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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):
November 9, 2021
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))
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class:
Trading symbol:
 
Name of each exchange
 
on which registered:
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share
ORC
NYSE
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth
 
company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of
1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange
 
Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
 
Emerging growth company
 
☐
If an emerging growth company,
 
indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period
for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided
 
pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange
Act.
 
☐
 
 
Item 8.01.
 
Other Events.
On November
 
9, 2021,
 
Orchid Island
 
Capital, Inc.
 
(the “Company”)
 
announced that
 
the Board
 
of Directors
 
of the
 
Company
declared
 
a
 
dividend
 
for
 
the
 
month
 
of
 
November
 
2021
 
of
 
$0.065
 
per
 
share
 
of
 
the
 
Company’s
 
common
 
stock
 
to
 
be
 
paid
 
on
December 29, 2021 to holders of record
 
on November 30, 2021, with an
 
ex-dividend date of November 29, 2021.
 
In addition,
the
 
Company
 
announced
 
certain
 
details
 
of
 
its RMBS
 
portfolio
 
as of
 
October
 
31, 2021
 
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,
 
including,
 
but
 
not
 
limited
 
to,
 
statements
 
about
 
the
 
Company’s
distributions. These forward-looking statements are based upon the Company’s
 
present expectations, but the Company cannot
assure investors 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 Annual
 
Report on Form 10-K
 
for the fiscal year
 
ended
December
 
31,
 
2020.
 
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
104
Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL
document)
 
 
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: November 9, 2021
 
ORCHID ISLAND CAPITAL,
 
INC.
By:
/s/ Robert E. Cauley
Robert E. Cauley
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer