1



                                                                    EXHIBIT 99.2

First paragraph under the caption "Legal Proceedings" beginning on page 17 of
the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of SSBH for the quarterly period ended March
31, 2000 (File No.1-4346).

For information concerning a suit filed by Harris Trust Savings Bank (as trustee
for the Ameritech Pension Trust) and others against Salomon Brothers Inc., and
Salomon Brothers Realty Corp., see the description that appears in the second
and third paragraphs under the caption "Legal Proceedings" beginning on page 11
of the Annual Report on Form 10-K of the Company for the year ended December 31,
1999 (File No. 1-4346), which description is included as Exhibit 99.1 to this
Form 10-Q and incorporated by reference herein. In April 2000, the U.S. Supreme
Court heard oral argument on plaintiffs' petition to reverse the decision of the
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. The U.S. Supreme Court reserved
its decision, and has not yet released its opinion.