Orchid Island Capital (ORC) 8-K Other Events

EXHIBIT 99.1

ORCHID ISLAND CAPITAL ANNOUNCES

DECEMBER 2015 MONTHLY DIVIDEND AND

NOVEMBER 30, 2015 RMBS PORTFOLIO CHARACTERISTICS

·   December 2015 Monthly Dividend of $0.14 Per Share

·   RMBS Portfolio Characteristics as of November 30, 2015

Vero Beach, Fla., December 10, 2015 - 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 2015. The dividend of $0.14 per share will be paid December 30, 2015, to holders of record on December 24, 2015, with an ex-dividend date of December 22, 2015.

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 certain percentages 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 10, 2015, the Company had 21,768,190 shares outstanding. At September 30, 2015, the Company had 21,892,773 shares outstanding.

RMBS Portfolio Characteristics

Details of the RMBS portfolio as of November 30, 2015 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, 2014.

RMBS Valuation Characteristics
($ in thousands)
							Percentage			Weighted			Realized
	Current		Fair		Current		of			Average			Nov 2015 CPR
Asset Category	Face		Value(1)		Price		Portfolio			Coupon			(Reported in Dec)
As of November 30, 2015
Adjustable Rate RMBS	$	2,800	$	2,975		106.23		0.13	%		3.62	%		0.24	%
10-1 Hybrid Rate RMBS		52,085		53,137		102.02		2.41	%		2.55	%		13.96	%
Hybrid Adjustable Rate RMBS		52,085		53,137		102.02		2.41	%		2.55	%		13.96	%
15 Year Fixed Rate RMBS		99,949		104,796		104.85		4.73	%		3.28	%		4.83	%
20 Year Fixed Rate RMBS		440,642		472,365		107.20		21.33	%		4.00	%		2.08	%
30 Year Fixed Rate RMBS		1,360,014		1,473,800		108.37		66.56	%		4.36	%		6.86	%
Total Fixed Rate RMBS		1,900,605		2,050,961		107.91		92.62	%		4.23	%		5.64	%
Total Pass-through RMBS		1,955,490		2,107,073		107.75		95.16	%		4.18	%		5.86	%
Interest-Only Securities		514,336		63,384		12.32		2.86	%		3.58	%		11.74	%
Inverse Interest-Only Securities		219,022		43,877		20.03		1.98	%		6.15	%		10.89	%
Structured RMBS		733,358		107,261		14.63		4.84	%		4.63	%		11.49	%
Total Mortgage Assets	$	2,688,848	$	2,214,334				100.00	%		4.20	%		7.39	%

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, 2015				As of November 30, 2015
Fannie Mae	$	1,801,363	81.4%	Whole Pool Assets	$	1,701,279	76.8%
Freddie Mac		395,913	17.8%	Non Whole Pool Assets		513,055	23.2%
Ginnie Mae		17,058	0.8%	Total Mortgage Assets	$	2,214,334	100.0%
Total Mortgage Assets	$	2,214,334	100.0%

(1)   Amounts in the tables above include assets with a fair value of approximately $1.7 million purchased in November 2015 which settle in December 2015.

Repurchase Agreement Exposure By Counterparty
($ in thousands)
						Weighted
			% of			Average
	Total		Total			Maturity		Longest
As of November 30, 2015	Borrowings(1)		Debt			in Days		Maturity
Citigroup Global Markets Inc	$	185,653		9.4	%		37	1/25/2016
Goldman, Sachs & Co		154,866		7.6	%		28	12/28/2015
RBC Capital Markets, LLC		140,151		6.9	%		37	1/22/2016
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.		134,142		6.6	%		12	12/14/2015
Cantor Fitzgerald & Co		129,790		6.4	%		14	12/18/2015
ED&F Man Capital Markets Inc		127,765		6.3	%		32	1/25/2016
Mizuho Securities USA, Inc		125,769		6.2	%		18	1/4/2016
ICBC Financial Services LLC		115,519		5.7	%		43	1/12/2016
Mitsubishi UFJ Securities (USA), Inc		111,249		5.5	%		49	1/29/2016
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC		108,424		5.3	%		44	2/2/2016
Daiwa Securities America Inc.		102,067		5.0	%		10	12/11/2015
KGS-Alpha Capital Markets, L.P		100,278		4.9	%		11	12/18/2015
Nomura Securities International, Inc.		95,480		4.7	%		19	12/23/2015
Natixis, New York Branch		88,826		4.4	%		12	12/23/2015
Guggenheim Securities, LLC		83,943		4.1	%		43	1/29/2016
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc		81,469		4.0	%		16	12/16/2015
South Street Securities, LLC		80,100		3.9	%		16	12/21/2015
Morgan Stanley & Co		48,351		2.4	%		10	12/10/2015
Barclays Capital Inc		9,968		0.5	%		11	12/11/2015
Suntrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc		4,218		0.2	%		18	12/18/2015
Total Borrowings	$	2,028,028		100.0	%		26	2/2/2016

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, 2015
Adjustable Rate RMBS	$	2,975		5		10.04	%		2.00	%	$	18		$	(18	)
Hybrid Adjustable Rate RMBS		53,137		86		7.55	%		2.00	%		871			(1,027	)
Total Fixed Rate RMBS		2,050,961		n/a		n/a			n/a			31,907			(42,957	)
Total Pass-through RMBS		2,107,073		n/a		n/a			n/a			32,796			(44,002	)
Interest-Only Securities		63,384		n/a		n/a			n/a			(11,548	)		9,500
Inverse Interest-Only Securities		43,877		1		6.36	%		n/a			554			(1,612	)
Structured RMBS		107,261		n/a		n/a			n/a			(10,994	)		7,888
Total Mortgage Assets	$	2,214,334		n/a		n/a			n/a		$	21,802		$	(36,114	)
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					$	873,333		Mar-2019			$	(13,897	)	$	16,375
Treasury Futures Contracts - Short Positions						185,000		Mar-2026				(7,677	)		7,057
Receiver Swaption						100,000		May-2021				1,744			(838	)
Grand Total											$	1,972		$	(13,520	)

(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 126.4375 at November 30, 2015.  The nominal value of the short position was $233.9 million.

Contact:

Orchid Island Capital, Inc.

Robert E. Cauley

3305 Flamingo Drive, Vero Beach, Florida 32963

Telephone: (772) 231-1400