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ORCHID ISLAND CAPITAL ANNOUNCES
DECEMBER 2017 MONTHLY DIVIDEND AND
NOVEMBER 30, 2017 RMBS PORTFOLIO CHARACTERISTICS

·
December 2017 Monthly Dividend of $0.14 Per Share
·
RMBS Portfolio Characteristics as of November 30, 2017

Vero Beach, Fla., December 13, 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 December 2017. The dividend of $0.14 per share will be paid January 10, 2018, to holders of record on December 29, 2017, with an ex-dividend date of December 28, 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 December 13, 2017, the Company had 51,571,065 shares outstanding. At September 30, 2017, the Company had 45,308,169 shares outstanding.

RMBS Portfolio Characteristics

Details of the RMBS portfolio as of November 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. 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
   
Nov 2017 CPR
 
Asset Category
 
Face
   
Value(1)
   
Price
   
Portfolio
   
Coupon
   
(Reported in Dec)
 
As of November 30, 2017
                                   
Adjustable Rate RMBS
 
$
1,665
   
$
1,768
   
$
106.13
     
0.04
%
   
3.94
%
   
0.01
%
10-1 Hybrid Rate RMBS
   
40,503
     
41,212
     
101.75
     
1.04
%
   
2.55
%
   
6.73
%
Hybrid Adjustable Rate RMBS
   
40,503
     
41,212
     
101.75
     
1.04
%
   
2.55
%
   
6.73
%
15 Year Fixed Rate RMBS
   
39,763
     
41,340
     
103.97
     
1.04
%
   
3.50
%
   
8.90
%
20 Year Fixed Rate RMBS
   
298,941
     
315,960
     
105.69
     
7.98
%
   
4.00
%
   
3.72
%
30 Year Fixed Rate RMBS
   
3,202,439
     
3,433,875
     
107.23
     
86.78
%
   
4.38
%
   
9.25
%
Total Fixed Rate RMBS
   
3,541,143
     
3,791,175
     
107.06
     
95.81
%
   
4.33
%
   
8.78
%
Total Pass-through RMBS
   
3,583,311
     
3,834,155
     
107.00
     
96.90
%
   
4.32
%
   
8.75
%
Interest-Only Securities
   
716,812
     
88,407
     
12.33
     
2.23
%
   
3.76
%
   
13.85
%
Inverse Interest-Only Securities
   
270,283
     
34,414
     
12.73
     
0.87
%
   
4.29
%
   
9.79
%
Structured RMBS
   
987,095
     
122,821
     
12.44
     
3.10
%
   
3.91
%
   
12.74
%
Total Mortgage Assets
 
$
4,570,406
   
$
3,956,976
             
100.00
%
   
4.30
%
   
9.61
%

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, 2017
           
As of November 30, 2017
           
Fannie Mae
 
$
2,460,219
     
62.2
%
Whole Pool Assets
 
$
3,347,761
     
84.6
%
Freddie Mac
   
1,490,709
     
37.6
%
Non-Whole Pool Assets
   
609,215
     
15.4
%
Ginnie Mae
   
6,048
     
0.2
%
Total Mortgage Assets
 
$
3,956,976
     
100.0
%
Total Mortgage Assets
 
$
3,956,976
     
100.0
%
                 

(1)
Amounts in the tables above exclude assets with a fair value of approximately $119.0 million sold in November 2017, which settle in December 2017.



Borrowings By Counterparty
                       
($ in thousands)
                       
               
Weighted
   
         
% of
   
Average
   
   
Total
   
Total
   
Maturity
 
Longest
As of November 30, 2017
 
Borrowings(1)
   
Debt
   
in Days
 
Maturity
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC
 
$
575,229
     
15.0
%
   
173
 
8/10/2018
Mirae Asset Securities (USA) Inc.
   
359,514
     
9.3
%
   
112
 
8/10/2018
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
   
275,257
     
7.1
%
   
11
 
12/11/2017
ICBC Financial Services LLC
   
247,114
     
6.4
%
   
13
 
12/13/2017
Cantor Fitzgerald & Co
   
242,372
     
6.3
%
   
28
 
1/16/2018
Citigroup Global Markets Inc
   
231,470
     
6.0
%
   
34
 
1/16/2018
Guggenheim Securities, LLC
   
228,125
     
5.9
%
   
29
 
1/12/2018
RBC Capital Markets, LLC
   
221,504
     
5.7
%
   
43
 
1/12/2018
Mizuho Securities USA, Inc
   
201,823
     
5.2
%
   
17
 
1/22/2018
Mitsubishi UFJ Securities (USA), Inc
   
187,974
     
4.9
%
   
48
 
1/22/2018
Goldman, Sachs & Co
   
168,481
     
4.4
%
   
17
 
12/29/2017
ED&F Man Capital Markets Inc
   
144,915
     
3.8
%
   
76
 
2/22/2018
South Street Securities, LLC
   
143,554
     
3.7
%
   
14
 
1/29/2018
Nomura Securities International, Inc.
   
135,829
     
3.5
%
   
46
 
1/29/2018
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated
   
106,155
     
2.7
%
   
9
 
12/13/2017
Natixis, New York Branch
   
105,160
     
2.7
%
   
17
 
12/27/2017
FHLB-Cincinnati
   
96,112
     
2.5
%
   
1
 
12/1/2017
Daiwa Securities America Inc.
   
70,924
     
1.8
%
   
11
 
12/13/2017
KGS-Alpha Capital Markets, L.P
   
65,704
     
1.7
%
   
101
 
8/14/2018
Lucid Cash Fund USG LLC
   
25,137
     
0.7
%
   
15
 
12/15/2017
ING Financial Markets LLC
   
17,185
     
0.4
%
   
1
 
12/1/2017
J.V.B. Financial Group, LLC
   
12,980
     
0.3
%
   
13
 
12/13/2017
Total Borrowings
 
$
3,862,518
     
100.0
%
   
58
 
8/14/2018

(1)
In November 2017, the Company sold assets with a fair value of approximately $119.0 million which settle in December 2017 that collateralize approximately $115.9 million of repurchase agreements 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 November 30, 2017
                                   
Adjustable Rate RMBS
 
$
1,768
     
6
     
10.05
%
   
2.00
%
 
$
12
   
$
(8
)
Hybrid Adjustable Rate RMBS
   
41,212
     
62
     
7.55
%
   
2.00
%
   
552
     
(632
)
Total Fixed Rate RMBS
   
3,791,175
     
n/a
     
n/a
     
n/a
     
52,812
     
(76,970
)
Total Pass-through RMBS
   
3,834,155
     
n/a
     
n/a
     
n/a
     
53,376
     
(77,610
)
Interest-Only Securities
   
88,407
     
n/a
     
n/a
     
n/a
     
(13,633
)
   
11,368
 
Inverse Interest-Only Securities
   
34,414
     
1
     
5.18
%
   
n/a
     
2,088
     
(3,235
)
Structured RMBS
   
122,821
     
n/a
     
n/a
     
n/a
     
(11,545
)
   
8,133
 
Total Mortgage Assets
 
$
3,956,976
     
n/a
     
n/a
     
n/a
   
$
41,831
   
$
(69,477
)
                                                 
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
   
$
1,130,769
   
Dec-2020
   
$
(16,387
)
 
$
18,375
 
Treasury Futures Contracts - Short Positions
     
140,000
   
Mar-2018
     
(5,470
)
   
5,233
 
Payer Swaps
     
1,010,000
   
Aug-2022
     
(13,545
)
   
13,545
 
Payer Swaption
     
200,000
   
Sep-2025
     
(2,253
)
   
3,954
 
TBA Short Positions
     
363,000
   
Jan-2018
     
(8,381
)
   
11,067
 
Total Hedges
                     
(46,036
)
   
52,174
 
                                   
Grand Total
                   
$
(4,205
)
 
$
(17,303
)

(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 $124.05 at November 30, 2017.  The notional contract value of the short position was $173.7 million.


Contact:

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