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EXHIBIT 99.1
 

 
ORCHID ISLAND CAPITAL ANNOUNCES
MARCH 2016 MONTHLY DIVIDEND AND
FEBRUARY 29, 2016 RMBS PORTFOLIO CHARACTERISTICS

·  
March 2016 Monthly Dividend of $0.14 Per Share
·  
RMBS Portfolio Characteristics as of February 29, 2016
·  
1,216,243 cumulative shares repurchased through stock repurchase program

Vero Beach, Fla., March 9, 2016 - Orchid Island Capital, Inc. (the “Company”) (NYSE:ORC) announced today that the Board of Directors declared a monthly cash dividend for the month of March 2016. The dividend of $0.14 per share will be paid March 31, 2016, to holders of record on March 28, 2016, with an ex-dividend date of March 23, 2016.

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 a certain percentage 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 9, 2016, the Company had 21,752,510 shares outstanding. At December 31, 2015, the Company had 21,749,490 shares outstanding.

RMBS Portfolio Characteristics

Details of the RMBS portfolio as of February 29, 2016 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, 2015.
 
 
 

 
 
RMBS Valuation Characteristics
                                   
($ in thousands)
                                   
                     
Percentage
   
Weighted
   
Realized
 
   
Current
   
Fair
   
Current
   
of
   
Average
   
Feb 2016 CPR
 
Asset Category
 
Face
   
Value(1)
   
Price
   
Portfolio
   
Coupon
   
(Reported in Mar)
 
As of February 29, 2016
                                   
Adjustable Rate RMBS
  $ 2,771     $ 2,937       105.96       0.14 %     3.63 %     0.46 %
10-1 Hybrid Rate RMBS
    50,900       52,347       102.84       2.58 %     2.55 %     4.36 %
Hybrid Adjustable Rate RMBS
    50,900       52,347       102.84       2.58 %     2.55 %     4.36 %
15 Year Fixed Rate RMBS
    97,103       102,804       105.87       5.04 %     3.28 %     5.14 %
20 Year Fixed Rate RMBS
    424,307       457,087       107.73       22.42 %     4.00 %     4.53 %
30 Year Fixed Rate RMBS
    1,208,486       1,328,464       109.93       65.16 %     4.44 %     5.12 %
Total Fixed Rate RMBS
    1,729,896       1,888,355       109.16       92.62 %     4.27 %     4.97 %
Total Pass-through RMBS
    1,783,567       1,943,639       108.97       95.34 %     4.23 %     4.94 %
Interest-Only Securities
    530,221       55,125       10.40       2.70 %     3.64 %     12.39 %
Inverse Interest-Only Securities
    209,000       39,978       19.13       1.96 %     5.92 %     12.72 %
Structured RMBS
    739,221       95,103       12.87       4.66 %     4.59 %     12.48 %
Total Mortgage Assets
  $ 2,522,788     $ 2,038,742               100.00 %     4.24 %     7.23 %
 

 
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 February 29, 2016
           
As of February 29, 2016
           
Fannie Mae
  $ 1,711,894       84.0 %
Whole Pool Assets
  $ 1,533,756       75.2 %
Freddie Mac
    315,232       15.4 %
Non Whole Pool Assets
    504,986       24.8 %
Ginnie Mae
    11,616       0.6 %
Total Mortgage Assets
  $ 2,038,742       100.0 %
Total Mortgage Assets
  $ 2,038,742       100.0 %                  

(1)  
Amounts in the tables above include assets with a fair value of approximately $99.3 million purchased in February 2016 which settle in March 2016, and exclude assets with a fair value of $95.3 million sold in February 2016 which settle in March 2016.

 
 

 


 
Borrowings By Counterparty
                   
($ in thousands)
                   
               
Weighted
   
         
% of
   
Average
   
   
Total
   
Total
   
Maturity
 
Longest
As of February 29, 2016
 
Borrowings(1)
   
Debt
   
in Days
 
Maturity
Citigroup Global Markets Inc
  $ 277,935       14.7 %     32  
4/25/2016
South Street Securities, LLC
    178,648       9.4 %     30  
4/1/2016
ED&F Man Capital Markets Inc
    148,286       7.8 %     22  
4/19/2016
Goldman, Sachs & Co
    119,082       6.3 %     16  
3/16/2016
Cantor Fitzgerald & Co
    118,571       6.3 %     40  
4/26/2016
Guggenheim Securities, LLC
    118,380       6.2 %     41  
5/4/2016
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC
    108,444       5.7 %     17  
5/2/2016
Daiwa Securities America Inc.
    107,374       5.7 %     39  
4/11/2016
Natixis, New York Branch
    104,443       5.5 %     12  
3/23/2016
KGS-Alpha Capital Markets, L.P
    90,523       4.8 %     19  
3/23/2016
Mitsubishi UFJ Securities (USA), Inc
    90,077       4.8 %     42  
4/29/2016
Nomura Securities International, Inc.
    86,970       4.6 %     15  
3/28/2016
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc
    85,509       4.5 %     16  
3/16/2016
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
    74,461       3.9 %     11  
3/14/2016
Mizuho Securities USA, Inc
    69,190       3.7 %     39  
4/25/2016
ICBC Financial Services LLC
    68,971       3.6 %     11  
3/11/2016
RBC Capital Markets, LLC
    44,076       2.3 %     14  
3/22/2016
Suntrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc
    4,208       0.2 %     11  
3/11/2016
Total Borrowings
  $ 1,895,148       100.0 %     26  
5/4/2016

(1)  
In February 2016, the Company purchased assets with a fair value of approximately $99.3 million which settle in March 2016 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 February 29, 2016
                                   
Adjustable Rate RMBS
  $ 2,937       3       10.04 %     2.00 %   $ 17     $ (17 )
Hybrid Adjustable Rate RMBS
    52,347       83       7.55 %     2.00 %     669       (839 )
Total Fixed Rate RMBS
    1,888,355       n/a       n/a       n/a       25,591       (31,951 )
Total Pass-through RMBS
    1,943,639       n/a       n/a       n/a       26,277       (32,807 )
Interest-Only Securities
    55,125       n/a       n/a       n/a       (10,620 )     9,986  
Inverse Interest-Only Securities
    39,978       1       6.35 %     n/a       51       (891 )
Structured RMBS
    95,103       n/a       n/a       n/a       (10,569 )     9,095  
Total Mortgage Assets
  $ 2,038,742       n/a       n/a       n/a     $ 15,708     $ (23,712 )
                                                 
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
    $ 173,333    
Mar-2019
    $ (2,075 )   $ 3,250  
Treasury Futures Contracts - Short Positions
      185,000    
Jun-2026
      (7,040 )     7,719  
Payer Swaps
                    600,000    
Feb-2020
      (11,839 )     11,839  
Grand Total
                                  $ (5,246 )   $ (904 )

(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 a price of $130.52 at February 29, 2016.  The nominal value of the short position was $241.5 million.


Contact:

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