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EXHIBIT 99.1
 
 
 
ORCHID ISLAND CAPITAL ANNOUNCES
DECEMBER 2015 MONTHLY DIVIDEND AND
NOVEMBER 30, 2015 RMBS PORTFOLIO CHARACTERISTICS

·  
December 2015 Monthly Dividend of $0.14 Per Share
·  
RMBS Portfolio Characteristics as of November 30, 2015

Vero Beach, Fla., December 10, 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 December 2015. The dividend of $0.14 per share will be paid December 30, 2015, to holders of record on December 24, 2015, with an ex-dividend date of December 22, 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 December 10, 2015, the Company had 21,768,190 shares outstanding. At September 30, 2015, the Company had 21,892,773 shares outstanding.

RMBS Portfolio Characteristics

Details of the RMBS portfolio as of November 30, 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
   
Nov 2015 CPR
 
Asset Category
 
Face
   
Value(1)
   
Price
   
Portfolio
   
Coupon
   
(Reported in Dec)
 
As of November 30, 2015
                                   
Adjustable Rate RMBS
  $ 2,800     $ 2,975       106.23       0.13 %     3.62 %     0.24 %
10-1 Hybrid Rate RMBS
    52,085       53,137       102.02       2.41 %     2.55 %     13.96 %
Hybrid Adjustable Rate RMBS
    52,085       53,137       102.02       2.41 %     2.55 %     13.96 %
15 Year Fixed Rate RMBS
    99,949       104,796       104.85       4.73 %     3.28 %     4.83 %
20 Year Fixed Rate RMBS
    440,642       472,365       107.20       21.33 %     4.00 %     2.08 %
30 Year Fixed Rate RMBS
    1,360,014       1,473,800       108.37       66.56 %     4.36 %     6.86 %
Total Fixed Rate RMBS
    1,900,605       2,050,961       107.91       92.62 %     4.23 %     5.64 %
Total Pass-through RMBS
    1,955,490       2,107,073       107.75       95.16 %     4.18 %     5.86 %
Interest-Only Securities
    514,336       63,384       12.32       2.86 %     3.58 %     11.74 %
Inverse Interest-Only Securities
    219,022       43,877       20.03       1.98 %     6.15 %     10.89 %
Structured RMBS
    733,358       107,261       14.63       4.84 %     4.63 %     11.49 %
Total Mortgage Assets
  $ 2,688,848     $ 2,214,334               100.00 %     4.20 %     7.39 %
 

 
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)
Portfolio
 
Asset Category
 
Value(1)
Portfolio
As of November 30, 2015
       
As of November 30, 2015
     
Fannie Mae
$
1,801,363
81.4%
 
Whole Pool Assets
$
1,701,279
76.8%
Freddie Mac
 
395,913
17.8%
 
Non Whole Pool Assets
 
513,055
23.2%
Ginnie Mae
 
17,058
0.8%
 
Total Mortgage Assets
$
2,214,334
100.0%
Total Mortgage Assets
$
2,214,334
100.0%
         

(1)  
Amounts in the tables above include assets with a fair value of approximately $1.7 million purchased in November 2015 which settle in December 2015.

 
 

 


 
Repurchase Agreement Exposure By Counterparty
                   
($ in thousands)
                   
               
Weighted
   
         
% of
   
Average
   
   
Total
   
Total
   
Maturity
 
Longest
As of November 30, 2015
 
Borrowings(1)
   
Debt
   
in Days
 
Maturity
Citigroup Global Markets Inc
  $ 185,653       9.4 %     37  
1/25/2016
Goldman, Sachs & Co
    154,866       7.6 %     28  
12/28/2015
RBC Capital Markets, LLC
    140,151       6.9 %     37  
1/22/2016
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
    134,142       6.6 %     12  
12/14/2015
Cantor Fitzgerald & Co
    129,790       6.4 %     14  
12/18/2015
ED&F Man Capital Markets Inc
    127,765       6.3 %     32  
1/25/2016
Mizuho Securities USA, Inc
    125,769       6.2 %     18  
1/4/2016
ICBC Financial Services LLC
    115,519       5.7 %     43  
1/12/2016
Mitsubishi UFJ Securities (USA), Inc
    111,249       5.5 %     49  
1/29/2016
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC
    108,424       5.3 %     44  
2/2/2016
Daiwa Securities America Inc.
    102,067       5.0 %     10  
12/11/2015
KGS-Alpha Capital Markets, L.P
    100,278       4.9 %     11  
12/18/2015
Nomura Securities International, Inc.
    95,480       4.7 %     19  
12/23/2015
Natixis, New York Branch
    88,826       4.4 %     12  
12/23/2015
Guggenheim Securities, LLC
    83,943       4.1 %     43  
1/29/2016
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc
    81,469       4.0 %     16  
12/16/2015
South Street Securities, LLC
    80,100       3.9 %     16  
12/21/2015
Morgan Stanley & Co
    48,351       2.4 %     10  
12/10/2015
Barclays Capital Inc
    9,968       0.5 %     11  
12/11/2015
Suntrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc
    4,218       0.2 %     18  
12/18/2015
Total Borrowings
  $ 2,028,028       100.0 %     26  
2/2/2016



 
 

 


 
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 November 30, 2015
                                   
Adjustable Rate RMBS
  $ 2,975       5       10.04 %     2.00 %   $ 18     $ (18 )
Hybrid Adjustable Rate RMBS
    53,137       86       7.55 %     2.00 %     871       (1,027 )
Total Fixed Rate RMBS
    2,050,961       n/a       n/a       n/a       31,907       (42,957 )
Total Pass-through RMBS
    2,107,073       n/a       n/a       n/a       32,796       (44,002 )
Interest-Only Securities
    63,384       n/a       n/a       n/a       (11,548 )     9,500  
Inverse Interest-Only Securities
    43,877       1       6.36 %     n/a       554       (1,612 )
Structured RMBS
    107,261       n/a       n/a       n/a       (10,994 )     7,888  
Total Mortgage Assets
  $ 2,214,334       n/a       n/a       n/a     $ 21,802     $ (36,114 )
                                                 
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
    $ 873,333    
Mar-2019
    $ (13,897 )   $ 16,375  
Treasury Futures Contracts - Short Positions
      185,000    
Mar-2026
      (7,677 )     7,057  
Receiver Swaption
                    100,000    
May-2021
      1,744       (838 )
Grand Total
                                  $ 1,972     $ (13,520 )

 
(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 126.4375 at November 30, 2015.  The nominal value of the short position was $233.9 million.


Contact:

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