Orchid Island Capital, Inc. (ORC)

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VERO BEACH, Fla., Sept. 08, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Orchid Island Capital, Inc. (the “Company”) (NYSE: ORC) announced today that the Board of Directors of the Company declared a monthly cash dividend for the month of September 2025. The dividend of $0.12 per share will be paid October 30, 2025 to holders of record of the Company's common stock on September 30, 2025, with an ex-dividend date of September 30, 2025. The Company plans on announcing its next common stock dividend on October 15, 2025.

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TORTOLA, British Virgin Islands, Aug. 14, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Orca Energy Group Inc. (“Orca” or the “Company” and includes its subsidiaries and affiliates) (TSX-V: ORC.A, ORC.B) today announces that it has filed its condensed consolidated interim financial statements and management's discussion and analysis for the three and six month periods ended June 30, 2025 ("Q2 2025") with the Canadian securities regulatory authorities. All amounts are in United States dollars (“$”) unless otherwise stated.

TORTOLA, British Virgin Islands, Aug. 13, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Orca Energy Group Inc. (“Orca” or the “Company”) (TSX-V: ORC.A, ORC.B) today announced that its Board of Directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.10 (Cdn) per Class A Common Voting Share ("Class A Shares") of the Company and $0.10 (Cdn) per Class B Subordinate Voting Share ("Class B Shares") of the Company. The dividend will be payable on October 15, 2025 to holders of Class A Shares and Class B Shares of record on September 30, 2025.

VERO BEACH, Fla., Aug. 13, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Orchid Island Capital, Inc. (the “Company”) (NYSE: ORC) announced today that the Board of Directors of the Company declared a monthly cash dividend for the month of August 2025. The dividend of $0.12 per share will be paid September 29, 2025 to holders of record of the Company's common stock on August 29, 2025, with an ex-dividend date of August 29, 2025. The Company plans on announcing its next common stock dividend on September 8, 2025.

TORTOLA, British Virgin Islands, Aug. 01, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Orca Energy Group Inc. (“Orca” or the “Company” and includes its subsidiaries and affiliates) (TSX-V: ORC.A, ORC.B) announces that: its subsidiary, Pan African Energy Corporation (Mauritius) (“PAEM”), submitted a Request for Arbitration to the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (“ICSID”), an arm of the World Bank, against the United Republic of Tanzania (“Tanzania”) for various breaches by Tanzania of the investment protections provisions of the Agreement on Promotion and Reciprocal Protection of Investment between the Government of the Republic of Mauritius and the Government of the United Republic of Tanzania (the “BIT”); and its subsidiary, PanAfrican Energy Tanzania Limited (Jersey) (“PAET”), submitted two separate Requests for Arbitration to ICSID against Tanzania and Tanzania Petroleum Development Corporation (“TPDC”), a petroleum corporation owned and controlled by Tanzania, for breaches of: the Production Sharing Agreement between the Government of Tanzania (the “GoT”), TPDC, and PAET dated October 11, 2001 (the "PSA"); and the Gas Agreement between the GoT, TPDC, Songas Limited ("Songas") and PAET dated October 11, 2001 (the "GA"). The three claims (the “Claims”) arise out of a series of actions and omissions by Tanzania and TPDC that threaten the viability of the Songo Songo Gas-to-Electricity Project (the “Project”) and breach multiple obligations under the BIT, the PSA and the GA.

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Orchid Island Capital, Inc. (NYSE:ORC ) Q2 2025 Earnings Conference Call July 25, 2025 10:00 AM ET Company Participants Robert Cauley - Chairman, President & CEO Jerry Sintes - VP & Treasurer George Haas - CFO, Chief Investment Officer, Secretary & Director Conference Call Participants Jason Weaver - JonesTrading Institutional Services, LLC, Research Division Mikhail Goberman - Citizens JMP Securities, LLC, Research Division Jason Stewart - Janney Montgomery Scott LLC, Research Division Eric Hagen - BTIG, LLC, Research Division Operator Good morning, and welcome to the Second Quarter 2025 Earnings Conference Call for Orchid Island Capital. This call is being recorded today, July 25, 2025.

VERO BEACH, Fla., July 24, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --  (July 24, 2025) – Orchid Island Capital, Inc. (NYSE:ORC) ("Orchid” or the "Company"), a real estate investment trust ("REIT"), today announced results of operations for the three month period ended June 30, 2025.

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