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): March 8, 2017

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:

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Item 8.01.  Other Events.

On March 8, 2017, Orchid Island Capital, Inc. (the "Company") announced that the Board of Directors of the Company declared a dividend for the month of March 2017 of $0.14 per share to be paid on April 10, 2017 to holders of record on March 31, 2017, with an ex-dividend date of March 29, 2017. In addition, the Company announced certain details of its MBS portfolio as of February 28, 2017, 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, 2016.  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 March 8, 2017





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: March 8, 2017
        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 March 8, 2017

 
EXHIBIT 99.1
 
 
ORCHID ISLAND CAPITAL ANNOUNCES
MARCH 2017 MONTHLY DIVIDEND AND
FEBRUARY 28, 2017 RMBS PORTFOLIO CHARACTERISTICS

March 2017 Monthly Dividend of $0.14 Per Share
RMBS Portfolio Characteristics as of February 28, 2017

Vero Beach, Fla., March 8, 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 March 2017. The dividend of $0.14 per share will be paid April 10, 2017, to holders of record on March 31, 2017, with an ex-dividend date of March 29, 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 March 8, 2017, the Company had 32,964,547 shares outstanding, the same number of shares outstanding as of January 31, 2016. At December 31, 2016, the Company had 32,962,919 shares outstanding.

RMBS Portfolio Characteristics

Details of the RMBS portfolio as of February 28, 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
   
Feb 2017 CPR
 
Asset Category
 
Face
   
Value(1)
   
Price
   
Portfolio
   
Coupon
   
(Reported in Mar)
 
As of February 28, 2017
                                   
Adjustable Rate RMBS
 
$
1,919
   
$
2,038
     
106.23
     
0.06
%
   
3.50
%
   
38.32
%
10-1 Hybrid Rate RMBS
   
42,872
     
43,961
     
102.54
     
1.35
%
   
2.55
%
   
3.88
%
Hybrid Adjustable Rate RMBS
   
42,872
     
43,961
     
102.54
     
1.35
%
   
2.55
%
   
3.88
%
15 Year Fixed Rate RMBS
   
82,190
     
85,642
     
104.20
     
2.62
%
   
3.28
%
   
11.02
%
20 Year Fixed Rate RMBS
   
239,367
     
255,317
     
106.66
     
7.81
%
   
4.00
%
   
6.56
%
30 Year Fixed Rate RMBS
   
2,546,113
     
2,735,250
     
107.43
     
83.72
%
   
4.34
%
   
4.67
%
Total Fixed Rate RMBS
   
2,867,670
     
3,076,209
     
107.27
     
94.15
%
   
4.28
%
   
5.01
%
Total Pass-through RMBS
   
2,912,461
     
3,122,208
     
107.20
     
95.56
%
   
4.26
%
   
5.01
%
Interest-Only Securities
   
760,594
     
96,829
     
12.73
     
2.96
%
   
3.71
%
   
10.72
%
Inverse Interest-Only Securities
   
246,589
     
48,328
     
19.60
     
1.48
%
   
5.45
%
   
10.52
%
Structured RMBS
   
1,007,183
     
145,157
     
14.41
     
4.44
%
   
4.29
%
   
10.67
%
Total Mortgage Assets
 
$
3,919,644
   
$
3,267,365
             
100.00
%
   
4.26
%
   
6.42
%

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 28, 2017
           
As of February 28, 2017
           
Fannie Mae
 
$
2,342,633
     
71.7
%
Whole Pool Assets
 
$
2,837,920
     
86.9
%
Freddie Mac
   
915,919
     
28.0
%
Non Whole Pool Assets
   
429,445
     
13.1
%
Ginnie Mae
   
8,813
     
0.3
%
Total Mortgage Assets
 
$
3,267,365
     
100.0
%
Total Mortgage Assets
 
$
3,267,365
     
100.0
%
                 

(1)
Amounts in the tables above include assets with a fair value of approximately $7.8 million purchased in February 2017 which settle in March 2017.



Borrowings By Counterparty
                       
($ in thousands)
                       
               
Weighted
   
         
% of
   
Average
   
   
Total
   
Total
   
Maturity
 
Longest
As of February 28, 2017
 
Borrowings(1)
   
Debt
   
in Days
 
Maturity
Citigroup Global Markets Inc
 
$
292,372
     
9.6
%
   
18
 
5/30/2017
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC
   
280,492
     
9.2
%
   
13
 
3/17/2017
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
   
248,598
     
8.2
%
   
11
 
3/13/2017
ICBC Financial Services LLC
   
244,580
     
8.0
%
   
12
 
3/15/2017
RBC Capital Markets, LLC
   
233,901
     
7.7
%
   
13
 
3/13/2017
Cantor Fitzgerald & Co
   
228,962
     
7.5
%
   
46
 
4/21/2017
Mitsubishi UFJ Securities (USA), Inc
   
207,296
     
6.8
%
   
46
 
4/17/2017
South Street Securities, LLC
   
174,672
     
5.7
%
   
7
 
3/21/2017
ED&F Man Capital Markets Inc
   
154,916
     
5.1
%
   
36
 
5/24/2017
Goldman, Sachs & Co
   
150,764
     
5.0
%
   
13
 
3/23/2017
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated
   
150,682
     
5.0
%
   
25
 
5/1/2017
KGS-Alpha Capital Markets, L.P
   
146,357
     
4.8
%
   
23
 
5/25/2017
Guggenheim Securities, LLC
   
145,913
     
4.8
%
   
10
 
3/14/2017
Daiwa Securities America Inc.
   
124,801
     
4.1
%
   
13
 
3/20/2017
Natixis, New York Branch
   
87,219
     
2.9
%
   
8
 
3/17/2017
Nomura Securities International, Inc.
   
69,891
     
2.3
%
   
22
 
3/29/2017
FHLB-Cincinnati
   
54,245
     
1.8
%
   
1
 
3/1/2017
Mizuho Securities USA, Inc
   
45,645
     
1.5
%
   
12
 
3/14/2017
Total Borrowings
 
$
3,041,306
     
100.0
%
   
20
 
5/30/2017

(1)
In February 2017, the Company purchased assets with a fair value of approximately $7.8 million which settle in March 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 February 28, 2017
                                   
Adjustable Rate RMBS
 
$
2,038
     
4
     
10.05
%
   
2.00
%
 
$
10
   
$
(9
)
Hybrid Adjustable Rate RMBS
   
43,961
     
71
     
7.55
%
   
2.00
%
   
679
     
(765
)
Total Fixed Rate RMBS
   
3,076,209
     
n/a
     
n/a
     
n/a
     
61,976
     
(76,006
)
Total Pass-through RMBS
   
3,122,208
     
n/a
     
n/a
     
n/a
     
62,665
     
(76,780
)
Interest-Only Securities
   
96,829
     
n/a
     
n/a
     
n/a
     
(11,954
)
   
9,238
 
Inverse Interest-Only Securities
   
48,328
     
1
     
6.22
%
   
n/a
     
1,921
     
(3,160
)
Structured RMBS
   
145,157
     
n/a
     
n/a
     
n/a
     
(10,033
)
   
6,078
 
Total Mortgage Assets
 
$
3,267,365
     
n/a
     
n/a
     
n/a
   
$
52,632
   
$
(70,702
)
                                                 
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
   
$
643,750
   
Dec-2020
   
$
(11,554
)
 
$
12,875
 
Treasury Futures Contracts - Short Positions
     
465,000
   
Jun-2027
     
(17,939
)
   
17,508
 
Payer Swaps
                   
700,000
   
Dec-2021
     
(9,933
)
   
9,933
 
TBA Short Positions
                   
447,000
   
Mar-2017
     
(9,772
)
   
11,755
 
Total Hedges
                                   
(49,198
)
   
52,071
 
                                                 
Grand Total
                                 
$
3,434
   
$
(18,631
)

(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 $124.58 at February 28, 2017.  The nominal value of the short position was $579.3 million.


Contact:

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