide presentation will be made available prior to the start of the call. The slide presentation may be accessed on the Fund's website under the following web page by clicking on the Literature tab: http://www.salientpartners.com/funds/mlp-infrastructure.html

Beginning later the same day an audio replay of the call will be available for two weeks on the Fund's website. To access the audio file and slide presentation, please go to the Literature tab of the following web page, under the Conference Call section: http://www.salientpartners.com/funds/mlp- infrastructure.html

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Salient MLP & Energy Infrastructure Fund is a Delaware statutory trust registered as a non-diversified, closed-end management investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. The Fund's investment objective is to provide a high level of total return with an emphasis on making quarterly cash distributions to shareholders. The Fund seeks to achieve that objective by investing at least 80% of its total assets in securities of MLPs and energy infrastructure companies. There can be no assurance that the Fund will achieve its investment objective.
This press release contains "forward-looking statements" as defined under the U.S. federal securities laws. Generally, the words "believe," "expect," "intend," "estimate," "anticipate," "project," "will," and similar expressions identify forward-looking statements, which generally are not historical in nature. Forward-looking statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual future results to differ significantly from the Fund's present expectations or projections indicated in any forward- looking statements. These risks include, but are not limited to, changes in economic and political conditions; regulatory and legal changes; leverage risk; valuation risk; interest rate risk; tax risk; the volume of sales and purchase of shares; the continuation of investment advisory, administration and other service arrangements; and other risks discussed in the Fund's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. You should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date they are made. The Fund undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements made herein. There is no assurance that the Fund's investment objective will be attained.

CONTACT:

Chris Moon JCPR cmoon@jcprinc.com

973-850-7304

Salient Capital Advisors, LLC Investor Relations mlpinfo@salientpartners.com

800-809-0525

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