Edgar Filing: Orchid Island Capital, Inc.

ORCHID ISLAND CAPITAL, INC.

Date: February 12, 2013

/s/ Robert E. Cauley

Robert E. Cauley

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Form 8-A12B/A

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-A/A

FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES

PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR 12(g) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Orchid Island Capital, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)


Maryland		27-3269228
(State of Incorporation)		(IRS Employer Identification No.)

3305 Flamingo Drive

Vero Beach, Florida

32963

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

(Zip Code)

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of Each Class

to be so Registered

Name of Each Exchange on Which

Each Class is to be Registered

Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share

NYSE MKT LLC


If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(c), please check the following box. x		If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(d), please check the following box. ¨

Securities Act registration statement file number to which this form relates (if applicable): File No. 333-184538

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None.

Item 1. Description of Registrant’s Securities to be Registered.

A description of the Registrant’s common stock, par value $0.01 per share, is set forth under the caption “Description of Securities” in the prospectus contained in the Registration Statement on Form S-11 (Registration No. 333-184538), as initially filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 22, 2012, as subsequently amended and as may be amended after the date hereof. The final prospectus, when filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, shall be deemed to be incorporated herein by reference.

Item 2. Exhibits.

None.

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly authorized.