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Exhibit 99.1

ORCHID ISLAND CAPITAL ANNOUNCES

MAY 2017 MONTHLY DIVIDEND AND

APRIL 30, 2017 RMBS PORTFOLIO CHARACTERISTICS

 

    May 2017 Monthly Dividend of $0.14 Per Share

 

    RMBS Portfolio Characteristics as of April 30, 2017

Vero Beach, Fla., May 10, 2017—Orchid Island Capital, Inc. (the “Company”) (NYSE:ORC) announced today that the Board of Directors declared a monthly cash dividend for the month of May 2017. The dividend of $0.14 per share will be paid June 9, 2017, to holders of record on May 31, 2017, with an ex-dividend date of May 26, 2017.

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 May 10, 2017, the Company had 34,877,414 shares outstanding. At March 31, 2017, the Company had 34,270,126 shares outstanding.

RMBS Portfolio Characteristics

Details of the RMBS portfolio as of April 30, 2017 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 and the expected funding of purchased assets and anticipated borrowings. 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, 2016.


RMBS Valuation Characteristics                                        

($ in thousands)

                                       
                          Percentage     Weighted     Realized  
     Current      Fair      Current      of     Average     Apr 2017 CPR  

Asset Category

   Face      Value(1)      Price      Portfolio     Coupon     (Reported in Apr)  

As of April 30, 2017

               

Adjustable Rate RMBS

   $ 1,826      $ 1,941      $ 106.28        0.06     3.52     0.04

10-1 Hybrid Rate RMBS

     42,613        43,676        102.49        1.35     2.55     14.25
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Hybrid Adjustable Rate RMBS

     42,613        43,676        102.49        1.35     2.55     14.25
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

15 Year Fixed Rate RMBS

     44,150        46,391        105.08        1.43     3.50     7.39

20 Year Fixed Rate RMBS

     165,257        176,310        106.69        5.43     4.00     6.60

30 Year Fixed Rate RMBS

     2,622,106        2,828,265        107.86        87.10     4.44     7.74
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Fixed Rate RMBS

     2,831,513        3,050,966        107.75        93.96     4.40     7.68
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Pass-through RMBS

     2,875,952        3,096,583        107.67        95.37     4.37     7.78
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Interest-Only Securities

     829,553        104,424        12.59        3.22     3.75     11.31

Inverse Interest-Only Securities

     239,135        46,012        19.24        1.42     5.23     9.72
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Structured RMBS

     1,068,688        150,436        14.08        4.63     4.20     10.95
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Mortgage Assets

   $ 3,944,640      $ 3,247,019           100.00     4.36     8.68
  

 

 

    

 

 

       

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

RMBS Assets by Agency              

($ in thousands)

             
            Percentage  
     Fair      of  

Asset Category

   Value(1)      Portfolio  

As of April 30, 2017

     

Fannie Mae

   $ 2,475,684        76.2

Freddie Mac

     763,129        23.5

Ginnie Mae

     8,206        0.3
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Mortgage Assets

   $ 3,247,019        100.0
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

Investment Company Act of 1940 Whole Pool Test  

($ in thousands)

             
            Percentage  
     Fair      of  

Asset Category

   Value(1)      Portfolio  

As of April 30, 2017

     

Whole Pool Assets

   $ 2,789,044        85.9

Non Whole Pool Assets

     457,975        14.1
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Mortgage Assets

   $ 3,247,019        100.0
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
 

 

(1) Amounts in the tables above include assets with a fair value of approximately $184.6 million purchased in April 2017 which settle in May 2017, and exclude assets with a fair value of $118.6 million sold in April 2017, which settle in May 2017.


Borrowings By Counterparty                           

($ in thousands)

                          
                  Weighted         
            % of     Average         
     Total      Total     Maturity      Longest  

As of April 30, 2017

   Borrowings(1)      Debt     in Days      Maturity  

Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.

   $ 421,382        14.2     13        5/12/2017  

Citigroup Global Markets Inc

     269,230        9.0     37        6/16/2017  

ICBC Financial Services LLC

     242,611        8.1     41        6/13/2017  

RBC Capital Markets, LLC

     230,111        7.7     46        6/13/2017  

Cantor Fitzgerald & Co

     229,546        7.7     51        6/21/2017  

Mitsubishi UFJ Securities (USA), Inc

     202,629        6.8     78        7/17/2017  

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

     202,128        6.8     43        6/12/2017  

South Street Securities, LLC

     172,073        5.8     11        5/22/2017  

ED&F Man Capital Markets Inc

     151,950        5.1     38        6/12/2017  

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated

     149,129        5.0     11        5/11/2017  

KGS-Alpha Capital Markets, L.P

     132,035        4.4     31        6/14/2017  

Goldman, Sachs & Co

     128,944        4.3     39        6/13/2017  

Daiwa Securities America Inc.

     107,517        3.6     17        5/19/2017  

Guggenheim Securities, LLC

     81,432        2.7     50        6/29/2017  

FHLB-Cincinnati

     81,181        2.7     3        5/1/2017  

Natixis, New York Branch

     70,741        2.4     7        5/15/2017  

Nomura Securities International, Inc.

     65,220        2.2     27        5/30/2017  

Mizuho Securities USA, Inc

     44,478        1.5     20        5/22/2017  
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Borrowings

   $ 2,982,337        100.0     33        7/17/2017  
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(1) In April 2017, the Company purchased assets with a fair value of approximately $184.6 million, which settle in May 2017 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 April 30, 2017

              

Adjustable Rate RMBS

   $ 1,941        2        10.04     2.00   $ 8     $ (7

Hybrid Adjustable Rate RMBS

     43,676        69        7.55     2.00     643       (742

Total Fixed Rate RMBS

     3,050,966        n/a        n/a       n/a       50,067       (66,927

Total Pass-through RMBS

     3,096,583        n/a        n/a       n/a       50,718       (67,676

Interest-Only Securities

     104,424        n/a        n/a       n/a       (14,862     11,763  

Inverse Interest-Only Securities

     46,012        1        6.22     n/a       1,542       (2,956

Structured RMBS

     150,436        n/a        n/a       n/a       (13,320     8,807  

Total Mortgage Assets

   $ 3,247,019        n/a        n/a       n/a     $ 37,398     $ (58,869

 

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

   $ 893,750        Dec-2020      $ (15,871    $ 17,875  

Treasury Futures Contracts—Short Positions

     465,000        Jun-2027        (15,588      20,003  

Payer Swaps

     800,000        Mar-2022        (12,666      12,666  

TBA Short Positions

     250,000        May-2017        (7,240      8,594  
        

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Hedges

           (51,365      59,138  
        

 

 

    

 

 

 

Grand Total

         $ (13,967    $ 269  
        

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(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 $125.72 at April 30, 2017. The nominal contract value of the short position was $584.6 million.

Contact:

Orchid Island Capital, Inc.

Robert E. Cauley

3305 Flamingo Drive, Vero Beach, Florida 32963

Telephone: (772) 231-1400