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Exhibit 99.1

 

ORCHID ISLAND CAPITAL ANNOUNCES THIRD QUARTER 2013 RESULTS

VERO BEACH, Fla. (November 4, 2013) – Orchid Island Capital, Inc. (NYSE MKT:ORC) ("Orchid” or the "Company"), a real estate investment trust ("REIT"), today announced results of operations for the three month period ended September 30, 2013.

Third Quarter 2013 Highlights

·  
Net loss of $1.0 Million, or $0.30 per common share
·  
Third quarter total dividend payments of $0.405 per common share
·  
Book Value per Share of $13.41
·  
2.2% Economic loss on common equity for the quarter, or 8.6% annualized, comprised of $0.405 dividend per common share and $0.71 decrease in net book value per common share
·  
Company to discuss results on Wednesday, November 6, 2013, at 10:00 AM ET

Details of Third Quarter 2013 Results of Operations
 
 
The Company reported a net loss of $1.0 million for the three-month period ended September 30, 2013, compared with a net income of $0.5 million for the three month period ended September 30, 2012.  The third quarter net loss of $1.0 million included net interest income of $2.3 million, net losses of $2.9 million (which includes mark to market gains, realized losses on securities sold and losses on funding hedges), audit, legal and other professional fees of $0.1 million, management fees of $0.2 million, and other operating, general and administrative expenses of $0.1 million. During the third quarter, the Company sold mortgage-backed securities (MBS) with a market value at the time of sale of $85.3 million, resulting in realized losses of $0.7 million (based on security prices from June 30, 2013).  The remaining net gain on MBS was due to fair value adjustments for the period.

Capital Allocation and Return on Invested Capital

The Company allocates capital to two MBS sub-portfolios, the pass-through MBS portfolio (“PT MBS”), and the structured MBS portfolio, consisting of interest only (“IO”) and inverse interest-only (“IIO”) securities.  As of June 30, 2013, approximately 52% of the Company’s investable capital (which consists of equity in pledged PT MBS, available cash and unencumbered assets) were deployed in the PT MBS portfolio.  At September 30, 2013, the allocation to the PT MBS had decreased 3% to approximately 49%.


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The tables below detail the changes to the respective sub-portfolios during the quarter, as well as the returns generated by each.

                               
Portfolio Activity for the Quarter
 
     
Structured Security Portfolio
     
 
Pass-Through
 
Interest Only
 
Inverse Interest
         
 
Portfolio
 
Securities
 
Only Securities
 
Sub-total
 
Total
 
Market Value - June 30, 2013
  $ 317,175,526     $ 20,101,134     $ 1,871,253     $ 21,972,387     $ 339,147,913  
Securities Purchased
    77,061,877       6,071,773       3,839,422       9,911,195       86,973,072  
Securities Sold
    (76,107,279 )     (9,204,556 )     -       (9,204,556 )     (85,311,835 )
Gain (Loss) on Sale
    (366,452 )     (300,730 )     -       (300,730 )     (667,182 )
Return on Investment
    n/a       (1,318,925 )     (334,793 )     (1,653,718 )     (1,653,718 )
Pay-downs
    (6,787,387 )     n/a       n/a       n/a       (6,787,387 )
Premium Lost Due to Pay-downs
    (79,523 )     n/a       n/a       n/a       (79,523 )
Mark to Market Gains (Losses)
    120,384       22,002       23,207       45,209       165,593  
Market Value - September 30, 2013
  $ 311,017,146     $ 15,370,698     $ 5,399,089     $ 20,769,787     $ 331,786,933  

The tables below present the allocation of capital between the respective portfolios at September 30, 2013 and June 30, 2013, and the return on invested capital for each sub-portfolio for the three-month period ended September 30, 2013.  The return on invested capital in the PT MBS and structured MBS portfolios was approximately (2.0)% and (0.5)%, respectively, for the quarter.  The combined portfolio generated a return on invested capital of approximately (1.3)%.

                               
Capital Allocation
 
         
Structured Security Portfolio
       
   
Pass-Through
   
Interest Only
   
Inverse Interest
             
   
Portfolio
   
Securities
   
Only Securities
   
Sub-total
   
Total
 
September 30, 2013
                             
Market Value
  $ 311,017,146     $ 15,370,698     $ 5,399,089     $ 20,769,787     $ 331,786,933  
Cash
    10,481,831       -       -       -       10,481,831  
Repurchase Agreement Obligations(1)
    (301,656,523 )     -       -       -       (301,656,523 )
Total
  $ 19,842,454     $ 15,370,698     $ 5,399,089     $ 20,769,787     $ 40,612,241  
% of Total
    48.9 %     37.8 %     13.3 %     51.1 %     100.0 %
June 30, 2013
                                       
Market Value
  $ 317,175,526     $ 20,101,134     $ 1,871,253     $ 21,972,387     $ 339,147,913  
Cash
    15,223,827       -       -       -       15,223,827  
Repurchase Agreement Obligations
    (308,735,338 )     -       -       -       (308,735,338 )
Total
  $ 23,664,015     $ 20,101,134     $ 1,871,253     $ 21,972,387     $ 45,636,402  
% of Total
    51.9 %     44.0 %     4.1 %     48.1 %     100.0 %

(1)  
At September 30, 2013, there were outstanding repurchase agreement balances of $5.0 million and $0.2 million secured by interest-only and inverse interest-only securities, respectively.  We entered into these arrangements to generate additional cash to support the pass-through strategy; therefore we have not considered these balances to be allocated to the structures securities strategy.

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Returns for the Quarter
 
Income / (loss) (net of repo cost)
  $ 2,118,029     $ 118,039     $ 20,857     $ 138,896     $ 2,256,925  
Realized and unrealized gains / (losses)
    (325,592 )     (278,727 )     23,207       (255,520 )     (581,112 )
Hedge losses
    (2,271,875 )     n/a       n/a       n/a       (2,271,875 )
    $ (479,438 )   $ (160,688 )   $ 44,064     $ (116,624 )   $ (596,062 )
Return on Invested Capital for the Quarter
    (2.0 )%     (0.8 )%     2.4 %     (0.5 )%     (1.3 )%

Prepayments

For the quarter, Orchid received $8.4 million in scheduled and unscheduled principal repayments and prepayments, which equated to a constant prepayment rate (“CPR”) of approximately 12.6% for the third quarter of 2013.  Prepayment rates on the two MBS sub-portfolios were as follows: (in CPR)

         
Structured
       
   
PT MBS
   
MBS
   
Total
 
Three Months Ended,
 
Portfolio (%)
   
Portfolio (%)
   
Portfolio (%)
 
September 30, 2013
    6.5       28.2       12.6  
June 30, 2013
    6.5       29.8       16.3  
March 31, 2013
    9.2       33.0       20.0  
December 31, 2012
    1.1       42.3       28.6  
September 30, 2012
    4.2       38.7       25.0  
June 30, 2012
    0.2       41.4       38.7  
March 31, 2012
    11.0       31.2       23.8  


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Portfolio

As of September 30, 2013, Orchid’s MBS portfolio consisted of $331.8 million of agency or government MBS at fair value and had a weighted average coupon of 3.31%. The following tables summarize Orchid’s agency and government mortgage related securities as of September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012:

(in thousands)
                 
         
Weighted
 
Weighted
   
     
Percentage
 
Average
 
Average
Weighted
Weighted
     
of
Weighted
Maturity
 
Coupon
Average
Average
   
Fair
Entire
Average
in
Longest
Reset in
Lifetime
Periodic
Asset Category
 
Value
Portfolio
Coupon
Months
Maturity
Months
Cap
Cap
September 30, 2013
                 
Adjustable Rate MBS
$
6,150 
1.9%
4.04%
248 
1-Sep-35
4.71 
10.05%
2.00%
Fixed Rate MBS
 
184,662 
55.7%
3.62%
310 
1-Sep-43
NA
NA
NA
Hybrid Adjustable Rate MBS
 
120,205 
36.2%
2.56%
352 
1-Aug-43
111.61 
7.56%
2.00%
Total Mortgage-backed Pass-through
 
311,017 
93.7%
3.22%
325 
1-Sep-43
106.41 
7.68%
2.00%
Interest-Only Securities
 
15,371 
4.6%
4.32%
236 
20-Oct-42
NA
NA
NA
Inverse Interest-Only Securities
 
5,399 
1.6%
5.91%
319 
15-Dec-40
NA
6.09%
NA
Total Structured MBS
 
20,770 
6.3%
4.73%
258 
20-Oct-42
NA
NA
NA
Total Mortgage Assets
$
331,787 
100.0%
3.31%
321 
1-Sep-43
NA
NA
NA
December 31, 2012
                 
Adjustable Rate MBS
$
6,531 
5.7%
4.20%
258 
1-Sep-35
 3.46 
10.04%
2.00%
Fixed Rate MBS
 
43,589 
37.8%
3.24%
181 
1-Dec-40
NA
NA
NA
Hybrid Adjustable Rate MBS
 
59,485 
51.5%
2.69%
357 
1-Nov-42
 100.51 
7.69%
2.00%
Total Mortgage-backed Pass-through
 
109,605 
95.0%
3.00%
281 
1-Nov-42
 90.91 
7.93%
2.00%
Interest-Only Securities
 
2,884 
2.5%
3.52%
151 
25-Dec-39
NA
NA
NA
Inverse Interest-Only Securities
 
2,891 
2.5%
6.13%
309 
25-Nov-40
NA
6.34%
NA
Total Structured MBS
 
5,775 
5.0%
4.83%
230 
25-Nov-40
NA
NA
NA
Total Mortgage Assets
$
115,380 
100.0%
3.09%
278 
1-Nov-42
NA
NA
NA

(in thousands)
                       
   
September 30, 2013
   
December 31, 2012
 
         
Percentage of
         
Percentage of
 
Agency
 
Fair Value
   
Entire Portfolio
   
Fair Value
   
Entire Portfolio
 
Fannie Mae
  $ 203,477       61.33 %   $ 113,235       98.14 %
Freddie Mac
    107,876       32.51 %     2,145       1.86 %
Ginnie Mae
    20,434       6.16 %     -       -  
Total Portfolio
  $ 331,787       100.00 %   $ 115,380       100.00 %


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September 30, 2013
   
December 31, 2012
 
Weighted Average Pass Through Purchase Price
  $ 104.71     $ 105.65  
Weighted Average Structured Purchase Price
  $ 11.77     $ 9.91  
Weighted Average Pass Through Current Price
  $ 101.87     $ 105.81  
Weighted Average Structured Current Price
  $ 13.37     $ 7.84  
Effective Duration (1)
    4.614       1.209  

(1)  
Effective duration of 4.614 indicates that an interest rate increase of 1.0% would be expected to cause a 4.614% decrease in the value of the MBS in the Company’s investment portfolio at September 30, 2013.  An effective duration of 1.209 indicates that an interest rate increase of 1.0% would be expected to cause a 1.209% decrease in the value of the MBS in the Company’s investment portfolio at December 31, 2012. These figures include the structured securities in the portfolio, but not the effect of the Company’s funding cost hedges.

Financing, Leverage and Liquidity

As of September 30, 2013, the Company had outstanding repurchase obligations of approximately $301.7 million with a net weighted average borrowing rate of 0.37%.  These agreements were collateralized by MBS with a fair value, including accrued interest and receivable for securities sold, of approximately $320.0 million.  The Company’s leverage ratio at September 30, 2013 was 6.7 to 1, excluding the $38.7 million of payable for unsettled securities purchased from total liabilities at September 30, 2013. At September 30, 2013, the Company’s liquidity was approximately $22.9 million, consisting of unpledged MBS and cash and cash equivalents.  To enhance our liquidity even further, we may pledge more of our structured MBS as part of a repurchase agreement funding, but retain the cash in lieu of acquiring additional assets.  In this way we can, at a modest cost, retain higher levels of cash on hand and decrease the likelihood we will have to sell assets in a distressed market in order to raise cash.  Below is a listing of outstanding borrowings under repurchase obligations at September 30, 2013.

(in thousands)
                             
               
Weighted
         
Weighted
 
   
Total
         
Average
         
Average
 
   
Outstanding
   
% of
   
Borrowing
   
Amount
   
Maturity
 
Counterparty
 
Balances
   
Total
   
Rate
   
at Risk(1)
   
in Days
 
Citigroup Global Markets, Inc.
  $ 124,591       41.3 %     0.34 %   $ 6,924       26  
South Street Securities, LLC
    49,305       16.3 %     0.36 %     3,182       27  
CRT Capital Group, LLC
    28,760       9.5 %     0.40 %     1,677       28  
The PrinceRidge Group, LLC
    25,847       8.6 %     0.39 %     1,700       25  
Mizuho Securities USA, Inc.
    25,442       8.4 %     0.46 %     2,021       26  
Suntrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc.
    24,532       8.1 %     0.34 %     1,328       7  
Pierpont Securities, LLC
    10,790       3.6 %     0.35 %     510       16  
KGS - Alpha Capital Markets, L.P.
    7,819       2.6 %     0.35 %     579       12  
Cantor Fitzgerald & Co.
    4,571       1.6 %     0.38 %     325       18  
    $ 301,657       100.0 %     0.37 %   $ 18,246       24  

 (1)
Equal to the fair value of securities sold plus accrued interest receivable and cash posted by the Company as collateral, minus the sum of repurchase agreement liabilities and accrued interest payable.


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Hedging

In connection with its interest rate risk management strategy, the Company economically hedges a portion of its interest rate risk by entering into derivative financial instrument contracts.  The Company has not elected hedging treatment under GAAP, and as such, all gains or losses on these instruments are reflected in earnings for all periods presented.  As of September 30, 2013, such instruments were comprised entirely of Eurodollar futures contracts with an average contract notional amount of $250.0 million and a weighted average fixed LIBOR rate of 1.95%.

(in thousands)
                 
                   
         
Average
       
   
Weighted
   
Contract
       
   
Average
   
Notional
   
Open
 
Expiration Year
 
LIBOR Rate
   
Amount
   
Equity(1)
 
2014 
    0.47 %   $ 262,500     $ (96 )
2015 
    0.89 %     275,000       95  
2016 
    1.86 %     250,000       1,286  
2017 
    2.83 %     250,000       1,794  
2018 
    3.51 %     250,000       1,088  
      1.95 %           $ 4,167  

(1)  
Open equity represents the cumulative gains (losses) recorded on open futures positions.

Dividends

To qualify as a REIT, we must pay annual dividends to our stockholders of at least 90% of our REIT taxable income, determined without regard to the deduction for dividends paid and excluding any net capital gains. We intend to pay regular monthly dividends to our stockholders and have declared the following dividends during 2013.

Declaration Date
Record Date
Payment Date
 
Per Share Amount
   
Total
 
March 8, 2013
March 25, 2013
March 27, 2013
  $ 0.135     $ 451,125  
April 10, 2013
April 25, 2013
April 30, 2013
    0.135       451,125  
May 9, 2013
May 28, 2013
May 31, 2013
    0.135       451,125  
June 10, 2013
June 25, 2013
June 28, 2013
    0.135       451,125  
July 9, 2013
July 25, 2013
July 31, 2013
    0.135       451,125  
August 12, 2013
August 26, 2013
August 30, 2013
    0.135       451,125  
September 10, 2013
September 25, 2013
September 30, 2013
    0.135       451,125  
October 10, 2013
October 25, 2013
October 31, 2013
    0.135       451,125  

Book Value Per Share

The Company's Book Value Per Share at September 30, 2013 was $13.41.  Book Value Per Share is regularly used as a valuation metric by various equity analysts that follow the Company and may be deemed a non-GAAP financial measure pursuant to Regulation G. The Company computes Book Value Per Share by dividing total stockholders' equity by the total number of shares outstanding of the Company's Common Stock. At September 30, 2013, the Company's stockholders' equity was $44.8 million with 3,341,665 Common shares outstanding.

 
 

 
Management Commentary

Commenting on the third quarter, Robert E. Cauley, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, said, “If someone had left their office on June 28, 2013 and not come back until September 30, 2013, they might assume very little had happened in the rates market over the quarter.  After all, while the long end of the curve moved up slightly (12.4 and 18.5 basis points in the case of the 10 year note and 30 year bond, respectively), most points on the curve were close to unchanged. This was certainly not the case, however, as rates were very volatile over the quarter and the market had to live with large swings in both rates and prices on a daily basis – especially agency mortgage backed securities.  Thirty-year, fixed rate 3.5% coupon mortgages traded in close to a four point range over the course of the quarter – yet ended the quarter only 14 tics higher in price.  We started the quarter with economic data solid and the market bracing for the end of the Federal Reserve’s program of quantitative easing, or QE3.  The sell-off that began in Q2 continued into Q3, with the yield on the 10 year U.S. Treasury note briefly surpassing 3.0% on September 5, 2013.  This outlook changed dramatically over the course of the quarter and as we sit here today most market participants do not expect the Federal Reserve to start to taper their program of asset purchases until 2014, and probably not until March of 2014.  The economic data has softened and the Federal government went through a prolonged battle during October as it grappled with the funding of the government’s operations and the debt ceiling increase needed to accommodate the government’s borrowing needs.  The Federal Reserve, citing the potential impact on the economy of a potential government shut-down, surprised the market at the conclusion of their September 18th meeting by not announcing the beginning of a tapering program to QE3 as the market widely expected.  This of course proved prophetic as the government was shut down for approximately three weeks.  The impact on the economy is still unknown but it will certainly be negative.

“As has always been the case, risk management and the protection of book value are the focus of our investment strategy.  In spite of the volatility of the third quarter and the possibility the Federal Reserve may not begin to unwind their asset purchases until well into 2014, we will continue to position defensively until they have substantially removed their considerable accommodation.  Over the course of the quarter, we did not materially alter the structure of the portfolio or reduce our leverage. We did shift the capital allocation by approximately 3% from the pass-through strategy to the structured securities strategy and our capital is now allocated 49% pass-throughs / 51% structured, versus 52%/48% at the end of Q2.  Because of the decrease in our book value resulting primarily from market to market losses on our funding hedges, off-set by a slightly lower repo balance, our leverage ratio increased slightly from 6.5 to one to 6.7 to one.  Within the respective sub-portfolio’s we moved into higher coupons in the fixed rate portion of the portfolio and continue to do so into Q4.  We have been slowly shedding duration from our fixed rate holdings as we gradually move up in coupon.  The increase in capital allocated to structured securities was to the inverse IO sub-portfolio, a close proxy for our levered pass-through portfolio.  We reduced our allocation to pure IO securities although we also moved our exposure up in coupon there as well. As a result of these modest changes to our portfolio and leverage, we expect our dividend level to remain stable for the time being.”

Earnings Conference Call Details

An earnings conference call and live audio webcast will be hosted Wednesday, November 6, 2013, at 10:00 AM ET.  The conference call may be accessed by dialing toll free (877) 341-5668.  International callers dial (224) 357-2205.  The conference passcode is 95181954.  A live audio webcast of the conference call can be accessed via the investor relations section of the Company’s website at www.orchidislandcapital.com , and an audio archive of the webcast will be available for approximately one year.

About Orchid Island Capital, Inc.

Orchid Island Capital, Inc. is a specialty finance company that invests on a leveraged basis in Agency RMBS. Our investment strategy focuses on, and our portfolio consists of, two categories of Agency RMBS: (i) traditional pass-through Agency RMBS and (ii) structured Agency RMBS, such as CMOs, IOs, IIOs and POs, among other types of structured Agency RMBS. Orchid is managed by Bimini Advisors, LLC, a registered investment adviser with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 
 

 
Forward Looking Statements

Statements herein relating to matters that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The reader is cautioned that such forward-looking statements are based on information available at the time and on management's good faith belief with respect to future events, and are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual performance or results to differ materially from those expressed in such forward-looking statements. Important factors that could cause such differences are described in Orchid Island Capital, Inc.'s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K or Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. Orchid Island Capital, Inc. assumes no obligation to update forward-looking statements to reflect subsequent results, changes in assumptions or changes in other factors affecting forward-looking statements.

CONTACT:
Orchid Island Capital, Inc.
Robert E. Cauley, 772-231-1400
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
www.orchidislandcapital.com


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Summarized Financial Statements

The following is a summarized presentation of the unaudited balance sheets as of September 30, 2013, and December 31, 2012, and the unaudited quarterly results of operations for the calendar quarters and nine month periods ended September 30, 2013 and September 30, 2012.  Amounts presented are subject to change.

ORCHID ISLAND CAPITAL, INC.
 
BALANCE SHEETS
 
(Unaudited - Amounts Subject To Change)
 
             
   
September 30, 2013
   
December 31, 2012
 
ASSETS:
           
Total mortgage-backed securities
  $ 331,786,933     $ 115,379,574  
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash
    10,481,831       2,986,257  
Accrued interest receivable
    1,388,496       440,877  
Due from affiliates
    -       45,126  
Receivable for securities sold
    41,150,840       -  
Prepaid expenses and other assets
    671,733       9,122  
Total Assets
  $ 385,479,833     $ 118,860,956  
                 
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
               
Repurchase agreements
  $ 301,656,523     $ 103,941,174  
Accrued interest payable
    77,697       54,084  
Due to affiliates
    79,878       -  
Payable for unsettled securities purchased
    38,720,351       -  
Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other
    121,183       140,723  
Total Liabilities
    340,655,632       104,135,981  
Total Stockholders' Equity
    44,824,201       14,724,975  
Total Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity
  $ 385,479,833     $ 118,860,956  
Common shares outstanding
    3,341,665       154,110  
Book value per share
  $ 13.41     $ 95.55  

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ORCHID ISLAND CAPITAL, INC.
 
STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
 
(Unaudited - Amounts Subject to Change)
 
                         
   
Nine Months Ended September 30,
   
Three Months Ended September 30,
 
   
2013
   
2012
   
2013
   
2012
 
Interest income
  $ 6,393,156     $ 2,224,749     $ 2,551,199     $ 696,905  
Interest expense
    (817,219 )     (182,815 )     (293,913 )     (58,381 )
Net interest income
    5,575,937       2,041,934       2,257,286       638,524  
(Losses) gains
    (6,467,636 )     (682,034 )     (2,852,987 )     141,428  
Net portfolio (loss) income
    (891,699 )     1,359,900       (595,701 )     779,952  
Expenses
    1,251,202       558,344       401,406       234,544  
Net (loss) income
  $ (2,142,901 )   $ 801,556     $ (997,107 )   $ 545,408  
Basic and diluted net (loss) income per share
  $ (0.74 )   $ 0.82     $ (0.30 )   $ 0.56  
Dividends Declared Per Common Share:
  $ 0.945     $ -     $ 0.405     $ -  

             
   
Three Months Ended
 
   
September 30,
 
Key Balance Sheet Metrics
 
2013
   
2012
 
Average MBS
  $ 335,467,426     $ 64,378,317  
Average repurchase agreements
    305,195,931       53,698,246  
Average stockholders' equity
    45,999,442       14,513,985  
Leverage ratio(1)
 
6.7:1
   
3.8:1
 
                 
Key Performance Metrics
               
Average yield on MBS
    3.04 %     4.33 %
Average cost of funds
    0.39 %     0.43 %
Average economic cost of funds
    0.42 %     0.64 %
Average interest rate spread
    2.65 %     3.90 %
Average economic interest rate spread
    2.62 %     3.69 %

(1)  
The leverage ratio is calculated by dividing total ending liabilities by ending stockholders equity.  At September 30, 2013, the $38.7 million of payable for unsettled securities purchased has been excluded from total liabilities for this ratio.