Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On February 4, 2022, Volt Information Sciences, Inc. (the "Company") reported that its Chief Financial Officer, Herbert Mueller, is currently unable to perform his duties due to a medical illness and will temporarily step away from his role as Chief Financial Officer. In Mr. Mueller's absence, the Company's former Chief Financial Officer, Paul Tomkins, will serve as Interim Chief Financial Officer, effective February 4, 2022, and will assume the day-to-day responsibilities of such role until further notice.

Mr. Tomkins, age 64, served as Chief Financial Officer of the Company from May 2015 to August 2019. Since February 2020, Mr. Tomkins has provided financial consulting services to Oxio, a mobile telecommunications company. Prior to his tenure as Chief Financial Officer of the Company, Mr. Tomkins was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Reader's Digest Association, Inc., and held various finance and accounting roles for over 27 years at AT&T. Mr. Tomkins is a Certified Public Accountant. He earned his MBA from Seton Hall University and received a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from Rider College.

Pursuant to a Consulting Agreement between the Company and Mr. Tomkins, dated as of February 4, 2022, the Company will pay Mr. Tomkins a weekly consulting fee of $10,500 for his services as Interim Chief Financial Officer.

Mr. Tomkins does not have any family relationships with any of the Company's directors or executive officers and has no direct or indirect interest in any transaction with the Company that would qualify as a related party transaction under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K. Other than as disclosed in this Current Report on Form 8-K, there is no arrangement or understanding between Mr. Tomkins and any other person pursuant to which he was appointed to serve as Interim Chief Financial Officer.

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