---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-24-216695"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "UTI"
cik: "0001261654"
company_name: "UNIVERSAL TECHNICAL INSTITUTE INC"
filed_at: "2024-09-10T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T05:34:49.069724+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# UTI CFO Troy Anderson resigns; Christine Kline named interim CFO effective Oct 11

## Summary
- Troy Anderson resigns as EVP and CFO effective Oct 11, 2024, to take a position at another public company.
- Christine Kline, VP and Chief Accounting Officer since Dec 2023, appointed interim CFO.
- Anderson's resignation is not due to any disagreement with company on accounting or financial policies.
- Company will conduct a national search for a permanent CFO.
- CEO cites Anderson's role in North Star Strategy, two acquisitions, and campus expansions.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-24-216695
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: UTI
- cik: 0001261654
- company_name: UNIVERSAL TECHNICAL INSTITUTE INC
- filed_at: 2024-09-10T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1261654/000119312524216695/0001193125-24-216695-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1261654/000119312524216695/d820953d8k.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-24-216695
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-24-216695.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Christine Kline was appointed as Interim Chief Financial Officer at UNIVERSAL TECHNICAL INSTITUTE INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Interim Chief Financial Officer
  source text: In connection with Mr. Anderson’s resignation, Christine Kline, the Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer of the Company, will be named Interim Chief Financial Officer and will assume the duties as the principal financial officer for the Company, effective as of the Effective Date.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1261654/000119312524216695/0001193125-24-216695-index.htm
- Executive change
  Troy Anderson resigned as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at UNIVERSAL TECHNICAL INSTITUTE INC.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On September 5, 2024, Troy Anderson, the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Universal Technical Institute, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), notified the Company that he is resigning from all offices and positions that he holds with the Company and its subsidiaries, effective as of October 11, 2024 (the “ Effective Date ”), to pursue a new position outside the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1261654/000119312524216695/0001193125-24-216695-index.htm

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