UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): December 8, 2016

Orchid Island Capital, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

Maryland
001-35236
27-3269228
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
(Commission File Number)
(IRS Employer Identification No.)

3305 Flamingo Drive, Vero Beach, Florida 32963
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code (772) 231-1400

N/A
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))



Item 8.01. Other Events.

On December 8, 2016, Orchid Island Capital, Inc. (the "Company") announced that the Board of Directors of the Company declared a dividend for the month of December 2016 of $0.14 per share to be paid on January 10, 2017 to holders of record on December 30, 2016, with an ex-dividend date of December 28, 2016. In addition, the Company announced certain details of its MBS portfolio as of November 30, 2016 as well as certain other information regarding the Company. A copy of the Company's press release announcing the dividend and the other information regarding the Company is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by this reference.

Caution About Forward-Looking Statements.

This Current Report on Form 8-K 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 are based upon the Company's present expectations, but the Company cannot assure you that actual results will not vary from the expectations contained in the forward-looking statements. 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. All forward-looking statements speak only as of the date on which they are made. New risks and uncertainties arise over time, and it is not possible to predict those events or how they may affect the Company. Except as required by law, the Company is not obligated to, and does not intend to, update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

ITEM 9.01 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.

(d) Exhibits

Exhibit No.
 
Description
99.1
 
Press Release dated December 8, 2016





SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Date: December 8, 2016
        ORCHID ISLAND CAPITAL, INC.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
By:
/s/ Robert E. Cauley
 
 
 
Robert E. Cauley
 
 
 
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
 





INDEX TO EXHIBITS

Exhibit No.
 
Description
99.1
 
Press Release dated December 8, 2016

 
ORCHID ISLAND CAPITAL ANNOUNCES
DECEMBER 2016 MONTHLY DIVIDEND AND
NOVEMBER 30, 2016 RMBS PORTFOLIO CHARACTERISTICS

December 2016 Monthly Dividend of $0.14 Per Share
RMBS Portfolio Characteristics as of November 30, 2016

Vero Beach, Fla., December 8, 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 December 2016. The dividend of $0.14 per share will be paid January 10, 2017, to holders of record on December 30, 2016, with an ex-dividend date of December 28, 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 December 8, 2016, the Company had 31,963,790 shares outstanding, including shares sold through the Company's at the market program through that date that have not yet settled. At September 30, 2016, the Company had 26,252,193 shares outstanding.

RMBS Portfolio Characteristics

Details of the RMBS portfolio as of November 30, 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 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, 2015.

 

RMBS Valuation Characteristics
                                   
($ in thousands)
                                   
                     
Percentage
   
Weighted
   
Realized
 
   
Current
   
Fair
   
Current
   
of
   
Average
   
Nov 2016 CPR
 
Asset Category
 
Face
   
Value(1)
   
Price
   
Portfolio
   
Coupon
   
(Reported in Dec)
 
As of November 30, 2016
                                   
Adjustable Rate RMBS
 
$
1,938
   
$
2,057
     
106.13
     
0.08
%
   
3.50
%
   
0.69
%
10-1 Hybrid Rate RMBS
   
44,831
     
45,924
     
102.44
     
1.81
%
   
2.55
%
   
6.42
%
Hybrid Adjustable Rate RMBS
   
44,831
     
45,924
     
102.44
     
1.81
%
   
2.55
%
   
6.42
%
15 Year Fixed Rate RMBS
   
86,213
     
89,932
     
104.31
     
3.54
%
   
3.28
%
   
14.70
%
20 Year Fixed Rate RMBS
   
410,784
     
439,804
     
107.06
     
17.33
%
   
4.00
%
   
8.78
%
30 Year Fixed Rate RMBS
   
1,681,902
     
1,817,048
     
108.04
     
71.61
%
   
4.33
%
   
8.67
%
Total Fixed Rate RMBS
   
2,178,899
     
2,346,784
     
107.71
     
92.48
%
   
4.22
%
   
8.93
%
Total Pass-through RMBS
   
2,225,668
     
2,394,765
     
107.60
     
94.37
%
   
4.19
%
   
8.87
%
Interest-Only Securities
   
534,146
     
61,345
     
11.48
     
2.42
%
   
3.56
%
   
18.81
%
Inverse Interest-Only Securities
   
385,436
     
81,472
     
21.14
     
3.21
%
   
5.58
%
   
14.48
%
Structured RMBS
   
919,582
     
142,817
     
15.53
     
5.63
%
   
4.71
%
   
17.00
%
Total Mortgage Assets
 
$
3,145,250
   
$
2,537,582
             
100.00
%
   
4.22
%
   
11.25
%

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, 2016
           
As of November 30, 2016
           
Fannie Mae
 
$
1,890,375
     
74.5
%
Whole Pool Assets
 
$
1,986,336
     
78.3
%
Freddie Mac
   
637,529
     
25.1
%
Non Whole Pool Assets
   
551,246
     
21.7
%
Ginnie Mae
   
9,678
     
0.4
%
Total Mortgage Assets
 
$
2,537,582
     
100.0
%
Total Mortgage Assets
 
$
2,537,582
     
100.0
%
                 

(1)
Amounts in the tables above include assets with a fair value of approximately $5.1 million purchased in November 2016 which settle in December 2016.



Borrowings By Counterparty
                       
($ in thousands)
                       
               
Weighted
   
         
% of
   
Average
   
   
Total
   
Total
   
Maturity
 
Longest
As of November 30, 2016
 
Borrowings(1)
   
Debt
   
in Days
 
Maturity
Citigroup Global Markets Inc
 
$
276,506
     
11.6
%
   
10
 
1/5/2017
Mitsubishi UFJ Securities (USA), Inc
   
190,922
     
8.1
%
   
29
 
2/14/2017
South Street Securities, LLC
   
178,406
     
7.6
%
   
6
 
12/21/2016
RBC Capital Markets, LLC
   
168,792
     
7.1
%
   
13
 
12/13/2016
Goldman, Sachs & Co
   
167,675
     
7.1
%
   
15
 
1/23/2017
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC
   
160,239
     
6.8
%
   
23
 
1/10/2017
ED&F Man Capital Markets Inc
   
159,388
     
6.8
%
   
60
 
2/13/2017
Cantor Fitzgerald & Co
   
149,977
     
6.4
%
   
50
 
1/23/2017
ICBC Financial Services LLC
   
140,196
     
5.9
%
   
19
 
12/30/2016
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
   
138,922
     
5.9
%
   
9
 
12/9/2016
KGS-Alpha Capital Markets, L.P.
   
132,172
     
5.6
%
   
24
 
2/24/2017
Daiwa Securities America Inc.
   
111,201
     
4.7
%
   
11
 
12/14/2016
Guggenheim Securities, LLC
   
94,674
     
4.0
%
   
38
 
1/30/2017
Natixis, New York Branch
   
94,100
     
4.0
%
   
10
 
12/21/2016
Nomura Securities International, Inc.
   
83,928
     
3.6
%
   
16
 
12/29/2016
Mizuho Securities USA, Inc
   
57,491
     
2.4
%
   
7
 
12/7/2016
FHLB-Cincinnati
   
52,731
     
2.2
%
   
1
 
12/1/2016
Suntrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc
   
3,976
     
0.2
%
   
9
 
12/9/2016
Total Borrowings
 
$
2,361,296
     
100.0
%
   
21
 
2/24/2017

(1)
In November 2016, the Company purchased assets with a fair value of approximately $5.1 million which settle in December 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 November 30, 2016
                                   
Adjustable Rate RMBS
 
$
2,057
     
6
     
10.05
%
   
2.00
%
 
$
11
   
$
(11
)
Hybrid Adjustable Rate RMBS
   
45,924
     
74
     
7.55
%
   
2.00
%
   
757
     
(839
)
Total Fixed Rate RMBS
   
2,346,784
     
n/
a
   
n/
a
   
n/
a
   
52,222
     
(60,457
)
Total Pass-through RMBS
   
2,394,765
     
n/
a
   
n/
a
   
n/
a
   
52,990
     
(61,307
)
Interest-Only Securities
   
61,345
     
n/
a
   
n/
a
   
n/
a
   
(5,990
)
   
4,442
 
Inverse Interest-Only Securities
   
81,472
     
1
     
6.14
%
   
n/
a
   
4,963
     
(6,373
)
Structured RMBS
   
142,817
     
n/
a
   
n/
a
   
n/
a
   
(1,027
)
   
(1,931
)
Total Mortgage Assets
 
$
2,537,582
     
n/
a
   
n/
a
   
n/
a
 
$
51,963
   
$
(63,238
)
                                                 
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
   
$
453,846
   
Dec-2019
   
$
(5,677
)
 
$
7,375
 
Treasury Futures Contracts - Short Positions
     
185,000
   
Dec-2026
     
(7,262
)
   
7,016
 
Payer Swaps
                   
600,000
   
Feb-2020
     
(8,837
)
   
8,837
 
TBA Short Positions
                   
200,000
   
Dec-2016
     
(3,672
)
   
4,758
 
Grand Total
                                 
$
26,515
   
$
(35,252
)

(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 $125.23 at November 30, 2016. The nominal value of the short position was $231.7 million.


Contact:

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