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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Iomega CEO Bruce Albertson Named To MacDirectory's Top Ten Visionary Leaders

ROY, Utah, December 18, 2000 - Iomega Corporation (NYSE: IOM), a global leader in data management solutions, today announced that Iomega president and CEO Bruce Albertson has been named to the MacDirectory Top Ten, a list honoring visionaries who embody the spirit of the Macintosh community.

The 2000 MacDirectory Top Ten list singles out leaders in the Macintosh community based on vision, ability to execute profitably on that vision, and impact on the Mac community.

"Iomega demonstrated excellence in each of our categories during the course of 2000," said Ron Mwangaguhunga, Senior Editor, MacDirectory. "In the third category, Impact, Iomega performed exceptionally well. In 2000 Iomega cemented their position as a central player in the Mac community."

In addition to Bruce Albertson, other leaders on this year's list include John Warnock of Adobe Systems, Rob Burgess of Macromedia, Craig Winkler of MYOB, Adam Engst of TidBITS, Alan Deutschman of Vanity Fair, and Carly Fiorina of Hewlett-Packard, along with Apple leaders Steve Jobs, Lee Clow, and Steve Wozniak.

"It's an honor to be among those named in MacDirectory's Top Ten," said Bruce Albertson, president and CEO, Iomega Corporation. "At Iomega our vision is to help people protect and share their digital lives. In 2000 we pursued that goal by entering the consumer electronics space with HipZip and FotoShow, updating our Zip, Jaz and CD-RW lines, and launching software applications like Quik Sync 2 software. We expect to build on that product lineup in 2001."

The MacDirectory Top Ten issue is available on newsstands nationwide and online at http://www.macdirectory.com.

About Iomega
Iomega Corporation (NYSE:IOM) manufactures and markets the award-winning Zip(, Jaz( and PocketZip( drives and disks, the HipZip(tm) digital audio player, the FotoShow(tm) digital image center, LifeWorks(tm) software, and Iomega Quik Sync 2 software; Iomega also markets Iomega CD-RW drives. Iomega's products help people to save, share, manage and create important information such as Internet downloads, audio files, personal photographs, spreadsheets, and slides, while protecting that content from viruses and hackers. Used in homes, businesses, government and educational facilities and by creative professionals everywhere, Iomega storage solutions are the enabling technologies preferred by millions. The Company can be reached at 1-888-4-IOMEGA (888-446-6342), or on the Web at http://www.iomega.com.

NOTE: The statements contained in this release that are not purely historical are forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 21E of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, including statements regarding the expectations, beliefs, hopes, intentions or strategies of Iomega regarding the future. All forward-looking statements included in this document are based upon information available to Iomega as of the date hereof, and Iomega assumes no obligation to update any such forward-looking statement. Actual results could differ materially from current expectations. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to, market acceptance of, and demand for, Iomega products, manufacturing issues, including component availability and pricing, development and distribution issues, product pricing and conformity to specifications, competition, intellectual property rights and other risks as identified in the reports filed from time to time with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission by Iomega, including Iomega's Annual Report to Stockholders for 1999 on Form 10-K and its most recent quarterly reports filed with the SEC.

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