UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549


FORM 10‑Q

 QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended SeptemberJune 30, 20172020

 TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from __________ to ___________

Commission File Number:  001-32171

Bimini Capital Management, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
    
Maryland 72-1571637 
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
 
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
 

3305 Flamingo Drive, Vero Beach, Florida 32963
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

(772) 231-1400
(Registrant'sRegistrant’s telephone number, including area code)



Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: None.
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.  Yes ý  No
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).   Yes ý No
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer", "smaller reporting company", and "emerging growth company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. Check one:
    
Large accelerated filer
Accelerated filer
Non-accelerated filer
¨ (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
Smaller reporting company
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.  
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act).  Yes   No ý


Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the Registrant'sRegistrant’s classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date:

Title of each ClassLatest Practicable DateShares Outstanding
Class A Common Stock, $0.001 par value
November 3, 2017August 14, 202012,631,62711,608,555
Class B Common Stock, $0.001 par value
November 3, 2017August 14, 202031,938
Class C Common Stock, $0.001 par value
November 3, 2017August 14, 202031,938


BIMINI CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, INC.

TABLE OF CONTENTS


  Page 
    
PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION 
    
ITEM 1. Condensed Financial Statements
  
1
 
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (unaudited)
  
1
 
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations (unaudited)
  
2
 
Condensed Consolidated Statement of Stockholders'Stockholders’ Equity (unaudited)
  
3
 
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (unaudited)
  
4
 
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
  
5
 
ITEM 2. Management'sManagement’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
  24
26
 
ITEM 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
  43
53
 
ITEM 4. Controls and Procedures
  44
53
 
     
PART II. OTHER INFORMATION 
     
ITEM 1. Legal Proceedings
  45
54
 
ITEM 1A. Risk Factors
  45
54
 
ITEM 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
  45
54
 
ITEM 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities
  45
54
 
ITEM 4. Mine Safety Disclosures
  45
54
 
ITEM 5. Other Information
  45
54
 
ITEM 6. Exhibits
  46
55
 
SIGNATURES
  47
56
 

PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

ITEM 1. CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
BIMINI CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, INC.BIMINI CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, INC. BIMINI CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, INC. 
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETSCONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS 
            
 (Unaudited)     (Unaudited)    
 September 30, 2017  December 31, 2016  June 30, 2020  December 31, 2019 
ASSETS:            
Mortgage-backed securities, at fair value            
Pledged to counterparties $197,515,121  $129,582,386  
$
52,784,236
  
$
217,793,209
 
Unpledged  475,282   719,603   
33,281
   
47,744
 
Total mortgage-backed securities  197,990,403   130,301,989  
52,817,517
  
217,840,953
 
Cash and cash equivalents  5,211,532   4,429,459  
4,669,314
  
8,070,067
 
Restricted cash  936,420   1,221,978  
1,005,680
  
4,315,050
 
Orchid Island Capital, Inc. common stock, at fair value  15,489,167   15,108,240  
11,753,131
  
8,892,211
 
Retained interests in securitizations  557,659   1,113,736 
Accrued interest receivable  711,030   512,760  
194,229
  
750,875
 
Property and equipment, net  3,378,516   3,407,040  
2,128,064
  
2,162,975
 
Deferred tax assets, net  62,632,660   63,833,063 
Real property held for sale
 
450,000
  
450,000
 
Deferred tax assets
 
24,601,800
  
33,288,536
 
Other assets  2,921,694   2,942,139   
3,686,271
   
3,718,281
 
Total Assets $289,829,081  $222,870,404  
$
101,306,006
  
$
279,488,948
 
              
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY              
              
LIABILITIES:              
Repurchase agreements $187,373,780  $121,827,586  
$
51,617,000
  
$
209,954,000
 
Junior subordinated notes due to Bimini Capital Trust II  26,804,440   26,804,440 
Long-term debt
 
27,623,161
  
27,481,121
 
Accrued interest payable  247,596   114,199  
69,864
  
645,302
 
Other liabilities  1,298,472   1,977,281   
883,812
   
1,431,534
 
Total Liabilities  215,724,288   150,723,506   
80,193,837
   
239,511,957
 
              
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES              
              
STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY:              
Preferred stock, $0.001 par value; 10,000,000 shares authorized; 100,000 shares              
designated Series A Junior Preferred Stock, 9,900,000 shares undesignated;              
no shares issued and outstanding as of September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016  -   - 
Class A Common stock, $0.001 par value; 98,000,000 shares designated: 12,631,627        
shares issued and outstanding as of September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016  12,632   12,632 
no shares issued and outstanding as of June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019
 
-
  
-
 
Class A Common stock, $0.001 par value; 98,000,000 shares designated: 11,608,555
      
shares issued and outstanding as of June 30, 2020 and 11,608,555 shares issued
      
and outstanding as of December 31, 2019
 
11,609
  
11,609
 
Class B Common stock, $0.001 par value; 1,000,000 shares designated, 31,938 shares              
issued and outstanding as of September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016  32   32 
issued and outstanding as of June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019
 
32
  
32
 
Class C Common stock, $0.001 par value; 1,000,000 shares designated, 31,938 shares              
issued and outstanding as of September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016  32   32 
issued and outstanding as of June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019
 
32
  
32
 
Additional paid-in capital  334,872,353   334,850,838  
332,642,758
  
332,642,758
 
Accumulated deficit  (260,780,256)  (262,716,636)  
(311,542,262
)
  
(292,677,440
)
Stockholders' Equity  74,104,793   72,146,898 
Stockholders’ Equity  
21,112,169
   
39,976,991
 
Total Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity $289,829,081  $222,870,404  
$
101,306,006
  
$
279,488,948
 
See Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial StatementsSee Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements See Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements 

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BIMINI CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, INC. 
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS 
(Unaudited) 
For the Six and Three Months Ended June 30, 2020 and 2019 
             
   Six Months Ended June 30,  Three Months Ended June 30, 
  2020  2019  2020  2019 
Revenues:            
Advisory services
 
$
3,339,680
  
$
3,261,116
  
$
1,615,083
  
$
1,653,796
 
Interest income
  
2,563,281
   
4,324,093
   
523,287
   
2,133,677
 
Dividend income from Orchid Island Capital, Inc. common stock
  
753,518
   
729,617
   
388,709
   
364,809
 
Total revenues
  
6,656,479
   
8,314,826
   
2,527,079
   
4,152,282
 
Interest expense
                
Repurchase agreements
  
(987,417
)
  
(2,652,893
)
  
(59,601
)
  
(1,340,029
)
Long-term debt
  
(631,958
)
  
(806,147
)
  
(282,457
)
  
(399,592
)
Net revenues
  
5,037,104
   
4,855,786
   
2,185,021
   
2,412,661
 
                 
Other income (expense):                
Unrealized gains on mortgage-backed securities
  
27,855
   
5,276,251
   
602,136
   
2,224,016
 
Realized losses on mortgage-backed securities
  
(5,804,656
)
  
-
   
-
   
-
 
Unrealized (losses) gains on Orchid Island Capital, Inc. common stock
  
(754,792
)
  
(45,601
)
  
3,653,312
   
(334,408
)
Losses on derivative instruments
  
(5,292,421
)
  
(5,621,756
)
  
(1,690
)
  
(3,364,345
)
Gains on retained interests in securitizations
  
-
   
275,115
   
-
   
-
 
Other income
  
642
   
494
   
318
   
248
 
Total other (expense) income  
(11,823,372
)
  
(115,497
)
  
4,254,076
   
(1,474,489
)
                 
Expenses:                
Compensation and related benefits
  
2,146,667
   
2,087,625
   
1,046,623
   
1,016,844
 
Directors' fees and liability insurance
  
345,693
   
321,308
   
181,112
   
160,666
 
Audit, legal and other professional fees
  
346,641
   
284,027
   
187,348
   
145,395
 
Administrative and other expenses
  
552,045
   
526,029
   
270,005
   
275,058
 
Total expenses  
3,391,046
   
3,218,989
   
1,685,088
   
1,597,963
 
                 
Net (loss) income before income tax provision (benefit)
  
(10,177,314
)
  
1,521,300
   
4,754,009
   
(659,791
)
Income tax provision (benefit)
  
8,687,508
   
404,419
   
1,285,884
   
(158,069
)
                 
Net (loss) income $(18,864,822) $1,116,881  $3,468,125  $(501,722)
                 
Basic and Diluted Net (loss) income Per Share of:                
CLASS A COMMON STOCK
                
Basic and Diluted
 
$
(1.62
)
 
$
0.09
  
$
0.30
  
$
(0.04
)
CLASS B COMMON STOCK
                
Basic and Diluted
 
$
(1.62
)
 
$
0.09
  
$
0.30
  
$
(0.04
)
Weighted Average Shares Outstanding:                
CLASS A COMMON STOCK
                
Basic and Diluted
  
11,608,555
   
12,708,587
   
11,608,555
   
12,708,555
 
CLASS B COMMON STOCK
                
Basic and Diluted
  
31,938
   
31,938
   
31,938
   
31,938
 
See Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements 

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BIMINI CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, INC. 
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS 
(Unaudited) 
For the Nine and Three Months Ended September 30, 2017 and 2016 
             
   Nine Months Ended September 30,  Three Months Ended September 30, 
  2017  2016  2017  2016 
Interest income $4,075,160  $2,950,323  $1,513,511  $1,107,783 
Interest expense  (1,110,387)  (496,512)  (503,632)  (194,539)
Net interest income, before interest on junior subordinated notes  2,964,773   2,453,811   1,009,879   913,244 
Interest expense on junior subordinated notes  (914,055)  (818,169)  (316,176)  (278,196)
Net interest income  2,050,718   1,635,642   693,703   635,048 
Unrealized (losses) gains on mortgage-backed securities  (296,002)  (312,987)  168,034   (273,830)
Realized (losses) gains on mortgage-backed securities  (689)  179,667   -   (71,306)
(Losses) gains on derivative instruments, net  (828,825)  (1,549,638)  (18,813)  507,838 
Net portfolio income (loss)  925,202   (47,316)  842,924   797,750 
                 
Other income:                
Advisory services  5,398,019   3,930,533   1,939,974   1,387,997 
Gains on retained interests in securitizations  389,568   2,100,367   85,451   1,020,500 
Unrealized (losses) gains on Orchid Island Capital, Inc. common stock  (823,308)  683,568   501,612   181,355 
Orchid Island Capital, Inc. dividends  1,880,245   1,757,745   638,415   585,915 
Other income  1,223   892   366   432 
Total other income  6,845,747   8,473,105   3,165,818   3,176,199 
                 
Expenses:                
Compensation and related benefits  2,683,872   2,273,714   868,924   722,697 
Directors' fees and liability insurance  498,140   466,573   165,040   155,498 
Audit, legal and other professional fees  346,999   452,695   120,419   157,545 
Administrative and other expenses  1,022,377   887,982   364,058   321,428 
Total expenses  4,551,388   4,080,964   1,518,441   1,357,168 
                 
Net income before income tax provision  3,219,561   4,344,825   2,490,301   2,616,781 
Income tax provision  1,283,181   2,117,899   989,081   1,437,544 
                 
Net income $1,936,380  $2,226,926  $1,501,220  $1,179,237 
                 
                 
Basic and Diluted Net Income Per Share of:                
CLASS A COMMON STOCK                
Basic and Diluted $0.15  $0.17  $0.12  $0.09 
CLASS B COMMON STOCK                
Basic and Diluted $0.15  $0.17  $0.12  $0.09 
Weighted Average Shares Outstanding:                
CLASS A COMMON STOCK                
Basic and Diluted  12,701,627   12,694,762   12,701,627   12,708,464 
CLASS B COMMON STOCK                
Basic and Diluted  31,938   31,938   31,938   31,938 
See Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements 

BIMINI CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, INC. 
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY 
(Unaudited) 
For the Six and Three Months Ended June 30, 2020 and 2019 
                
     Stockholders' Equity   
  Common Stock Additional Accumulated   
  Shares  Par Value Paid-in Capital Deficit Total 
Balances, January 1, 2019
  
12,773,145
  
$
12,773
  
$
334,919,265
  
$
(305,977,417
)
 
$
28,954,621
 
Net income
  
-
   
-
   
-
   
1,618,603
   
1,618,603
 
Class A common shares repurchased and retired
  
(714
)
  
-
   
(1,542
)
  
-
   
(1,542
)
Balances, March 31, 2019
  
12,772,431
  
$
12,773
  
$
334,917,723
  
$
(304,358,814
)
 
$
30,571,682
 
Net loss
  
-
   
-
   
-
   
(501,722
)
  
(501,722
)
Balances, June 30, 2019
  
12,772,431
  
$
12,773
  
$
334,917,723
  
$
(304,860,536
)
 
$
30,069,960
 
                     
Balances, January 1, 2020
  
11,672,431
  
$
11,673
  
$
332,642,758
  
$
(292,677,440
)
 
$
39,976,991
 
Net loss
  
-
   
-
   
-
   
(22,332,947
)
  
(22,332,947
)
Balances, March 31, 2020
  
11,672,431
  
$
11,673
  
$
332,642,758
  
$
(315,010,387
)
 
$
17,644,044
 
Net income
  
-
   
-
   
-
   
3,468,125
   
3,468,125
 
Balances, June 30, 2020
  
11,672,431
  
$
11,673
  
$
332,642,758
  
$
(311,542,262
)
 
$
21,112,169
 
See Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements 
BIMINI CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, INC. 
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY 
(Unaudited) 
For the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2017 
             
 Stockholders' Equity   
  Common Additional Accumulated   
  Stock Paid-in Capital Deficit Total 
Balances, January 1, 2017 $12,696  $334,850,838  $(262,716,636) $72,146,898 
Net income  -   -   1,936,380   1,936,380 
Amortization of stock based compensation  -   21,515   -   21,515 
                 
Balances, September 30, 2017 $12,696  $334,872,353  $(260,780,256) $74,104,793 
See Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements 

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BIMINI CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, INC. 
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS 
(Unaudited) 
For the Six Months Ended June 30, 2020 and 2019 
       
  2020  2019 
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:      
Net (loss) income
 
$
(18,864,822
)
 
$
1,116,881
 
Adjustments to reconcile net (loss) income to net cash used in operating activities:
        
Depreciation
  
34,911
   
36,716
 
Deferred income tax provision
  
8,686,736
   
599,030
 
Losses (gains) on mortgage-backed securities, net
  
5,776,801
   
(5,276,251
)
Gains on retained interests in securitizations
  
-
   
(275,115
)
Unrealized losses on Orchid Island Capital, Inc. common stock
  
754,792
   
45,601
 
Realized and unrealized losses on forward settling TBA securities
  
1,441,406
   
1,801,321
 
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
        
Accrued interest receivable
  
556,646
   
30,342
 
Other assets
  
32,010
   
(28,261
)
Accrued interest payable
  
(575,438
)
  
140,223
 
Other liabilities
  
(489,128
)
  
(395,183
)
NET CASH USED IN OPERATING ACTIVITIES
  
(2,646,086
)
  
(2,204,696
)
         
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:        
From mortgage-backed securities investments:
        
Purchases
  
(20,823,373
)
  
(3,285,372
)
Sales
  
171,155,249
   
-
 
Principal repayments
  
8,914,759
   
9,815,353
 
Proceeds from termination of retained interests
  
-
   
275,115
 
Net settlement of forward settling TBA contracts
  
(1,500,000
)
  
(2,559,863
)
Purchases of Orchid Island Capital, Inc. common stock
  
(3,615,712
)
  
-
 
NET CASH PROVIDED BY INVESTING ACTIVITIES
  
154,130,923
   
4,245,233
 
         
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:        
Proceeds from repurchase agreements
  
430,466,397
   
574,564,000
 
Principal repayments on repurchase agreements
  
(588,903,397
)
  
(574,304,000
)
Net proceeds on long-term debt
  
142,040
   
-
 
Class A common shares repurchased and retired
  
-
   
(1,542
)
NET CASH (USED IN) PROVIDED BY FINANCING ACTIVITIES
  
(158,194,960
)
  
258,458
 
         
NET (DECREASE) INCREASE IN CASH, CASH EQUIVALENTS AND RESTRICTED CASH
  
(6,710,123
)
  
2,298,995
 
CASH, CASH EQUIVALENTS AND RESTRICTED CASH, beginning of the period
  
12,385,117
   
6,240,488
 
CASH, CASH EQUIVALENTS AND RESTRICTED CASH, end of the period
 
$
5,674,994
  
$
8,539,483
 
         
SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURES OF CASH FLOW INFORMATION:        
Cash paid (received) during the period for:
        
Interest expense
 
$
2,194,813
  
$
3,318,817
 
Income taxes
 
$
13,465
  
$
(46,700
)
See Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements 
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BIMINI CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, INC. 
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS 
(Unaudited) 
For the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2017 and 2016 
       
  2017  2016 
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:      
Net income $1,936,380  $2,226,926 
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:        
Stock based compensation  21,515   217,206 
Depreciation  57,903   64,780 
Deferred income tax provision  1,200,403   1,891,268 
Losses on mortgage-backed securities, net  296,691   133,320 
Gains on retained interests in securitizations  (389,568)  (2,100,367)
Unrealized losses (gains) on Orchid Island Capital, Inc. common stock  823,308   (683,568)
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:        
Accrued interest receivable  (198,270)  (136,360)
Other assets  20,445   (226,813)
Accrued interest payable  133,397   12,000 
Other liabilities  (678,809)  (879,328)
NET CASH PROVIDED BY OPERATING ACTIVITIES  3,223,395   519,064 
         
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:        
From mortgage-backed securities investments:        
Purchases  (77,294,851)  (133,099,987)
Sales  1,654,834   73,061,443 
Principal repayments  7,654,912   10,291,945 
Payments received on retained interests in securitizations  945,645   1,758,303 
Purchases of property and equipment  (29,379)  - 
Purchases of Orchid Island Capital, Inc. common stock  (1,204,235)  (1,859,277)
NET CASH USED IN INVESTING ACTIVITIES  (68,273,074)  (49,847,573)
         
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:        
Proceeds from repurchase agreements  762,398,624   712,324,734 
Principal repayments on repurchase agreements  (696,852,430)  (663,567,951)
NET CASH PROVIDED BY FINANCING ACTIVITIES  65,546,194   48,756,783 
         
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN CASH, CASH EQUIVALENTS AND RESTRICTED CASH  496,515   (571,726)
CASH, CASH EQUIVALENTS AND RESTRICTED CASH, beginning of the period  5,651,437   6,712,483 
CASH, CASH EQUIVALENTS AND RESTRICTED CASH, end of the period $6,147,952  $6,140,757 
         
SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURES OF CASH FLOW INFORMATION:        
Cash paid during the period for:        
Interest $1,891,045  $1,302,681 
Income taxes $261,492  $515,689 
         
See Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements 

BIMINI CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, INC.
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)
SeptemberJune 30, 2017
2020

NOTE 1.   ORGANIZATION AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Organization and Business Description

Bimini Capital Management, Inc., a Maryland corporation ("(“Bimini Capital"Capital” or the "Company"“Company”), was formed in September 2003, foris a holding company.  The Company operates in two business segments through its principal wholly-owned operating subsidiary, Royal Palm Capital LLC, which includes its wholly-owned subsidiary, Bimini Advisors Holdings, LLC.

Bimini Advisors Holdings, LLC and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Bimini Advisors, LLC (an investment advisor registered with the purpose of creatingSecurities and managingExchange Commission), are collectively referred to as "Bimini Advisors."  Bimini Advisors manages a leveraged investment portfolio consisting of residential mortgage-backed securities ("MBS"(“MBS”).  In addition, the Company manages an MBS portfolio for Orchid Island Capital, Inc. ("Orchid") and receives fees for providing these services.

Consolidation Bimini Advisors also manages the MBS portfolio of Royal Palm Capital, LLC.

The accompanying consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Bimini Capital, its wholly-owned subsidiaries, Bimini Advisors Holdings, LLC (formerly known as Bimini Advisors, Inc.) and Royal Palm Capital, LLC (formerly known as MortCo TRS, LLC).   Bimini Advisors Holdings, LLC andmaintains an investment portfolio, consisting primarily of MBS investments, for its wholly-owned subsidiary, Bimini Advisors, LLC are collectively referred to as "Bimini Advisors."own benefit. Royal Palm Capital, LLC and its wholly-owned subsidiaries are collectively referred to as "Royal Palm."

Consolidation

The accompanying consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Bimini Capital, Bimini Advisors and Royal Palm.   All inter-company accounts and transactions have been eliminated from the consolidated financial statements.

Financial Accounting Standards Board (the "FASB"Variable Interest Entities (“VIEs”) Accounting Standards Codification ("ASC") Topic 810, Consolidation, requires the consolidation of a

A variable interest entity ("VIE") is consolidated by an enterprise if it is deemed the primary beneficiary of the VIE. Bimini Capital has a common share investment in a trust used in connection with the issuance of Bimini Capital's junior subordinated notes. See Note 8 for a description of the accounting used for this VIE.

The Company obtains interests in VIEs through its investments in mortgage-backed securities.  The interests in these VIEs are passive in nature and are not expected to result in the Company obtaining a controlling financial interest in these VIEs in the future.  As a result, the Company does not consolidate these VIEs and accounts for the interest in these VIEs as mortgage-backed securities.  See Note 3 for additional information regarding the Company’s investments in mortgage-backed securities.  The maximum exposure to loss for these VIEs is the carrying value of the mortgage-backed securities.

Basis of Presentation

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States ("GAAP"(“GAAP”) for interim financial information and with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 8 of Regulation S-X.  Accordingly, they domay not include all of the information and footnotes required by GAAP for complete financial statements.  In the opinion of management, all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring accruals) considered necessary for a fair presentation have been included.  Operating results for the ninesix and three month periodsperiod ended SeptemberJune 30, 20172020 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the year ending December 31, 2017.2020.

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The consolidated balance sheet at December 31, 20162019 has been derived from the audited financial statements at that date but does not include all of the information and footnotes required by GAAP for complete consolidated financial statements.  For further information, refer to the financial statements and footnotes thereto included in the Company'sCompany’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2016.2019.

COVID-19 Impact

Beginning in mid-March 2020, the global pandemic associated with the novel coronavirus COVID-19 (“COVID-19”) and related economic conditions began to impact our financial position and results of operations. As a result of the economic, health and market turmoil brought about by COVID-19, the Agency MBS market experienced severe dislocations. This resulted in falling prices of our assets and increased margin calls from our repurchase agreement lenders. Further, as interest rates declined, we faced additional margin calls related to our various hedge positions. In order to maintain our leverage ratio at prudent levels, maintain sufficient cash and liquidity, reduce risk and satisfy margin calls, we sold assets at levels significantly below their carrying values and closed several hedge positions. The Agency MBS market largely stabilized after the Federal Reserve announced on March 23, 2020 that it would purchase Agency MBS and U.S. Treasuries in the amounts needed to support smooth market functioning. As of June 30, 2020, we had timely satisfied all margin calls. The following summarizes the impact COVID-19 has had on our financial position and results of operations through June 30, 2020.

We sold approximately $171.2 million of MBS during the three months ended March 31, 2020, realizing losses of approximately $5.8 million. Substantially all of the realized losses were a direct result of the adverse MBS market conditions associated with COVID-19. We had no additional sales of MBS during the three months ended June 30, 2020.
Our MBS portfolio had a fair market value of approximately $52.8 million as of June 30, 2020, compared to $217.8 million as of December 31, 2019 and $54.4 million at March 31, 2020.
Our outstanding balances under our repurchase agreement borrowings as of June 30, 2020 were approximately $51.6 million, compared to $210.0 million as of December 31, 2019 and $52.4 million as of March 31, 2020.
We recorded an additional valuation allowance against our deferred tax assets of approximately $11.2 million during the three months ended March 31, 2020. We did not record any additional valuation allowance during the three months ended June 30, 2020.
Our stockholders’ equity was $21.1 million as of June 30, 2020, compared to $40.0 million as of December 31, 2019 and $17.6 million as of March 31, 2020.

In response to the Shelter in Place order issued in Florida, management has invoked the Company’s Disaster Recovery Plan and its employees are working remotely. Prior planning resulted in the successful implementation of this plan and key operational team members maintain daily communication.

Although the Company cannot estimate the length or gravity of the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak at this time, if the pandemic continues, it may continue to have adverse effects on the Company’s results of future operations, financial position, and liquidity in fiscal year 2020 and beyond.

In addition, President Trump signed into law the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, which has provided billions of dollars of relief to individuals, businesses, state and local governments, and the health care system suffering the impact of the pandemic, including mortgage loan forbearance and modification programs to qualifying borrowers who may have difficulty making their loan payments. On April 13, 2020, the Company received $152,000 through the Paycheck Protection Program of the CARES Act in the form of a low interest rate loan.  The application for these funds requires the Company to, in good faith, certify that the current economic uncertainty made the loan request necessary to support the ongoing operations of the Company. This certification further requires the Company to take into account our current business activity and our ability to access other sources of liquidity sufficient to support ongoing operations in a manner that is not significantly detrimental to the business. The receipt of these funds, and the forgiveness of the loan attendant to these funds, is dependent on the Company having initially qualified for the loan and qualifying for the forgiveness of such loan based on our future adherence to the forgiveness criteria.

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The CARES Act also makes technical corrections to, or modifies on a temporary basis, certain provisions of the U.S. Income Tax Code. Significant income tax impacts of the CARES Act include the ability to carry back an NOL for 5 years and an increase in the interest expense disallowance limitations from 30% to 50% of adjusted taxable income.  The Company has assessed the potential impact of the CARES Act on the Company’s 2019 income tax return to be filed later in 2020, as well as the 2020 tax provision. Those changes did not significantly impact the consolidated financial statements.

The Company has evaluated the other provisions of the CARES Act and does not believe it will have a material effect on the Company’s business, results of operations and financial condition. The Federal Housing Financing Agency (the “FHFA”) has instructed the GSEs on how they will handle servicer advances for loans that back Agency RMBS that enter into forbearance, which should limit prepayments during the forbearance period that could have resulted otherwise. During the forbearance period the Company will continue to receive scheduled principal and interest each month on its Agency RMBS securities. There can be no assurance as to how, in the long term, these and other actions by the U.S. government will affect the efficiency, liquidity and stability of the financial and mortgage markets. To the extent the financial or mortgage markets do not respond favorably to any of these actions, or such actions do not function as intended, our business, results of operations and financial condition may continue to be materially adversely affected.

Use of Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.  Significant estimates affecting the accompanying consolidated financial statements include determining the fair values of MBS, investment in Orchid common shares and derivatives, retained interests,determining the amounts of asset valuation allowances, the impairment for the real property held for sale, and the computation of the income tax provision or benefit and the deferred tax asset allowances recorded for each accounting period. Management believes the estimates and assumptions underlying the financial statements are reasonable based on the information available as of June 30, 2020, however uncertainty over the ultimate impact that COVID-19 will have on the global economy generally, and on our business in particular, makes any estimates and assumptions as of June 30, 2020 inherently less certain than they would be absent the current and potential impacts of COVID-19.

Statement of Comprehensive IncomeSegment Reporting

In accordance with ASC Topic 220, Comprehensive Income, a statementThe Company’s operations are classified into two principal reportable segments: the asset management segment and the investment portfolio segment. These segments are evaluated by management in deciding how to allocate resources and in assessing performance.  The accounting policies of comprehensive income has not been included as the Company has no items of other comprehensive income (loss).  Comprehensive income isoperating segments are the same as net income for all periods presented.the Company’s accounting policies with the exception that inter-segment revenues and expenses are included in the presentation of segment results.  For further information see Note 15.

Cash and Cash Equivalents and Restricted Cash

Cash and cash equivalents include cash on deposit with financial institutions and highly liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less at the time of purchase. Restricted cash includes cash pledged as collateral for repurchase agreements and derivative instruments.  The following table presents the Company’s cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash as of June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019.

(in thousands)            
September 30, 2017 December 31, 2016 June 30, 2020 December 31, 2019 
Cash and cash equivalents $5,211,532  $4,429,459  
$
4,669,314
  
$
8,070,067
 
Restricted cash  936,420   1,221,978   
1,005,680
   
4,315,050
 
Total cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash $6,147,952  $5,651,437  
$
5,674,994
  
$
12,385,117
 

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The Company maintains cash balances at several banks and atexcess margin with an exchange clearing member. At times, these balances may exceed federally insured limits. The Company has not experienced any losses related to these balances. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation insures eligible accounts up to $250,000 per depositor at each financial institution. At September 30, 2017, the Company's cash deposits exceeded federally insured limits by approximately $3.3 million. Restricted cash balances are uninsured, but are held in separate customer accounts that are segregated from the general funds of the counterparty.  The Company limits uninsured balances to only large, well-known banks and derivative counterpartiesexchange clearing members and believes that it is not exposed to significant credit risk on cash and cash equivalents or restricted cash balances.

Advisory Services

Orchid is externally managed and advised by Bimini Advisors pursuant to the terms of a management agreement.  Under the terms of the management agreement, Orchid is obligated to pay Bimini Advisors a monthly management fee and a pro rata portion of certain overhead costs and to reimburse the Company for any direct expenses incurred on its behalf. Revenues from management fees are recognized over the period of time in which the service is performed.

Mortgage-Backed Securities

The Company invests primarily in mortgage pass-through ("PT"(“PT”) mortgage backed certificates issued by Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae or Ginnie Mae (“MBS”), collateralized mortgage obligations and(“CMOs”), interest-only ("IO"(“IO”) securities and inverse interest-only ("IIO"(“IIO”) securities representing interest in or obligations backed by pools of mortgage-backed loans. We refer to MBS and CMOs as PT MBS. We refer to IO and IIO securities as structured MBS. The Company has elected to account for its investment in MBS under the fair value option.  Electing the fair value option requires the Company to record changes in fair value in the consolidated statement of operations, which, in management'smanagement’s view, more appropriately reflects the results of our operations for a particular reporting period and is consistent with the underlying economics and how the portfolio is managed.

The Company records MBS transactions on the trade date.  Security purchases that have not settled as of the balance sheet date are included in the MBS balance with an offsetting liability recorded, whereas securities sold that have not settled as of the balance sheet date are removed from the MBS balance with an offsetting receivable recorded.


The fairFair value of the Company's investment in MBS is governed by ASC Topic 820, Fair Value Measurement.  The definition of fair value in ASC Topic 820 focuses ondefined as the price that would be received to sell the asset or paid to transfer the liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date.  The fair value measurement assumes that the transaction to sell the asset or transfer the liability either occurs in the principal market for the asset or liability, or in the absence of a principal market, occurs in the most advantageous market for the asset or liability. Estimated fair values for MBS are based on independent pricing sources and/or third-party broker quotes, when available.

Income on PT MBS is based on the stated interest rate of the security. Premiums or discounts present at the date of purchase are not amortized.  Premium lost and discount accretion resulting from monthly principal repayments are reflected in unrealized gains on MBS in the consolidated statements of operations.  For IO securities, the income is accrued based on the carrying value and the effective yield. The difference between income accrued and the interest received on the security is characterized as a return of investment and serves to reduce the asset'sasset’s carrying value. At each reporting date, the effective yield is adjusted prospectively from thefor future reporting periodperiods based on the new estimate of prepayments and the contractual terms of the security.  For IIO securities, effective yield and income recognition calculations also take into account the index value applicable to the security.  Changes in fair value of MBS during each reporting period are recorded in earnings and reported as unrealized gains or losses on mortgage-backed securities in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations. The amount reported as unrealized gains or losses on mortgage backed securities thus captures the net effect of changes in the fair market value of securities caused by market developments and any premium or discount lost as a result of principal repayments during the period.
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Orchid Island Capital, Inc. Common Stock

The Company has elected the fair value option for its investment in Orchid common shares.  The change in the fair value of this investment and dividends received on this investment are reflected in other income in the consolidated statements of operations.  We estimate the fair value of our investment in Orchid on a market approach using "Level 1"“Level 1” inputs based on the quoted market price of Orchid'sOrchid’s common stock on a national stock exchange. Electing the fair value option requires the Company to record changes in fair value in the consolidated statements of operations, which, in management'smanagement’s view, more appropriately reflects the results of our operations for a particular reporting period and is consistent with how the investment is managed.

Advisory Services

Orchid is externally managed and advised by Bimini Advisors pursuant to the terms of a management agreement.  Under the terms of the management agreement, Orchid is obligated to pay Bimini Advisors a monthly management fee and a pro rata portion of certain overhead costs and to reimburse the Company for any direct expenses incurred on its behalf.

Retained Interests in Securitizations

Retained interests in the subordinated tranches of securities created in securitization transactions were initially recorded at their fair value when issued by Royal Palm. SubsequentThese retained interests currently have a recorded fair value of zero, as the prospect of future cash flows being received is very uncertain, but they may generate cash flows in the future. Any cash received from the retained interests is reflected in the consolidated statement of cash flows. Realized gains and subsequent adjustments to fair value are reflected in earnings. Quoted market prices for these assets are generally not available, so the Company estimates fair value based on the present valueconsolidated statements of expected future cash flows using management's best estimates of key assumptions, which include expected credit losses, prepayment speeds, weighted-average life, and discount rates commensurate with the inherent risks of the asset.operations.

Derivative Financial Instruments

The Company uses derivative instruments to manage interest rate risk, facilitate asset/liability strategies and manage other exposures, and it may continue to do so in the future. The principal instruments that the Company has used to date are Treasury Note ("T-Note"(“T-Note”) and Eurodollar futures contracts, and “to-be-announced” (“TBA”) securities transactions, but the Companyit may enter into other transactionsderivative instruments in the future.


The Company has elected not to treat any of itsaccounts for TBA securities as derivative financial instruments as hedgesinstruments. Gains and losses associated with TBA securities transactions are reported in order to align the accounting treatment of itsgain (loss) on derivative instruments within the treatmentaccompanying consolidated statements of its portfolio assets under the fair value option.  FASB ASC Topic 815, Derivatives and Hedging, requires that all derivativeoperations.

Derivative instruments beare carried at fair value.  Changesvalue, and changes in fair value are recorded in earningsthe consolidated operations for each period. The Company’s derivative financial instruments are not designated as hedge accounting relationships, but rather are used as economic hedges of its portfolio assets and liabilities.

Holding derivatives creates exposure to credit risk related to the potential for failure on the part ofby counterparties to honor their commitments.  In addition, the Company may be required to post collateral based on any declines in the market value of the derivatives.  In the event of default by a counterparty, the Company may have difficulty recovering its collateral and may not receive payments provided for under the terms of the agreement.  To mitigate this risk, the Company uses only well-established commercial banks as counterparties.

Financial Instruments

ASC Topic 825, Financial Instruments, requires disclosure of theThe fair value of financial instruments for which it is practicable to estimate that value is disclosed, either in the body of the financial statements or in the accompanying notes. MBS, Orchid common stock Eurodollar futures contracts, interest rate swaptions and retained interests in securitization transactionsderivative assets and liabilities are accounted for at fair value in the consolidated balance sheets. The methods and assumptions used to estimate fair value for these instruments are presented in Note 14 of the consolidated financial statements.

The estimated fair value of cash and cash equivalents, restricted cash, accrued interest receivable, other assets, repurchase agreements, accrued interest payable and other liabilities generally approximates their carrying value as of SeptemberJune 30, 20172020 and December 31, 2016,2019, due to the short-term nature of these financial instruments.

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It is impractical to estimate the fair value of the Company'sCompany’s junior subordinated notes.  Currently, there is a limited market for these types of instruments and the Company is unable to ascertain what interest rates would be available to the Company for similar financial instruments. InformationFurther information regarding carrying amount and effective interest rate for these instruments is presented in Note 8 to the consolidated financial statements.

Property and Equipment, net

Property and equipment, net, consists of computer equipment with a depreciable life of 3 years, office furniture and equipment with depreciable lives of 8 to 20 years, land which has no depreciable life, and buildings and improvements with depreciable lives of 30 years.  Property and equipment is recorded at acquisition cost and depreciated using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the assets.

Repurchase Agreements

The Company finances the acquisition of the majority of its PT MBS through the use of repurchase agreements under master repurchase agreements. Pursuant to ASC Topic 860, Transfers and Servicing, the Company accountsRepurchase agreements are accounted for repurchase transactions as collateralized financing transactions, which are carried at their contractual amounts, including accrued interest, as specified in the respective agreements.



Share-Based Compensation

The Company follows the provisions of ASC Topic 718, Compensation – Stock Compensation, to account for stock and stock-based awards.  For stock and stock-based awards issued to employees, a compensation charge is recorded against earnings over the vesting period based on the fair value of the award.  The Company applies a zero forfeiture rate for its equity based awards, as such awards have been granted to a limited number of employees and historical forfeitures have been minimal.  A significant forfeiture, or an indication that significant forfeitures may occur, would result in a revised forfeiture rate which would be accounted for prospectively as a change in an estimate. For transactions with non-employees in which services are performed in exchange for the Company's common stock or other equity instruments, the transactions are recorded on the basis of the fair value of the service received or the fair value of the equity instruments issued, whichever is more readily measurable at the date of issuance.

Earnings Per Share

The Company follows the provisions of ASC Topic 260, Earnings Per Share, which requires companies with complex capital structures, common stock equivalents or two (or more) classes of securities that participate in dividend distributions to present both basic and diluted earnings per share ("EPS") on the face of the consolidated statement of operations. Basic EPS is calculated as income available to common stockholders divided by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period. Diluted EPS is calculated using the treasury stock or two-class method, as applicable for common stock equivalents. However, the common stock equivalents are not included in computing diluted EPS if the result is anti-dilutive.

Outstanding shares of Class B Common Stock, participating and convertible into Class A Common Stock, are entitled to receive dividends in an amount equal to the dividends declared, if any, on each share of Class A Common Stock if, as and when authorized and declared by the Board of Directors.Stock. Accordingly, shares of the Class B Common Stock are included in the computation of basic EPS using the two-class method and, consequently, are presented separately from Class A Common Stock.

The shares of Class C Common Stock are not included in the basic EPS computation as these shares do not have participation rights. The outstanding shares of Class B and Class C Common Stock are not included in the computation of diluted EPS for the Class A Common Stock as the conditions for conversion into shares of Class A Common Stock were not met.

Income Taxes

For the calendar year ended December 31, 2015, Bimini Capital, Bimini Advisors, Inc. and Royal Palm were separate taxpaying entities for income tax purposes and filed separate Federal income tax returns. Bimini Advisors, Inc. remained a separate tax paying entity through January 31, 2016; on that date, Bimini Advisors, Inc. was reorganized (as Bimini Advisors Holdings, LLC) to be an LLC wholly-owned by Bimini Capital. Beginning with the tax period starting on February 1, 2016, Bimini Capital and Bimini Advisors are combined as a single tax paying entity. Royal Palm continues to be treated as a separate tax paying entity.

Income taxes are provided for using the asset and liability method. Deferred tax assets and liabilities represent the differences between the financial statement and income tax bases of assets and liabilities using enacted tax rates. The measurement of net deferred tax assets is adjusted by a valuation allowance if, based on the Company'sCompany’s evaluation, it is more likely than not that they will not be realized.

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The Company'sCompany’s U.S. federal income tax returns for years ended on or after December 31, 20142016 remain open for examination. Although management believes its calculations for tax returns are correct and the positions taken thereon are reasonable, the final outcome of tax audits could be materially different from the tax returns filed by the Company, and those differences could result in significant costs or benefits to the Company.


For tax filing purposes, Bimini Capital and its includable subsidiaries, and Royal Palm, and its includable subsidiaries, file as separate tax paying entities.

The Company measures, recognizes and presents its uncertain tax positions in accordance with ASC Topic 740, Income Taxes.  Under that guidance, the Company assesses the likelihood, based on their technical merit, that uncertain tax positions will be sustained upon examination based on the facts, circumstances and information available at the end of each period.  The measurement of uncertain tax positions is adjusted when new information is available, or when an event occurs that requires a change. The Company recognizes tax positions in the financial statements only when it is more likely than not that the position will be sustained upon examination by the relevant taxing authority based on the technical merits of the position. A position that meets this standard is measured at the largest amount of benefit that will more likely than not be realized upon settlement. The difference between the benefit recognized and the tax benefit claimed on a tax return is referred to as an unrecognized tax benefit and is recorded as a liability in the consolidated balance sheets. The Company records income tax-related interest and penalties, if applicable, within the income tax provision.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In November 2016, the FASB issuedOn January 1, 2020, we adopted Accounting Standards Update ("ASU"(“ASU”) 2016-18, Statement of Cash Flows – (Topic 230): Restricted Cash. ASU 2016-18 requires that restricted cash and restricted cash equivalents be included as components of total cash and cash equivalents as presented on the statement of cash flows. ASU 2016-18 is effective for fiscal years, and for interim periods within those years, beginning after December 15, 2017.  Early application is permitted.  The Company adopted the ASU beginning with the first quarter of 2017. The prior period consolidated statement of cash flows has been retrospectively adjusted to conform to this presentation.

In August 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-15, Statement of Cash Flows – (Topic 230): Classification of Certain Cash Receipts and Cash Payments. ASU 2016-15 addresses eight specific cash flow issues with the objective of reducing the existing diversity in practice. ASU 2016-15 is effective for fiscal years, and for interim periods within those years, beginning after December 15, 2017.  Early application is permitted.  The Company does not believe the adoption of this ASU will have a material impact on its consolidated financial statements.

In June 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-13, Financial Instruments – Credit Losses (Topic 326): Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments. ASU 2016-13 requires credit losses on most financial assets measured at amortized cost and certain other instruments to be measured using an expected credit loss model (referred to as the current expected credit loss (CECL) model). ASU 2016-13 is effective for fiscal years, and for interim periods within those years, beginning after December 15, 2019.  Early application is permitted for fiscal periods beginning after December 15, 2018.  The Company is currently evaluating the potential effectCompany’s adoption of this ASU did not have a material impact on its consolidated financial statements.statements as its financial assets were already measured at fair value through earnings.

In January 2016,March 2020, the FASB issued ASU 2016-01,2020-04 “Reference Rate Reform (Topic 848): Facilitation of the Effects of Reference Rate Reform on Financial Instruments-Overall (Subtopic 825-10): RecognitionReporting.”  ASU 2020-04 provides optional expedients and Measurementexceptions to GAAP requirements for modifications on debt instruments, leases, derivatives, and other contracts, related to the expected market transition from the London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR,”), and certain other floating rate benchmark indices, or collectively, IBORs, to alternative reference rates. ASU 2020-04 generally considers contract modifications related to reference rate reform to be an event that does not require contract remeasurement at the modification date nor a reassessment of Financial Assetsa previous accounting determination. The guidance in ASU 2020-04 is optional and Financial Liabilities.  ASU 2016-01 provides guidance for the recognition, measurement, presentation and disclosure of financial assets and financial liabilities.  ASU 2016-01 is effective for fiscal years, and for interim periods within those years, beginning aftermay be elected over time, through December 15, 2017 and, for most provisions, is effective using the cumulative-effect transition approach.  Early application is permitted for certain provisions.31, 2022, as reference rate reform activities occur. The Company does not believe the adoption of this ASU will have a material impact on its consolidated financial statements.

NOTE 2. ADVISORY SERVICES

Bimini Advisors serves as the manager and advisor for Orchid pursuant to the terms of a management agreement.  As Manager, Bimini Advisors is responsible for administering Orchid's business activities and day-to-day operations. Pursuant to the terms of the management agreement, Bimini Advisors provides Orchid with its management team, including its officers, along with appropriate support personnel. Bimini Advisors is at all times subject to the supervision and oversight of Orchid's board of directors and has only such functions and authority as delegated to it. Bimini Advisors receives a monthly management fee in the amount of:

One-twelfth of 1.5% of the first $250 million of Orchid’s month-end equity, as defined in the management agreement,
One-twelfth of 1.25% of Orchid’s month-end equity that is greater than $250 million and less than or equal to $500 million, and
One-twelfth of 1.00% of Orchid’s month-end equity that is greater than $500 million.

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Orchid is obligated to reimburse Bimini Advisors for any direct expenses incurred on its behalf and to pay to Bimini Advisors an amount equal to Orchid's pro rata portion of certain overhead costs set forth in the management agreement. The management agreement has been renewed through February 20, 2021 and provides for automatic one-year extension options thereafter. Should Orchid terminate the management agreement without cause, it will be obligated to pay Bimini Advisors a termination fee equal to three times the average annual management fee, as defined in the management agreement, before or on the last day of the automatic renewal term.

The following table summarizes the advisory services revenue from Orchid for the six and three months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019.

(in thousands)            
  Six Months Ended June 30,  Three Months Ended June 30, 
  2020  2019  2020  2019 
Management fee
 
$
2,645
  
$
2,611
  
$
1,268
  
$
1,327
 
Allocated overhead
  
695
   
650
   
347
   
327
 
Total
 
$
3,340
  
$
3,261
  
$
1,615
  
$
1,654
 

At June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, the net amount due from Orchid was approximately $0.6 million and $0.6 million, respectively. These amounts are included in “other assets” in the consolidated balance sheets.

NOTE 2.3.   MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES

The following table presents the Company'sCompany’s MBS portfolio as of SeptemberJune 30, 20172020 and December 31, 2016:2019:

(in thousands)      
   September 30, 2017  December 31, 2016 
Pass-Through MBS:      
Fixed-rate Mortgages $195,151  $124,299 
Total Pass-Through MBS  195,151   124,299 
Structured MBS:        
Interest-Only Securities  1,643   2,654 
Inverse Interest-Only Securities  1,196   3,349 
Total Structured MBS  2,839   6,003 
Total $197,990  $130,302 
(in thousands)      
  June 30, 2020  December 31, 2019 
Fixed-rate MBS
 
$
52,345
  
$
216,231
 
Interest-Only MBS
  
442
   
1,024
 
Inverse Interest-Only MBS
  
31
   
586
 
Total
 
$
52,818
  
$
217,841
 

The following table summarizes the Company's MBS portfolio as of September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016, according to the contractual maturities of the securities in the portfolio. Actual maturities of MBS investments are generally shorter than stated contractual maturities and are affected by the contractual lives of the underlying mortgages, periodic payments of principal, and prepayments of principal.

(in thousands)      
 September 30, 2017 December 31, 2016 
Greater than or equal to ten years $197,990  $130,302 
Total $197,990  $130,302 

NOTE 3.  RETAINED INTERESTS IN SECURITIZATIONS

The following table summarizes the estimated fair value of the Company's retained interests in asset backed securities as of September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016:

(in thousands)       
SeriesIssue Date September 30, 2017  December 31, 2016 
HMAC 2004-2May 10, 2004 $20  $143 
HMAC 2004-3June 30, 2004  148   364 
HMAC 2004-4August 16, 2004  290   463 
HMAC 2004-5September 28, 2004  100   144 
              Total  $558  $1,114 

NOTE 4.   REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS

The Company pledges certain of its MBS as collateral under repurchase agreements with financial institutions. Interest rates are generally fixed based on prevailing rates corresponding to the terms of the borrowings, and interest is generally paid at the termination of a borrowing. If the fair value of the pledged securities declines, lenders will typically require the Company to post additional collateral or pay down borrowings to re-establish agreed upon collateral requirements, referred to as "margin calls." Similarly, if the fair value of the pledged securities increases, lenders may release collateral back to the Company. As of SeptemberJune 30, 2017,2020, the Company had outstanding repurchase agreement obligations of approximately $187.4 million with a net weighted average borrowing rate of 1.35%.  These agreements were collateralized by MBS with a fair value, including accrued interest, of approximately $198.2 million.  As of December 31, 2016, the Company had outstanding repurchase agreement obligations of approximately $121.8 million with a net weighted average borrowing rate of 0.99%.  These agreements were collateralized by MBS with a fair value, including accrued interest, of approximately $130.1 million.met all margin call requirements.

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As of SeptemberJune 30, 20172020 and December 31, 2016,2019, the Company'sCompany’s repurchase agreements had remaining maturities as summarized below:

($ in thousands)                              
 OVERNIGHT  BETWEEN 2  BETWEEN 31  GREATER     OVERNIGHT  BETWEEN 2  BETWEEN 31  GREATER    
 (1 DAY OR  AND  AND  THAN     (1 DAY OR  AND  AND  THAN    
 LESS)  30 DAYS  90 DAYS  90 DAYS  TOTAL  LESS)  30 DAYS  90 DAYS  90 DAYS  TOTAL 
September 30, 2017               
June 30, 2020               
Fair value of securities pledged, including accrued                              
interest receivable $-  $75,619  $122,589  $-  $198,208  
$
-
  
$
41,868
  
$
-
  
$
11,108
  
$
52,976
 
Repurchase agreement liabilities associated with                                   
these securities $-  $71,261  $116,113  $-  $187,374  
$
-
  
$
40,972
  
$
-
  
$
10,645
  
$
51,617
 
Net weighted average borrowing rate  -   1.35%  1.34%  -   1.35%  
-
   
0.27
%
  
-
   
0.30
%
  
0.28
%
December 31, 2016                    
December 31, 2019                    
Fair value of securities pledged, including accrued                                   
interest receivable $-  $71,565  $41,334  $17,172  $130,071  
$
-
  
$
137,992
  
$
80,550
  
$
-
  
$
218,542
 
Repurchase agreement liabilities associated with                                   
these securities $-  $66,919  $38,733  $16,176  $121,828  
$
-
  
$
132,573
  
$
77,381
  
$
-
  
$
209,954
 
Net weighted average borrowing rate  -   1.01%  0.96%  0.98%  0.99%  
-
   
2.02
%
  
1.92
%
  
-
   
1.98
%

In addition, cash pledged to counterparties for repurchase agreements was approximately $1.0 million and $3.8 million as of June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively.

If, during the term of a repurchase agreement, a lender files for bankruptcy, the Company might experience difficulty recovering its pledged assets,, which could result in an unsecured claim against the lender for the difference between the amount loaned to the Company plus interest due to the counterparty and the fair value of the collateral pledged to such lender,, including the accrued interest receivable, and cash posted by the Company as collateral, if any.  At SeptemberJune 30, 20172020 and December 31, 2016,2019, the Company had an aggregate amount at risk (the difference between the amount loaned to the Company, including interest payable, and the fair value of securities and cash pledged (if any), including accrued interest on such securities) with all counterparties of approximately $11.0$2.3 million and $8.4$11.8 million, respectively.  The Company did not have an amount at risk with any individual counterparty greater than 10% of the Company'sCompany’s equity at SeptemberJune 30, 2017 or2020 and December 31, 2016.2019.

NOTE 5. DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

In connection with its interest rate risk management strategy, the Company economically hedges a portion of the cost of its repurchase agreement funding and junior subordinated notes by entering into derivatives and other hedging contracts.  To date the Company has entered into Eurodollar  and T-Note futures contracts, but may enter into other contracts in the future.  The Company has not elected hedging treatment under GAAP, and as such all gains or losses (realized and unrealized) on these instruments are reflected in earnings for all periods presented.Derivative Liabilities, at Fair Value

AsThe table below summarizes fair value information about our derivative liabilities as of SeptemberJune 30, 20172020 and December 31, 2016, such instruments were comprised entirely of 2019.

(in thousands)      
Derivative Instruments and Related AccountsBalance Sheet Location June 30, 2020  December 31, 2019 
Liabilities      
TBA Securities
Other liabilities
 
$
-
  
$
59
 
Total derivative liabilities, at fair value
  
$
-
  
$
59
 
          
Margin Balances Posted To (From) Counterparties         
Futures contracts
Restricted cash
 
$
2
  
$
537
 
Total margin balances on derivative contracts
  
$
2
  
$
537
 

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Eurodollar futures contracts.  Eurodollarand T-Note futures are cash settled futures contracts on an interest rate, with gains orand losses credited or charged to the Company's accountCompany’s cash accounts on a daily basis and reflected in earnings as they occur.basis. A minimum balance, or "margin"“margin”, is required to be maintained in the account on a daily basis. The Company is exposed to the changes in value of the futures by the amount of margin held by the broker.  This margin represents the collateral the Company has posted for its open positions and is recorded on the consolidated balance sheets as part of restricted cash.



The tables below present information related to the Company'sCompany’s Eurodollar and T-note futures positions at SeptemberJune 30, 20172020 and December 31, 2016.2019.

($ in thousands)            
As of September 30, 2017            
  Repurchase Agreement Funding Hedges 
  Average  Weighted  Weighted    
  Contract  Average  Average    
  Notional  Entry  Effective  Open 
Expiration Year Amount  Rate  Rate  
Equity(1)
 
2017 $60,000   1.58%  1.48% $(14)
2018  60,000   1.90%  1.73%  (100)
2019  60,000   2.32%  1.98%  (207)
2020  60,000   2.60%  2.14%  (278)
2021  60,000   2.80%  2.29%  (306)
Total / Weighted Average $60,000   2.36%  2.00% $(905)
($ in thousands)            
As of June 30, 2020            
  Junior Subordinated Debt Funding Hedges 
  Average  Weighted  Weighted    
  Contract  Average  Average    
  Notional  Entry  Effective  Open 
Expiration Year Amount  Rate  Rate  
Equity(1)
 
2021
 
$
1,000
   
1.02
%
  
0.19
%
 
$
(8
)
Total / Weighted Average
 
$
1,000
   
1.02
%
  
0.19
%
 
$
(8
)

($ in thousands)                        
As of September 30, 2017            
As of December 31, 2019            
 Junior Subordinated Debt Funding Hedges  Repurchase Agreement Funding Hedges 
 Average  Weighted  Weighted     Average  Weighted  Weighted    
 Contract  Average  Average     Contract  Average  Average    
 Notional  Entry  Effective  Open  Notional  Entry  Effective  Open 
Expiration Year Amount  Rate  Rate  
Equity(1)
  Amount  Rate  Rate  
Equity(1)
 
2017 $26,000   2.15%  1.48% $(43)
2018  26,000   1.84%  1.73% $(28)
2019  26,000   1.63%  1.98% $90 
2020  26,000   1.95%  2.14% $50  
$
120,000
  
2.90
%
 
1.67
%
 
$
(1,480
)
2021  26,000   2.22%  2.29% $18   
80,000
   
2.80
%
  
1.57
%
  
(984
)
Total / Weighted Average $26,000   1.92%  2.00% $87  
$
102,500
   
2.86
%
  
1.63
%
 
$
(2,464
)
Treasury Note Futures Contracts
            
March 2020- 5-year T-Note futures(2)
            
(Mar 2020 - Mar 2025 Hedge Period)
 
$
20,000
   
1.96
%
  
2.06
%
 
$
88
 

($ in thousands)            
As of December 31, 2016            
  Repurchase Agreement Funding Hedges 
  Average  Weighted  Weighted    
  Contract  Average  Average    
  Notional  Entry  Effective  Open 
Expiration Year Amount  Rate  Rate  
Equity(1)
 
2017 $60,000   1.32%  1.28% $(26)
2018  60,000   1.90%  1.82% $(49)
2019  60,000   2.32%  2.21% $(69)
2020  60,000   2.60%  2.45% $(88)
2021  60,000   2.80%  2.64% $(93)
Total / Weighted Average $60,000   2.19%  2.08% $(325)



($ in thousands)            
As of December 31, 2016            
  Junior Subordinated Debt Funding Hedges 
  Average  Weighted  Weighted    
  Contract  Average  Average    
  Notional  Entry  Effective  Open 
Expiration Year Amount  Rate  Rate  
Equity(1)
 
2017 $26,000   1.93%  1.28% $(169)
2018  26,000   1.84%  1.82% $(6)
2019  26,000   1.63%  2.21% $150 
2020  26,000   1.95%  2.45% $132 
2021  26,000   2.22%  2.64% $110 
Total / Weighted Average $26,000   1.91%  2.08% $217 
($ in thousands)            
As of December 31, 2019            
  Junior Subordinated Debt Funding Hedges 
  Average  Weighted  Weighted    
  Contract  Average  Average    
  Notional  Entry  Effective  Open 
Expiration Year Amount  Rate  Rate  
Equity(1)
 
2020
 
$
19,500
   
1.92
%
  
1.68
%
 
$
(46
)
Total / Weighted Average
 
$
19,500
   
1.92
%
  
1.68
%
 
$
(46
)

(1)
Open equity represents the cumulative gains (losses) recorded on open futures positions from inception.
(2)
T-Note futures contracts were valued at a price of $118.61 at December 31, 2019.  The notional contract values of the short positions were $23.7 million.
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(Losses) Gains OnThe following table summarizes our contracts to purchase and sell TBA securities as of December 31, 2019. There were no outstanding TBA securities at June 30, 2020.

($ in thousands)      
   Notional     Net
   Amount Cost Market Carrying
   
Long (Short)(1)
 
Basis(2)
 
Value(3)
 
Value(4)
December 31, 2019        
30-Year TBA Securities:        
 
3.5%
$
(50,000)
$
(51,414)
$
(51,438)
$
(24)
 
4.5%
 (50,000) (52,621) (52,656) (35)
  
$
(100,000)
$
(104,035)
$
(104,094)
$
(59)

(1)
Notional amount represents the par value (or principal balance) of the underlying Agency MBS.
(2)
Cost basis represents the forward price to be paid (received) for the underlying Agency MBS.
(3)
Market value represents the current market value of the TBA securities (or of the underlying Agency MBS) as of period-end.
(4)
Net carrying value represents the difference between the market value and the cost basis of the TBA securities as of period-end and is reported in derivative assets (liabilities), at fair value in our consolidated balance sheets.

Losses on Derivative Instruments Net

The table below presents the effect of the Company'sCompany’s derivative financial instruments on the consolidated statements of operations for the ninesix and three months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20172020 and 2016.2019.

(in thousands)                        
Nine Months Ended September 30, Three Months Ended September 30,  Six Months Ended June 30,  Three Months Ended June 30, 
 2017  2016  2017  2016  2020  2019  2020  2019 
Eurodollar futures contracts (short positions) $(829) $(1,550) $(19) $508             
(Losses) gains on derivative instruments $(829) $(1,550) $(19) $508 
Repurchase agreement funding hedges
 
$
(2,328
)
 
$
(2,831
)
 
$
-
  
$
(1,860
)
Junior subordinated debt funding hedges
 
(517
)
 
(409
)
 
(2
)
 
(189
)
T-Note futures contracts (short positions)
            
Repurchase agreement funding hedges
 
(1,006
)
 
(581
)
 
-
  
(581
)
Net TBA securities
  
(1,441
)
  
(1,801
)
  
-
   
(734
)
Losses on derivative instruments
 
$
(5,292
)
 
$
(5,622
)
 
$
(2
)
 
$
(3,364
)

Credit Risk-Related Contingent Features

The use of derivatives creates exposure to credit risk relating to potential losses that could be recognized in the event that the counterparties to these instruments fail to perform their obligations under the contracts. The Company attempts to minimize this risk in several ways.  For instruments which are not centrally cleared on a registered exchange, the Company limits its counterparties to major financial institutions with acceptable credit ratings,, and by monitoring positions with individual counterparties. In addition, the Company may be required to pledge assets as collateral for its derivatives, whose amounts vary over time based on the market value, notional amount and remaining term of the derivative contract. In the event of a default by a counterparty, the Company may not receive payments provided for under the terms of its derivative agreements, and may have difficulty obtainingrecovering its assets pledged as collateral for its derivatives. The cash and cash equivalents pledged as collateral for the Company'sCompany’s derivative instruments are included in restricted cash on the consolidated balance sheets. It is the Company's policy not to offset assets and liabilities associated with open derivative contracts. However, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (“CME”) rules characterize variation margin transfers as settlement payments, as opposed to adjustments to collateral. As a result, derivative assets and liabilities associated with centrally cleared derivatives for which the CME serves as the central clearing party are presented as if these derivatives had been settled as of the reporting date.

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NOTE 6. PLEDGED ASSETS

Assets Pledged to Counterparties

The tablestable below summarize oursummarizes Bimini’s assets pledged as collateral under ourits repurchase agreements and derivative agreements pledged related to securities sold but not yet settled, as of SeptemberJune 30, 20172020 and December 31, 2016.
2019.

($ in thousands)                           
As of September 30, 2017         
 June 30, 2020  December 31, 2019 
 Repurchase  Derivative     Repurchase  Derivative     Repurchase  Derivative    
Assets Pledged to Counterparties Agreements  Agreements  Total  Agreements  Agreements  Total  Agreements  Agreements  Total 
PT MBS - at fair value $195,151  $-  $195,151  
$
52,345
  
$
-
  
$
52,345
  
$
216,231
  
$
-
  
$
216,231
 
Structured MBS - at fair value  2,364   -   2,364  
439
  
-
  
439
  
1,562
  
-
  
1,562
 
Accrued interest on pledged securities  693   -   693  
192
  
-
  
192
  
749
  
-
  
749
 
Cash  391   545   936 
Restricted cash
  
1,004
   
2
   
1,006
   
3,778
   
537
   
4,315
 
Total $198,599  $545  $199,144  
$
53,980
  
$
2
  
$
53,982
  
$
222,320
  
$
537
  
$
222,857
 

($ in thousands)         
As of December 31, 2016         
  Repurchase  Derivative    
Assets Pledged to Counterparties Agreements  Agreements  Total 
PT MBS - at fair value $124,298  $-  $124,298 
Structured MBS - at fair value  5,284   -   5,284 
Accrued interest on pledged securities  489   -   489 
Cash  456   766   1,222 
Total $130,527  $766  $131,293 

Assets Pledged from Counterparties

The table below summarizes assetscash pledged to usBimini from counterparties under our repurchase agreements and derivative agreements as of SeptemberJune 30, 20172020 and December 31, 2016.2019. Cash received as margin is recognized in cash and cash equivalents with a corresponding amount recognized as an increase in repurchase agreements or other liabilities in the consolidated balance sheets.

($ in thousands)            
Assets Pledged to Bimini September 30, 2017  December 31, 2016  June 30, 2020  December 31, 2019 
Cash $8  $- 
Repurchase agreements
 
$
204
  
$
-
 
Total $8  $-  
$
204
  
$
-
 



NOTE 7. OFFSETTING ASSETS AND LIABILITIES

The Company'sCompany’s derivatives and repurchase agreements are subject to underlying agreements with master netting or similar arrangements, which provide for the right of offset in the event of default or in the event of bankruptcy of either party to the transactions.  The Company reports its assets and liabilities subject to these arrangements on a gross basis.  The following table presentstables present information regarding those assets and liabilities subject to such arrangements as if the Company had presented them on a net basis as of SeptemberJune 30, 20172020 and December 31, 2016.2019.

(in thousands)                                    
Offsetting of LiabilitiesOffsetting of Liabilities Offsetting of Liabilities 
         Gross Amount Not Offset in the             Gross Amount Not Offset in the    
      Net Amount Consolidated Balance Sheet          Net Amount Consolidated Balance Sheet    
  Gross Amount of Liabilities Financial       Gross Amount of Liabilities Financial     
Gross Amount Offset in the Presented in the Instruments Cash   Gross Amount Offset in the Presented in the Instruments Cash   
of Recognized Consolidated Consolidated Posted as Posted as Net of Recognized Consolidated Consolidated Posted as Posted as Net 
Liabilities Balance Sheet Balance Sheet Collateral Collateral Amount Liabilities Balance Sheet Balance Sheet Collateral Collateral Amount 
September 30, 2017                  
June 30, 2020                  
Repurchase Agreements $187,374  $-  $187,374  $(186,983) $(391) $-  
$
51,617
  
$
-
  
$
51,617
  
$
(50,613
)
 
$
(1,004
)
 
$
-
 
December 31, 2016                        
 
$
51,617
  
$
-
  
$
51,617
  
$
(50,613
)
 
$
(1,004
)
 
$
-
 
December 31, 2019                  
Repurchase Agreements $121,828  $-  $121,828  $(121,372) $(456) $-  
$
209,954
  
$
-
  
$
209,954
  
$
(206,176
)
 
$
(3,778
)
 
$
-
 
TBA securities
  
59
   
-
   
59
   
-
   
-
   
59
 
 
$
210,013
  
$
-
  
$
210,013
  
$
(206,176
)
 
$
(3,778
)
 
$
59
 

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The amounts disclosed for collateral received by or posted to the same counterparty are limited to the amount sufficient to reduce the asset or liability presented in the consolidated balance sheet to zero in accordance with ASU No. 2011-11, as amended by ASU No. 2013-01.zero.  The fair value of the actual collateral received by or posted to the same counterparty typically exceeds the amounts presented.  See Note 6 for a discussion of collateral posted for, or received against, repurchase obligations and derivative instruments.

NOTE 8.  TRUST PREFERRED SECURITIESLONG-TERM DEBT

Long-term debt at June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019 is summarized as follows:

(in thousands)      
  June 30, 2020  December 31, 2019 
Junior subordinated debt
 
$
26,804
  
$
26,804
 
Note payable
  
667
   
677
 
Paycheck Protection Plan ("PPP") loan
  
152
   
-
 
Total
 
$
27,623
  
$
27,481
 

Junior Subordinated Debt

During 2005, Bimini Capital sponsored the formation of a statutory trust, known as Bimini Capital Trust II ("BCTII"(“BCTII”) of which 100% of the common equity is owned by Bimini Capital.  It was formed for the purpose of issuing trust preferred capital securities to third-party investors and investing the proceeds from the sale of such capital securities solely in junior subordinated debt securities of Bimini Capital. The debt securities held by BCTII are the sole assets of BCTII.

As of SeptemberJune 30, 20172020 and December 31, 2016,2019, the outstanding principal balance on the junior subordinated debt securities owed to BCTII was $26.8 million.  The BCTII trust preferred securities and Bimini Capital's BCTII Junior Subordinated Notes have a rate of interest that floats at a spread of 3.50% over the prevailing three-month LIBOR rate.  As of SeptemberJune 30, 2017,2020, the interest rate was 4.82%3.81%. The BCTII trust preferred securities and Bimini Capital's BCTII Junior Subordinated Notes require quarterly interest distributions and are redeemable at Bimini Capital's option, in whole or in part and without penalty. Bimini Capital's BCTII Junior Subordinated Notes are subordinate and junior in right of payment to all present and future senior indebtedness.

BCTII is a VIE because the holders of the equity investment at risk do not have adequate decision makingsubstantive decision-making ability over BCTII'sBCTII’s activities. Since Bimini Capital's investment in BCTII'sBCTII’s common equity securities was financed directly by BCTII as a result of its loan of the proceeds to Bimini Capital, that investment is not considered to be an equity investment at risk. Since Bimini Capital's common share investment in BCTII is not a variable interest, Bimini Capital is not the primary beneficiary of BCTII. Therefore, Bimini Capital has not consolidated the financial statements of BCTII into its consolidated financial statements, and this investment is accounted for on the equity method.

The accompanying consolidated financial statements present Bimini Capital's BCTII Junior Subordinated Notes issued to BCTII as a liability and Bimini Capital's investment in the common equity securities of BCTII as an asset (included in other assets).  For financial statement purposes, Bimini Capital records payments of interest on the Junior Subordinated Notes issued to BCTII as interest expense.

Note Payable

On October 30, 2019, the Company borrowed $680,000 from a bank. The note is payable in equal monthly principal and interest installments of approximately $4,500 through October 30, 2039. Interest accrues at 4.89% through October 30, 2024. Thereafter, interest accrues based on the weekly average yield to the United States Treasury securities adjusted to a constant maturity of 5 years, plus 3.25%. The note is secured by a mortgage on the Company’s office building.
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NOTE 9.  COMMON STOCK
Paycheck Protection Plan Loan

On April 13, 2020, the Company received approximately $152,000 through the Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”) of the CARES Act in the form of a low interest loan.  As discussed in Note 1, PPP loans may be forgiven, in whole or in part, if the proceeds are used for payroll and other permitted purposes in accordance with the requirements of the PPP and if certain other requirements are met.  These loans carry a fixed rate of 1.00% and a term of two years, if not forgiven, in whole or in part.  Payments are deferred for the first six months of the loan. The Company believes that all of the proceeds were used for eligible purposes and the outstanding principal and accrued interest will ultimately be forgiven.

The table below presents information related to Bimini Capital's Class A Common Stock issued during the nine and three months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016.future scheduled principal payments on the Company’s long-term debt.

  Nine Months Ended September 30,  Three Months Ended September 30, 
Shares Issued Related To: 2017  2016  2017  2016 
Vested incentive plan shares  -   258,333   -   - 
Total shares of Class A Common Stock issued  -   258,333   -   - 
(in thousands)   
Last six months of 2020
 
$
10
 
2021
  
22
 
2022
  
175
 
2023
  
24
 
2024
  
25
 
After 2024
  
27,367
 
Total
 
$
27,623
 

NOTE 9.  COMMON STOCK

There were no issuances of Bimini Capital's Class A Common Stock, Class B Common Stock andor Class C Common Stock during the ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20172020 and 2016.2019.

Stock Repurchase Plan

On March 26, 2018, the Board of Directors of Bimini Capital Management, Inc. (the “Company”) approved a Stock Repurchase Plan (“Repurchase Plan”).  Pursuant to Repurchase Plan, the Company may purchase up to 500,000 shares of its Class A Common Stock from time to time, subject to certain limitations imposed by Rule 10b-18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.  Share repurchases may be executed through various means, including, without limitation, open market transactions.  The Repurchase Plan does not obligate the Company to purchase any shares. The Repurchase Plan was originally set to expire on November 15, 2018, but it has been extended twice by the Board of Directors, first until November 15, 2019, and then until November 15, 2020.  The authorization for the Share Repurchase Plan may be terminated, increased or decreased by the Company’s Board of Directors in its discretion at any time.

From the inception of the Repurchase Plan through June 30, 2020, the Company repurchased a total of 70,404 shares at an aggregate cost of approximately $166,945, including commissions and fees, for a weighted average price of $2.37 per share. There were no shares repurchased during the six months ended June 30, 2020.

Tender Offer

In July 2019, the Company completed a “modified Dutch auction” tender offer and paid an aggregate of $2.2 million, excluding fees and related expenses, to repurchase 1.1 million shares of Bimini Capital’s Class A common stock at a price of $2.00 per share.
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NOTE 10.    STOCK INCENTIVE PLANS

On August 12, 2011, Bimini Capital'sCapital’s shareholders approved the 2011 Long Term Compensation Plan (the "2011 Plan"“2011 Plan”) to assist the Company in recruiting and retaining employees, directors and other service providers by enabling them to participate in the success of Bimini Capital and to associate their interests with those of the Company and its stockholders.  The 2011 Plan is intended to permit the grant of stock options, stock appreciation rights ("SARs"(“SARs”), stock awards, performance units and other equity-based and incentive awards.  The maximum aggregate number of shares of common stock that may be issued under the 2011 Plan pursuant to the exercise of options and SARs, the grant of stock awards or other equity-based awards and the settlement of incentive awards and performance units is equal to 4,000,000 shares.

Performance Units
Share Awards

During the three months ended March 31, 2016, theThe Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of Bimini Capital (the "Committee") approved certain performance bonuses for members of management.  These bonuses were awarded primarilyhas issued, and may in recognition of service in 2015.  The bonuses consisted of cash of approximately $0.5 million and 258,333 fully vested shares of the Company's Class A Common Stock with an approximate value of $0.2 million, or $0.75 per share.  The shares were issued under the 2011 Plan. For purposes of these bonuses, shares of the Company's common stock were valued based on the closing price of the Company's Class A Common Stock on January 15, 2016, the bonus date. The expense related to this bonus was accrued at December 31, 2015 and does not affect the results of operations for the nine and three months ended September 30, 2016.

Performance Units

The Committee mayfuture issue additional, Performance Units under the 2011 Plan to certain officers and employees.  "Performance Units"“Performance Units” represent the participant'sparticipant’s right to receive an amount, based on the value of a specified number of shares of common stock, if the terms and conditions prescribed by the Committee are satisfied.  The Committee will determine the requirements that must be satisfied before Performance Units are earned, including but not limited to any applicable performance period and performance goals.  Performance goals may relate to the Company'sCompany’s financial performance or the participant'sparticipant’s performance or such other criteria determined by the Committee, including goals stated with reference to the performance measures discussed below.  If Performance Units are earned, they will be settled in cash, shares of common stock or a combination thereof.  There were no performance units issued or outstanding during the six months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019.



The following table presents the activity related to Performance Units during the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016:

($ in thousands, except per share data)            
  Nine Months Ended September 30, 
  2017  2016 
     Weighted     Weighted 
     Average     Average 
     Grant Date     Grant Date 
     Fair Value     Fair Value 
  Shares  Per Share Shares  Per Share 
Unvested, beginning of period  70,000  $1.23   77,500  $1.22 
Granted  -   -   -   - 
Forfeited  -   -   (1,000)  0.84 
Vested and issued  -   -   -   - 
Unvested, end of period  70,000  $1.23   76,500  $1.23 
                 
Compensation expense during the period     $22      $23 
Unrecognized compensation expense at period end     $17      $50 
Weighted-average remaining vesting term (in years)      0.8       1.8 
Intrinsic value of unvested shares at period end     $195      $191 

NOTE 11.  COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

From time to time, the Company may become involved in various claims and legal actions arising in the ordinary course of business.

On April 22, 2020, the Company received a demand for payment from Citigroup, Inc. in the amount of $33.1 million related to the indemnification provisions of various mortgage loan purchase agreements (“MLPA’s”) entered into between Citigroup Global Markets Realty Corp and Royal Palm Capital, LLC (f/k/a Opteum Financial Services, LLC) prior to the date Royal Palm’s mortgage origination operations ceased in 2007.  The demand is based on Royal Palm’s alleged breaches of certain representations and warranties in the related MLPA’s.  The Company believes the demands are without merit and intends to defend against the demand vigorously.  No provision or accrual has been recorded as of June 30, 2020 related to the Citigroup demand.

Management is not aware of any other significant reported or unreported contingencies at SeptemberJune 30, 2017.2020.

NOTE 12.  INCOME TAXES

The total income tax provision recorded for the ninesix and three months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20172020 was $8.7 million and 2016 was $1.3 million, respectively, on consolidated pre-tax book (loss) income of $(10.2) million and $2.1$4.8 million in the six and three months ended June 30, 2020, respectively. The total income tax provision (benefit) recorded for the six and three months ended June 30, 2019 was $0.4 million and $(0.2) million, respectively, on consolidated pre-tax book income (loss) of $3.2$1.5 million and $4.3$(0.7) million in the nine months ended September 30, 2017six and 2016, respectively. The total income tax provision recorded for the three months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2017 and 2016 was $1.0 million and $1.4 million, respectively, on consolidated pre-tax book income of $2.5 million and $2.6 million in the three months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016,2019, respectively.

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The Company'sCompany’s tax provision is based on a projected effective rate based on annualized amounts applied to actual income to date and includes the expected realization of a portion of the tax benefits of federal and state net operating losses carryforwards ("NOLs"(“NOLs”). In assessing the realizability of deferred tax assets, management considers whether it is more likely than not that some portion or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized. The ultimate realization of capital loss and NOL carryforwards is dependent upon the generation of future capital gains and taxable income in periods prior to their expiration. The Company currently provides a valuation allowance against a portion of the NOLs since the Company believes that it is more likely than not that some of the benefits will not be realized in the future. The Company will continue to assess the need for a valuation allowance at each reporting date.

As a result of adverse economic impacts of COVID-19 on its business, the Company performed an assessment of the need for additional valuation allowances against existing deferred tax assets as of March 31, 2020. Following the more-likely-than-not standard that benefits will not be realized in the future, the Company determined an additional valuation allowance of approximately $11.2 million was necessary for the net operating loss carryforwards and capital loss carryforwards during the three months ended March 31, 2020. With the rapidly evolving and changing landscape caused by the pandemic, the Company will continue to closely monitor the impacts of COVID-19 on the Company’s ability to realize its deferred tax assets, and it may increase valuation allowances in the future as new information becomes available.

NOTE 13.   EARNINGS PER SHARE

Shares of Class B common stock, participating and convertible into Class A common stock, are entitled to receive dividends in an amount equal to the dividends declared on each share of Class A common stock if, and when, authorized and declared by the Board of Directors. Following the provisions of FASB ASC 260, theThe Class B common stock is included in the computation of basic EPS using the two-class method, and consequently is presented separately from Class A common stock. Shares of Class B common stock are not included in the computation of diluted Class A EPS as the conditions for conversion to Class A common stock were not met at SeptemberJune 30, 20172020 and 2016.2019.


Shares of Class C common stock are not included in the basic EPS computation as these shares do not have participation rights. Shares of Class C common stock are not included in the computation of diluted Class A EPS as the conditions for conversion to Class A common stock were not met at SeptemberJune 30, 20172020 and 2016.

The Company has dividend eligible stock incentive plan shares that were outstanding during the nine and three months ended September 30, 2017. The basic and diluted per share computations include these unvested incentive plan shares if there is income available to Class A common stock, as they have dividend participation rights. The stock incentive plan shares have no contractual obligation to share in losses. Because there is no such obligation, the incentive plan shares are not included in the basic and diluted EPS computations when no income is available to Class A common stock even though they are considered participating securities.2019.

The table below reconciles the numerator and denominator of EPS for the ninesix and three months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20172020 and 2016.2019.

(in thousands, except per-share information)            
   Six Months Ended June 30,  Three Months Ended June 30, 
  2020  2019  2020  2019 
Basic and diluted EPS per Class A common share:            
(Loss) income attributable to Class A common shares:
            
Basic and diluted
 
$
(18,813
)
 
$
1,114
  
$
3,458
  
$
(501
)
Weighted average common shares:
                
Class A common shares outstanding at the balance sheet date
  
11,609
   
12,709
   
11,609
   
12,709
 
Weighted average shares-basic and diluted
  
11,609
   
12,709
   
11,609
   
12,709
 
(Loss) income per Class A common share:
                
Basic and diluted
 
$
(1.62
)
 
$
0.09
  
$
0.30
  
$
(0.04
)

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(in thousands, except per-share information)            
    Nine Months Ended September 30,  Three Months Ended September 30, 
  2017  2016  2017  2016 
Basic and diluted EPS per Class A common share:            
Income attributable to Class A common shares:            
Basic and diluted $1,931  $2,221  $1,497  $1,176 
Weighted average common shares:                
Class A common shares outstanding at the balance sheet date  12,632   12,632   12,632   12,632 
Unvested dividend-eligible stock incentive plan shares                
outstanding at the balance sheet date  70   77   70   77 
Effect of weighting  -   (14)  -   (1)
Weighted average shares-basic and diluted  12,702   12,695   12,702   12,708 
Income per Class A common share:                
Basic and diluted $0.15  $0.17  $0.12  $0.09 

(in thousands, except per-share information)            
   Nine Months Ended September 30,  Three Months Ended September 30, 
  2017  2016  2017  2016 
Basic and diluted EPS per Class B common share:            
Income attributable to Class B common shares:            
Basic and diluted $5  $6  $4  $3 
Weighted average common shares:                
Class B common shares outstanding at the balance sheet date  32   32   32   32 
Weighted average shares-basic and diluted  32   32   32   32 
Income per Class B common share:                
Basic and diluted $0.15  $0.17  $0.12  $0.09 


(in thousands, except per-share information)            
   Six Months Ended June 30,  Three Months Ended June 30, 
  2020  2019  2020  2019 
Basic and diluted EPS per Class B common share:            
(Loss) income attributable to Class B common shares:
            
Basic and diluted
 
$
(52
)
 
$
3
  
$
10
  
$
(1
)
Weighted average common shares:
                
Class B common shares outstanding at the balance sheet date
  
32
   
32
   
32
   
32
 
Weighted average shares-basic and diluted
  
32
   
32
   
32
   
32
 
(Loss) income per Class B common share:
                
Basic and diluted
 
$
(1.62
)
 
$
0.09
  
$
0.30
  
$
(0.04
)

NOTE 14.   FAIR VALUE

Authoritative accounting literature establishes a framework for using fairFair value to measure assets and liabilities and defines fair value asis the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability (an exit price) as opposed to the price that would be paid to acquire the asset or received to assume the liability (an entry price). A fair value measure should reflect the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability, including the assumptions about the risk inherent in a particular valuation technique, the effect of a restriction on the sale or use of an asset and the risk of non-performance. Required disclosures include stratification of balance sheet amounts measured at fair value based on inputs the Company uses to derive fair value measurements. These stratifications are:

·Level 1 valuations, where the valuation is based on quoted market prices for identical assets or liabilities traded in active markets (which include exchanges and over-the-counter markets with sufficient volume),
Level 1 valuations, where the valuation is based on quoted market prices for identical assets or liabilities traded in active markets (which include exchanges and over-the-counter markets with sufficient volume),
·Level 2 valuations, where the valuation is based on quoted market prices for similar instruments traded in active markets, quoted prices for identical or similar instruments in markets that are not active and model-based valuation techniques for which all significant assumptions are observable in the market, and
·Level 3 valuations, where the valuation is generated from model-based techniques that use significant assumptions not observable in the market, but observable based on Company-specific data. These unobservable assumptions reflect the Company's own estimates for assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. Valuation techniques typically include option pricing models, discounted cash flow models and similar techniques, but may also include the use of market prices of assets or liabilities that are not directly comparable to the subject asset or liability.

The Company's MBS are valued using Level 2 valuations, and such valuations currently are determined bywhere the Companyvaluation is based on independentquoted market prices for similar instruments traded in active markets, quoted prices for identical or similar instruments in markets that are not active and model-based valuation techniques for which all significant assumptions are observable in the market, and
Level 3 valuations, where the valuation is generated from model-based techniques that use significant assumptions not observable in the market, but observable based on Company-specific data. These unobservable assumptions reflect the Company’s own estimates for assumptions that market participants would use in pricing sources and/the asset or third-party broker quotes, when available. Becauseliability. Valuation techniques typically include option pricing models, discounted cash flow models and similar techniques, but may also include the price estimates may vary,use of market prices of assets or liabilities that are not directly comparable to the Company must make certain judgments and assumptions about the appropriate price to use to calculate the fair values. Alternatively, the Company could opt to have the value of all of its MBS positions determined by either an independent third-partysubject asset or could do so internally.liability.

MBS, Orchid common stock, retained interests and futures contractsTBA securities were all recorded at fair value on a recurring basis during the ninesix and three months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20172020 and 2016.2019. When determining fair value measurements, the Company considers the principal or most advantageous market in which it would transact and considers assumptions that market participants would use when pricing the asset. When possible, the Company looks to active and observable markets to price identical assets.  When identical assets are not traded in active markets, the Company looks to market observable data for similar assets.  Fair value measurements for the retained interests are generated by a model that requires management to make a significant number of assumptions.assumptions, and this model resulted in a value of zero at both June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019.

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The Company's MBS and TBA securities are valued using Level 2 valuations, and such valuations currently are determined by the Company based on independent pricing sources and/or third party broker quotes, when available. Because the price estimates may vary, the Company must make certain judgments and assumptions about the appropriate price to use to calculate the fair values. The Company and the independent pricing sources use various valuation techniques to determine the price of the Company’s securities. These techniques include observing the most recent market for like or identical assets, spread pricing techniques (option adjusted spread, zero volatility spread, spread to the U.S. Treasury curve or spread to a benchmark such as a TBA security), and model driven approaches (the discounted cash flow method, Black Scholes and SABR models which rely upon observable market rates such as the term structure of interest rates and volatility). The appropriate spread pricing method used is based on market convention. The pricing source determines the spread of recently observed trade activity or observable markets for assets similar to those being priced. The spread is then adjusted based on variances in certain characteristics between the market observation and the asset being priced. Those characteristics include: type of asset, the expected life of the asset, the stability and predictability of the expected future cash flows of the asset, whether the coupon of the asset is fixed or adjustable, the guarantor of the security if applicable, the coupon, the maturity, the issuer, size of the underlying loans, year in which the underlying loans were originated, loan to value ratio, state in which the underlying loans reside, credit score of the underlying borrowers and other variables if appropriate. The fair value of the security is determined by using the adjusted spread.

The following table presents financial assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of SeptemberJune 30, 20172020 and December 31, 2016:2019:

(in thousands)                        
    Quoted Prices           Quoted Prices       
    in Active  Significant        in Active  Significant    
    Markets for  Other  Significant     Markets for  Other  Significant 
    Identical  Observable  Unobservable     Identical  Observable  Unobservable 
 Fair Value  Assets  Inputs  Inputs  Fair Value  Assets  Inputs  Inputs 
 Measurements  (Level 1)  (Level 2)  (Level 3)  Measurements  (Level 1)  (Level 2)  (Level 3) 
September 30, 2017            
June 30, 2020            
Mortgage-backed securities $197,990  $-  $197,990  $-  
$
52,818
  
$
-
  
$
52,818
  
$
-
 
Orchid Island Capital, Inc. common stock  15,489   15,489   -   -  
11,753
  
11,753
  
-
  
-
 
Retained interests in securitizations  558   -   -   558 
December 31, 2016                
December 31, 2019                
Mortgage-backed securities $130,302  $-  $130,302  $-  
$
217,841
  
$
-
  
$
217,841
  
$
-
 
Orchid Island Capital, Inc. common stock  15,108   15,108   -   -  
8,892
  
8,892
  
-
  
-
 
Retained interests in securitizations  1,114   -   -   1,114 
TBA securities
  
(59
)
  
-
   
(59
)
  
-
 

The following table illustrates a roll forward for all assets measured at fair value on a recurring basis using significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) for the ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20172020 and 2016:2019:

(in thousands)            
 Retained Interests in Secuitizations  Retained Interests in Securitizations 
 Nine Months Ended September 30,  Six Months Ended June 30, 
 2017  2016  2020  2019 
Balances, January 1 $1,114  $1,124  
$
-
  
$
-
 
Gain included in earnings  390   2,100  
-
  
275
 
Collections  (946)  (1,758)  
-
   
(275
)
Balances, September 30 $558  $1,466 
Balances, June 30
 
$
-
  
$
-
 

During the ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20172020 and 2016,2019, there were no transfers of financial assets or liabilities between levels 1, 2 or 3.

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Our retained interests are valued based on a discounted cash flow approach.  These values are sensitive to changes in unobservable inputs, including: estimated prepayment speeds, default rates and loss severity, weighted-average life, and discount rates.  Significant increases or decreases in any of these inputs may result in significantly different fair value measurements.



NOTE 15.   SEGMENT INFORMATION

The following table summarizesCompany’s operations are classified into two principal reportable segments: the significant quantitativeasset management segment and the investment portfolio segment.

The asset management segment includes the investment advisory services provided by Bimini Advisors to Orchid and Royal Palm. As discussed in Note 2, the revenues of the asset management segment consist of management fees and overhead reimbursements received pursuant to a management agreement with Orchid.  Total revenues received under this management agreement for the six months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019, were approximately $3.4 million and $3.3 million, respectively, accounting for approximately 50% and 39% of consolidated revenues, respectively.

The investment portfolio segment includes the investment activities conducted by Royal Palm.  The investment portfolio segment receives revenue in the form of interest and dividend income on its investments.

Segment information about our level 3 fair value measurementsfor the six months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019 is as follows:

(in thousands)          
 AssetInvestment   
 ManagementPortfolioCorporateEliminationsTotal
2020          
Advisory services, external customers
$3,340$-$-$-$3,340
Advisory services, other operating segments(1)
 84 - - (84) -
Interest and dividend income
 - 3,317 - - 3,317
Interest expense
 - (988) 
 (632)(2)
 - (1,620)
Net revenues
 3,424 2,329 (632) (84) 5,037
Other
 - (11,307) 
 (516)(3)
 - (11,823)
Operating expenses(4)
 (1,690) (1,701) - - (3,391)
Intercompany expenses(1)
 - (84) - 84 -
Income (loss) before income taxes
$1,734$(10,763)$(1,148)$-$(10,177)
           
 AssetInvestment   
 ManagementPortfolioCorporateEliminationsTotal
2019          
Advisory services, external customers
$3,261$-$-$-$3,261
Advisory services, other operating segments(1)
 137 - - (137) -
Interest and dividend income
 - 5,053 1 - 5,054
Interest expense
 - (2,653) 
 (806)(2)
 - (3,459)
Net revenues
 3,398 2,400 (805) (137) 4,856
Other
 - 18 
 (134)(3)
 - (116)
Operating expenses(4)
 (1,272) (1,947) - - (3,219)
Intercompany expenses(1)
 - (137) - 137 -
Income (loss) before income taxes
$2,126$334$(939)$-$1,521

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Segment information for the three months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019 is as follows:

(in thousands)          
 AssetInvestment   
 ManagementPortfolioCorporateEliminationsTotal
2020          
Advisory services, external customers
$1,615$-$-$-$1,615
Advisory services, other operating segments(1)
 26 - - (26) -
Interest and dividend income
 - 912 - - 912
Interest expense
 - (60) 
 (282)(2)
 - (342)
Net revenues
 1,641 852 (282) (26) 2,185
Other
 - 4,256 
 (2)(3)
 - 4,254
Operating expenses(4)
 (1,067) (618) - - (1,685)
Intercompany expenses(1)
 - (26) - 26 -
Income (loss) before income taxes
$574$4,464$(284)$-$4,754
           
 AssetInvestment   
 ManagementPortfolioCorporateEliminationsTotal
2019          
Advisory services, external customers
$1,654$-$-$-$1,654
Advisory services, other operating segments(1)
 69 - - (69) -
Interest and dividend income
 - 2,498 - - 2,498
Interest expense
 - (1,340) 
 (400)(2)
 - (1,740)
Net revenues
 1,723 1,158 (400) (69) 2,412
Other
 - (1,286) 
 (188)(3)
 - (1,474)
Operating expenses(4)
 (642) (956) - - (1,598)
Intercompany expenses(1)
 - (69) - 69 -
Income (loss) before income taxes
$1,081$(1,153)$(588)$-$(660)

(1)
Includes fees paid by Royal Palm to Bimini Advisors for advisory services.
(2)
Includes interest on long-term debt.
(3)
Includes gains (losses) on Eurodollar futures contracts entered into as a hedge on junior subordinated notes and fair value adjustments on retained interests in securitizations.
(4)
Corporate expenses are allocated based on each segment’s proportional share of total revenues.

Assets in each reportable segment as of SeptemberJune 30, 2017.2020 and December 31, 2019 were as follows:

Retained interests in securitzations, at fair value (in thousands)
       $558 
     CPR Range     
Prepayment Assumption    (Weighted Average)     
Constant Prepayment Rate     10% (10%)    
     Severity     
Default Assumptions Probability of Default  (Weighted Average)  Range Of Loss Timing 
Real Estate Owned  100%  25.5% Next 10 Months 
Loans in Foreclosure  100%  25.5% Month 4 - 13 
Loans 90 Day Delinquent  100%  45% Month 11-28 
Loans 60 Day Delinquent  85%  45% Month 11-28 
Loans 30 Day Delinquent  75%  45% Month 11-28 
Current Loans  3.1%  45% Month 29 and Beyond 
      Remaining Life Range  Discount Rate Range 
Cash Flow Recognition Valuation Technique  (Weighted Average)  (Weighted Average) 
Nominal Cash Flows Discounted Cash Flow   12.2 - 15.3(13.2)  27.50% (27.50%)
Discounted Cash Flows Discounted Cash Flow   1.3 - 14.2(3.8)  27.50% (27.50%)
(in thousands)            
 Asset Investment     
 Management Portfolio Corporate Total 
June 30, 2020
 
$
1,500
  
$
84,913
   
14,893
  
$
101,306
 
December 31, 2019
  
1,457
   
263,223
   
14,809
   
279,489
 

NOTE 15.16. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

Management Agreement

Orchid is externally managed and advised by Bimini Advisors pursuant to the terms of a management agreement.  As Manager, Bimini Advisors is responsible for administering Orchid's business activities and day-to-day operations. Pursuant to the terms of the management agreement, Bimini Advisors provides Orchid with its management team, including its officers, along with appropriate support personnel. Bimini Advisors is at all times subject to the supervision and oversight of Orchid's board of directors and has only such functions and authority as delegated to it. Bimini Advisors receives a monthly management fee in the amount of:

·One-twelfth of 1.5% of the first $250 million of the Orchid's equity, as defined in the management agreement,
·One-twelfth of 1.25% of the Orchid's equity that is greater than $250 million and less than or equal to $500 million, and
·One-twelfth of 1.00% of the Orchid's equity that is greater than $500 million.

Orchid is obligated to reimburse Bimini Advisors for any direct expenses incurred on its behalf and to pay to Bimini Advisors an amount equal to Orchid's pro rata portion of certain overhead costs set forth in the management agreement. The management agreement has been renewed through February 20, 2018 and provides for automatic one-year extension options thereafter.  Should Orchid terminate the management agreement without cause, it will pay to Bimini Advisors a termination fee equal to three times the average annual management fee, as defined in the management agreement, before or on the last day of the current automatic renewal term.

The following table summarizes the advisory services revenue from Orchid for the nine and three months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016.

(in thousands)            
  Nine Months Ended September 30,  Three Months Ended September 30, 
  2017  2016  2017  2016 
Management fee $4,230  $2,968  $1,528  $1,052 
Allocated overhead  1,168   963   412   336 
Total $5,398  $3,931  $1,940  $1,388 


At September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016, the net amount due from Orchid was approximately $0.8 million and $0.6 million, respectively, and such amounts are included in "other assets" in the consolidated balance sheets.  Orchid accrued cash and equity compensation payable to officers and employees of Bimini of $0.4 million and $0.2 million during the nine and three months ended September 30, 2017, respectively and $0.6 million and $0.2 million during the nine and three months ended September 30, 2016, respectively.  This compensation is not included in the consolidated statements of operations.

Other Relationships with Orchid

At SeptemberJune 30, 20172020 and December 31, 2016,2019, the Company owned 1,520,0362,495,357 and 1,395,0361,520,036 shares of Orchid common stock, respectively, representing approximately 3.4%3.8% and 4.2%2.4% of theOrchid’s outstanding shares, respectively.common stock on such dates.  The Company received dividends on this common stock investment of approximately $1.9$0.8 million and $0.6$0.4 million during the ninesix and three months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2017,2020, respectively, and approximately $1.8$0.7 million and $0.6$0.4 million during the ninesix and three months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2016,2019, respectively.

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Robert Cauley, the Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Company, also serves as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Orchid, receives compensation from Orchid, and owns shares of common stock of Orchid.  In addition, Hunter Haas, the Chief Financial Officer, Chief Investment Officer and Treasurer of the Company, also serves as Chief Financial Officer, Chief Investment Officer and Secretary of Orchid, is a member of Orchid'sOrchid’s Board of Directors, receives compensation from Orchid, and owns shares of common stock of Orchid. Robert J. Dwyer and Frank E. Jaumot, our independent directors, each own shares of common stock of Orchid.

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ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT'SMANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS.

The following discussion of our financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and notes to those statements included in Item 1 of this Form 10-Q. The discussion may contain certain forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Forward-looking statements are those that are not historical in nature. As a result of many factors, such as those set forth under "Risk Factors"“Risk Factors” in our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and any subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, our actual results may differ materially from those anticipated in such forward-looking statements.

Overview

Bimini Capital Management, Inc. ("Bimini Capital" or the "Company") is a holding company that was formed in September 20032003. The Company’s principal wholly-owned operating subsidiary is Royal Palm Capital, LLC. We operate in two business segments: the asset management segment, which includes (a) the investment advisory services provided by Royal Palm’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Bimini Advisors Holdings, LLC, to invest primarily in residential mortgage-backed securities ("MBS") issuedOrchid, and guaranteed(b) the investment portfolio segment, which includes the investment activities conducted by a federally chartered corporation or agency ("Agency MBS"). Our investment strategy focuses on, and our portfolio consists of, two categories of Agency MBS: (i) traditional pass-through Agency MBS ("PT MBS") and (ii) structured Agency MBS, such as collateralized mortgage obligations ("CMOs"), interest only securities ("IOs"), inverse interest only securities ("IIOs") and principal only securities ("POs"), among other types of structured Agency MBS.Royal Palm.

The Company alsoBimini Advisors Holdings, LLC and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Bimini Advisors, LLC (an investment advisor registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission), are collectively referred to as “Bimini Advisors.”  Bimini Advisors serves as the external manager of the portfolio of Orchid Island Capital, Inc. ("Orchid"), through its wholly owned subsidiary, Bimini Advisors Holdings, LLC ("Bimini Advisors"). From this arrangement, the Company receives management fees and expense reimbursements.  As Manager,manager, Bimini Advisors is responsible for administering Orchid's business activities and day-to-day operations.  Pursuant to the terms of the management agreement, Bimini Advisors provides Orchid with its management team, including its officers, along with appropriate support personnel. Bimini Advisors is at all times subject to the supervision and oversight of Orchid's board of directors and has only such functions and authority as delegated to it.

Royal Palm Capital, LLC (collectively with its wholly-owned subsidiaries referred to as “Royal Palm”) maintains an investment portfolio, consisting primarily of residential mortgage-backed securities ("MBS") issued and guaranteed by a federally chartered corporation or agency ("Agency MBS"). Our investment strategy focuses on, and our portfolio consists of, two categories of Agency MBS: (i) traditional pass-through Agency MBS, such as mortgage pass-through certificates issued by Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac or Ginnie Mae (the “GSEs”) and collateralized mortgage obligations (“CMOs”) issued by the GSEs (“PT MBS”) and (ii) structured Agency MBS, such as interest only securities ("IOs"), inverse interest only securities ("IIOs") and principal only securities ("POs"), among other types of structured Agency MBS. In addition, the CompanyRoyal Palm receives dividends from its investment in Orchid common shares.

Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic

Beginning in mid-March 2020, the global pandemic associated with the novel coronavirus COVID-19 (“COVID-19”) and related economic conditions began to impact our financial position and results of operations. As a result of the economic, health and market turmoil brought about by COVID-19, the Agency MBS market experienced severe dislocations. This resulted in falling prices of our assets and increased margin calls from our repurchase agreement lenders. Further, as interest rates declined, we faced additional margin calls related to our various hedge positions.  In order to maintain our leverage ratio at prudent levels, maintain sufficient cash and liquidity, reduce risk and satisfy margin calls, we sold assets at levels significantly below their carrying values and closed several of our hedge positions. The Agency MBS market largely stabilized after the Federal Reserve (the “Fed”) announced on March 23, 2020 that it would purchase Agency MBS and U.S. Treasuries in the amounts needed to support smooth market functioning. As of June 30, 2020, we had timely satisfied all margin calls. The following summarizes the impact COVID-19 has had on our financial position and results of operations through June 30, 2020.

We sold approximately $171.2 million of MBS during the three months ended March 31, 2020, realizing losses of approximately $5.8 million. Substantially all of the realized losses were a direct result of the adverse MBS market conditions associated with COVID-19. We had no additional sales of MBS during the three months ended June 30, 2020.
Our MBS portfolio had a fair market value of approximately $52.8 million as of June 30, 2020, compared to $217.8 million as of December 31, 2019 and $54.4 million at March 31, 2020.
Our outstanding balances under our repurchase agreement borrowings as of June 30, 2020 were approximately $51.6 million, compared to $210.0 million as of December 31, 2019 and $52.4 million as of March 31, 2020.
We recorded an additional valuation allowance against our deferred tax assets of approximately $11.2 million during the three months ended March 31, 2020. We did not record any additional valuation allowance during the three months ended June 30, 2020.
Our stockholders’ equity was $21.1 million as of June 30, 2020, compared to $40.0 million as of December 31, 2019 and $17.6 million as of March 31, 2020.

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Largely as a result of actions taken by the Federal Reserve (the “Fed”) in late March, Agency MBS valuations have increased and the market for these assets has stabilized.

In response to the Shelter in Place order issued in Florida, management has invoked the Company’s Disaster Recovery Plan and its employees are working remotely. Prior planning resulted in the successful implementation of this plan and key operational team members maintain daily communication.

Although the Company cannot estimate the length or gravity of the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak at this time, if the pandemic continues, it may continue to have adverse effects on the Company’s results of future operations, financial position, and liquidity in fiscal year 2020 and beyond.

In addition, President Trump signed into law the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, which will provide billions of dollars of relief to individuals, businesses, state and local governments, and the health care system suffering the impact of the pandemic, including mortgage loan forbearance and modification programs to qualifying borrowers who may have difficulty making their loan payments. On April 13, 2020, the Company received $152,000 through the Paycheck Protection Program of the CARES Act in the form of a low interest loan.  The Company has evaluated the other provisions of the CARES Act and does not believe it will have material effect on our financial statements. The Federal Housing Financing Agency (the “FHFA”) has instructed the GSEs on how they will handle servicer advances for loans that back Agency RMBS that enter into forbearance, which should limit prepayments during the forbearance period that could have resulted otherwise. During the forbearance period the Company will continue to receive scheduled principal and interest each month on its Agency RMBS securities. There can be no assurance as to how, in the long term, these and other actions by the U.S. government will affect the efficiency, liquidity and stability of the financial and mortgage markets. To the extent the financial or mortgage markets do not respond favorably to any of these actions, or such actions do not function as intended, our business, results of operations and financial condition may continue to be materially adversely affected.

Stock Repurchase Plan

On March 26, 2018, the Board of Directors of the Company approved a Stock Repurchase Plan (“Repurchase Plan”).  Pursuant to Repurchase Plan, we may purchase up to 500,000 shares of the Company’s Class A Common Stock from time to time, subject to certain limitations imposed by Rule 10b-18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.  Share repurchases may be executed through various means, including, without limitation, open market transactions.  The Repurchase Plan does not obligate the Company to purchase any shares. The Repurchase Plan was originally set to expire on November 15, 2018, but it has been extended twice by the Board of Directors, first until November 15, 2019, and then until November 15, 2020.  The authorization for the Share Repurchase Plan may be terminated, increased or decreased by the Company’s Board of Directors in its discretion at any time.

Through June 30, 2020, the Company repurchased a total of 70,404 shares at an aggregate cost of approximately $166,945, including commissions and fees, for a weighted average price of $2.37 per share.

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Factors that Affect our Results of Operations and Financial Condition

A variety of industry and economic factors (in addition to those related to the COVID-19 pandemic) may impact our results of operations and financial condition. These factors include:

interest rate trends;
the difference between Agency MBS yields and our funding and hedging costs;
competition for, and supply of, investments in Agency MBS;
actions taken by the newU.S. government, including the presidential administration, the Fed, the Federal ReserveOpen Market Committee (the "Fed"“FOMC”), the Federal Housing Finance Agency (the “FHFA”) and the U.S. Treasury;
prepayment rates on mortgages underlying our Agency MBS, and credit trends insofar as they affect prepayment rates; and
the equity markets and the ability of Orchid to raise additional capital; and
other market developments.

In addition, a variety of factors relating to our business may also impact our results of operations and financial condition. These factors include:

our degree of leverage;
our access to funding and borrowing capacity;
our borrowing costs;
our hedging activities;
the market value of our investments;
the requirements to qualify for a registration exemption under the Investment Company Act;
our ability to use net operating loss carryforwards and net capital loss carryforwards to reduce our taxable income;
the impact of possible future changes in tax laws;laws or tax rates; and
our ability to manage the portfolio of Orchid and maintain our role as manager.


Results of Operations

Described below are the Company'sCompany’s results of operations for the ninesix and three months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2017,2020, as compared to the ninesix and three months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2016.2019.

Net (Loss) Income Summary

Consolidated net loss for the six months ended June 30, 2020 was $18.9 million, or $1.62 basic and diluted loss per share of Class A Common Stock, as compared to consolidated net income of $1.1 million, or $0.09 basic and diluted income per share of Class A Common Stock, for the six months ended June 30, 2019.

Consolidated net income for the ninethree months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20172020 was $1.9$3.5 million, or $0.15$0.30 basic and diluted income per share of Class A Common Stock, as compared to consolidated net incomeloss of $2.2$0.5 million, or $0.17$0.04 basic and diluted income per share of Class A Common Stock, for the nine months ended September 30, 2016.

Consolidated net income for the three months ended September 30, 2017 was $1.5 million, or $0.12 basic and diluted income per share of Class A Common Stock, as compared to consolidated net income of $1.2 million, or $0.09 basic and diluted incomeloss per share of Class A Common Stock, for the three months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2016.2019.

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The components of net (loss) income for the ninesix and three months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20172020 and 2016,2019, along with the changes in those components are presented in the table below:

(in thousands)                  
  Nine Months Ended September 30,  Three Months Ended September 30, 
  2017  2016  Change  2017  2016  Change 
Net portfolio interest $2,965  $2,454  $511  $1,010  $913  $97 
Interest expense on junior subordinated notes  (914)  (818)  (96)  (316)  (278)  (38)
(Losses) gains on MBS and derivative instruments  (1,126)  (1,683)  557   149   163   (14)
Net portfolio income (loss)  925   (47)  972   843   798   45 
Other income  6,846   8,473   (1,627)  3,166   3,176   (10)
Expenses, including income taxes  (5,835)  (6,199)  364   (2,508)  (2,795)  287 
Net income $1,936  $2,227  $(291) $1,501  $1,179  $322 
(in thousands)                  
  Six Months Ended June 30,  Three Months Ended June 30, 
  2020  2019  Change  2020  2019  Change 
Advisory services revenues
 
$
3,340
  
$
3,261
  
$
79
  
$
1,615
  
$
1,654
  
$
(39
)
Interest and dividend income
  
3,317
   
5,054
   
(1,737
)
  
912
   
2,498
   
(1,586
)
Interest expense
  
(1,620
)
  
(3,459
)
  
1,839
   
(342
)
  
(1,740
)
  
1,398
 
Net revenues
  
5,037
   
4,856
   
181
   
2,185
   
2,412
   
(227
)
Other (expense) income
  
(11,823
)
  
(116
)
  
(11,707
)
  
4,254
   
(1,474
)
  
5,728
 
Expenses
  
(3,391
)
  
(3,219
)
  
(172
)
  
(1,685
)
  
(1,598
)
  
(87
)
Net (loss) income before income tax provision (benefit)
  
(10,177
)
  
1,521
   
(11,698
)
  
4,754
   
(660
)
  
5,414
 
Income tax provision (benefit)
  
8,688
   
404
   
8,284
   
1,286
   
(158
)
  
1,444
 
Net (loss) income
 
$
(18,865
)
 
$
1,117
  
$
(19,982
)
 
$
3,468
  
$
(502
)
 
$
3,970
 

GAAP and Non-GAAP Reconciliation

Economic Interest Expense and Economic Net Interest Income

We use derivative instruments, specifically Eurodollar and Treasury Note ("T-Note"(“T-Note”) futures contracts and TBA short positions to hedge a portion of the interest rate risk on repurchase agreements in a rising rate environment.

We have not elected to designatedesignated our derivative holdings forfinancial instruments as hedge accounting treatment under the Financial Accounting Standards Board, (the "FASB"), Accounting Standards Codification, ("ASC"), Topic 815, Derivatives and Hedging.relationships, but rather hold them for economic hedging purposes. Changes in fair value of these instruments are presented in a separate line item in our consolidated statements of operations and not included in interest expense. As such, for financial reporting purposes, interest expense and cost of funds are not impacted by the fluctuation in value of the derivative instruments.

For the purpose of computing economic net interest income and ratios relating to cost of funds measures, GAAP interest expense has been adjusted to reflect the realized and unrealized gains or losses on specificcertain derivative instruments the Company uses that pertain to each period presented. We believe that adjusting our interest expense for the periods presented by the gains or losses on allthese derivative instruments would not accurately reflect our economic interest expense for these periods. The reason is that these derivative instruments may cover periods that extend into the future, not just the current period.  Any realized or unrealized gains or losses on the instruments reflect the change in market value of the instrument caused by changes in underlying interest rates applicable to the term covered by the instrument, not just the current period.

For each period presented, we have combined the effects of the derivative financial instruments in place for the respective period with the actual interest expense incurred on borrowings to reflect total economic interest expense for the applicable period. Interest expense, including the effect of derivative instruments for the period, is referred to as economic interest expense. Net interest income, when calculated to include the effect of derivative instruments for the period, is referred to as economic net interest income. This presentation includes gains or losses on all contracts in effect during the reporting period, covering the current period as well as periods in the future.


We believe that economic interest expense and economic net interest income provide meaningful information to consider, in addition to the respective amounts prepared in accordance with GAAP. The non-GAAP measures help management to evaluate its financial position and performance without the effects of certain transactions and GAAP adjustments that are not necessarily indicative of our current investment portfolio or operations. The unrealized gains or losses on derivative instruments presented in our consolidated statements of operations are not necessarily representative of the total interest rate expense that we will ultimately realize. This is because as interest rates move up or down in the future, the gains or losses we ultimately realize, and which will affect our total interest rate expense in future periods, may differ from the unrealized gains or losses recognized as of the reporting date.

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Our presentation of the economic value of our hedging strategy has important limitations. First, other market participants may calculate economic interest expense and economic net interest income differently than the way we calculate them. Second, while we believe that the calculation of the economic value of our hedging strategy described above helps to present our financial position and performance, it may be of limited usefulness as an analytical tool. Therefore, the economic value of our investment strategy should not be viewed in isolation and is not a substitute for interest expense and net interest income computed in accordance with GAAP.

The tables below present a reconciliation of the adjustments to interest expense shown for each period relative to our derivative instruments, and the consolidated statements of operations line item, gains (losses) on derivative instruments, calculated in accordance with GAAP for each quarter in 20172020 and 2016.
2019.

Gains (Losses) on Derivative Instruments - Recognized in Consolidated Statement of Operations (GAAP) 
(in thousands)         
     Junior    
  Repurchase  Subordinated    
Three Months Ended Agreements  Debt  Total 
September 30, 2017 $(13) $(6) $(19)
June 30, 2017  (581)  (251)  (832)
March 31, 2017  15   7   22 
December 31, 2016  496   1,037   1,533 
September 30, 2016  326   182   508 
June 30, 2016  (353)  (404)  (757)
March 31, 2016  (787)  (513)  (1,300)
             
(in thousands)            
      Junior     
  Repurchase  Subordinated     
Nine Months Ended Agreements  Debt  Total 
September 30, 2017 $(579) $(250) $(829)
September 30, 2016  (814)  (735)  (1,549)
Gains (Losses) on Derivative Instruments - Recognized in Consolidated Statement of Operations (GAAP) 
(in thousands)         
  Recognized in       
  Statement of  TBA    
  Operations  Securities  Futures 
Three Months Ended (GAAP)  Loss  Contracts 
June 30, 2020
 
$
(2
)
 
$
-
  
$
(2
)
March 31, 2020
  
(5,291
)
  
(1,441
)
  
(3,850
)
December 31, 2019
  
287
   
(192
)
  
479
 
September 30, 2019
  
(483
)
  
(204
)
  
(279
)
June 30, 2019
  
(3,364
)
  
(734
)
  
(2,630
)
March 31, 2019
  
(2,258
)
  
(1,067
)
  
(1,191
)
             
(in thousands)            
  Recognized in         
  Statement of  TBA     
  Operations  Securities  Futures 
Six Months Ended (GAAP)  Loss  Contracts 
June 30, 2020
 
$
(5,292
)
 
$
(1,441
)
 
$
(3,851
)
June 30, 2019
  
(5,622
)
  
(1,801
)
  
(3,821
)

Losses on Derivative Instruments - Attributed to Current Period (Non-GAAP) 
(in thousands)         
     Junior    
  Repurchase  Subordinated    
Three Months Ended Agreements  Debt  Total 
September 30, 2017 $(162) $(40) $(202)
June 30, 2017  (152)  (37)  (189)
March 31, 2017  (116)  (60)  (176)
December 31, 2016  (122)  (57)  (179)
September 30, 2016  (92)  (55)  (147)
June 30, 2016  (60)  (77)  (137)
March 31, 2016  (45)  (80)  (125)
             
Gains (Losses) on Derivative Instruments - Attributed to Current Period (Non-GAAP) 
(in thousands)                     
 Attributed to Current Period (Non-GAAP) Attributed to Future Periods (Non-GAAP)    
  Repurchase  Long-Term     Repurchase  Long-Term     Statement of 
Three Months Ended Agreements  Debt  Total  Agreements  Debt  Total  Operations 
June 30, 2020
 
$
(456
)
 
$
(40
)
 
$
(496
)
 
$
456
  
$
38
  
$
494
  
$
(2
)
March 31, 2020
  
(456
)
  
(40
)
  
(496
)
  
(2,879
)
  
(475
)
  
(3,354
)
  
(3,850
)
December 31, 2019
  
510
   
56
   
566
   
(50
)
  
(37
)
  
(87
)
  
479
 
September 30, 2019
  
(124
)
  
61
   
(63
)
  
(155
)
  
(61
)
  
(216
)
  
(279
)
June 30, 2019
  
(226
)
  
43
   
(183
)
  
(2,215
)
  
(232
)
  
(2,447
)
  
(2,630
)
March 31, 2019
  
5
   
65
   
70
   
(976
)
  
(285
)
  
(1,261
)
  
(1,191
)
                             
(in thousands)                            
 Attributed to Current Period (Non-GAAP) Attributed to Current Period (Non-GAAP)     
      Junior          Junior         
  Repurchase  Subordinated      Repurchase  Subordinated      Statement of 
Six Months Ended Agreements  Debt  Total  Agreements  Debt  Total  Operations 
June 30, 2020
 
$
(912
)
 
$
(80
)
 
$
(992
)
 
$
(2,422
)
 
$
(437
)
 
$
(2,859
)
 
$
(3,851
)
June 30, 2019
  
(221
)
  
108
   
(113
)
  
(3,191
)
  
(517
)
  
(3,708
)
 
$
(3,821
)


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Economic Net Portfolio Interest Income 
(in thousands) 
     Interest Expense on Repurchase Agreements  Net Portfolio 
        Effect of     Interest Income 
  Interest  GAAP  Non-GAAP  Economic  GAAP  Economic 
Three Months Ended Income  Basis  
Hedges(1)
  
Basis(2)
  Basis  
Basis(3)
 
June 30, 2020
 
$
523
  
$
60
  
$
(456
)
 
$
516
  
$
463
  
$
7
 
March 31, 2020
  
2,040
   
928
   
(456
)
  
1,384
   
1,112
   
656
 
December 31, 2019
  
1,899
   
948
   
510
   
438
   
951
   
1,461
 
September 30, 2019
  
1,646
   
1,002
   
(124
)
  
1,126
   
644
   
520
 
June 30, 2019
  
2,134
   
1,340
   
(226
)
  
1,566
   
794
   
568
 
March 31, 2019
  
2,190
   
1,313
   
5
   
1,308
   
877
   
882
 
                         
(in thousands) 
      Interest Expense on Repurchase Agreements  Net Portfolio 
          Effect of      Interest Income 
  Interest  GAAP  Non-GAAP  Economic  GAAP  Economic 
Six Months Ended Income  Basis  
Hedges(1)
  
Basis(2)
  Basis  
Basis(3)
 
June 30, 2020
 
$
2,563
  
$
988
  
$
(912
)
 
$
1,900
  
$
1,575
  
$
663
 
June 30, 2019
  
4,324
   
2,653
   
(221
)
  
2,874
   
1,671
   
1,450
 

(in thousands)         
     Junior    
  Repurchase  Subordinated    
Nine Months Ended Agreements  Debt  Total 
September 30, 2017 $(430) $(137) $(567)
September 30, 2016  (197)  (212)  (409)

Gains (Losses) on Derivative Instruments - Attributed to Future Periods (Non-GAAP) 
(in thousands)         
     Junior    
  Repurchase  Subordinated    
Three Months Ended Agreements  Debt  Total 
September 30, 2017 $149  $34  $183 
June 30, 2017  (429)  (214)  (643)
March 31, 2017  131   67   198 
December 31, 2016  618   1,094   1,712 
September 30, 2016  418   237   655 
June 30, 2016  (293)  (327)  (620)
March 31, 2016  (742)  (433)  (1,175)
             
(in thousands)            
      Junior     
  Repurchase  Subordinated     
Nine Months Ended Agreements  Debt  Total 
September 30, 2017 $(149) $(113) $(262)
September 30, 2016  (617)  (523)  (1,140)

Economic Net Portfolio Interest Income 
(in thousands) 
     Interest Expense on Repurchase Agreements  Net Portfolio 
        Effect of     Interest Income 
  Interest  GAAP  Non-GAAP  Economic  GAAP  Economic 
Three Months Ended Income  Basis  
Hedges(1)
  
Basis(2)
  Basis  
Basis(3)
 
September 30, 2017 $1,514  $504  $(162) $666  $1,010  $848 
June 30, 2017  1,269   324   (152)  476   945   793 
March 31, 2017  1,293   283   (116)  399   1,010   894 
December 31, 2016  1,285   251   (122)  373   1,034   912 
September 30, 2016  1,108   195   (92)  287   913   821 
June 30, 2016  1,025   174   (60)  234   851   791 
March 31, 2016  817   127   (45)  172   690   645 
                         
(in thousands) 
      Interest Expense on Repurchase Agreements  Net Portfolio 
          Effect of      Interest Income 
  Interest  GAAP  Non-GAAP  Economic  GAAP  Economic 
Nine Months Ended Income  Basis  
Hedges(1)
  
Basis(2)
  Basis  
Basis(3)
 
September 30, 2017 $4,076  $1,111  $(430) $1,541  $2,965  $2,535 
September 30, 2016  2,950   496   (197)  693   2,454   2,257 

(1)
Reflects the effect of derivative instrument hedges for only the period presented.
(2)
Calculated by subtracting the effect of derivative instrument hedges attributed to the period presented from GAAP interest expense.
(3)
Calculated by adding the effect of derivative instrument hedges attributed to the period presented to GAAP net portfolio interest income.



Economic Net Interest Income 
(in thousands) 
  Net Portfolio  Interest Expense on Junior Subordinated Notes       
  Interest Income     Effect of     Net Interest Income 
  GAAP  Economic  GAAP  Non-GAAP  Economic  GAAP  Economic 
Three Months Ended Basis  
Basis(1)
  Basis  
Hedges(2)
  
Basis(3)
  Basis  
Basis(4)
 
September 30, 2017 $1,010  $847  $316  $(40) $356  $694  $491 
June 30, 2017  945   793   306   (37)  343   639   450 
March 31, 2017  1,010   894   292   (60)  352   718   542 
December 31, 2016  1,034   912   291   (57)  348   743   564 
September 30, 2016  913   821   278   (55)  333   635   488 
June 30, 2016  851   791   276   (77)  353   575   438 
March 31, 2016  690   645   264   (80)  344   426   301 
                             
(in thousands) 
  Net Portfolio  Interest Expense on Junior Subordinated Notes         
  Interest Income      Effect of      Net Interest Income 
  GAAP  Economic  GAAP  Non-GAAP  Economic  GAAP  Economic 
Nine Months Ended Basis  
Basis(1)
  Basis  
Hedges(2)
  
Basis(3)
  Basis  
Basis(4)
 
September 30, 2017 $2,965  $2,534  $914  $(137) $1,051  $2,051  $1,483 
September 30, 2016  2,454   2,257   818   (212)  1,030   1,636   1,227 
Economic Net Interest Income 
(in thousands) 
  Net Portfolio  Interest Expense on Long-Term Debt       
  Interest Income     Effect of     Net Interest Income (Loss) 
  GAAP  Economic  GAAP  Non-GAAP  Economic  GAAP  Economic 
Three Months Ended Basis  
Basis(1)
  Basis  
Hedges(2)
  
Basis(3)
  Basis  
Basis(4)
 
June 30, 2020
 
$
463
  
$
7
  
$
282
  
$
(40
)
 
$
322
  
$
181
  
$
(315
)
March 31, 2020
  
1,112
   
656
   
350
   
(40
)
  
390
   
762
   
266
 
December 31, 2019
  
951
   
1,461
   
376
   
56
   
320
   
575
   
1,141
 
September 30, 2019
  
644
   
520
   
390
   
61
   
329
   
254
   
191
 
June 30, 2019
  
794
   
568
   
400
   
43
   
357
   
394
   
211
 
March 31, 2019
  
877
   
882
   
406
   
65
   
341
   
471
   
541
 
                             
(in thousands) 
  Net Portfolio  Interest Expense on Junior Subordinated Notes         
  Interest Income      Effect of      Net Interest Income (Loss) 
  GAAP  Economic  GAAP  Non-GAAP  Economic  GAAP  Economic 
Six Months Ended Basis  
Basis(1)
  Basis  
Hedges(2)
  
Basis(3)
  Basis  
Basis(4)
 
June 30, 2020
 
$
1,575
  
$
663
  
$
632
  
$
(80
)
 
$
712
  
$
943
  
$
(49
)
June 30, 2019
  
1,671
   
1,450
   
806
   
108
   
698
   
865
   
752
 

(1)
Calculated by adding the effect of derivative instrument hedges attributed to the period presented to GAAP net portfolio interest income.
(2)
Reflects the effect of derivative instrument hedges for only the period presented.
(3)
Calculated by subtracting the effect of derivative instrument hedges attributed to the period presented from GAAP interest expense.
(4)
Calculated by subtractingadding the effect of derivative instrument hedges attributed to the period presented fromto GAAP net interest income.

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Segment Information

We have two operating segments. The asset management segment includes the investment advisory services provided by Bimini Advisors to Orchid and Royal Palm. The investment portfolio segment includes the investment activities conducted by Royal Palm.  Segment information for the six months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019 is as follows:

(in thousands)          
 AssetInvestment   
 ManagementPortfolioCorporateEliminationsTotal
2020          
Advisory services, external customers
$3,340$-$-$-$3,340
Advisory services, other operating segments(1)
 84 - - (84) -
Interest and dividend income
 - 3,317 - - 3,317
Interest expense
 - (988) 
 (632)(2)
 - (1,620)
Net revenues
 3,424 2,329 (632) (84) 5,037
Other
 - (11,307) 
 (516)(3)
 - (11,823)
Operating expenses(4)
 (1,690) (1,701) - - (3,391)
Intercompany expenses(1)
 - (84) - 84 -
Income (loss) before income taxes
$1,734$(10,763)$(1,148)$-$(10,177)
           
 AssetInvestment   
 ManagementPortfolioCorporateEliminationsTotal
2019          
Advisory services, external customers
$3,261$-$-$-$3,261
Advisory services, other operating segments(1)
 137 - - (137) -
Interest and dividend income
 - 5,053 1 - 5,054
Interest expense
 - (2,653) 
 (806)(2)
 - (3,459)
Net revenues
 3,398 2,400 (805) (137) 4,856
Other
 - 18 
 (134)(3)
 - (116)
Operating expenses(4)
 (1,272) (1,947) - - (3,219)
Intercompany expenses(1)
 - (137) - 137 -
Income (loss) before income taxes
$2,126$334$(939)$-$1,521

Segment information for the three months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019 is as follows:

(in thousands)          
 AssetInvestment   
 ManagementPortfolioCorporateEliminationsTotal
2020          
Advisory services, external customers
$1,615$-$-$-$1,615
Advisory services, other operating segments(1)
 26 - - (26) -
Interest and dividend income
 - 912 - - 912
Interest expense
 - (60) 
 (282)(2)
 - (342)
Net revenues
 1,641 852 (282) (26) 2,185
Other
 - 4,256 
 (2)(3)
 - 4,254
Operating expenses(4)
 (1,067) (618) - - (1,685)
Intercompany expenses(1)
 - (26) - 26 -
Income (loss) before income taxes
$574$4,464$(284)$-$4,754
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 AssetInvestment   
 ManagementPortfolioCorporateEliminationsTotal
2019          
Advisory services, external customers
$1,654$-$-$-$1,654
Advisory services, other operating segments(1)
 69 - - (69) -
Interest and dividend income
 - 2,498 - - 2,498
Interest expense
 - (1,340) 
 (400)(2)
 - (1,740)
Net revenues
 1,723 1,158 (400) (69) 2,412
Other
 - (1,286) 
 (188)(3)
 - (1,474)
Operating expenses(4)
 (642) (956) - - (1,598)
Intercompany expenses(1)
 - (69) - 69 -
Income (loss) before income taxes
$1,081$(1,153)$(588)$-$(660)

(1)
Includes advisory services revenue received by Bimini Advisors from Royal Palm.
(2)
Includes interest on long-term debt.
(3)
Includes gains (losses) on Eurodollar futures contracts entered into as a hedge on junior subordinated notes and fair value adjustments on retained interests in securitizations.
(4)
Corporate expenses are allocated based on each segment’s proportional share of total revenues.

Assets in each reportable segment were as follows:

(in thousands)            
 Asset Investment     
 Management Portfolio Corporate Total 
June 30, 2020
 
$
1,500
  
$
84,913
  
$
14,893
  
$
101,306
 
December 31, 2019
  
1,457
   
263,223
   
14,809
   
279,489
 

Asset Management Segment

Advisory Services Revenue

Advisory services revenue consists of management fees and overhead reimbursements charged to Orchid for the management of its portfolio pursuant to the terms of a management agreement. We receive a monthly management fee in the amount of:

One-twelfth of 1.5% of the first $250 million of Orchid’s month-end equity, as defined in the management agreement,
One-twelfth of 1.25% of Orchid’s month-end equity that is greater than $250 million and less than or equal to $500 million, and
One-twelfth of 1.00% of Orchid’s month-end equity that is greater than $500 million.

In addition, Orchid is obligated to reimburse us for any direct expenses incurred on its behalf and to pay to us an amount equal to Orchid's pro rata portion of certain overhead costs set forth in the management agreement. The management agreement has been renewed through February 2021 and provides for automatic one-year extension options. Should Orchid terminate the management agreement without cause, it will be obligated to pay to us a termination fee equal to three times the average annual management fee, as defined in the management agreement, before or on the last day of the automatic renewal term.

Orchid has reported its June 30, 2020 stockholders’ equity to be approximately $346.0 million, a decrease of approximately 13% from December 31, 2019.  Because of this decrease, Bimini expects to receive a proportional decrease in its management fee revenue going forward until Orchid is able to grow its equity base.

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The following table summarizes the advisory services revenue received from Orchid in each quarter during 2020 and 2019.

(in thousands)               
  Average  Average  Advisory Services 
  Orchid  Orchid  Management  Overhead    
Three Months Ended MBS  Equity  Fee  Allocation  Total 
June 30, 2020
 
$
3,126,779
  
$
361,093
   
1,268
   
347
   
1,615
 
March 31, 2020
  
3,269,859
   
356,685
   
1,377
   
348
   
1,725
 
December 31, 2019
  
3,705,920
   
414,018
   
1,477
   
379
   
1,856
 
September 30, 2019
  
3,674,087
   
394,788
   
1,440
   
351
   
1,791
 
June 30, 2019
  
3,307,885
   
363,961
   
1,326
   
328
   
1,654
 
March 31, 2019
  
3,051,509
   
363,204
   
1,285
   
322
   
1,607
 

Investment Portfolio Segment

Net Portfolio Interest Income

We define net portfolio interest income as interest income on MBS less interest expense on repurchase agreement funding. During the ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2017, the Company2020, we generated $3.0$1.6 million of net portfolio interest income, consisting of $4.1$2.6 million of interest income from MBS assets offset by $1.1$1.0 million of interest expense on repurchase liabilities.  For the comparable period ended SeptemberJune 30, 2016, the Company2019, we generated $2.5$1.7 million of net portfolio interest income, consisting of $3.0approximately $4.3 million of interest income from MBS assets offset by $0.5approximately $2.7 million of interest expense on repurchase liabilities. The $1.7 million decrease in interest income for the six months ended June 30, 2020 was due to a $116.8 million decrease in average MBS balances, partially offset by a 132 basis point ("bp") increase in yields earned on the portfolio.  The $1.7 million decrease in interest expense for the six months ended June 30, 2020 was due to a combination of a $108.3 million decrease in average repurchase liabilities and a 50 bp decrease in cost of funds.

The Company'sOur economic interest expense on repurchase liabilities for the ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20172020 and 20162019 was $1.5$1.9 million and $0.7$2.9 million, respectively, resulting in $2.5$0.7 million and $2.3$1.5 million of economic net portfolio interest income, respectively.

During the three months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2017, the Company2020, we generated $1.0$0.5 million of net portfolio interest income, consisting of $1.5approximately $0.5 million of interest income from MBS assets offset by $0.5approximately $0.1 million of interest expense on repurchase liabilities.  For the three months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2016, the Company2019, we generated $0.9$0.8 million of net portfolio interest income, consisting of $1.1$2.1 million of interest income from MBS assets offset by $0.2$1.3 million of interest expense on repurchase liabilities.  The $1.6 million decrease in interest income for the three months ended June 30, 2020 was due to a $157.8 million decrease in average MBS balances, combined with a 14 bp decrease in yields earned on the portfolio. The $1.3 million decrease in interest expense for the six months ended June 30, 2020 was due to a combination of a $147.9 million decrease in average repurchase liabilities and a 222 bp decrease in cost of funds.

The Company'sOur economic interest expense on repurchase liabilities for the three months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20172020 and 20162019 was $0.7$0.5 million and $0.3$1.6 million, respectively, resulting in $0.8$0.0 million and $0.8$0.6 million of economic net portfolio interest income, respectively.

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The tables below provide consolidated information on our portfolio average balances, interest income, yield on assets, average repurchase agreement balances, interest expense, cost of funds, net interest income and net interest rate spread for the ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20172020 and 20162019 and each quarter in 20172020 and 20162019 on both a GAAP and economic basis.

($ in thousands)                        
  Average     Yield on  Average  Interest Expense  Average Cost of Funds 
  MBS  Interest  Average  Repurchase  GAAP  Economic  GAAP  Economic 
Three Months Ended 
Held(1)
  
Income(2)
  MBS  
Agreements(1)
  Basis  
Basis(2)
  Basis  
Basis(3)
 
September 30, 2017 $170,237  $1,514   3.56% $161,003  $504  $666   1.25%  1.66%
June 30, 2017  134,188   1,269   3.78%  126,341   324   476   1.02%  1.51%
March 31, 2017  128,098   1,293   4.04%  119,938   283   399   0.94%  1.33%
December 31, 2016  131,952   1,285   3.89%  123,909   251   373   0.81%  1.20%
September 30, 2016  122,220   1,108   3.63%  114,858   195   287   0.68%  1.00%
June 30, 2016  110,017   1,025   3.73%  103,259   174   234   0.67%  0.91%
March 31, 2016  96,592   817   3.39%  90,014   127   172   0.57%  0.77%
                                 
($ in thousands)                                
  Average      Yield on  Average  Interest Expense  Average Cost of Funds 
  MBS  Interest  Average  Repurchase  GAAP  Economic  GAAP  Economic 
Nine Months Ended 
Held(1)
  
Income(2)
  MBS  
Agreements(1)
  Basis  
Basis(2)
  Basis  
Basis(3)
 
September 30, 2017 $144,174  $4,076   3.77% $135,761  $1,111  $1,541   1.09%  1.51%
September 30, 2016  109,610   2,950   3.59%  102,710   496   693   0.64%  0.90%
($ in thousands)                        
  Average     Yield on  Average  Interest Expense  Average Cost of Funds 
  MBS  Interest  Average  Repurchase  GAAP  Economic  GAAP  Economic 
Three Months Ended 
Held(1)
  
Income(2)
  MBS  
Agreements(1)
  Basis  
Basis(2)
  Basis  
Basis(3)
 
June 30, 2020
 
$
53,630
  
$
523
   
3.90
%
 
$
51,987
  
$
60
  
$
516
   
0.46
%
  
3.97
%
March 31, 2020
  
136,142
   
2,040
   
5.99
%
  
131,156
   
928
   
1,384
   
2.83
%
  
4.22
%
December 31, 2019
  
190,534
   
1,898
   
3.99
%
  
182,215
   
948
   
438
   
2.08
%
  
0.96
%
September 30, 2019
  
187,199
   
1,646
   
3.52
%
  
177,566
   
1,002
   
1,126
   
2.26
%
  
2.54
%
June 30, 2019
  
211,406
   
2,134
   
4.04
%
  
199,901
   
1,340
   
1,566
   
2.68
%
  
3.13
%
March 31, 2019
  
212,033
   
2,190
   
4.13
%
  
199,771
   
1,313
   
1,308
   
2.63
%
  
2.62
%
                                 
($ in thousands)                                
  Average      Yield on  Average  Interest Expense  Average Cost of Funds 
  MBS  Interest  Average  Repurchase  GAAP  Economic  GAAP  Economic 
Six Months Ended 
Held(1)
  
Income(2)
  MBS  
Agreements(1)
  Basis  
Basis(2)
  Basis  
Basis(3)
 
June 30, 2020
 
$
94,886
  
$
2,563
   
5.40
%
 
$
91,571
  
$
988
  
$
1,900
   
2.16
%
  
4.15
%
June 30, 2019
  
211,719
   
4,324
   
4.08
%
  
199,836
   
2,653
   
2,874
   
2.66
%
  
2.88
%

($ in thousands)            
  Net Portfolio  Net Portfolio 
  Interest Income  Interest Spread 
  GAAP  Economic  GAAP  Economic 
Three Months Ended Basis  
Basis(2)
  Basis  
Basis(4)
 
September 30, 2017 $1,010  $847   2.31%  1.90%
June 30, 2017  945   793   2.76%  2.27%
March 31, 2017  1,010   894   3.10%  2.71%
December 31, 2016  1,034   912   3.08%  2.69%
September 30, 2016  913   821   2.95%  2.63%
June 30, 2016  851   791   3.06%  2.82%
March 31, 2016  690   645   2.82%  2.62%
                 
($ in thousands)                
  Net Portfolio  Net Portfolio 
  Interest Income  Interest Spread 
  GAAP  Economic  GAAP  Economic 
Nine Months Ended Basis  
Basis(2)
  Basis  
Basis(4)
 
September 30, 2017 $2,965  $2,534   2.68%  2.26%
September 30, 2016  2,454   2,257   2.95%  2.69%
($ in thousands)            
  Net Portfolio  Net Portfolio 
  Interest Income  Interest Spread 
  GAAP  Economic  GAAP  Economic 
Three Months Ended Basis  
Basis(2)
  Basis  
Basis(4)
 
June 30, 2020
  
463
   
7
   
3.44
%
  
(0.07
)%
March 31, 2020
  
1,112
   
656
   
3.16
%
  
1.77
%
December 31, 2019
  
951
   
1,461
   
1.91
%
  
3.03
%
September 30, 2019
  
644
   
520
   
1.26
%
  
0.98
%
June 30, 2019
  
794
   
568
   
1.36
%
  
0.91
%
March 31, 2019
  
877
   
882
   
1.50
%
  
1.51
%
                 
($ in thousands)                
  Net Portfolio  Net Portfolio 
  Interest Income  Interest Spread 
  GAAP  Economic  GAAP  Economic 
Six Months Ended Basis  
Basis(2)
  Basis  
Basis(4)
 
June 30, 2020
 
$
1,575
  
$
663
   
3.24
%
  
1.25
%
June 30, 2019
  
1,671
   
1,450
   
1.42
%
  
1.20
%

(1)
Portfolio yields and costs of borrowings presented in the tables above and the tables on pages 3036 and 3137 are calculated based on the average balances of the underlying investment portfolio/repurchase agreement balances and are annualized for the periods presented. Average balances for quarterly periods are calculated using two data points, the beginning and ending balances.
(2)
Economic interest expense and economic net interest income presented in the tables above and the tables on page 3137 include the effect of derivative instrument hedges for only the period presented.
(3)
Represents interest cost of our borrowings and the effect of derivative instrument hedges attributed to the period related to hedging activities divided by average MBS.
(4)
Economic net interest spread is calculated by subtracting average economic cost of funds from yield on average MBS.

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Interest Income and Average Earning Asset Yield

InterestOur interest income for the Company was $4.1$2.6 million for the ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20172020 and $3.0$4.3 million for the ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2016.2019.  Average MBS holdings were $144.2$94.9 million and $109.6$211.7 million for the ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20172020 and 2016,2019, respectively. The $1.1$1.7 million increase in interest income was due to combination of a 18 basis point increase in yields and a $34.6 million increase in average MBS holdings.

Interest income for the Company was $1.5 million for the three months ended September 30, 2017 and $1.1 million for the three months ended September 30, 2016.  Average MBS holdings were $170.2 million and $122.2 million for the three months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively. The $0.4 million increasedecrease in interest income was due to a $48.0$116.8 million increasedecrease in average MBS holdings, partially offset by a 7 basis point132 bp increase in yields.

Our interest income was $0.5 million for the three months ended June 30, 2020 and $2.1 million for the three months ended June 30, 2019.  Average MBS holdings were $53.6 million and $211.4 million for the three months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively. The $1.6 million decrease in interest income was due to a $157.8 million decrease in average MBS holdings, combined with a 14 bp decrease in yields.

The tables below present the consolidated average portfolio size, income and yields of our respective sub-portfolios, consisting of structured MBS and PT MBS, for the ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20172020 and 2016,2019, and for each quarter during 20172020 and 2016.2019.

($ in thousands)                           
  Average MBS Held  Interest Income  Realized Yield on Average MBS 
  PT  Structured     PT  Structured     PT  Structured    
Three Months Ended MBS  MBS  Total  MBS  MBS  Total  MBS  MBS  Total 
September 30, 2017 $167,081  $3,156  $170,237  $1,524  $(10) $1,514   3.65%  (1.28)%  3.56%
June 30, 2017  130,519   3,669   134,188   1,220   49   1,269   3.74%  5.33%  3.78%
March 31, 2017  123,163   4,935   128,098   1,210   83   1,293   3.93%  6.67%  4.04%
December 31, 2016  127,627   4,325   131,952   1,238   47   1,285   3.88%  4.32%  3.89%
September 30, 2016  119,411   2,809   122,220   1,092   16   1,108   3.66%  2.19%  3.63%
June 30, 2016  106,653   3,364   110,017   1,008   17   1,025   3.78%  2.05%  3.73%
March 31, 2016  92,365   4,227   96,592   783   34   817   3.39%  3.25%  3.39%
                                     
($ in thousands)                                    
  Average MBS Held  Interest Income  Realized Yield on Average MBS 
  PT  Structured      PT  Structured      PT  Structured     
Nine Months Ended MBS  MBS  Total  MBS  MBS  Total  MBS  MBS  Total 
September 30, 2017 $140,254  $3,920  $144,174  $3,954  $122  $4,076   3.76%  4.12%  3.77%
September 30, 2016  106,143   3,467   109,610   2,883   67   2,950   3.62%  2.58%  3.59%
($ in thousands)                           
  Average MBS Held  Interest Income  Realized Yield on Average MBS 
  PT  Structured     PT  Structured     PT  Structured    
Three Months Ended MBS  MBS  Total  MBS  MBS  Total  MBS  MBS  Total 
June 30, 2020
 
$
53,101
  
$
529
  
$
53,630
  
$
502
  
$
21
  
$
523
   
3.78
%
  
16.12
%
  
3.90
%
March 31, 2020
  
135,044
   
1,098
   
136,142
   
2,029
   
11
   
2,040
   
6.01
%
  
3.93
%
  
5.99
%
December 31, 2019
  
188,884
   
1,650
   
190,534
   
1,870
   
28
   
1,898
   
3.96
%
  
6.90
%
  
3.99
%
September 30, 2019
  
185,309
   
1,890
   
187,199
   
1,652
   
(6
)
  
1,646
   
3.57
%
  
(1.15
)%
  
3.52
%
June 30, 2019
  
209,171
   
2,235
   
211,406
   
2,111
   
23
   
2,134
   
4.04
%
  
4.01
%
  
4.04
%
March 31, 2019
  
209,469
   
2,564
   
212,033
   
2,143
   
47
   
2,190
   
4.09
%
  
7.42
%
  
4.13
%
                                     
($ in thousands)                                    
  Average MBS Held  Interest Income  Realized Yield on Average MBS 
  PT  Structured      PT  Structured      PT  Structured     
Six Months Ended MBS  MBS  Total  MBS  MBS  Total  MBS  MBS  Total 
June 30, 2020
 
$
94,073
  
$
813
  
$
94,886
  
$
2,531
  
$
32
  
$
2,563
   
5.38
%
  
7.89
%
  
5.40
%
June 30, 2019
  
209,320
   
2,399
   
211,719
   
4,254
   
70
   
4,324
   
4.06
%
  
5.83
%
  
4.08
%

Interest Expense on Repurchase Agreements and the Cost of Funds

AverageOur average outstanding balances under repurchase agreements for the Company were $135.8$91.6 million and $102.7$199.8 million, generating interest expense of $1.1$1.0 million and $0.5$2.7 million for the ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20172020 and 2016,2019, respectively.  Our average cost of funds was 1.09%2.16% and 0.64%2.66% for ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20172020 and 2016,2019, respectively.  There was a 45 basis point increase50 bp decrease in the average cost of funds and a $33.1$108.3 million increasedecrease in average outstanding repurchase agreements during the ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2017,2020, compared to the ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2016.2019. 

The Company'sOur economic interest expense was $1.5$1.9 million and $0.7$2.9 million for the ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20172020 and 2016,2019, respectively. There was a 61 basis point127 bp increase in the average economic cost of funds to 1.51%4.15% for the ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20172020 from 0.90%2.88% for the ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2016.2019.  The $0.8$1.0 million increasedecrease in economic interest expense was due to the $33.1$108.3 million increasedecrease in average outstanding repurchase agreements during the ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2017,2020, combined with the negative performance of our derivative holdings attributed to the current period.

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AverageOur average outstanding balances under repurchase agreements for the Company were $161.0$52.0 million and $114.9$199.9 million, generating interest expense of $0.5$0.1 million and $0.2$1.3 million for the three months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20172020 and 2016,2019, respectively.  Our average cost of funds was 1.25%0.46% and 0.68%2.68% for three months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20172020 and 2016,2019, respectively.  There was a 57 basis point increase222 bp decrease in the average cost of funds and a $46.1$147.9 million increasedecrease in average outstanding repurchase agreements during the three months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2017,2020, compared to the three months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2016.2019.  

The Company'sOur economic interest expense was $0.7$0.5 million and $0.3$1.6 million for the three months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20172020 and 2016,2019, respectively. There was a 66 basis pointan 84 bp increase in the average economic cost of funds to 1.66%3.97% for the three months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20172020 from 1.00%3.13% for the three months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2016.  The $0.4 million increase in economic interest expense was due to the $46.1 million increase in average outstanding repurchase agreements during the three months ended September 30, 2017, combined with the negative performance of our derivative agreements attributed to the current period.2019.

Because all of our repurchase agreements are short-term, changes in market rates directly affecthave a more immediate impact on our interest expense.  The Company'sOur average cost of funds calculated on a GAAP basis was 5 basis points above9 bps below the average one-month LIBOR and 20 basis points24 bps below the average six-month LIBOR for the quarter ended SeptemberJune 30, 2017.  The Company's2020. Our average economic cost of funds was 46 basis points342 bps above the average one-month LIBOR and 21 basis points327 bps above the average six-month LIBOR for the quarter ended SeptemberJune 30, 2017.2020. The average term to maturity of the outstanding repurchase agreements increased from 4024 days at December 31, 20162019 to 4861 days at SeptemberJune 30, 2017.2020.

The tables below present the consolidated average outstanding balances under our repurchase agreements, interest expense and average economic cost of funds, and average one-month and six-month LIBOR rates for the ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20172020 and 2016,2019, and for each quarter in 20172020 and 2016,2019, on both a GAAP and economic basis.

($ in thousands)               
  Average             
  Balance of  Interest Expense  Average Cost of Funds 
  Repurchase  GAAP  Economic  GAAP  Economic 
Three Months Ended Agreements  Basis  Basis  Basis  Basis 
September 30, 2017 $161,003  $504  $666   1.25%  1.66%
June 30, 2017  126,341   324   476   1.02%  1.51%
March 31, 2017  119,938   283   399   0.94%  1.33%
December 31, 2016  123,909   251   373   0.81%  1.20%
September 30, 2016  114,858   195   287   0.68%  1.00%
June 30, 2016  103,259   174   234   0.67%  0.91%
March 31, 2016  90,014   127   172   0.57%  0.77%
                     
($ in thousands)                    
  Average                 
  Balance of  Interest Expense  Average Cost of Funds 
  Repurchase  GAAP  Economic  GAAP  Economic 
Nine Months Ended Agreements  Basis  Basis  Basis  Basis 
September 30, 2017 $135,761  $1,111  $1,541   1.09%  1.51%
September 30, 2016  102,710   496   693   0.64%  0.90%
($ in thousands)               
  Average             
  Balance of  Interest Expense  Average Cost of Funds 
  Repurchase  GAAP  Economic  GAAP  Economic 
Three Months Ended Agreements  Basis  Basis  Basis  Basis 
June 30, 2020
 
$
51,987
  
$
60
  
$
516
   
0.46
%
  
3.97
%
March 31, 2020
  
131,156
   
928
   
1,384
   
2.83
%
  
4.22
%
December 31, 2019
  
182,215
   
948
   
438
   
2.08
%
  
0.96
%
September 30, 2019
  
177,566
   
1,002
   
1,126
   
2.26
%
  
2.54
%
June 30, 2019
  
199,901
   
1,340
   
1,566
   
2.68
%
  
3.13
%
March 31, 2019
  
199,771
   
1,313
   
1,308
   
2.63
%
  
2.62
%
                     
($ in thousands)                    
  Average                 
  Balance of  Interest Expense  Average Cost of Funds 
  Repurchase  GAAP  Economic  GAAP  Economic 
Six Months Ended Agreements  Basis  Basis  Basis  Basis 
June 30, 2020
 
$
91,571
  
$
988
  
$
1,900
   
2.16
%
  
4.15
%
June 30, 2019
  
199,836
   
2,653
   
2,874
   
2.66
%
  
2.88
%

        Average GAAP Cost of Funds  Average Economic Cost of Funds 
        Relative to Average  Relative to Average 
  Average LIBOR  One-Month  Six-Month  One-Month  Six-Month 
Three Months Ended One-Month  Six-Month  LIBOR  LIBOR  LIBOR  LIBOR 
June 30, 2020
  
0.55
%
  
0.70
%
  
(0.09
)%
  
(0.24
)%
  
3.42
%
  
3.27
%
March 31, 2020
  
1.34
%
  
1.43
%
  
1.49
%
  
1.40
%
  
2.88
%
  
2.79
%
December 31, 2019
  
1.90
%
  
1.98
%
  
0.18
%
  
0.10
%
  
(0.94
)%
  
(1.02
)%
September 30, 2019
  
2.22
%
  
2.18
%
  
0.04
%
  
0.08
%
  
0.32
%
  
0.36
%
June 30, 2019
  
2.45
%
  
2.49
%
  
0.23
%
  
0.19
%
  
0.68
%
  
0.64
%
March 31, 2019
  
2.50
%
  
2.77
%
  
0.13
%
  
(0.14
)%
  
0.12
%
  
(0.15
)%
                         
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        Average GAAP Cost of Funds  Average Economic Cost of Funds 
        Relative to Average  Relative to Average 
  Average LIBOR  One-Month  Six-Month  One-Month  Six-Month 
Three Months Ended One-Month  Six-Month  LIBOR  LIBOR  LIBOR  LIBOR 
September 30, 2017  1.20%  1.45%  0.05%  (0.20)%  0.46%  0.21%
June 30, 2017  1.05%  1.43%  (0.03)%  (0.41)%  0.46%  0.08%
March 31, 2017  0.82%  1.37%  0.12%  (0.43)%  0.51%  (0.04)%
December 31, 2016  0.62%  1.28%  0.19%  (0.47)%  0.58%  (0.08)%
September 30, 2016  0.49%  1.09%  0.19%  (0.41)%  0.51%  (0.09)%
June 30, 2016  0.44%  0.92%  0.23%  (0.25)%  0.47%  (0.01)%
March 31, 2016  0.40%  0.84%  0.17%  (0.27)%  0.37%  (0.07)%
                         
                         
          Average GAAP Cost of Funds  Average Economic Cost of Funds 
          Relative to Average  Relative to Average 
  Average LIBOR  One-Month  Six-Month  One-Month  Six-Month 
Nine Months Ended One-Month  Six-Month  LIBOR  LIBOR  LIBOR  LIBOR 
September 30, 2017  1.03%  1.42%  0.06%  (0.33)%  0.48%  0.09%
September 30, 2016  0.44%  0.95%  0.20%  (0.31)%  0.46%  (0.05)%
                   
        Average GAAP Cost of Funds  Average Economic Cost of Funds 
        Relative to Average  Relative to Average 
  Average LIBOR  One-Month  Six-Month  One-Month  Six-Month 
Six Months Ended One-Month  Six-Month  LIBOR  LIBOR  LIBOR  LIBOR 
June 30, 2020
  
0.94
%
  
1.06
%
  
1.22
%
  
1.10
%
  
3.21
%
  
3.09
%
June 30, 2019
  
2.48
%
  
2.63
%
  
0.18
%
  
0.03
%
  
0.40
%
  
0.25
%

Dividend Income

We owned 1,520,036 shares of Orchid common stock as of March 31, 2020. During the three months ended June 30, 2020, we acquired 975,321 additional shares of Orchid common stock, bringing our total ownership to 2,495,357 shares. Orchid paid total dividends of $0.405 per share and $0.165 per share during the six and three months ended June 30, 2020, respectively, and $0.48 per share and $0.24 per share during the six and three months ended June 30, 2019, respectively.  During the six and three months ended June 30, 2020, we received dividends on this common stock investment of approximately $0.8 million and $0.4 million, respectively, compared to $0.7 million and $0.4 million during the six and three months ended June 30, 2019, respectively.

Long-Term Debt

Junior Subordinated Notes

Interest expense on the Company'sour junior subordinated debt securities was $0.9$0.6 million and $0.8 million for the ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20172020 and 2016,2019, respectively.  The average rate of interest paid for the ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20172020 was 4.64%4.68% compared to 4.13%6.17% for the comparable period in 2016.2019.

Interest expense on the Company'sour junior subordinated debt securities was $0.3 million and $0.3$0.4 million for the three month periods ended SeptemberJune 30, 20172020 and 2016,2019, respectively.  The average rate of interest paid for the three months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20172020 was 4.76%4.17% compared to 4.19%6.08% for the comparable period in 2016.2019.

The junior subordinated debt securities pay interest at a floating rate.  The rate is adjusted quarterly and set at a spread of 3.50% over the prevailing three-month LIBOR rate on the determination date.  As of SeptemberJune 30, 2017,2020, the interest rate was 4.82%3.81%.

Note Payable

On October 30, 2019, the Company borrowed $680,000 from a bank. The note is payable in equal monthly principal and interest installments of approximately $4,500 through October 30, 2039. Interest accrues at 4.89% through October 30, 2024. Thereafter, interest accrues based on the weekly average yield to the United States Treasury securities adjusted to a constant maturity of 5 years, plus 3.25%. The note is secured by a mortgage on the Company’s office building.

Paycheck Protection Plan Loan

On April 13, 2020, the Company received approximately $152,000 through the Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”) of the CARES Act in the form of a low interest loan.  PPP loans may be forgiven, in whole or in part, if the proceeds are  used for payroll and other permitted purposes in accordance with the requirements of the PPP and if certain other requirements are met.  These loans carry a fixed rate of 1.00% and a term of two years, if not forgiven, in whole or in part.  Payments are deferred for the first six months of the loan.

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Gains or Losses and Other Income

The table below presents the Company'sour gains or losses and other income for the ninesix and three months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20172020 and 2016.
(in thousands)                  
  Nine Months Ended September 30,  Three Months Ended September 30, 
  2017  2016  Change  2017  2016  Change 
Realized (losses) gains on sales of MBS $(1) $180  $(181) $-  $(71) $71 
Unrealized (losses) gains on MBS  (296)  (313)  17   168   (274)  442 
Total (losses) gains on MBS  (297)  (133)  (164)  168   (345)  513 
(Losses) gains on derivative instruments  (829)  (1,550)  721   (19)  508   (527)
Advisory services  5,398   3,931   1,467   1,940   1,388   552 
Gains on retained interests in securitizations  390   2,100   (1,710)  85   1,021   (936)
Unrealized (losses) gains on                        
Orchid Island Capital, Inc. common stock  (823)  684   (1,507)  502   181   321 
Orchid Island Capital, Inc. dividends  1,880   1,758   122   638   586   52 
                         
2019.

(in thousands)                  
  Six Months Ended June 30,  Three Months Ended June 30, 
  2020  2019  Change  2020  2019  Change 
Realized losses on sales of MBS
 
$
(5,805
)
 
$
-
  
$
(5,805
)
 
$
-
  
$
-
  
$
-
 
Unrealized gains on MBS
  
28
   
5,276
   
(5,248
)
  
602
   
2,224
   
(1,622
)
Total (losses) gains on MBS
  
(5,777
)
  
5,276
   
(11,053
)
  
602
   
2,224
   
(1,622
)
Losses on derivative instruments
  
(5,292
)
  
(5,622
)
  
330
   
(2
)
  
(3,364
)
  
3,362
 
Gains on retained interests in securitizations
  
-
   
275
   
(275
)
  
-
   
-
   
-
 
Unrealized (losses) gains on
                        
Orchid Island Capital, Inc. common stock
  
(755
)
  
(46
)
  
(709
)
  
3,653
   
(334
)
  
3,987
 


We invest in MBS with the intent to earn net income from the realized yield on those assets over thetheir related funding and hedging costs, and not for purposesthe purpose of making short term gains from trading in these securities.   However, we have sold, and may continue to sell, existing assets to acquire new assets, which our management believes might have higher risk-adjusted returns in light of current or anticipated interest rates, federal government programs or general economic conditions or to manage our balance sheet as part of our asset/liability management strategy. During the ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2017,2020, the Company received proceeds of $1.7$171.2 million from the sales of MBS. There were noMost of these sales occurred during the second half of March 2020 as we sold assets in order to maintain our leverage ratio at prudent levels, maintain sufficient cash and liquidity and reduce risk associated with the market turmoil brought about by COVID-19. We did not sell any MBS during the threesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2017. During the nine and three months ended September 30, 2016, the Company received proceeds of $73.1 million and $31.3 million from the sales of MBS, respectively.2019.

The fair value of the Company'sour MBS portfolio and derivative instruments, and the gains (losses) reported on those financial instruments, are sensitive to changes in interest rates.  The table below presents historical interest rate data for each quarter end during 20172020 and 2016.
2019.

        15 Year  30 Year  Three 
  5 Year  10 Year  Fixed-Rate  Fixed-Rate  Month 
  
Treasury Rate(1)
  
Treasury Rate(1)
  
Mortgage Rate(2)
  
Mortgage Rate(2)
  
Libor(3)
 
September 30, 2017  1.93%  2.33%  3.11%  3.81%  1.32%
June 30, 2017  1.88%  2.30%  3.17%  3.90%  1.26%
March 31, 2017  1.93%  2.40%  3.41%  4.20%  1.13%
December 31, 2016  1.93%  2.45%  3.43%  4.20%  0.98%
September 30, 2016  1.16%  1.61%  2.76%  3.46%  0.85%
June 30, 2016  1.01%  1.49%  2.84%  3.57%  0.65%
March 31, 2016  1.22%  1.79%  2.97%  3.69%  0.63%
  5 Year  10 Year  15 Year  30 Year  Three 
  U.S. Treasury  U.S. Treasury  Fixed-Rate  Fixed-Rate  Month 
  
Rate(1)
  
Rate(1)
  
Mortgage Rate(2)
  
Mortgage Rate(2)
  
Libor(3)
 
June 30, 2020
  
0.29
%
  
0.65
%
  
2.60
%
  
3.16
%
  
0.31
%
March 31, 2020
  
0.38
%
  
0.70
%
  
2.89
%
  
3.45
%
  
1.10
%
December 31, 2019
  
1.69
%
  
1.92
%
  
3.18
%
  
3.72
%
  
1.91
%
September 30, 2019
  
1.55
%
  
1.68
%
  
3.12
%
  
3.61
%
  
2.13
%
June 30, 2019
  
1.76
%
  
2.00
%
  
3.24
%
  
3.80
%
  
2.40
%
March 31, 2019
  
2.24
%
  
2.41
%
  
3.72
%
  
4.27
%
  
2.61
%

(1)Historical 5 Year and 10 Year U.S. Treasury Rates are obtained from quoted end of day prices on the Chicago Board Options Exchange.
(2)Historical 3015 Year and 1530 Year Fixed Rate Mortgage Rates are obtained from Freddie Mac'sMac’s Primary Mortgage Market Survey.
(3)Historical LIBOR are obtained from the Intercontinental Exchange Benchmark Administration Ltd.

The retained interests in securitizations represent
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Operating Expenses

For the residual net interest spread remaining after payments on the notes issued through the securitization.  Fluctuations in value of retained interests are primarily driven by projections of future interest rates (the forward LIBOR curve), the discount rate used to determine the present value of the residual cash flows and prepayment and loss estimates on the underlying mortgage loans.  During the ninesix and three months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2017, the Company recorded gains on retained interests of $0.4 million and $0.1 million, respectively, compared to gains of $2.1 million and $1.0 million, respectively, for the nine and three months ended September 30, 2016.

Advisory Services

Advisory services revenue consists of management fees and overhead reimbursements charged to Orchid for the management of its portfolio pursuant to the terms of a management agreement.



Operating Expenses

For the nine and three months ended September 30, 2017, the Company's2020, our total operating expenses were approximately $4.6$3.4 million and $1.5$1.7 million, respectively, compared to approximately $4.1$3.2 million and $1.4$1.6 million for the ninesix and three months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2016,2019, respectively.   The table below presents a breakdown of operating expenses for the ninesix and three months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20172020 and 2016.2019.

(in thousands)                                    
 Nine Months Ended September 30,  Three Months Ended September 30,  Six Months Ended June 30,  Three Months Ended June 30, 
 2017  2016  Change  2017  2016  Change  2020  2019  Change  2020  2019  Change 
Compensation and related benefits $2,684  $2,274  $410  $869  $723  $146  
$
2,147
  
$
2,088
  
$
59
  
$
1,047
  
$
1,017
  
$
30
 
Legal fees  81   144   (63)  40   40   -  
95
  
96
  
(1
)
 
75
  
70
  
5
 
Accounting, auditing and other professional fees  266   308   (42)  80   118   (38) 
251
  
188
  
63
  
112
  
75
  
37
 
Directors' fees and liability insurance  498   467   31   165   155   10 
Directors’ fees and liability insurance
 
346
  
321
  
25
  
181
  
161
  
20
 
Administrative and other expenses  1,022   888   134   364   321   43   
552
   
526
   
26
   
270
   
275
   
(5
)
 $4,551  $4,081  $470  $1,518  $1,357  $161  
$
3,391
  
$
3,219
  
$
172
  
$
1,685
  
$
1,598
  
$
87
 

Income Tax Provision

We recorded an income tax provision for the six and three months ended June 30, 2020 of approximately $8.7 million and $1.3 million, respectively, on consolidated pre-tax book (loss) income of $(10.2) million and $4.8 million in the six and three months ended June 30, 2020, respectively. We recorded an income tax provision (benefit) for the six and three months ended June 30, 2019 of approximately $0.4 million and $(0.2) million, respectively, on consolidated pre-tax book income (loss) of $1.5 million and $(0.7) million in the six and three months ended June 30, 2019, respectively.

As a result of adverse economic impacts of COVID-19 on our business, management performed an assessment of the need for additional valuation allowances against existing deferred tax assets. Following the more-likely-than-not standard that benefits will not be realized in the future, we determined an additional valuation allowance of approximately $11.2 million was necessary during the three months ended March 31, 2020 for the net operating loss carryforwards and capital loss carryforwards. With the rapidly evolving and changing landscape caused by the pandemic, we will continue to closely monitor the impacts of COVID-19 on the Company’s ability to realize its deferred tax assets and may increase valuation allowances in the future as new information becomes available.

Financial Condition:

Mortgage-Backed Securities

As of SeptemberJune 30, 2017, the Company's2020, our MBS portfolio consisted of $198.0$52.8 million of agency or government MBS at fair value and had a weighted average coupon of 4.23%4.17%.  During the ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2017, the Company2020, we received principal repayments of $7.7$8.9 million compared to $10.3$9.8 million for the comparable period ended SeptemberJune 30, 2016.2019.  The average prepayment speeds for the quarters ended SeptemberJune 30, 20172020 and 20162019 were 8.3%15.3% and 13.6%10.5%, respectively.

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The following table presents the 3-month constant prepayment rate ("CPR"(“CPR”) experienced on the Company'sour structured and PT MBS sub-portfolios, on an annualized basis, for the quarterly periods presented.  CPR is a method of expressing the prepayment rate for a mortgage pool that assumes that a constant fraction of the remaining principal is prepaid each month or year. Specifically, the CPR in the chart below represents the three month prepayment rate of the securities in the respective asset category.  Assets that were not owned for the entire quarter have been excluded from the calculation.  The exclusion of certain assets during periods of high trading activity can create a very high, and often volatile, reliance on a small sample of underlying loans.

     Structured    
  PT MBS  MBS  Total 
Three Months Ended Portfolio (%)  Portfolio (%)  Portfolio (%) 
September 30, 2017  5.2   18.8   8.3 
June 30, 2017  5.9   20.4   9.9 
March 31, 2017  4.8   18.8   8.8 
December 31, 2016  5.5   27.3   11.1 
September 30, 2016  9.4   19.7   13.6 
June 30, 2016  7.8   20.4   12.6 
March 31, 2016  11.8   16.6   14.3 


     Structured    
  PT MBS  MBS  Total 
Three Months Ended Portfolio (%)  Portfolio (%)  Portfolio (%) 
June 30, 2020
  
12.4
   
25.0
   
15.3
 
March 31, 2020
  
11.6
   
18.1
   
13.7
 
December 31, 2019
  
15.6
   
15.6
   
15.6
 
September 30, 2019
  
9.5
   
16.2
   
10.5
 
June 30, 2019
  
9.9
   
14.6
   
10.5
 
March 31, 2019
  
5.7
   
13.4
   
6.8
 

The following tables summarize certain characteristics of the Company'sour PT MBS and structured MBS as of SeptemberJune 30, 20172020 and December 31, 2016:2019:

($ in thousands)      
     Weighted 
   Percentage Average 
   ofWeightedMaturity 
  FairEntireAverageinLongest
Asset Category ValuePortfolioCouponMonthsMaturity
September 30, 2017      
Fixed Rate MBS$195,15198.6%4.23%3261-Sep-47
Total PT MBS 195,15198.6%4.23%3261-Sep-47
Interest-Only Securities 1,6430.8%3.44%23225-Dec-39
Inverse Interest-Only Securities 1,1960.6%5.32%28125-Apr-41
Total Structured MBS 2,8391.4%4.23%25325-Apr-41
Total MBS$197,990100.0%4.23%3251-Sep-47
December 31, 2016      
Fixed Rate MBS$124,29995.4%4.24%3471-Oct-46
Total PT MBS 124,29995.4%4.24%3471-Oct-46
Interest-Only Securities 2,6542.0%3.48%24525-Dec-39
Inverse Interest-Only Securities 3,3492.6%5.52%32525-Dec-46
Total Structured MBS 6,0034.6%4.62%29025-Dec-46
Total MBS$130,302100.0%4.26%34425-Dec-46
($ in thousands)      
     Weighted 
   Percentage Average 
   ofWeightedMaturity 
  FairEntireAverageinLongest
Asset Category ValuePortfolioCouponMonthsMaturity
June 30, 2020      
Fixed Rate MBS
$
52,34599.1%4.18%3321-Feb-50
Interest-Only MBS
 4420.8%3.60%29215-Jul-48
Inverse Interest-Only MBS
 310.1%5.19%22715-May-39
Total MBS Portfolio
$
52,818100.0%4.17%3311-Feb-50
December 31, 2019      
Fixed Rate MBS
$
216,23199.3%4.25%3161-Nov-49
Interest-Only MBS
 1,0240.4%3.65%28115-Jul-48
Inverse Interest-Only MBS
 5860.3%4.77%25425-Apr-41
Total MBS Portfolio
$
217,841100.0%4.25%3161-Nov-49

($ in thousands)                        
 September 30, 2017  December 31, 2016  June 30, 2020  December 31, 2019 
    Percentage of     Percentage of     Percentage of     Percentage of 
Agency Fair Value  Entire Portfolio  Fair Value  Entire Portfolio  Fair Value  Entire Portfolio  Fair Value  Entire Portfolio 
Fannie Mae $171,565   86.7% $120,961   92.8% 
$
25,552
  
48.4
%
 
$
203,321
  
93.3
%
Freddie Mac  26,201   13.2%  8,870   6.8% 
27,263
  
51.6
%
 
14,499
  
6.7
%
Ginnie Mae  224   0.1%  471   0.4%  
3
   
0.0
%
  
21
   
0.0
%
Total Portfolio $197,990   100.0% $130,302   100.0% 
$
52,818
   
100.0
%
 
$
217,841
   
100.0
%

 September 30, 2017  December 31, 2016  June 30, 2020  December 31, 2019 
Weighted Average Pass-through Purchase Price $109.33  $110.31  
$
108.92
  
$
107.12
 
Weighted Average Structured Purchase Price $6.02  $6.74  
$
5.38
  
$
6.39
 
Weighted Average Pass-through Current Price $108.00  $107.54  
$
111.54
  
$
108.77
 
Weighted Average Structured Current Price $7.38  $10.40  
$
3.34
  
$
6.91
 
Effective Duration (1)
  3.867   4.769   
3.155
   
3.196
 

(1)
Effective duration is the approximate percentage change in price for a 100 basis point change in rates.  An effective duration of 3.8673.155 indicates that an interest rate increase of 1.0% would be expected to cause a 3.867%3.155% decrease in the value of the MBS in the Company'sour investment portfolio at SeptemberJune 30, 2017.2020.  An effective duration of 4.7693.196 indicates that an interest rate increase of 1.0% would be expected to cause a 4.769%3.196% decrease in the value of the MBS in the Company'sour investment portfolio at December 31, 2016.2019. These figures include the structured securities in the portfolio but do include the effect of the Company's funding costour hedges. Effective duration quotes for individual investments are obtained from The Yield Book, Inc.

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The following table presents a summary of the Company'sour portfolio assets acquired during the ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20172020 and 2016.2019.

($ in thousands)                                    
Nine Months Ended September 30, Six Months Ended June 30, 
2017 2016 2020 2019 
 Total Cost  Average Price  Weighted Average Yield  Total Cost  Average Price  Weighted Average Yield  Total Cost  Average Price  Weighted Average Yield  Total Cost  Average Price  Weighted Average Yield 
PT MBS $77,295  $107.68   2.70% $133,100  $110.31   2.42% 
$
20,823
  
$
110.83
   
2.64
%
 
$
3,285
  
$
104.12
   
3.35
%

The Company'sOur portfolio of PT MBS is typically comprised of adjustable-rate MBS, fixed-rate MBS and hybrid adjustable-rate MBS. The CompanyWe generally seeksseek to acquire low duration assets that offer high levels of protection from mortgage prepayments provided that they are reasonably priced by the market.  Although the duration of an individual asset can change as a result of changes in interest rates, the Company strives to maintain a hedged PT MBS portfolio with an effective duration of less than 2.0.  The stated contractual final maturity of the mortgage loans underlying the Company'sour portfolio of PT MBS generally ranges up to 30 years. However, the effect of prepayments of the underlying mortgage loans tends to shorten the resulting cash flows from the Company'sour investments substantially. Prepayments occur for various reasons, including refinancing of underlying mortgages, and loan payoffs in connection with home sales.sales, and borrowers paying more than their scheduled loan payments, which accelerates the amortization of the loans.

The duration of the Company'sour IO and IIO portfolio will vary greatly depending on the structural features of the securities.  While prepayment activity will always affect the cash flows associated with the securities, the interest only nature of IO'sIO’s may cause their durations to become extremely negative when prepayments are high, and less negative when prepayments are low. Prepayments affect the durationsduration of IIO'sIIO’s similarly, but the floating rate nature of the coupon of IIOs (which is inversely related to the level of one month LIBOR) causecauses their price movements - and model duration - to be affected by changes in both prepayments and one month LIBOR - both current and anticipated levels.  As a result, the duration of IIO securities will also vary greatly.

Prepayments on the loans underlying the Company'sour MBS can alter the timing of the cash flows from the underlying loans to the Company.received by us. As a result, the Company gaugeswe gauge the interest rate sensitivity of its assets by measuring their effective duration. While modified duration measures the price sensitivity of a bond to movements in interest rates, effective duration captures both the movement in interest rates and the fact that cash flows to a mortgage related security are altered when interest rates move. Accordingly, when the contract interest rate on a mortgage loan is substantially above prevailing interest rates in the market, the effective duration of securities collateralized by such loans can be quite low because of expected prepayments.

The Company facesWe face the risk that the market value of itsour PT MBS assets will increase or decrease at different rates than that of itsour structured MBS or liabilities, including itsour hedging instruments. Accordingly, the Company assesses itswe assess our interest rate risk by estimating the duration of itsour assets and the duration of itsour liabilities. The CompanyWe generally calculatescalculate duration and effective duration using various third-party models or obtainsobtain these quotes from third parties.  However, empirical results and various third-party models may produce different duration numbers for the same securities.

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The following sensitivity analysis shows the estimated impact on the fair value of our interest rate-sensitive investments and hedge positions as of SeptemberJune 30, 2017,2020, assuming rates instantaneously fall 100 basis points ("bps"),bps, rise 100 bps and rise 200 bps, adjusted to reflect the impact of convexity, which is the measure of the sensitivity of our hedge positions and Agency MBS'MBS’ effective duration to movements in interest rates.

($ in thousands)                                          
 Fair  $ Change in Fair Value  % Change in Fair Value  Fair  $ Change in Fair Value  % Change in Fair Value 
MBS Portfolio Value  -100BPS  +100BPS  +200BPS  -100BPS  +100BPS  +200BPS  Value  -100BPS  +100BPS  +200BPS  -100BPS  +100BPS  +200BPS 
Fixed Rate MBS $195,151  $6,177  $(10,066) $(22,189)  3.17%  (5.16)%  (11.37)% 
$
52,345
  
$
1,582
  
$
(1,962
)
 
$
(4,378
)
 
3.02
%
 
(3.75
)%
 
(8.36
)%
Interest-Only MBS  1,643   (621)  465   735   (37.77)%  28.31%  44.75% 
442
  
(53
)
 
118
  
245
  
(12.12
)%
 
26.85
%
 
55.43
%
Inverse Interest-Only MBS  1,196   (134)  (51)  (256)  (11.17)%  (4.27)%  (21.37)%  
31
   
2
   
(4
)
  
(9
)
  
5.29
%
  
(14.40
)%
  
(28.18
)%
Total MBS Portfolio $197,990  $5,422  $(9,652) $(21,710)  2.74%  (4.88)%  (10.96)% 
$
52,818
  
$
1,531
  
$
(1,848
)
 
$
(4,142
)
  
2.90
%
  
(3.50
)%
  
(7.84
)%

($ in thousands)                                          
 Notional  $ Change in Fair Value  % Change in Fair Value  Notional  $ Change in Fair Value  % Change in Fair Value 
 
Amount(1)
  -100BPS  +100BPS  +200BPS  -100BPS  +100BPS  +200BPS  
Amount(1)
  -100BPS  +100BPS  +200BPS  -100BPS  +100BPS  +200BPS 
Eurodollar Futures Contracts                                          
Repurchase Agreement Hedges $1,020,000  $(1,701) $2,550  $5,100   (0.68)%  1.02%  2.04%
Junior Subordinated Debt Hedges  442,000   (737)  1,105   2,210   (0.68)%  1.02%  2.04% 
$
1,000
  
$
(10
)
 
$
10
  
$
20
  
(1.00
)%
 
1.00
%
 
2.00
%
 $1,462,000  $(2,438) $3,655  $7,310   (0.68)%  1.02%  2.04% 
$
1,000
  
$
(10
)
 
$
10
  
$
20
             
                                                 
Gross Totals     $2,984  $(5,997) $(14,400)                 
$
1,521
  
$
(1,838
)
 
$
(4,122
)
            

(1)
Represents the total cumulativeaverage contract/notional amount of Eurodollar futures contracts.

In addition to changes in interest rates, other factors impact the fair value of the Company'sour interest rate-sensitive investments and hedging instruments, such as the shape of the yield curve, market expectations as to future interest rate changes and other market conditions. Accordingly, in the event of changes in actual interest rates, the change in the fair value of the Company'sour assets would likely differ from that shown above and such difference might be material and adverse to the Company'sour stockholders.

Repurchase Agreements

As of SeptemberJune 30, 2017, the Company2020, we had established borrowing facilities in the repurchase agreement market with a number of commercial banks and other financial institutions and had borrowings in place with five of these counterparties.  We believe these facilities provide borrowing capacity in excess of our needs.  None of these lenders are affiliated with the Company.us. These borrowings are secured by the Company'sour MBS.

As of SeptemberJune 30, 2017, the Company2020, we had obligations outstanding under the repurchase agreements of approximately $187.4$51.6 million with a net weighted average borrowing cost of 1.35%0.28%. The remaining maturity of the Company'sour outstanding repurchase agreement obligations ranged from 112 to 89317 days, with a weighted average maturity of 4861 days.  Securing the repurchase agreement obligation as of SeptemberJune 30, 20172020 are MBS with an estimated fair value, including accrued interest, of $198.2$53.0 million and a weighted average maturity of 326332 months.  Through November 3, 2017, the Company hasAugust 14, 2020, we have been able to maintain itsour repurchase facilities with comparable terms to those that existed at SeptemberJune 30, 20172020 with maturities through January 29, 2018.June 30, 2021.

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The table below presents information about our period-end, maximum and average repurchase agreement obligations for each quarter in 20172020 and 2016.2019.

($ in thousands) 
        Difference Between Ending 
  Ending Balance  Average Balance  Repurchase Agreements and 
  of Repurchase  of Repurchase  Average Repurchase Agreements 
Three Months Ended Agreements  Agreements  Amount  Percent 
September 30, 2017 $187,374  $161,003  $26,371   16.38
%(1)
June 30, 2017  134,633   126,341   8,292   6.56%
March 31, 2017  118,049   119,938   (1,889)  (1.57)%
December 31, 2016  121,828   123,909   (2,081)  (1.68)%
September 30, 2016  125,991   114,858   11,133   9.69%
June 30, 2016  103,725   103,259   466   0.45%
March 31, 2016  102,794   90,014   12,780   14.20
%(2)
($ in thousands) 
  Ending  Maximum  Average  Difference Between Ending 
  Balance  Balance  Balance  Repurchase Agreements and 
  of Repurchase  of Repurchase  of Repurchase  Average Repurchase Agreements 
Three Months Ended Agreements  Agreements  Agreements  Amount  Percent 
June 30, 2020
 
$
51,617
  
$
52,068
  
$
51,987
  
$
(370
)
  
(0.71
)%
March 31, 2020
  
52,357
   
214,921
   
131,156
   
(78,799
)
  
(60.08
)%(1)
December 31, 2019
  
209,954
   
239,243
   
182,215
   
27,739
   
15.22
%(2)
September 30, 2019
  
154,475
   
200,552
   
177,566
   
(23,091
)
  
(13.00
)%(3)
June 30, 2019
  
200,656
   
200,776
   
199,901
   
755
   
0.38
%
March 31, 2019
  
199,146
   
200,113
   
199,771
   
(625
)
  
(0.31
)%

(1)
The lower ending balance relative to the average balance during the quarter ended March 31, 2020 reflects the Company’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. During the quarter ended March 31, 2020, the Company's investment in PT MBS decreased $162.4 million.
(2)
The higher ending balance relative to the average balance during the quarter ended September 30, 2017December 31, 2019 reflects the growthreinvestment of the portfolio, on a leveraged basis.portfolio. During the quarter ended September 30, 2017,December 31, 2019, the Company's investment in PT MBS increased $56.1$54.7 million.
(2)
(3)
The higherlower ending balance relative to the average balance during the quarter ended MarchSeptember 31, 20162019 reflects the repositioning ofdecrease in the portfolio.portfolio to fund the July 2019 Tender Offer. During the quarter ended MarchSeptember 31, 2016,2019, the Company's investment in PT MBS increased $26.2decreased $47.5 million.


Liquidity and Capital Resources

Liquidity is our ability to turn non-cash assets into cash, purchase additional investments, repay principal and interest on borrowings, fund overhead and fulfill margin calls.  Our principalprimary immediate sources of liquidity include cash balances, unencumbered assets, the availability to borrow under repurchase agreements, and fees and dividends received from Orchid.  Our borrowing capacity will vary over time as the market value of our interest earning assets varies.  Our balance sheetinvestments also generatesgenerate liquidity on an on-going basis through payments of principal and interest we receive on our MBS portfolio. In addition, subsequent to June 30, 2020, we received a refund of approximately $1.3 million in U.S. Federal income taxes.

The COVID-19 pandemic has adversely affected our liquidity, assets under management and operating results.  As disclosed in detail elsewhere in this report, during March 2020, we significantly reduced our MBS assets to meet margin calls and repay debts.  This reduction in our investment portfolio andwill impact our ability to generate income in the future.  In addition, for the foreseeable future we may receive reduced income from cash flows received fromour management of the retained interests and the collection of servicing advances.  ManagementOrchid portfolio.  However, management believes that we currently have sufficient liquidity and capital resources available for at least one year from the date of issuance of this Form 10-Q for (a) the acquisition of additional investments consistent with the size and naturemanagement of our existing MBS portfolio, (b) the repaymentsto service our management agreement to Orchid, (c) to make all scheduled payments on borrowings, (c)(d) for the payment of overhead and operating expenses, and (d)(e) the payment of other accrued obligations.

Our strategy for hedging our funding costsstrategy typically involves taking short positions in Eurodollar futures, T-Note futures, swaptionsTBAs or other instruments. Since inception we have primarily used short positions in Eurodollar futures.  When the market causes these short positions to decline in value we are required to meet margin calls with cash.  This can reduce our liquidity position to the extent other securities in our portfolio move in price in such a way that we do not receive enough cash through margin calls to offset the Eurodollar related margin calls. If this were to occur in sufficient magnitude, the loss of liquidity might force us to reduce the size of the levered portfolio, pledge additional structured securities to raise funds or risk operating the portfolio with less liquidity.

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Our master repurchase agreements have no stated expiration, but can be terminated at any time at our option or at the option of the counterparty. However, once a definitive repurchase agreement under a master repurchase agreement has been entered into, it generally may not be terminated by either party.  A negotiated termination can occur, but may involve a fee to be paid by the party seeking to terminate the repurchase agreement transaction.



Under our repurchase agreement funding arrangements, we are required to post margin at the initiation of the borrowing.  The margin posted represents the haircut, which is a percentage of the market value of the collateral pledged. To the extent the market value of the asset collateralizing the financing transaction declines, the market value of our posted margin will be insufficient and we will be required to post additional collateral.  Conversely, if the market value of the asset pledged increases in value, we would be over collateralized and we would be entitled to have excess margin returned to us by the counterparty.  Our lenders typically value our pledged securities daily to ensure the adequacy of our margin and make margin calls as needed, as do we.  Typically, but not always, the parties agree to a minimum threshold amount for margin calls so as to avoid the need for nuisance margin calls on a daily basis.

As discussed above, we invest a portion of our capital in structured MBS.  We generally do not apply leverage to this portion of our portfolio. The leverage inherent in the structured securities replaces the leverage obtained by acquiring PT securities and funding them in the repurchase market.  This structured MBS strategy has been a core element of the Company'sCompany’s overall investment strategy since 2008.  However, we have and may continue to pledge a portion of our structured MBS in order to raise our cash levels, but generally will not pledge these securities in order to acquire additional assets.

In future periods we expect to continue to finance our activities through repurchase agreements.  As of SeptemberJune 30, 2017, the Company2020, we had cash and cash equivalents of $5.2$4.7 million.  We generated cash flows of $11.5$12.0 million from principal and interest payments on our MBS portfolio and $0.9 million from retained interests and had average repurchase agreements outstanding of $135.8$91.6 million during the ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2017.2020.  In addition, during the ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2017, the Company2020, we received approximately $5.3$3.4 million in management fees and expense reimbursements as manager of Orchid and approximately $1.9$0.8 million in dividends from itsour investment in Orchid common stock.

In order to generate additional cash to be invested in our MBS portfolio, on October 30, 2019, we obtained a $680,000 loan secured by a mortgage on the Company’s office property.  The loan is payable in equal monthly principal and interest installments of approximately $4,500 through October 30, 2039. Interest accrues at 4.89%, through October 30, 2024. Thereafter, interest accrued based on the weekly average yield to the United States Treasury securities adjusted to a constant maturity of five years, plus 3.25%.  Net loan proceeds were approximately $651,000.  In addition. we are also seeking to sell real property that is not used in the Company’s business.  As of June 30, 2020, that property had a carrying value of $450,000.  When that property is sold, we intend to invest the net sale proceeds in our MBS portfolio.

On April 13, 2020, we received approximately $152,000 through the Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”) of the CARES Act in the form of a low interest loan.  PPP loans may be forgiven, in whole or in part, if the proceeds are used for payroll and other permitted purposes in accordance with the requirements of the PPP and if certain other requirements are met.  These loans carry a fixed rate of 1.00% and a term of two years, if not forgiven, in whole or in part.  Payments are deferred for the first six months of the loan. The Company believes that all of the proceeds were used for eligible purposes and the outstanding principal and accrued interest will ultimately be forgiven.

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The table below summarizes the effect that certain future contractual obligations existing as of SeptemberJune 30, 20172020 will have on our liquidity and cash flows.

(in thousands)                              
 Obligations Maturing  Obligations Maturing 
 Within One Year  One to Three Years  Three to Five Years  More than Five Years  Total  Within One Year  One to Three Years  Three to Five Years  More than Five Years  Total 
Repurchase agreements $187,374  $-  $-  $-  $187,374  
$
51,617
  
$
-
  
$
-
  
$
-
  
$
51,617
 
Interest expense on repurchase agreements(1)
  521   -   -   -   521  
51
  
-
  
-
  
-
  
51
 
Junior subordinated notes(2)
  -   -   -   26,000   26,000  
-
  
-
  
-
  
26,000
  
26,000
 
Interest expense on junior subordinated notes(1)
  1,326   2,545   2,541   16,793   23,205  
1,049
  
2,010
  
2,013
  
10,521
  
15,593
 
Litigation settlement  250   250   -   -   500 
Principal and interest on mortgage loan(1)
  
54
   
107
   
104
   
771
   
1,036
 
Totals $189,471  $2,795  $2,541  $42,793  $237,600  
$
52,771
  
$
2,117
  
$
2,117
  
$
37,292
  
$
94,297
 

(1)
Interest expense on repurchase agreements, and junior subordinated notes and mortgage loan are based on current interest rates as of SeptemberJune 30, 20172020 and the remaining term of liabilities existing at that date.
(2)
The Company holds
We hold a common equity interest in Bimini Capital Trust II.  The amount presented represents theour net cash outlay of the Company.outlay.

Outlook

Orchid Island Capital Inc.

ToThe COVID-19 pandemic discussed above impacted Orchid Island Capital as well.  Recently Orchid reported a shareholders equity of approximately $346 million as of June 30, 2020; up from $308 million as of March 31, 2020, but down from approximately $396 million at December 31, 2019. In the near term the management fees we receive from Orchid will be proportionately reduced. However, to the extent Orchid is able to increase its capital base over time, we will benefit via increased management fees.  In addition, Orchid is obligated to reimburse us for direct expenses paid on its behalf and to pay to us Orchid'sOrchid’s pro rata share of overhead as defined in the management agreement.  As a stockholder of Orchid, we will also continue to share in distributions, if any, paid by Orchid to its stockholders.  Our operating results are also impacted by changes in the market value of our holdings of Orchid common shares, although these market value changes do not impact our cash flows from Orchid. The Company has acquired an additional 975,321 shares of Orchid since March 31, 2020 as the shares of Orchid were trading at a significant discount to Orchid’s reported book value as of March 31, 2020.


The independent Board of Directors of Orchid has the ability to terminate the management agreement and thus end our ability to collect management fees and share overhead costs.  Should Orchid terminate the management agreement without cause, it will be obligated to pay us a termination fee equal to three times the average annual management fee, as defined in the management agreement, before or on the last day of the current automatic renewal term.

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Interest Rates and the MBS Market

In many respectsThe COVID-19 coronavirus that emerged in China in late 2019 and spread to the third quarter was a repeat ofU.S. during the first and second. Economic and market developments continued the trend in place since March.  Inflation dataquarter of 2020 continued to comedrive economic activity and markets around the globe during the second quarter.  The severe contraction in below market expectations.  Optimism stemming fromeconomic activity in the surprise outcomeU.S. that took place in March and April slowly reversed during the second quarter.  As businesses across the country closed, shelter-in-place policies took effect throughout most of the U.S. Presidential election last Novemberand social distancing was widely practiced. As a result, the spread of the virus slowed and new cases grew at a decelerating rate.  These developments led various state and local governments to slowly reverse these restrictions starting in early May.  As the restrictive policies were unwound, economic activity resumed and the markets' expectations for progress on health care, regulatoryeconomic data released in May, June and tax reform, infrastructure spending, etc. were not realized.  In contrast, events in Washington were chaotic at timesearly July showed the economy was beginning to recover.  Financial markets recovered as well and continued stimulus, from both the Trump Administration struggled with a Republican party rife with internal struggles and political infighting inside the White House itself.  Efforts to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act seemed to come to an endFed - via monetary policy and the continued in-fighting among Republicans called into questionimplementation of various programs designed to stabilize various funding markets – as well as additional aid programs from the Federal government, acted as a stimulant to the recovery.  The strong monetary and fiscal support also reduced uncertainty about the ability of the Trump Administrationeconomy to accomplish anything meaningful. The Federal Reserve (the "Fed") raised their target for the Federal Funds rate in March and June, and announced a tapering of their asset purchases in September. However, the market remained skepticalrecover.  Consistently the Fed wouldin particular has made it clear they will continue to do whatever is necessary to support smooth operations of all financial markets and  act as a lender of last resort when needed and appropriate for them to do so.

While the economy gradually reopened and economic activity began to recover, the virus re-emerged and the number of new cases of the virus started to grow rapidly – even more rapidly than before the shut-down.  This started to occur around mid-June, just as most of the economy and country was resuming all or most forms of activity – inside dining at restaurants, bars, gyms, movie theaters, etc.  As the number of new cases have rapidly grown, it has become apparent governments may need to resume at least some of the tight restrictions that were implemented during the March/April period.  This will likely entail restricting or eliminating the activities that are assumed to have facilitated the sudden re-emergence of the virus.  Examples include closing or restricting bars, inside dining at restaurants and any other activity where large numbers of people are nearby in an enclosed area.  The use of face masks is becoming mandatory in many areas as well.  This will certainly impact economic activity, although the economic data covering the current period will not be reported until a later date, so we will not be able to follow through with as many additional hikes asgauge to what extent activity has slowed.  These developments also cast doubt over the timing of when the economy will be able to sustainably resume normal activity.  This in turn raises uncertainty over the level of economic growth that will occur, and the extent of further accommodation needed from the Fed was expecting as core inflation readings continued to show year over year declines, with manyand Congress.  A presidential election in November also looms.

Throughout the second quarter of 2020 and into the elements ofthird quarter interest rates in the index exhibiting persistent weakness.  Geopolitical events – particularly with respect to North Korea – keep the world and markets on edge.U.S. Treasury market have been fairly stable.  The yield on the 10-year USU.S. Treasury rate hit its yearnote has remained within a 32.5 bps range, and excluding a brief period in early June, the range has been approximately half that.  The equity markets have exhibited substantially more volatility, although they continue to daterecover from the depths of the contraction of March of this year.  The backstop to the recovery is a Fed that continuously signals a willingness to provide as much accommodation as needed and the belief in additional stimulus from Washington, although subject to political wrangling that tends to slow the response.  Given the uncertainty surrounding the recovery and the timing of when “normal” economic activity may resume, the level of interest rates, especially short term rates, are likely to remain very low on September 7, 2017, closing at 2.04%, and nearly broke below the psychologically important 2% level intra-day. Mother nature hadFed Funds target range pegged to the effective lower bound of 0%.  The Fed has signaled a hand in shaping developmentsreluctance to see negative interest rates in the marketsU.S. many times, so their role in maintaining rates at these levels will likely be through forward guidance and/or yield curve control – a practice observed in Japan and Australia.

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Given the current level of rates and the likelihood rates will remain low means that prepayment speeds will likely remain elevated.  During the depths of the virus outbreak when social distancing, shelter-in-place and very low levels of any kind of activity in general were constraining the refinancing of mortgages, it seemed prepayment activity would not be as responsive to low rates as feared.  This has not turned out to be the case.  Starting in April, prepayment reports have consistently surprised the market to the upside.  They would be higher still if originators were not capacity constrained.  The primary/secondary spread, or the spread between the current coupon mortgage security (priced at par) and rates available to borrowers is very high – reflecting capacity constraints primarily.  Over time it is assumed this spread will narrow as originators add capacity, There is room for rates available to borrowers to decline well below 3% if the primary/secondary spread were to return to historical norms.  As a result, refinancing activity is likely to remain very elevated for the foreseeable future.  We expect that eventually most borrowers that can will refinance their mortgage.  At that point, prepayment speeds will moderate, perhaps meaningfully so.  To the extent rates eventually move higher, we expect that prepayment activity would plummet.  That day, if it ever comes, does not appear to be near. Such an event will require a return to sustained economic growth. That in turn is predicated on the evolution of the virus and the emergence of an effective, widely available vaccine, if one is to be found.

The Agency MBS sector performance for the second quarter of 2020 was not as robust as the first quarter, but still positive at 0.8% for the second quarter, and 3.6% year-to-date.  On an absolute return basis for the quarter, Agency MBS trailed most credit sectors – both corporate and non-Agency MBS/CMBS, as well as three major hurricanes made landfallAgency CMBS.  As the economy recovered, supported by substantial interventions from the Fed and Congress, most sectors of the fixed income markets recovered.  For most, while returns were strong for the second quarterone each in Texas, Floridathe high single digits and Puerto Rico. Inlow double digits in the case of Texas, Hurricane Harvey caused unprecedented floodingcorporate debt and disruptednon-Agency MBS, respectively, year-to-date returns are more modest and in all but a few cases negative year-to-date versus comparable duration U.S. Treasuries.  Agency MBS have generated a -0.8% excess return year-to-date.  While negative, this return still exceeds those of most of the Nation's oil refining capacity for several days.fixed income markets.

However, thereIn the current environment prepayment speeds are expected to remain high.  Further, for the month of July the Fed purchased over $100 billion of Agency MBS. The Fed generally purchases between $40 and $45 billion per month as part of their quantitative easing program plus reinvest prepayments on their existing portfolio.  The latter figure was a perceptible changeapproximately $57 billion in market sentimentJuly.  The Fed tends to purchase the coupons currently in early September, andproduction.  As they appear to be an indiscriminate buyer, they remove most of the worst securities in terms of prepayments behavior from the market.  This is the case for the coupons they purchase.  For those coupons they do not purchase, the market reversed course intomust absorb all that are produced.  As a result, the end ofcoupons the third quarter and early fourth quarter. Geo-political events calmed down, removingFed purchases tend to outperform those not purchased by the flight-to-quality induced demandFed.  For the latter coupons, specified pools, with favorable prepayment characteristics, become more valuable to investors.  Current premiums charged for safe-haven assets, and economic news strengthened.  Events in Washington turned mildly positive assuch securities are at the Trump Administration pivoted away from health care reform to tax reform, with what the market perceivedhighest levels ever observed. This is likely to be slightly better prospects for success. Inflation data finally met expectations and showed signs of reversing its decline when the August data was released on September 14th.    Finally, on September 20th, Fed Chairwomen Yellen sounded quite hawkish and reiterated her belief that recent inflation data represented temporary or transitory effects and would reverse soon enough back towards their 2% target.  It was quite clear the Fed intended to raise the Federal Funds rate again in December. The market respondedcase as Fed Funds futures pricing implied a 70-80% probability of a 25 basis point increase in the Federal Funds rate in December.  The September economic data released in early October has also been very strong, and the anticipated short-term effects of the hurricanes appear to have been less than feared. Further, the repair work associated with the hurricanes should put even more upward pressure on economic activity.long as current conditions persist.

As we move into the fourth quarter, market pricing of additional policy accommodation removal is far less than theRecent Legislative and Regulatory Developments

The Fed anticipates. The latest reads on inflation returnedconducted large scale overnight repo operations from late 2019 until July 2020 to its aforementioned string of below expectations readings.  The perceived lack of meaningful inflation, coupled with a hawkish Fed, has causedaddress disruptions in the U.S. Treasury, curveAgency debt and Agency MBS financing markets. These operations ceased in July 2020 after the central bank successfully tamed volatile funding costs that had threatened to flatten,cause disruption across the financial system.

The Fed has taken a number of other actions to stabilize markets as the spread between 5-year Treasury Notes and 30-year Treasury Bonds is at multi-year lows.  The market is also faced with uncertainty surrounding President Trump's appointmenta result of the next Fed chair, with manyimpacts of the leading candidates perceivedCOVID-19 pandemic. On March 15, 2020, the Fed announced a $700 billion asset purchase program to be more hawkishprovide liquidity to the U.S. Treasury and Agency MBS markets. Specifically, the Fed announced that it would purchase at least $500 billion of U.S. Treasuries and at least $200 billion of Agency MBS. The Fed also lowered the Fed Funds rate to a range of 0.0% – 0.25%, after having already lowered the Fed Funds rate by the markets than the current chairwoman, even though she remains a candidate herself.  Regardless of the uncertainty in the bond market, the equity markets, and risk markets generally, continue to hit all-time high closes almost daily, and the combination of robust economic data, low inflation and the prospects for tax reform make for an ideal environment for risk assets.50 bps on March 3, 2020.

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The markets for U.S. Treasuries, Agency MBS and other mortgage and fixed income markets continued to deteriorate following this announcement as investors liquidated investments in response to the economic crisis resulting from the actions to contain and minimize the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. Many of these markets experienced severe dislocations during the week following March 15, 2020, which resulted in forced sales of assets to satisfy margin calls. To address these issues in the fixed income and funding markets, on the morning of Monday, March 23, 2020, the Fed announced a program to acquire U.S. Treasuries and Agency MBS in the amounts needed to support smooth market closedfunctioning. With these purchases, market conditions improved substantially, and in early April, the quarter withFed began to gradually reduce the pace of these purchases. On June 30, 2020, Chairman Powell also announced the Fed’s intention to increase its holdings of U.S. Treasury securities and Agency MBS over the coming months, at least at the current coupon, 30-yearpace, to sustain smooth market functioning and thereby foster the effective transmission of monetary policy to broader financial conditions. Since March, the Fed has taken various other steps to support certain other fixed rate Agency MBS trading at the tightest spreadincome markets, to comparable duration U.S. Treasuries since early 2014.  As has been the case for muchsupport mortgage servicers and to implement various portions of the year, lower coupon MBS outperformed high coupon MBS versus their comparable duration U.S. Treasury benchmarks.  As we approachCoronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (“CARES”) Act.  In addition, on June 30, 2020, Fed Chairman Powell announced expectations to maintain interest rates at this level until the winter monthsFed is confident that the economy has weathered recent events and the seasonal slowdown in prepayment activity, coupled with the increase in rates that began in early September, speeds should continueis on track to moderateachieve maximum employment and price stability goals.

Recent Regulatory DevelopmentsCongress and President Trump have adopted several pieces of legislation in response to the public health and economic impacts resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. The first two pieces of legislation provided, among other things, emergency funding to develop a vaccine for COVID-19, medical supplies, grants for public health agencies, small business loans, assistance for health systems in other countries, expanded coronavirus testing, paid leave, enhanced unemployment insurance, expanded food security initiatives and increased federal Medicaid funding.

The scopeCARES Act was passed by Congress and naturesigned into law by President Trump on March 27, 2020.  The CARES Act provides many forms of direct support to individuals and small businesses in order to stem the steep decline in economic activity.  This over $2 trillion COVID-19 relief bill, among other things, provided for direct payments to each American making up to $75,000 a year, increased unemployment benefits for up to four months (on top of state benefits), funding to hospitals and health providers, loans and investments to businesses, states and municipalities and grants to the airline industry. On April 24, 2020, President Trump signed an additional funding bill into law that provides an additional $484 billion of funding to individuals, small businesses, hospitals, health care providers and additional coronavirus testing efforts.

In January 2019, the Trump administration made statements of its plans to work with Congress to overhaul Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and expectations to announce a framework for the development of a policy for comprehensive housing finance reform soon. On September 30, 2019, the FHFA announced that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were allowed to increase their capital buffers to $25 billion and $20 billion, respectively, from the prior limit of $3 billion each. This step could ultimately lead to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac being privatized and represents the first concrete step on the road to GSE reform.  At this time, however, no decisions have been made on any additional steps to be taken as part of the actionsGSE reform plan and the U.S. government or the Fed will ultimately undertake are unknown and will continue to evolve.economic impact of COVID-19 may delay GSE reform plans further. Although the Trump administration has made statements of its intentions to reform housing finance and tax policy, many of these potential policy changes will require congressional action.

In addition,2017, policymakers announced that LIBOR will be replaced by 2021. The directive was spurred by the fact that banks are uncomfortable contributing to the LIBOR panel given the shortage of underlying transactions on which to base levels and the liability associated with submitting an unfounded level. LIBOR will be replaced with a new SOFR, a rate based on U.S. repo trading. The new benchmark rate will be based on overnight Treasury General Collateral repo rates. The rate-setting process will be managed and published by the Fed has made statements regarding additional increases toand the Federal Funds Rate over the balanceTreasury’s Office of 2017 and beyond.  The Fed also announcedFinancial Research. Many banks believe that it may take four to five years to complete the transition to SOFR, despite the 2021 deadline. We will begin to reduce its holdingsmonitor the emergence of Agency MBSthis new rate carefully as it will likely become the new benchmark for Eurodollar futures and U.S. treasuries.our junior subordinated debt; however, any impact cannot be estimated at this time.

The scope and nature of the actions the U.S. government or the Fed will ultimately undertake are unknown and will continue to evolve, especially in light of the COVID-19 pandemic and the upcoming presidential and Congressional elections in the United States.

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Effect on Us

Regulatory developments, movements in interest rates and prepayment rates as well as loan modification programs affect us in many ways, including the following:

Effects on our Assets

A change in or elimination of the guarantee structure of Agency MBS may increase our costs (if, for example, guarantee fees increase) or require us to change our investment strategy altogether. For example, an increase in guarantee fees would increase our costs.  In addition, the elimination of the guarantee structure of Agency MBS may cause us to change our investment strategy to focus on non-Agency MBS, which in turn would require us to significantly increase our monitoring of the credit risks of our investments in addition to interest rate and prepayment risks.

Lower long-term interest rates can affect the value of our Agency MBS in a number of ways. If prepayment rates are relatively low (due, in part, to the refinancing problems described above), lower long-term interest rates can increase the value of higher-coupon Agency MBS. This is because investors typically place a premium on assets with yields that are higher than market yields. Although lower long-term interest rates may increase asset values in our portfolio, we may not be able to invest new funds in similarly-yielding assets.

If prepayment levels increase, the value of our Agency MBS affected by such prepayments may decline. This is because a principal prepayment accelerates the effective term of an Agency MBS, which would shorten the period during which an investor would receive above-market returns (assuming the yield on the prepaid asset is higher than market yields). Also, itprepayment proceeds may not be possibleable to reinvest prepayment proceedsbe reinvested in similar-yielding assets. Agency MBS backed by mortgages with high interest rates are more susceptible to prepayment risk because holders of those mortgages are most likely to refinance to a lower rate. IOs and IIOs, however, may be the types of Agency MBS most sensitive to increased prepayment rates. Because the holder of an IO or IIO receives no principal payments, the values of IOs and IIOs are entirely dependent on the existence of a principal balance on the underlying mortgages. If the principal balance is eliminated due to prepayment, IOs and IIOs essentially become worthless. Although increased prepayment rates can negatively affect the value of our IOs and IIOs, they have the opposite effect on POs. Because POs act like zero-coupon bonds, meaning they are purchased at a discount to their par value and have an effective interest rate based on the discount and the term of the underlying loan, an increase in prepayment rates would reduce the effective term of our POs and accelerate the discount accretionyields earned on those assets, and increase the yields earned, which would increase our net income.

Higher long-term rates can also affect the value of our Agency MBS.  As long-term rates rise, rates available to borrowers also rise.  This tends to cause prepayment activity to slow and extend the expected average life of mortgage cash flows.  As the expected average life of the mortgage cash flows increases, coupled with higher discount rates, the value of Agency MBS declines.  Some of the instruments the Company uses to hedge our Agency MBS assets, such as interest rate futures, swaps and swaptions, are stable average life instruments.  This means that to the extent we use such instruments to hedge our Agency MBS assets, our hedges may not adequately protect us from price declines, and therefore may negatively impact our book value.  It is for this reason we use interest only securities in our portfolio. As interest rates rise, the expected average life of these securities increases, causing generally positive price movements as the number and size of the cash flows increase the longer the underlying mortgages remain outstanding. This makes interest only securities desirable hedge instruments for pass-through Agency MBS.

As described above, the Agency MBS market began to experience severe dislocations in mid-March 2020 as a result of the economic, health and market turmoil brought about by COVID-19. On March 23, 2020, the Fed announced that it would purchase Agency MBS and U.S. Treasuries in the amounts needed to support smooth market functioning, which largely stabilized the Agency MBS market. If the Fed modifies, reduces or suspends its purchases of Agency MBS, our investment portfolio could be negatively impacted.

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Because we base our investment decisions on risk management principles rather than anticipated movements in interest rates, in a volatile interest rate environment we may allocate more capital to structured Agency MBS with shorter durations, such as short-term fixed and floating rate CMOs.durations. We believe these securities have a lower sensitivity to changes in long-term interest rates than other asset classes. We may attempt to mitigate our exposure to changes in long-term interest rates by investing in IOs and IIOs, which typically have different sensitivities to changes in long-term interest rates than PT MBS, particularly PT MBS backed by fixed-rate mortgages.


If Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were to modify or end their repurchase programs, our investment portfolio could be negatively impacted.

Effects on our borrowing costs

We leverage our PT MBS portfolio and a portion of our structured Agency MBS with principal balances through the use of short-term repurchase agreement transactions. The interest rates on our debt are determined by market levels of both the Fed Funds Rate and LIBOR.short term interest rate markets. An increase in the Fed Funds Raterate or LIBOR would increase our borrowing costs, which could affect our interest rate spread if there is no corresponding increase in the interest we earn on our assets. This would be most prevalent with respect to our Agency MBS backed by fixed rate mortgage loans because the interest rate on a fixed-rate mortgage loan does not change even though market rates may change. We believe that we have sufficient borrowing capacity to support our MBS portfolio.

In order to protect our net interest margin against increases in short-term interest rates, we may enter into interest rate swaps, which effectivelyeconomically convert our floating-rate repurchase agreement debt to fixed-rate debt, or utilize other hedging instruments such as Eurodollar, Fed Funds and T-Note futures contracts or interest rate swaptions.

Summary

As we enteredAfter suffering through arguably the most dramatic contraction of economic activity and financial market turmoil ever witnessed during the first quarter of 2017, risk assets were performing very2020, the second quarter was one of recovery – or so it appeared until mid-June.  As the economy slowly reopened from a near complete shut-down caused by the pervasive safety precautions taken as the COVID-19 virus spread throughout the U.S., economic activity rebounded.  However, as life returned to normal, and people could resume their lives as they existed prior to the outbreak, the virus spread again and reported cases surged, starting in mid-June. Safety precautions are being re-implemented to stem the spread of the virus once more.  Economic activity is generally reported with a lag, so we will not know the extent of the slowdown in economic activity caused by the re-emergence of the virus until a later date.

The financial markets are generally functioning properly, in large part because of the substantial intervention by the Fed.  The Fed has undertaken a quantitative easing program whereby they buy U.S. Treasuries and Agency MBS securities regularly throughout the week.  In addition, they have provided financing to essentially all aspects of the markets – from municipal securities to small and large corporations, as well as foreign central banks.  The financial markets are close to the Trump administration took officecondition that existed prior to the onset of the virus.  Interest rates remain at or near the lowest levels ever across the U.S. Treasury curve, and appearedare likely to remain so until the economy is well on the road to recovery and inflation is nearing the Fed’s target level of 2%.  Given the excess capacity in the economy caused by the demand shock resulting from the virus, this could take several years.

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With rates at such low levels refinancing activity is robust and likely to become even more so as originators add capacity.  This is in spite of the virus and various measures of social distancing and shelter-in-place prevalent throughout the economy. As originators add capacity, prevailing mortgage rates available to borrowers could fall well below 3%.  Eventually most borrowers will have the opportunity to refinance their mortgage and the effect of such low rates will diminish.  Another factor affecting the Agency MBS market is the quantitative easing on the part of the Fed.  During the month of July 2020 the Fed purchased over $100 billion of Agency MBS. The Fed generally purchases between $40 and $45 billion per month as part of their quantitative easing program plus reinvests prepayments on their existing portfolio.  The latter figure was approximately $57 billion in July.  Gross supply of Agency MBS for the month of July is anticipated to be very pro-business.between $135 billion and $150 billion. The markets looked forwardFed tends to a roll backpurchase the coupons currently in production.  As they are an indiscriminate buyer, they remove most of recently expanding regulations across many industries, a new and hopefully improved health care act, tax reform and possibly much needed infrastructure spending to refurbish the nation's aging roads, highways, bridges and airports.  Whileworst securities in terms of prepayments behavior from the Administration made bold promises, there has been very little delivered.  Market optimism was quickly replaced with pessimism.  Political infighting amongmarket.  This is the Administration and congressional republicans has generally beencase for the cause, as has turmoil within the White House itself.   Geopolitical events surfaced in early April, specifically the Korean peninsula.  These events keptcoupons they purchase.  For those coupons they do not purchase, the market on edge and induced sporadic flight to quality rallies as headlines hit the market from time to time. Incoming inflation  data since March  was below expectations.  In the case of the core Consumer Price Index, ("CPI") measure, the year over year figure moved from 2.3% in January 2017 to 1.7% by May and has stayed there through September.  Despite these readings, the Federal Reserve remains convinced these readingsmust absorb all that are being driven by temporary or transitory phenomenon and that inflation will reverse and head back towards their two percent target over the medium term.  To wit, the Fed appears as if they will hike their target rate again at the December meeting baring surprise outcomes to the downside.  The market accepts this outcome as highly likely – as reflected in Fed Funds futures pricing.  However, using the same measure, the market does not expect the Fed to raise rates in 2018 and beyond to the extent the Fed expects to.produced.  As a result, the combination of benign inflation readings currently coupledcoupons the Fed purchases tend to outperform those not purchased by the Fed.  For the latter coupons, specified pools, with hawkish Fed expectation has causedfavorable prepayment characteristics, become much more valuable to investors.  Current premiums charged for such securities are at the yield curvehighest levels ever observed. This is likely to flatten significantly – to multi-year lows.  A second order effect of these developments has occurred inbe the equity and risk marketscase as they continue to perform exceedingly well.  The major equity indices in the US make record new highs almost daily.long as current conditions persist.

The Agency MBS market has performed well in this environmentsector performance for the second quarter of 2020 was not as robust as the resulting low volatility, tight trading spreads acrossfirst quarter, but still positive at 0.8% for the second quarter, and 3.6% year-to-date.  On an absolute return basis for the quarter, Agency MBS trailed most comparable asset classescredit sectors – both corporate and with demand from asset managers and REIT's easily replacingnon-Agency MBS/CMBS, as well as Agency CMBS.  As the lost demand expectedeconomy recovered, supported by substantial interventions from the Fed's taperingFed and Congress, most sectors of their asset purchases. Current coupon, 30-yearthe fixed rate mortgageincome markets recovered.  For most, while returns were strong for the second quarter – in the high single digits and low double digits in the case of corporate debt and non-Agency MBS, respectively, year-to-date returns are trading at their tightest spread to comparable duration treasuries since early 2014.   If these conditions persist we do not believe that the market will be likely to suffermore modest and in all but a material widening of spreads tofew cases negative year-to-date versus comparable duration U.S. treasuries, even asTreasuries.  Agency MBS have generated a -0.8% excess return versus U.S. Treasuries year-to-date.  While negative, this return still exceeds those of most of the fixed income markets.

With respect to the outlook going forward, the economy has yet to fully recover from the steep contraction during the first quarter of 2020, despite massive intervention by both the Fed and the Trump administration.  There remains significant uncertainty surrounding the timing of a full recovery in economic activity and a return to life as it existed before the virus emerged.  There is also considerable risk associated with the unprecedented deficits the Federal government has startedincurred in an effort to trim their asset purchases.  The risk to this outcome appears to be inflation exceeding market expectations which should allowstabilize the Fed to carry out their professed intentions to raise rates three times in 2018economy, and more so in the years after. This would also put upward pressure on volatility and longer-term rates, both negatively impacting MBS performance.such deficits are still expanding rapidly.


As of the date of this report, the only funding acquired by the Company under the CARES Act or other legislation adopted by Congress has been a $152,000 low interest loan made under the Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”) of the CARES Act.

Critical Accounting PoliciesEstimates

Management's discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations is based on the amounts reported in our condensed consolidated financial statements.  These condensedOur consolidated financial statements are prepared in accordance with GAAP.  The Company's significant accounting policies are described in Note 1 to the Company's accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements.

GAAP requires the Company'sour management to make some complex and subjective decisions and assessments.  The Company'sOur most critical accounting policies involve decisions and assessments which could significantly affect reported assets, and liabilities, as well as reported revenues and expenses. The Company believes that all of theexpenses, and these decisions and assessments upon which its financial statements are based were reasonable at the time made based upon information available to it at that time.can change significantly each reporting period. There have been no changes to the processes used to determine our critical accounting policiesestimates as discussed in our annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2016.2019.

Capital Expenditures

At SeptemberJune 30, 2017,2020, we had no material commitments for capital expenditures.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

At SeptemberJune 30, 2017,2020, we did not have any off-balance sheet arrangements.


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Inflation

Virtually all of our assets and liabilities are interest rate sensitive in nature. As a result, interest rates and other factors influence our performance far more so than does inflation. Changes in interest rates do not necessarily correlate with inflation rates or changes in inflation rates. Our activities and balance sheet are measured with reference to historical cost and/or fair market value without considering inflation.

ITEM 3.  QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK.

Not Applicable.



ITEM 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES.

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

As of the end of the period covered by this report (the "evaluation date"“evaluation date”), we carried out an evaluation, under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our Chief Executive Officer (the "CEO"“CEO”) and Chief Financial Officer (the "CFO"“CFO”), of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures, as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 as amended ("Exchange Act"(the “Exchange Act”). Based on this evaluation, the CEO and CFO concluded our disclosure controls and procedures, as designed and implemented, were effective as of the evaluation date (1) in ensuring that information regarding the Company and its subsidiaries is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our CEO and CFO, by our employees, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure and (2) in providing reasonable assurance that information we must disclose in itsour periodic reports under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods prescribed by the SEC'sSEC’s rules and forms.

Changes in Internal Controls over Financial Reporting

There were no significantmaterial changes in the Company'sCompany’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the Company'sCompany’s most recent fiscal quarter that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company'sCompany’s internal control over financial reporting.
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PART II.  OTHER INFORMATION

ITEM 1.  LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

On April 22, 2020, the Company received a demand for payment from Citigroup, Inc. in the amount of $33.1 million related to the indemnification provisions of various mortgage loan purchase agreements (“MLPA’s”) entered into between Citigroup Global Markets Realty Corp and Royal Palm Capital, LLC (f/k/a Opteum Financial Services, LLC) prior to the date Royal Palm’s mortgage origination operations ceased in 2007.  The demand is based on Royal Palm’s alleged breaches of certain representations and warranties in the related MLPA’s.  The Company believes the demands are without merit and intends to defend against the demand vigorously.  No provision or accrual has been recorded as of June 30, 2020 related to the Citigroup demand.

We are not party to any other material pending legal proceedings as described in Item 103 of Regulation S-K.


ITEM 1A.  RISK FACTORS.

There have been no material changes fromto the risk factors disclosed in the "Risk Factors" section of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019, filed with the SEC on March 8, 2017.27, 2020, as updated by our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2020, filed with the SEC on May 15, 2020.

ITEM 2. UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS

None.On March 26, 2018, the Company's Board of Directors authorized the repurchase of up to 500,000 shares of the Company's Class A common stock. The maximum remaining number of shares that may be repurchased under this authorization is 429,596 shares. The authorization expires on November 15, 2020. The Company did not repurchase any of its common stock during the three months ended June 30, 2020.

The Company did not have any unregistered sales of its equity securities during the three months ended June 30, 2020.

ITEM 3.DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES

None.

ITEM 4.  MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES.

Not Applicable.

ITEM 5.  OTHER INFORMATION

None.

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ITEM 6. EXHIBITS

Exhibit No

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 



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Filed herewith.

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Furnished herewith

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Submitted electronically herewith.
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Signatures
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
BIMINI CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, INC.


Date:November 3, 2017 August 14, 2020
 
By:
 /s/ Robert E. Cauley
 
   
Robert E. Cauley
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer



Date:November 3, 2017 August 14, 2020
 
By:
 /s/ G. Hunter Hass,Haas, IV
 
   
G. Hunter Haas, IV
President, Chief Financial Officer, Chief Investment Officer and Treasurer (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)

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