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Exhibit 99.1
ORCHID ISLAND CAPITAL ANNOUNCES
MAY 2014 MONTHLY DIVIDEND AND
APRIL 30, 2014 RMBS PORTFOLIO CHARACTERISTICS

·  
May 2014 Monthly Dividend of $0.18 Per Share
·  
RMBS Portfolio Characteristics as of April 30, 2014

Vero Beach, Fla., May 8, 2014 - Orchid Island Capital, Inc. (the “Company”) (NYSE MKT:ORC) announced that today the Board of Directors declared a monthly cash dividend for the month of May 2014. The dividend of $0.18 per share will be paid May 30, 2014, to holders of record on May 27, 2014, with an ex-dividend date of May 22, 2014.

The Company intends to make regular monthly cash distributions to its stockholders. In order to qualify as a real estate investment trust (“REIT”) the Company must distribute annually to its stockholders an amount at least equal to 90% of its REIT taxable income, determined without regard to the deduction for dividends paid and excluding any net capital gain. The Company will be subject to income tax on taxable income that is not distributed and to an excise tax to the extent that certain percentages of its taxable income is not distributed by specified dates. The Company has not established a minimum distribution payment level and is not assured of its ability to make distributions to stockholders in the future.

RMBS Portfolio Characteristics

Details of the RMBS portfolio as of April 30, 2014 are presented below. These figures are preliminary and subject to change.  The information contained herein is an intra-quarter update created by the Company based upon information that the Company believes is accurate:
 
 
·  
RMBS Valuation Characteristics
·  
RMBS Assets by Agency
·  
Investment Company Act of 1940 (Whole Pool) Test Results
·  
Repurchase Agreement Exposure by Counterparty
·  
RMBS Risk Measures

About Orchid Island Capital, Inc.

Orchid Island Capital, Inc. is a specialty finance company that invests in Agency RMBS that are either traditional pass-through Agency RMBS or structured Agency RMBS. Orchid Island Capital, Inc. intends to elect to be taxed as a real estate investment trust for federal income tax purposes.

Forward Looking Statements

This press release contains forward looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and other federal securities laws. These forward looking statements are based upon Orchid Island Capital, Inc.’s present expectations, but these statements are not guaranteed to occur. Investors should not place undue reliance upon forward looking statements. For further discussion of the factors that could affect outcomes, please refer to the “Risk Factors” section of the Company’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013.


 
 

 


RMBS Valuation Characteristics
                                   
(in thousands of $s)
                                   
                     
Percentage
   
Weighted
   
Realized
 
   
Current
   
Fair
   
Current
   
of
   
Average
   
Apr 2014 CPR
 
Asset Category
 
Face
   
Value
   
Price
   
Portfolio
   
Coupon
   
(Reported in May)
 
As of April 30, 2014
                                   
Adjustable Rate RMBS
  $ 4,311     $ 4,664       108.18       0.55 %     4.11 %     0.18 %
10-1 Hybrid Rate RMBS
    75,625       75,735       100.15       8.96 %     2.55 %     2.94 %
Hybrid Adjustable Rate RMBS
    75,625       75,735       100.15       8.96 %     2.55 %     2.94 %
15 Year Fixed Rate RMBS
    84,544       88,777       105.01       10.50 %     3.40 %     6.55 %
20 Year Fixed Rate RMBS
    100,287       106,184       105.88       12.56 %     3.92 %     3.90 %
30 Year Fixed Rate RMBS
    484,509       525,163       108.39       62.15 %     4.53 %     6.34 %
Total Fixed Rate RMBS
    669,340       720,124       107.59       85.21 %     4.30 %     5.91 %
Total Pass-through RMBS
    749,276       800,523       106.84       94.72 %     4.14 %     5.51 %
Interest-Only Securities
    251,659       34,412       13.67       4.07 %     4.33 %     17.45 %
Inverse Interest-Only Securities
    75,602       10,179       13.46       1.21 %     6.03 %     15.34 %
Structured RMBS
    327,261       44,591       13.63       5.28 %     4.72 %     16.72 %
Total Mortgage Assets
  $ 1,076,537     $ 845,114       -       100.00 %     4.17 %     8.46 %


RMBS Assets by Agency
           
Investment Company Act of 1940 (Whole Pool) Test
 
(in thousands of $s)
           
(in thousands of $s)
           
         
Percentage
           
Percentage
 
   
Fair
   
of
     
Fair
   
of
 
Asset Category
 
Value
   
Portfolio
 
Asset Category
 
Value
   
Portfolio
 
As of April 30, 2014
           
As of April 30, 2014
           
Fannie Mae
  $ 490,479       58.0 %
Whole Pool Assets
  $ 708,508       83.8 %
Freddie Mac
    329,275       39.0 %
Non Whole Pool Assets
    136,606       16.2 %
Ginnie Mae
    25,360       3.0 %
Total Mortgage Assets
  $ 845,114       100.0 %
Total Mortgage Assets
  $ 845,114       100.0 %                  


Repurchase Agreement Exposure By Counterparty
                   
(in thousands of $s)
                   
               
Weighted
   
         
% of
   
Average
   
   
Total
   
Total
   
Maturity
 
Longest
As of April 30, 2014
 
Borrowings
   
Debt
   
in Days
 
Maturity
Citigroup Global Markets Inc
  $ 157,060       20.4 %     76  
7/28/2014
Cantor Fitzgerald & Co
    80,608       10.5 %     37  
6/13/2014
KGS-Alpha Capital Markets, L.P
    75,793       9.9 %     34  
10/3/2014
Goldman, Sachs & Co
    68,974       9.0 %     63  
7/28/2014
Morgan Stanley & Co
    66,373       8.6 %     13  
5/13/2014
CRT Capital Group, LLC
    64,624       8.4 %     36  
6/30/2014
Mitsubishi UFJ Securities (USA), Inc
    59,931       7.8 %     20  
7/25/2014
ED&F Man Capital Markets Inc
    42,950       5.6 %     45  
7/16/2014
Mizuho Securities USA, Inc
    41,808       5.4 %     62  
7/10/2014
South Street Securities, LLC
    40,676       5.3 %     15  
5/27/2014
Suntrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc
    40,087       5.2 %     6  
5/9/2014
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC
    30,232       3.9 %     71  
7/10/2014
Total Borrowings
  $ 769,116       100.0 %     44  
10/3/2014

 
 
 

 

 
RMBS Risk Measures
                                   
(in thousands of $s)
                                   
Mortgage Assets
                                   
         
Weighted
                         
         
Average
   
Weighted
   
Weighted
   
Modeled
   
Modeled
 
         
Months
   
Average
   
Average
   
Interest
   
Interest
 
         
To Next
   
Lifetime
   
Periodic
   
Rate
   
Rate
 
   
Fair
   
Coupon Reset
   
Cap
   
Cap Per Year
   
Sensitivity
   
Sensitivity
 
Asset Category
 
Value
   
(if applicable)
   
(if applicable)
   
(if applicable)
   
(-50 BPS)*
   
(+50 BPS)*
 
As of April 30, 2014
                                   
Adjustable Rate RMBS
  $ 4,664       1       10.16 %     2.00 %   $ 7     $ (16 )
Hybrid Adjustable Rate RMBS
    75,735       106       7.55 %     2.00 %     1,918       (2,272 )
Total Fixed Rate RMBS
    720,124       n/a       n/a       n/a       16,748       (21,083 )
Total Pass-through RMBS
    800,523       n/a       n/a       n/a       18,673       (23,371 )
Interest-Only Securities
    34,412       n/a       n/a       n/a       (5,887 )     5,467  
Inverse Interest-Only Securities
    10,179       -       2.67 %     n/a       (454 )     (110 )
Structured RMBS
    44,591       n/a       n/a       n/a       (6,341 )     5,357  
Total Mortgage Assets
  $ 845,114       n/a       n/a       n/a     $ 12,332     $ (18,014 )
Funding Hedges
                                               
                                   
Modeled
   
Modeled
 
                                   
Interest
   
Interest
 
                   
Average
   
Hedge
   
Rate
   
Rate
 
                   
Notional
   
Period
   
Sensitivity
   
Sensitivity
 
                   
Balance
   
End Date
   
(-50 BPS)*
   
(+50 BPS)*
 
Eurodollar Futures Contracts - Short Positions
    $ 391,600    
Dec-2018
    $ (7,485 )   $ 9,099  
Payer Swaption
                    100,000    
Mar-2020
      (648 )     1,286  
Grand Total
                                  $ 4,199     $ (7,629 )

*
Modeled results from Citigroup Global Markets, Inc. Yield Book. Interest rate shocks assume instantaneous parallel shifts and horizon prices are calculated assuming constant LIBOR OAS. These results are for illustrative purposes only and actual results may differ materially.

Contact:

Orchid Island Capital, Inc.
Robert E. Cauley
3305 Flamingo Drive, Vero Beach, Florida 32963
Telephone: (772) 231-1400