ICON Announces Larger Fund, Completion of Vessel Transactions, Establishment of Offices in Canada and the United Kingdom, and Personnel Changes



    ICON Capital Corp. ("ICON"), an equipment leasing and
    finance company based in New York City, is pleased to announce the
    following:

    ICON Fund to Become Largest Public Equipment Leasing Fund

    On July 3, 2006, ICON's Fund Eleven received the necessary
    approvals for it to begin raising capital to increase the size of its
    Fund Eleven from $200 million to $375 million, which would create the
    largest U.S. public equipment leasing fund in history according to
    Robert A. Stanger & Co., the publishers of The Stanger Report. Having
    already raised $200 million in just over the first year of capital
    raising - which far exceeded ICON's initial expectations - and having
    10 months remaining in its permissible capital raising period, ICON
    determined that it was in the best interest of Fund Eleven's members
    to increase the size of the fund - a decision that Fund Eleven's
    members also supported through a consent solicitation conducted
    earlier in the year.
    Beau Clarke, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, and the major
    stockholder of ICON, stated that "The equity raised by Fund Eleven to
    date has far exceeded our initial expectations and the market
    reception has been unprecedented. In conjunction with our ability to
    invest the capital raised by Fund Eleven in transactions with
    Clearlink, Global Crossing, AeroTV, and EAM, we continue to see
    greater opportunities to invest the capital raised by Fund Eleven, as
    evidenced by Fund Eleven's recent acquisition of eight marine vessels.
    We are delighted by our investors' confidence in our ability to
    identify and complete profitable transactions and believe that the
    increase in capital raised by Fund Eleven will enable us to take full
    advantage of those opportunities."

    ICON Fund Completes $250 Million Acquisition of Eight Vessels
    Subject to Lease

    On June 16 and June 21, 2006, respectively, ICON's Fund Eleven
    completed the acquisition of four oil marine tankers subject to lease
    with Top Tankers, Inc. and four containerships subject to lease with
    ZIM Integrated Shipping Services Ltd. The vessels were acquired for
    approximately $254 million, including the assumption of approximately
    $195 million in debt. The leases expire in 2010 and 2011. ICON's other
    notable maritime investments include four containerships owned by
    ICON's Fund Ten that are on lease with ZIM through 2009 and three car
    and truck carrying vessels owned by ICON's Fund Nine that are on lease
    with Wilhelmsen Lines Shipowning through 2013.

    ICON Establishes Canadian Presence with Clearlink Acquisition

    In connection with ICON's recent acquisition of the leasing
    business of Clearlink Capital Corporation, a Canadian financial
    services provider, and Fund Eleven's related acquisition of
    substantially all of Clearlink's equipment leasing portfolio for
    approximately $145 million, ICON assumed the Toronto and Vancouver
    offices of Clearlink and most of Clearlink's talented staff of leasing
    professionals and administrative personnel.

    ICON Establishes Office in London

    Effective August 1, 2006, ICON is opening an office in London,
    which office will serve as a European base and will enable ICON to
    further expand its presence in Europe for an ever increasing array of
    financing transactions to acquire equipment subject to lease. During
    the past decade, ICON has been very active in the European financing
    market, particularly in the United Kingdom, and is currently working
    on a number of European equipment leasing opportunities.

    ICON Implements Personnel Changes

    To accommodate ICON's growth, Beau Clarke is pleased to announce
    the following personnel changes:

    -- Thomas W. Martin, the Chief Financial Officer and a director
    of ICON since 1996, has also been appointed Chief Operating
    Officer. While continuing in his roles as CFO and director,
    Mr. Martin now oversees the day-to-day operations of the
    company in his capacity as Chief Operating Officer.

    -- Michael A. Reisner and Mark Gatto have been appointed
    Executive Vice President--Acquisitions and Executive Vice
    President - Business Development and Acquisitions,
    respectively. Mr. Reisner was formerly Senior Vice President
    and General Counsel of ICON and Mr. Gatto was previously
    Associate General Counsel of ICON prior to becoming Director
    of Player Licensing for the Topps Company and thereafter
    co-founding a specialty business consulting firm. Mr. Gatto is
    responsible for business and corporate development and,
    together with Mr. Reisner, the acquisition of equipment
    subject to lease.

    -- Richard L. Specker became a Senior Managing Director of ICON
    in April 2006. Mr. Specker has over 25 years experience in
    asset-based finance and leasing, including as President of the
    Global Lease Finance Division of Fleet Capital Leasing and as
    Senior Vice President and Manager of the Structured Lease
    Finance Group at NationsBanc Leasing Corporation, a subsidiary
    of NationsBank that subsequently merged with Bank of America.

    -- Joel S. Kress became ICON's Senior Vice President, General
    Counsel, and Secretary in February 2006. Prior to joining ICON
    in August 2005, Mr. Kress was an attorney with Fried, Frank,
    Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP in New York and London,
    concentrating on mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance
    and financing transactions (including debt and equity
    issuances), and private equity investments.

    -- Craig A. Jackson became ICON's Vice President of Remarketing
    and Portfolio Management in February 2006. Previously, Mr.
    Jackson founded Remarketing Services, Inc. (a transportation
    equipment remarketing company) in October 2001 and, prior to
    that, was Vice President of Remarketing and Vice President of
    Operations for Chancellor Fleet Corporation (an equipment
    leasing company) for approximately 17 years.

    -- Sharon McKay, who has over 18 years of experience in the
    equipment leasing industry (most recently with Clearlink
    Capital Corporation), became Director of Lease Operations.

    -- Brian Stevens, who has over 30 years of experience in the
    equipment leasing industry (most recently with Clearlink
    Capital Corporation), became Vice President of Debt Placement.

    -- Matthew A. Conway, who has over 15 years of experience in the
    equipment leasing industry (most recently with Clearlink
    Capital Corporation), became Director of Asset Management and
    Accounting.

    -- Chris Long, who has many years of human resources experience
    in various sectors, including the equipment leasing industry
    (most recently with Clearlink Capital Corporation for 11
    years), became Director of Human Resources.

    -- Four talented and experienced sales staff formerly with
    Clearlink Capital Corporation who became Vice President -
    Sales: Tim Moon (35 years of experience); Frank Dejak (30
    years of experience); Brad Edgelow (almost 30 years of
    experience); and Hal Shaw (20 years of experience).

    About ICON

    ICON is the fifth largest independent equipment leasing and
    financing company in the United States according to the 2006 Monitor
    100 Report, and the largest privately-held independent equipment
    leasing and finance company in the United States. ICON is
    headquartered in New York City and has offices in San Francisco,
    Boston, Toronto, Vancouver, and London and provides businesses with an
    array of specialty finance solutions that range from traditional
    leasing of equipment types such as information technology, aviation,
    marine medical, manufacturing, materials handling, telecom, and
    furniture, fixtures, and equipment to highly structured financial
    products for unusual asset types and emerging companies. The company
    was established in 1985. ICON currently manages six (6) publicly
    sponsored programs that have raised approximately US $750 million to
    date and has sole management responsibility for almost US $2 billion
    invested in leased equipment in its sponsored programs.