Volt Information Sciences Reports Fiscal 2016 Fourth Quarter and Full Year Financial Results

Company achieves most profitable quarter in five years with fourth quarter net income of $2.8 million

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Volt Information Sciences, Inc. (“Volt” or “the Company”) (NYSE-MKT: VISI), a global provider of staffing services and information technology infrastructure services, today reported results for its fourth quarter and full year ended October 30, 2016. Key elements include:

• Fourth quarter net revenue of $341.6 million up 3.3% compared to the prior quarter and down 6.2% year-over-year; Full year net revenue of $1,334.7 million down 10.8% year-over-year
• Fourth quarter gross margin percentage of 16.7% increased 70 basis points year-over-year
• Fourth quarter net income of $2.8 million and full year net loss of $14.6 million; excluding special items, fourth quarter net income of $3.8 million and full year net loss of $10.4 million
• Reduced fourth quarter selling, administrative and other operating costs by $4.6 million, or 8.4% year-over-year; Reduced full year selling, administrative and other operating costs by $27.1 million, or 11.7% year-over-year, as a result of headcount reductions and other initiatives to improve operating efficiencies
• As of the end of the fourth quarter, the Company had $48.5 million of global liquidity for working capital requirements
• Enhanced financial disclosures to include three reportable segments: North American Staffing, International Staffing, Technology Outsourcing Services and Solutions
• Subsequent to the end of the fourth quarter, the Company amended its Financing Program with PNC and extended the Program by one-year to January 31, 2018

Commenting on Volt’s fourth quarter performance, Michael Dean, President and CEO, said, “We concluded fiscal 2016 with a solid fourth quarter highlighted by strong year-over-year growth in gross margin percentage along with careful expense management that helped produce the most profitable quarter for Volt in five years. In addition, we continued to add to our book of business with several significant new customer engagements. This, coupled with a slower rate of revenue decline from existing customers, is helping to stabilize revenue from our core North American Staffing business.”

Mr. Dean continued, “As we head into fiscal 2017 as a financially stronger and more streamlined company, I am confident we will continue to build on the foundational strengths of our core staffing business to achieve our longer-term goal of sustained profitable growth.”

Fiscal 2016 Fourth Quarter Results

Total revenue for the fiscal 2016 fourth quarter was $341.6 million, up $11.0 million or 3.3%, compared to total revenue of $330.6 million in the third quarter of fiscal 2016. Compared to the prior year period, total revenue decreased $22.4 million, or 6.2%, compared to $364.0 million in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2015.

North American Staffing revenue, which provides a broad spectrum of contingent staffing, direct placement, recruitment process outsourcing and other employment services, was $270.6 million, a $7.6 million or 2.9% increase compared to $263.0 million in the third quarter of fiscal 2016. Compared to the prior year period, North American Staffing revenues declined $5.6 million, or 2.0%, compared to North American Staffing revenue of $276.2 million in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2015.

International Staffing revenue, which includes the Company’s contingent staffing, direct placement and managed programs businesses in Europe and Asia, was $31.7 million, down $0.9 million or 2.6%, compared to $32.6 million in the prior quarter. International Staffing revenues declined $5.9 million, or 15.6%, from the fourth quarter of fiscal 2015.

Technology Outsourcing Services and Solutions revenue, which provides quality assurance, business intelligence and analytics and customer service support for companies in a variety of industries, was $30.5 million, up $6.7 million or 28.0% from $23.9 million in the prior quarter. Technology Outsourcing Services and Solutions revenue declined $2.6 million, or 7.8%, compared to $33.1 million in the prior year period.

Corporate and Other revenue, which primarily consists of the Company’s North American managed service business and information technology infrastructure business was $27.6 million, up $0.4 million or 1.3%, compared to $27.2 million in the prior quarter. Corporate and Other revenue declined $10.1 million, or 26.9%, compared to $37.7 million in the fourth quarter of 2015.

Net income of $2.8 million in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2016 included $1.5 million of restructuring and severance costs and impairment charges, partially offset by $0.5 million related to the amortization of the gain on the sale of real estate. Excluding the impact of these special items, net income for the fourth quarter of 2016 would have been $3.8 million on a Non-GAAP basis.

Adjusted EBITDA, which is also a Non-GAAP measure, was $8.0 million in the fiscal 2016 fourth quarter. Adjusted EBITDA excludes the impact of interest expense, income tax expense, depreciation and amortization expense, other income/loss and share-based compensation expense. For a reconciliation of the GAAP and Non-GAAP financial results, please see the tables at the end of this press release.

Fiscal 2016 Full Year Results

Total revenue for the full year of fiscal 2016 was $1,334.7 million, down $162.2 million, or 10.8%, compared to total revenue of $1,496.9 million for the full year of fiscal 2015.

North American Staffing revenue was $1,047.9 million, down $79.4 million or 7.0%, compared to $1,127.3 million for the full year of fiscal 2016. International Staffing revenue was $131.5 million, down $16.1 million or 10.9%, from $147.6 million in the prior year period.

Technology Outsourcing Services and Solutions revenue was $106.6 million, down $29.3 million or 21.6%, from $135.9 million for the full year of fiscal 2015. Corporate and Other revenue was $114.8 million, down $53.6 million or 31.9%, from $168.4 million in the prior year period.

Loss from continuing operations in fiscal 2016 of $14.6 million included $6.1 million of restructuring and severance costs and impairment charges as well as $1.0 million of consulting and professional fees, partially offset by $2.9 million related to the gain on the sale of real estate. Excluding these items, the loss from continuing operations in 2016 would have been $10.4 million on a Non-GAAP basis.

Financing

Subsequent to the end of the fourth quarter, the Company amended its $160.0 million Financing Program with PNC to extend the Program by one year to January 31, 2018. The amendment revised the existing minimum liquidity level from $35 million to $20 million with a step-up to $25.0 million at the earlier of, 1) the sale of Maintech, Inc., or 2) receipt of the IRS tax refund. The amendment also established a new performance based covenant which includes an EBIT requirement.

Liquidity

As of October 30, 2016, the Company had $48.5 million of global liquidity for working capital requirements as compared to $49.4 million in the prior year period.

Conference Call and Webcast

A conference call and simultaneous webcast to discuss the fiscal 2016 fourth quarter financial results will be held today at 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time / 1:30 p.m. Pacific Time. Volt’s President and CEO Michael Dean and CFO Paul Tomkins will host the conference call. Participants can listen in via webcast by visiting the Investor & Governance section of Volt’s website at www.volt.com. Please go to the website at least 15 minutes early to register, download and install any necessary audio software. The conference call can also be accessed by dialing 877-407-9039 (201-689-8470 for international callers) and reference the "Volt Information Sciences Earnings Conference Call."

Following the call, an audio replay will be available beginning Wednesday, January 11, 2017 at 7:30 p.m. Eastern Time through Wednesday, January 25, 2017 at 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time. To access the replay, dial 844-512-2921 (412-317-6671 for international callers) and enter the Conference ID # 13651129. A replay of the webcast will also be available for 90 days upon completion of the call, accessible through the Company's website at www.volt.com in the Investors & Governance section.

About Volt Information Sciences, Inc.

Volt Information Sciences, Inc. is a global provider of staffing services (traditional time and materials-based as well as project-based), managed service programs, technology outsourcing services and information technology infrastructure services. Our staffing services consists of workforce solutions that include providing contingent workers, personnel recruitment services, and managed services programs supporting primarily professional administration, technical, information technology, light-industrial and engineering positions. Our managed service programs consist of managing the procurement and on-boarding of contingent workers from multiple providers. Our technology outsourcing services provide pre and post production development, testing and customer support to companies in the mobile, gaming, and technology devices industries. In addition, we provide information technology infrastructure services which provide server, storage, network and desktop IT hardware maintenance, data center and network monitoring and operations. Our complementary businesses offer customized talent, technology and consulting solutions to a diverse client base. Volt services global industries including aerospace, automotive, banking and finance, consumer electronics, information technology, insurance, life sciences, manufacturing, media and entertainment, pharmaceutical, software, telecommunications, transportation, and utilities. For more information, visit www.volt.com.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains forward-looking statements that are subject to a number of known and unknown risks, including, among others, general economic, competitive and other business conditions, the degree and timing of customer utilization and rate of renewals of contracts with the Company, and the degree of success of business improvement initiatives that could cause actual results, performance and achievements to differ materially from those described or implied in the forward-looking statements. Information concerning these and other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements are contained in company reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Copies of the Company’s latest Annual Report on Form 10-K and subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, are available without charge upon request to Volt Information Sciences, Inc., 1133 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10036, Attention: Shareholder Relations, 212-704-7921. These and other SEC filings by the Company are also available to the public over the Internet at the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov and at the Company’s website at http://www.volt.com in the Investor & Governance section.

Note Regarding the Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures

The Company has provided certain non-GAAP financial information, which includes adjustments for special items, as additional information for its consolidated income (loss) from continuing operations, segment operating income (loss) and Adjusted EBITDA. These measures are not in accordance with, or an alternative for, generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) and may be different from Non-GAAP measures reported by other companies.

The Company believes that the presentation of Non-GAAP measures eliminating special items provides useful information to management and investors regarding certain financial and business trends relating to its financial condition and results of operations because they permit evaluation of the results of the Company’s continuing operations without the effect of special items that management believes make it more difficult to understand and evaluate the Company’s results of operations. Special items include impairments, restructuring and severance as well as certain expenses or income not indicative of the Company’s current or future period performance and are more fully disclosed in the tables.

Adjusted EBITDA is defined as earnings or loss from continuing operations before interest, income taxes, depreciation and amortization (“EBITDA”) adjusted to exclude share-based compensation expense as well as the special items described above.

Adjusted EBITDA is a performance rather than a cash flow measure. The Company believes the presentation of Adjusted EBITDA is relevant and useful for investors because it allows investors to view results in a manner similar to the method used by management.

Adjusted EBITDA has limitations as an analytical tool and should not be considered in isolation from, or as a substitute for, analysis of the Company’s results of operations and operating cash flows as reported under GAAP. For example, Adjusted EBITDA: does not reflect capital expenditures or contractual commitments; does not reflect changes in, or cash requirements for, the Company’s working capital needs; does not reflect the interest expense, or the cash requirements necessary to service the interest payments, on the Company’s debt; and does not reflect cash required to pay income taxes.

The Company’s computation of Adjusted EBITDA may not be comparable to other similarly titled measures computed by other companies because all companies do not calculate these measures in the same fashion.

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