HOUSTON, Sept. 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Salient Midstream & MLP Fund (the "Fund") (NYSE: [ SMM ]) released today its net asset value (NAV) as of August 31, 2012 and provided an update on the Fund's current portfolio.

As of August 31, 2012, the Fund's net assets were $187.5 million and the net asset value per share was $19.80. The Fund's net assets on July 31, 2012 were $192.8 million and the net asset value per share was $20.38.

In August, the Fund paid its initial cash distribution of $0.325 per share on August 22, 2012 and the annualized yield equates to a 6.5% yield on the IPO price of $20.00.

As of August 31, 2012, the advisor has invested the Fund in long-term investments as shown in the pie chart below:

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Also as of August 31, 2012, the Fund's 10 largest consolidated holdings were:

Company	Sector	Shares	Amount (in millions)	Percent of Consolidated Gross Assets
Enterprise Products Partners LP**	MLP	420,822	$22.5	8.9%
Kinder Morgan Management, LLC	MLP Affiliate	252,019	$18.7	7.4%
Plains All American Pipeline, LP*	MLP	185,000	$16.0	6.4%
Kinder Morgan, Inc.	Midstream Company	438,078	$15.7	6.2%
Williams Companies, Inc.	Midstream Company	409,000	$13.2	5.2%
Teekay Offshore Partners LP	Marine Midstream	435,002	$12.1	4.8%
Enbridge Energy Management LLC	MLP Affiliate	355,859	$11.1	4.4%
Energy Transfer Equity, LP*	MLP	247,000	$10.9	4.3%
Crosstex Energy, Inc.	Midstream Company	699,437	$8.7	3.4%
Targa Resources Corp.	Midstream Company	179,000	$8.1	3.2%

*Held indirectly through the wholly owned C-Corporation, Salient Midstream & MLP Fund, Inc.
** A portion of the shares are held indirectly through the C-Corporation.

The Fund's consolidated unaudited balance sheet as of August 31, 2012, is shown below:

	Salient Midstream & MLP Fund
	Consolidated Balance Sheet
	August 31, 2012
	(Unaudited)

	Assets	(in millions)
	Investments¹	$231.5
	Cash and Cash Equivalents	4.5
	Receivable for Investments Sold	0.1
	Hedging and Other Assets	15.4
	Total Assets	251.5
	Liabilities
	Line of Credit Payable²	61.0
	Derivatives – Short positions	0.8
	Other Liabilities	2.2
	Total Liabilities	64.0
	Net Assets	$187.5

The Fund had 9.5 million common shares outstanding as of August 31, 2012.
¹Investments include the gross underlying investments within the Salient Midstream & MLP Fund, Inc. (C-Corporation) of $55.5 million.
² The line of credit payable includes the C-Corporation's $20M outstanding line as of August 31, 2012.

Past performance is no guarantee of future results.

Salient Midstream & MLP 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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Salient Midstream amp;; MLP Fund Announces its Net Asset Value as of August 31, 2012 and Provides Fund Update

Salient Midstream & MLP Fund Announces its Net Asset Value as of August 31, 2012 and Provides Fund Update