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EXHIBIT 99.1

ORCHID ISLAND CAPITAL ANNOUNCES
MARCH 2015 MONTHLY DIVIDEND AND
FEBRUARY 27, 2015 RMBS PORTFOLIO CHARACTERISTICS

·  
March 2015 Monthly Dividend of $0.18 Per Share
·  
RMBS Portfolio Characteristics as of February 27, 2015

Vero Beach, Fla., March 10, 2015 - Orchid Island Capital, Inc. (the “Company”) (NYSE:ORC) announced that today the Board of Directors declared a monthly cash dividend for the month of March 2015. The dividend of $0.18 per share will be paid March 31, 2015, to holders of record on March 27, 2015, with an ex-dividend date of March 25, 2015.

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.

As of March 10, 2015, the Company had 16,774,498 shares outstanding. At December 31, 2014, the Company had 16,699,656 shares outstanding.

RMBS Portfolio Characteristics

Details of the RMBS portfolio as of February 27, 2015 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. has elected 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, 2014.

 

 
 

 


 
RMBS Valuation Characteristics
                                   
($ in thousands)
                                   
                     
Percentage
   
Weighted
   
Realized
 
   
Current
   
Fair
   
Current
   
of
   
Average
   
Feb 2015 CPR
 
Asset Category
 
Face
   
Value
   
Price
   
Portfolio
   
Coupon
   
(Reported in Mar)
 
As of February 27, 2015
                                   
Adjustable Rate RMBS
  $ 3,513     $ 3,762       107.08       0.24 %     3.55 %     0.00 %
10-1 Hybrid Rate RMBS
    67,795       69,488       102.50       4.53 %     2.54 %     1.05 %
Hybrid Adjustable Rate RMBS
    67,795       69,488       102.50       4.53 %     2.54 %     1.05 %
15 Year Fixed Rate RMBS
    77,050       82,056       106.50       5.34 %     3.40 %     2.89 %
20 Year Fixed Rate RMBS
    280,710       304,048       108.31       19.80 %     4.00 %     8.23 %
30 Year Fixed Rate RMBS
    913,250       1,002,205       109.74       65.27 %     4.56 %     11.02 %
Total Fixed Rate RMBS
    1,271,010       1,388,309       109.23       90.41 %     4.37 %     9.90 %
Total Pass-through RMBS
    1,342,318       1,461,559       108.88       95.18 %     4.28 %     9.42 %
Interest-Only Securities
    496,966       58,551       11.78       3.81 %     3.74 %     13.39 %
Inverse Interest-Only Securities
    99,304       15,511       15.62       1.01 %     6.22 %     15.82 %
Structured RMBS
    596,270       74,062       12.42       4.82 %     4.26 %     13.90 %
Total Mortgage Assets
  $ 1,938,588     $ 1,535,621               100.00 %     4.28 %     10.60 %

 
RMBS Assets by Agency
           
Investment Company Act of 1940 (Whole Pool) Test
 
($ in thousands)
           
($ in thousands)
           
         
Percentage
           
Percentage
 
   
Fair
   
of
     
Fair
   
of
 
Asset Category
 
Value
   
Portfolio
 
Asset Category
 
Value
   
Portfolio
 
As of February 27, 2015
           
As of February 27, 2015
           
Fannie Mae
  $ 1,232,279       80.2 %
Whole Pool Assets
  $ 1,196,104       77.9 %
Freddie Mac
    288,339       18.8 %
Non Whole Pool Assets
    339,517       22.1 %
Ginnie Mae
    15,003       1.0 %
Total Mortgage Assets
  $ 1,535,621       100.0 %
Total Mortgage Assets
  $ 1,535,621       100.0 %                  

 

 
 

 


 
Repurchase Agreement Exposure By Counterparty
                   
($ in thousands)
                   
               
Weighted
   
         
% of
   
Average
   
   
Total
   
Total
   
Maturity
 
Longest
As of February 27, 2015
 
Borrowings
   
Debt
   
in Days
 
Maturity
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC
  $ 199,837       13.9 %     26  
4/14/2015
Citigroup Global Markets Inc
    187,066       12.9 %     22  
5/28/2015
CRT Capital Group, LLC
    140,684       9.7 %     20  
3/27/2015
Goldman, Sachs & Co
    123,895       8.5 %     16  
3/19/2015
Mitsubishi UFJ Securities (USA), Inc
    120,269       8.3 %     24  
4/2/2015
ICBC Financial Services LLC
    113,076       7.8 %     39  
4/13/2015
KGS-Alpha Capital Markets, L.P
    107,840       7.4 %     17  
4/6/2015
Cantor Fitzgerald & Co
    76,360       5.3 %     13  
3/18/2015
ED&F Man Capital Markets Inc
    74,673       5.1 %     24  
4/6/2015
Morgan Stanley & Co
    59,812       4.1 %     20  
3/19/2015
Mizuho Securities USA, Inc
    55,204       3.8 %     11  
3/26/2015
Guggenheim Securities, LLC
    49,785       3.4 %     35  
5/18/2015
Daiwa Securities America Inc.
    49,599       3.4 %     31  
4/13/2015
South Street Securities, LLC
    36,821       2.5 %     18  
3/25/2015
Nomura Securities International, Inc.
    31,380       2.2 %     40  
4/13/2015
Suntrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc
    4,500       0.3 %     14  
3/13/2015
Barclays Capital, Inc
    -       -       -  
-
Other
    19,872       1.4 %     20  
3/19/2015
Total Borrowings
  $ 1,450,673       100.0 %     23  
5/28/2015

 

 
 

 


 
RMBS Risk Measures
                                   
($ in thousands)
                                   
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)(1)
   
(+50 BPS)(1)
 
As of February 27, 2015
                                   
Adjustable Rate RMBS
  $ 3,762       3       10.05 %     2.00 %   $ 20     $ (23 )
Hybrid Adjustable Rate RMBS
    69,488       96       7.54 %     2.00 %     1,066       (1,351 )
Total Fixed Rate RMBS
    1,388,309       n/a       n/a       n/a       19,204       (24,884 )
Total Pass-through RMBS
    1,461,559       n/a       n/a       n/a       20,290       (26,258 )
Interest-Only Securities
    58,551       n/a       n/a       n/a       (10,996 )     9,910  
Inverse Interest-Only Securities
    15,511       1       6.39 %     n/a       (776 )     246  
Structured RMBS
    74,062       n/a       n/a       n/a       (11,772 )     10,156  
Total Mortgage Assets
  $ 1,535,621       n/a       n/a       n/a     $ 8,518     $ (16,102 )
Funding Hedges
                                               
                                   
Modeled
   
Modeled
 
                                   
Interest
   
Interest
 
                   
Average
   
Hedge
   
Rate
   
Rate
 
                   
Notional
   
Period
   
Sensitivity
   
Sensitivity
 
                   
Balance
   
End Date
   
(-50 BPS)(1)
   
(+50 BPS)(1)
 
Eurodollar Futures Contracts - Short Positions
    $ 780,000    
Dec-2018
    $ (13,579 )   $ 14,625  
Payer Swaption
                    375,000    
Sep-2025
      (396 )     1,760  
Grand Total
                                  $ (5,457 )   $ 283  

 
(1)  
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