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Orchid Island Capital Announces February 2019 Monthly Dividend and January 31, 2019 RMBS Portfolio Characteristics

VERO BEACH, Fla., Feb. 13, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Orchid Island Capital, Inc. (the “Company”) (NYSE:ORC) announced today that the Board of Directors (the “Board”) declared a monthly cash dividend for the month of February 2019. The dividend of $0.08 per share will be paid March 29, 2019, to holders of record on February 28, 2019, with an ex-dividend date of February 27, 2019.  The Company plans on announcing its next dividend after the Board’s meeting on March 13, 2019.

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 February 13, 2019, the Company had 48,662,448 shares outstanding. At December 31, 2018, the Company had 49,132,423 shares outstanding.

RMBS Portfolio Characteristics

Details of the RMBS portfolio as of January 31, 2019 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:

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, 2017.

RMBS Valuation Characteristics                                  
($ in thousands)                                  
                                   
    Current 
Face
  Fair
Value(1)
%
of
Portfolio
  Current
Price
Net
Weighted
Average
Coupon
GWAC Age Weighted
Average
Maturity
(Months)
Realized
Jan 2019
CPR
(1-Month)
(Reported
in Feb)
Realized
Nov – Jan
2019 CPR
(3-Month)
(Reported
in Feb)
  Modeled
Interest
Rate
Sensitivity
(-50 BPS)(2)
  Modeled
Interest
Rate
Sensitivity
(+50 BPS)(2)
ARM RMBS                                  
Post Rest ARM $ 1,342   $ 1,432 0.05 % $ 106.73 4.75 % 5.19 % 171 190 0.07 % 0.04 % $ 10   $ (9 )
Fixed Rate CMO   710,344     735,110 24.83 %   103.49 4.27 % 4.61 % 11 346 8.00 % 7.10 %   1,821     (5,465 )
15yr 4.0   524,838     544,043 18.38 %   103.66 4.00 % 4.53 % 8 169 6.13 % 5.95 %   9,583     (10,161 )
15yr Total   524,838     544,043 18.38 %   103.66 4.00 % 4.53 % 8 169 6.13 % 5.95 %   9,583     (10,161 )
20yr 4.0   90,217     93,570 3.16 %   103.72 4.00 % 4.48 % 18 218 2.68 % 6.62 %   2,022     (2,101 )
20yr Total   90,217     93,570 3.16 %   103.72 4.00 % 4.48 % 18 218 2.68 % 6.62 %   2,022     (2,101 )
30yr 4.0   304,365     313,896 10.60 %   103.13 4.00 % 4.55 % 21 337 4.19 % 5.12 %   6,246     (7,795 )
30yr 4.5   920,867     963,475 32.54 %   104.63 4.50 % 4.96 % 11 348 12.70 % 9.81 %   11,133     (15,769 )
30yr 5.0   164,020     175,744 5.94 %   107.15 5.00 % 5.50 % 11 347 8.41 % 8.89 %   2,133     (2,799 )
30yr Total   1,389,252     1,453,115 49.08 %   104.60 4.45 % 4.93 % 13 345 10.28 % 8.41 %   19,512     (26,363 )
Total Pass Through RMBS   2,715,993     2,827,270 95.49 %   104.10 4.30 % 4.76 % 12 307 8.49 % 7.39 %   32,948     (44,099 )
Structured RMBS                                  
Interest-Only Securities   762,892     109,993 3.72 %   14.42 3.74 % 4.33 % 59 254 6.82 % 7.90 %   (15,014 )   12,111  
Inverse Interest-Only Securities   222,678     23,471 0.79 %   10.54 2.61 % 4.86 % 55 296 9.27 % 10.56 %   2,205     (2,899 )
Total Structured RMBS   985,570     133,464 4.51 %   13.54 3.48 % 4.45 % 58 263 7.37 % 8.50 %   (12,809 )   9,212  
Total Mortgage Assets $ 3,701,563   $ 2,960,734 100.00 %     4.08 % 4.67 % 24 296 8.18 % 7.73 % $ 20,139   $ (34,887 )
                                   
Hedge   Average
Notional
Balance
  Hedge
Period
End
                    Interest
Rate
Sensitivity
(-50 BPS)(1)
  Interest
Rate
Sensitivity
(+50 BPS)(1)
Eurodollar Futures $ (1,725,000 )   Dec-2020                   $ (17,250 ) $ 17,250  
Swaps   (1,260,000 )   Oct-2020                     (9,226 )   9,101  
5-Year Treasury Future   (165,000 )   Mar-2019(3)                     (3,820 )   4,590  
TBA   (250,000 )   Jan-2018                     (6,270 )   7,454  
Swaptions   (700,000 )   Jan-2028                         696  
Hedge Total $ (4,100,000 )                       $ (36,566 ) $ 39,091  
Rate Shock Grand Total                           $ (16,427 ) $ 4,204  

(1)  Amounts in the tables above include assets with a fair value of approximately $210.0 million purchased in January 2019, which settle in February 2019, and exclude assets with a fair value of approximately $240.0 million sold in January 2019, which settle in February 2019.
(2)  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.
(3)  Five year treasury futures contracts were valued at prices of $114.86 at January 31, 2019.  The notional contract value of the short position was $189.5 million.

RMBS Assets by Agency         Investment Company Act of 1940 Whole Pool Test
($ in thousands)         ($ in thousands)      
Asset Category   Fair
Value(1)
Percentage
of
Portfolio
  Asset Category   Fair
Value(1)
Percentage
of
Portfolio
As of January 31, 2019         As of January 31, 2019      
Fannie Mae $ 1,429,262 48.3 %   Non-Whole Pool Assets $ 938,672 31.7 %
Freddie Mac   1,527,616 51.6 %   Whole Pool Assets   2,022,062 68.3 %
Ginnie Mae   3,856 0.1 %   Total Mortgage Assets $ 2,960,734 100.0 %
Total Mortgage Assets $ 2,960,734 100.0 %          

(1)   Amounts in the tables above include assets with a fair value of approximately $210.0 million purchased in January 2019, which settle in February 2019, and exclude assets with a fair value of approximately $240.0 million sold in January 2019, which settle in February 2019.

Borrowings By Counterparty                
($ in thousands)                
As of January 31, 2019   Total
Borrowings(1)
  % of
Total
Debt
  Weighted
Average
Repo
Rate
Weighted
Average
Maturity
in Days
Longest
Maturity
Mirae Asset Securities (USA) Inc. $ 377,892   13.6 %   2.54 % 11 3/26/2019
RBC Capital Markets, LLC   365,474   13.1 %   2.67 % 28 3/4/2019
ING Financial Markets LLC   325,422   11.6 %   2.62 % 20 3/25/2019
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.   262,708   9.4 %   2.65 % 28 3/26/2019
Cantor Fitzgerald & Co   250,505   9.0 %   2.56 % 14 3/7/2019
Mitsubishi UFJ Securities (USA), Inc   204,795   7.3 %   2.55 % 16 2/19/2019
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC   154,797   5.5 %   2.67 % 15 2/19/2019
ABN AMRO Bank N.V.   148,355   5.3 %   2.57 % 4 2/4/2019
ICBC Financial Services LLC   138,423   4.9 %   2.68 % 31 3/15/2019
Citigroup Global Markets Inc   112,084   4.0 %   2.66 % 23 2/27/2019
FHLB-Cincinnati   96,382   3.4 %   2.69 % 1 2/1/2019
South Street Securities, LLC   86,516   3.1 %   2.64 % 27 2/28/2019
Natixis, New York Branch   57,154   2.0 %   2.78 % 14 2/15/2019
Lucid Cash Fund USG LLC   49,812   1.8 %   2.70 % 14 2/14/2019
ASL Capital Markets Inc.   42,794   1.5 %   2.55 % 13 2/13/2019
Bank of Montreal   35,447   1.3 %   2.66 % 43 3/15/2019
Guggenheim Securities, LLC   26,762   1.0 %   2.66 % 29 3/1/2019
Lucid Prime Fund, LLC   20,841   0.7 %   2.75 % 14 2/14/2019
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith   16,916   0.6 %   3.05 % 28 2/28/2019
ED&F Man Capital Markets Inc   13,415   0.5 %   2.60 % 7 2/7/2019
J.V.B. Financial Group, LLC   10,042   0.4 %   2.54 % 15 2/15/2019
Total Borrowings $ 2,796,536   100.0 %   2.62 % 19 3/26/2019

(1)  In January 2019, the Company sold assets with a fair value of approximately $240.0 million, which settle in February 2019 that collateralize approximately $221.7 million of repurchase agreements included in the table above. 

Contact:

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