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EXHIBIT 99.1
 
ORCHID ISLAND CAPITAL ANNOUNCES
AUGUST 2015 MONTHLY DIVIDEND AND
JULY 31, 2015 RMBS PORTFOLIO CHARACTERISTICS

·  
August 2015 Monthly Dividend of $0.14 Per Share
·  
RMBS Portfolio Characteristics as of July 31, 2015
·  
Repurchased 291,116 shares through stock repurchase program

Vero Beach, Fla., August 11, 2015 - Orchid Island Capital, Inc. (the “Company”) (NYSE:ORC) announced today that the Board of Directors declared a monthly cash dividend for the month of August 2015. The dividend of $0.14 per share will be paid August 31, 2015, to holders of record on August 26, 2015, with an ex-dividend date of August 24, 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 August 11, 2015, the Company had 22,671,377 shares outstanding, including 198,600 shares repurchased pursuant to the Company’s stock repurchase program through that date that have not yet settled. At June 30, 2015, the Company had 22,959,817 shares outstanding.

RMBS Portfolio Characteristics

Details of the RMBS portfolio as of July 31, 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 REIT 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 include, but are not limited to, statements about the Company’s distributions. 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
   
Jul 2015 CPR
 
Asset Category
 
Face
   
Value(1)(2)
   
Price
   
Portfolio
   
Coupon
   
(Reported in Aug)
 
As of July 31, 2015
                                   
Adjustable Rate RMBS
  $ 3,215     $ 3,445       107.15       0.18 %     3.65 %     43.72 %
10-1 Hybrid Rate RMBS
    55,081       56,370       102.34       3.02 %     2.56 %     16.25 %
Hybrid Adjustable Rate RMBS
    55,081       56,370       102.34       3.02 %     2.56 %     16.25 %
15 Year Fixed Rate RMBS
    211,963       221,941       104.71       11.88 %     3.14 %     7.48 %
20 Year Fixed Rate RMBS
    228,152       245,728       107.70       13.16 %     4.00 %     3.64 %
30 Year Fixed Rate RMBS
    1,137,720       1,228,069       107.94       65.76 %     4.17 %     7.77 %
Total Fixed Rate RMBS
    1,577,835       1,695,738       107.47       90.80 %     4.01 %     7.10 %
Total Pass-through RMBS
    1,636,131       1,755,553       107.30       94.00 %     3.96 %     7.53 %
Interest-Only Securities
    563,085       70,247       12.48       3.76 %     3.62 %     17.06 %
Inverse Interest-Only Securities
    200,720       41,818       20.83       2.24 %     6.19 %     18.10 %
Structured RMBS
    763,805       112,065       14.67       6.00 %     4.58 %     17.33 %
Total Mortgage Assets
  $ 2,399,936     $ 1,867,618               100.00 %     4.00 %     10.88 %

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(1)(2)
   
Portfolio
 
Asset Category
 
Value(1)(2)
   
Portfolio
 
As of July 31, 2015
           
As of July 31, 2015
           
Fannie Mae
  $ 1,463,963       78.4 %
Whole Pool Assets
  $ 1,571,896       84.2 %
Freddie Mac
    384,676       20.6 %
Non Whole Pool Assets
    295,722       15.8 %
Ginnie Mae
    18,979       1.0 %
Total Mortgage Assets
  $ 1,867,618       100.0 %
Total Mortgage Assets
  $ 1,867,618       100.0 %                  

(1)  
Amounts in the tables above include assets with a fair value of approximately $194.3 million purchased in July 2015 which settle in August 2015, and excludes assets with a fair value of $179.3 million sold in July 2015 which settle in August 2015.
(2)  
The tables above include to-be-announced securities sold with a fair value of approximately $20.6 million entered into prior to month-end which settle in August 2015.

 
 

 


 
Repurchase Agreement Exposure By Counterparty
                   
($ in thousands)
                   
               
Weighted
   
         
% of
   
Average
   
   
Total
   
Total
   
Maturity
 
Longest
As of July 31, 2015
 
Borrowings(1)
   
Debt
   
in Days
 
Maturity
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC
  $ 156,332       9.1 %     11  
8/31/2015
ICBC Financial Services LLC
    148,325       8.6 %     13  
8/21/2015
Citigroup Global Markets Inc
    146,476       8.5 %     16  
9/18/2015
Cantor Fitzgerald & Co
    144,574       8.4 %     14  
8/17/2015
ED&F Man Capital Markets Inc
    139,184       8.1 %     21  
10/6/2015
Mizuho Securities USA, Inc
    116,538       6.8 %     15  
9/2/2015
Mitsubishi UFJ Securities (USA), Inc
    113,119       6.6 %     18  
8/31/2015
KGS-Alpha Capital Markets, L.P
    103,826       6.0 %     19  
9/1/2015
RBC Capital Markets, LLC
    102,724       6.0 %     18  
9/22/2015
Nomura Securities International, Inc.
    98,366       5.7 %     20  
8/31/2015
South Street Securities, LLC
    90,471       5.3 %     13  
8/20/2015
Daiwa Securities America Inc.
    82,918       4.8 %     11  
9/9/2015
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
    65,587       3.8 %     14  
8/14/2015
Goldman, Sachs & Co
    55,918       3.2 %     48  
9/17/2015
Morgan Stanley & Co
    53,593       3.1 %     6  
8/6/2015
CRT Capital Group, LLC
    46,221       2.7 %     19  
8/28/2015
Guggenheim Securities, LLC
    27,660       1.6 %     29  
9/2/2015
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc
    14,371       0.8 %     13  
8/13/2015
Barclays Capital Inc
    10,089       0.6 %     14  
8/14/2015
Suntrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc
    4,463       0.3 %     28  
8/28/2015
Total Borrowings
  $ 1,720,755       100.0 %     17  
10/6/2015

(1)  
In July 2015, the Company purchased assets with a fair value of approximately $194.3 million which settle in August 2015 that are expected to be funded by repurchase agreements.  These anticipated borrowings are not included in the table above.


 
 

 


 
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 July 31, 2015
                                   
Adjustable Rate RMBS
  $ 3,445       1       10.07 %     2.00 %   $ 24     $ (26 )
Hybrid Adjustable Rate RMBS
    56,370       90       7.56 %     2.00 %     940       (1,130 )
Total Fixed Rate RMBS
    1,695,738       n/a       n/a       n/a       30,955       (40,198 )
Total Pass-through RMBS
    1,755,553       n/a       n/a       n/a       31,919       (41,354 )
Interest-Only Securities
    70,247       n/a       n/a       n/a       (12,026 )     10,270  
Inverse Interest-Only Securities
    41,818       1       6.38 %     n/a       (110 )     (1,168 )
Structured RMBS
    112,065       n/a       n/a       n/a       (12,136 )     9,102  
Total Mortgage Assets
  $ 1,867,618       n/a       n/a       n/a     $ 19,783     $ (32,252 )
                                                 
Funding Hedges
                                               
                                   
Modeled
   
Modeled
 
                                   
Interest
   
Interest
 
                   
Average
   
Hedge
   
Rate
   
Rate
 
                   
Notional
   
Period
   
Sensitivity
   
Sensitivity
 
                   
Balance(2)
   
End Date
   
(-50 BPS)(1)
   
(+50 BPS)(1)
 
Eurodollar Futures Contracts - Short Positions
    $ 900,000    
Mar-2019
    $ (14,983 )   $ 16,875  
Treasury Futures Contracts - Short Positions
      240,000    
Sep-2015
      (8,495 )     10,921  
Payer Swaption
                    100,000    
Sep-2025
      (4 )     50  
Grand Total
                                  $ (3,699 )   $ (4,406 )

(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 Option-Adjusted Spreads. These results are for illustrative purposes only and actual results may differ materially.
(2)  
Treasury Futures Contracts were valued at 127.4375 at July 31, 2015.  The nominal value of the short position was $305.9 million.

Contact:

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