---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001261654-23-000067"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "UTI"
cik: "0001261654"
company_name: "UNIVERSAL TECHNICAL INSTITUTE INC"
filed_at: "2023-03-07T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-18T09:21:41.433937+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Universal Technical Institute annual meeting results: all proposals pass, board opts for annual say-on-pay

## Summary
- Elected four Class I directors: Blaszkiewicz, DeVincenzi, Grant, Okinaka with over 21.5M votes each; broker non-votes ~2.5M.
- Ratified Deloitte & Touche as auditor for FY2023 with 27.5M for, 8,028 against, 96,959 abstentions.
- Advisory say-on-pay passed with 22.4M for, 2.6M against; broker non-votes ~2.5M.
- Stockholders preferred annual advisory votes on exec comp (23.1M for one year); board set annual frequency.
- Meeting held March 2, 2023; all proposals recommended by board were approved.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001261654-23-000067
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: UTI
- cik: 0001261654
- company_name: UNIVERSAL TECHNICAL INSTITUTE INC
- filed_at: 2023-03-07T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1261654/000126165423000067/0001261654-23-000067-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1261654/000126165423000067/uti-20230302.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  UNIVERSAL TECHNICAL INSTITUTE INC shareholders approved Ratification of Deloitte & Touche LLP as independent registered public accounting firm at the 2023-03-02 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-03-02
  source text: Proposal 2 : The stockholders ratified the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm for the Company for the year ending September 30, 2023 as follows: Audit Firm Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Deloitte & Touche LLP 27,485,910 8,028 96,959
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1261654/000126165423000067/0001261654-23-000067-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  UNIVERSAL TECHNICAL INSTITUTE INC shareholders approved Advisory vote on compensation of named executive officers at the 2023-03-02 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-03-02
  source text: Proposal 3 : The stockholders approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers as follows: Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 22,390,700 2,636,624 23,420 2,540,153
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1261654/000126165423000067/0001261654-23-000067-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  UNIVERSAL TECHNICAL INSTITUTE INC shareholders approved Election of Class I Directors at the 2023-03-02 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-03-02
  source text: Proposal 1 : The stockholders elected each of the four nominees as Class I Directors to serve a three-year term ending in 2026, or until the Director’s successor is duly elected and qualified, as follows: Director Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes David A. Blaszkiewicz 21,573,417 229,690 3,247,637 2,540,153 Robert T. DeVincenzi 22,907,102 1,432,872 710,770 2,540,153 Jerome A. Grant 24,188,012 150,481 712,251 2,540,153 Shannon Okinaka 24,919,303 127,676 3,765 2,540,153
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1261654/000126165423000067/0001261654-23-000067-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  UNIVERSAL TECHNICAL INSTITUTE INC shareholders approved Advisory vote on frequency of future advisory votes on executive compensation at the 2023-03-02 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay frequency
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-03-02
  source text: Proposal 4 : The stockholders approved, on an advisory basis, the frequency of future advisory votes on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers as follows: Votes For One Year: 23,091,922 Two Years: 36,908 Three Years: 1,912,502 Abstentions: 9,412
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1261654/000126165423000067/0001261654-23-000067-index.htm

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