8-K

Dated: March 17, 2026

Universal Technical Institute, Inc.

/s/ Christopher Kevane

Christopher Kevane

Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)

OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): March 11, 2026

UNIVERSAL TECHNICAL INSTITUTE, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


Delaware	1-31923	86-0226984
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)


4225 E. Windrose Drive, Suite 200, Phoenix, Arizona		85032
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

(623) 445-9500

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

N/A

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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

Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per
share

UTI

New York Stock Exchange

(Title of each class)

(Trading

symbol)

(Name of each exchange

on which registered)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§ 230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§ 240.12b-2 of this chapter).

☐	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.

Item 5.05

Amendments to the Registrant’s Code of Ethics, or Waiver of a Provision of the Code of Ethics.

On March 11, 2026, the board of directors of Universal Technical Institute, Inc. (the “Company”) approved an amended and restated Code of Conduct (the “Code of Conduct”). The Code of Conduct was amended to, among other things, generally update for current governance, ethics, and compliance best practices, better align various Company policies by eliminating certain redundant or overlapping provisions and consolidating similar topics, and make other non-substantive administrative, stylistic and typographical changes. The amendments do not constitute, or result in, a waiver of any provision of the previous Code of Conduct.

A copy of the Code of Conduct is available on the Corporate Governance section of the Company’s website at https://investor.uti.edu/code-of-conduct. The foregoing description of the Code of Conduct is subject to and qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Code of Conduct. The contents of the Company’s website are not incorporated by reference in this Current Report on Form 8-K.

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements 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 hereunto duly authorized.

SEC Form 8-K filed by Universal Technical Institute Inc