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                                                                   EXHIBIT 10.7

                       UNIVERSAL TECHNICAL INSTITUTE, INC.
                        2003 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN

         1.       PURPOSE. The purpose of this Universal Technical Institute,
Inc. 2003 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the "Plan") is to encourage stock
ownership by eligible employees of Universal Technical Institute, Inc. (the
"Company") and its Subsidiaries and to provide them with an incentive to
contribute to the profitability and success of the Company. The Plan is intended
to qualify as an "employee stock purchase plan" under Section 423 of the Code
and will be maintained for the exclusive benefit of eligible employees of the
Company and its Subsidiaries.

         2.       DEFINITIONS. For purposes of the Plan, in addition to the
terms defined in Section 1, the following terms are defined:

                  (a)      "BOARD" means the Board of Directors of the Company.

                  (b)      "CASH ACCOUNT" means the account maintained on behalf
of a Participant by the Company for the purpose of holding cash contributions
withheld from payroll pending investment in Stock.

                  (c)      "CODE" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended.

                  (d)      "CUSTODIAN" means ____________________ or any
successor or replacement appointed by the Board or its delagatee under Section
3(a).

                  (e)      "EARNINGS" means a Participant's salary or wages,
including bonuses and overtime, for services performed for the Company and its
Subsidiaries and received by a Participant for services rendered during an
Offering Period.

                  (f)      "FAIR MARKET VALUE" means the closing price of the
Stock on the relevant date as reported on New York Stock Exchange (or any
national securities exchange or quotation system on which the Stock is then
listed), or if there were no sales on that date the closing price on the next
preceding date for which a closing price was reported; provided, however, that
for the Offering Period beginning on the IPO Date, the Fair Market Value of the
Stock on the first day of such Offering Period shall be deemed to be the price
at which the Company's Stock is first offered in its initial public offering of
Stock.

                  (g)      "IPO DATE" means the date on which the Company's
initial public offering of Stock is consummated.

                  (h)      "OFFERING PERIOD" means the six-month period
beginning on each January 1 and ending each June 30 and the six-month period
beginning on each July 1 and ending on each December 31. Notwithstanding the
above, the first Offering Period shall begin on the IPO Date and end on June 30,
2004.

                  (i)      "PARTICIPANT" means an employee of the Company or a
Subsidiary who is participating in the Plan.

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                  (j)      "PURCHASE RIGHT" means a Participant's option to
purchase Stock that is deemed to be outstanding during a Offering Period. A
Purchase Right represents an "option" under Section 423 of the Code.

                  (k)      "STOCK" means the common stock of the Company.

                  (l)      "STOCK ACCOUNT" means the account maintained on
behalf of the Participant by the Custodian for the purpose of holding Stock
acquired under the Plan.

                  (m)      "SUBSIDIARY" means any subsidiary corporation defined
in Code Section 424(f).

         3.       ADMINISTRATION.

                  (a)      BOARD ADMINISTRATION. The Plan will be administered
by the Board. The Board may delegate its administrative duties and authority
(other than its authority to amend or terminate the Plan) to any Board committee
or to any officers or employees or committee thereof as the Board may designate
(in which case references to the Board will be deemed to refer to the
administrator to which such duties and authority have been delegated). The Board
will have full authority to adopt, amend, suspend, waive, and rescind rules and
regulations and appoint agents as it deems necessary or advisable to administer
the Plan, to correct any defect or supply any omission or reconcile any
inconsistency in the Plan and to construe and interpret the Plan and rules and
regulations thereunder, to furnish to the Custodian such information as the
Custodian may require, and to make all other decisions and determinations under
the Plan (including determinations relating to eligibility). No person acting in
connection with the administration of the Plan will, in that capacity,
participate in deciding any matter relating to his or her participation in the
Plan.

                  (b)      THE CUSTODIAN. The Custodian will act as custodian
under the Plan, and perform those duties specified in the Plan and in any
agreement between the Company and the Custodian. The Custodian will establish
and maintain Participants Stock Accounts and any subaccounts as may be necessary
or desirable to administer the Plan.

                  (c)      WAIVERS. The Board may waive or modify any
requirement that a notice or election be made or filed under the Plan a
specified period in advance on an individual case or by adopting a rule or
regulation under the Plan, without amending the Plan.

                  (d)      OTHER ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS. The Company will
furnish information from its records as directed by the Board, and such records,
including a Participant's Earnings, will be conclusive on all persons unless
determined by the Board to be incorrect. Each Participant and other person
claiming benefits under the Plan must furnish to the Company in writing a
current mailing address and any other information as the Board or Custodian may
reasonably request. Any communication, statement, or notice mailed with postage
prepaid to any such Participant or other person at the last mailing address
filed with the Company will be deemed sufficiently given when mailed and will be
binding upon the named recipient. The Plan will be administered on a reasonable
and nondiscriminatory basis and uniform rules will apply to all persons
similarly situated. All Participants will have equal rights

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and privileges (subject to the terms of the Plan) with respect to Purchase Right
outstanding during any given Offering Period in accordance with Code Section
423(b)(5) .

         4.       STOCK SUBJECT TO PLAN. Subject to adjustment as provided
below, the total number of shares of Stock reserved and available for issuance
or which may be otherwise acquired upon exercise of Purchase Rights under the
Plan will be __________. Any shares of Stock delivered by the Company under the
Plan may consist, in whole or in part, of authorized and unissued shares or
treasury shares or shares of Stock purchased on the open market. The number and
kind of such shares of Stock subject to the Plan will be proportionately
adjusted, as determined by the Board, in the event of any extraordinary dividend
or other distribution, recapitalization, forward or reverse split,
reorganization, merger, consolidation, spin-off, combination, repurchase, or
share exchange, or other similar corporate transaction or event affecting the
Stock. If, at the end of any Offering Period, the number of shares of Stock with
respect to which Purchase Rights are to be exercised exceeds the number of
shares of Stock then available under the Plan, the Board shall make a pro rata
allocation of the shares of Stock remaining available for purchase in as uniform
a manner as shall be practicable and as it shall determine to be equitable.

         5.       ENROLLMENT AND CONTRIBUTIONS.

                  (a)      ELIGIBILITY. An employee of the Company or any
Subsidiary designated by the Board may be enrolled in the Plan for any Offering
Period if such employee is employed by the Company or a Subsidiary authorized to
participate in the Plan on the first day of the Offering Period, unless one of
the following applies to the employee:

                           (i)      such person has been employed by the Company
                                    or a Subsidiary less than 90 days;

                           (ii)     such person is customarily employed by the
                                    Company or a Subsidiary for 20 hours or less
                                    a week;

                           (iii)    such person is customarily employed by the
                                    Company or a Subsidiary for not more than
                                    five months in any calendar year; or

                           (iv)     such person would, immediately upon
                                    enrollment, be deemed to own, for purposes
                                    of Section 423(b)(3) of the Code, an
                                    aggregate of five percent or more of the
                                    total combined voting power or value of all
                                    outstanding shares of all classes of the
                                    Stock of the Company or any Subsidiary.

                  The Company will notify an employee of the date as of which he
or she is eligible to enroll in the Plan, and will make available to each
eligible employee the necessary enrollment forms.

                  (b)      INITIAL ENROLLMENT. An employee who is eligible under
Section 5(a) (or who will become eligible on or before a given Offering Period)
may, after receiving current information about the Plan, initially enroll in the
Plan by executing and filing with the Company a properly completed enrollment
form, including the employee's election as to the rate

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of payroll contributions for the Offering Period. To be effective for any
Offering Period, such properly executed enrollment form must be filed with the
Company at least two weeks (or such other period determined by the Board)
preceding such Offering Period.

                  (c)      AUTOMATIC RE-ENROLLMENT FOR SUBSEQUENT OFFERING
PERIODS. A Participant whose enrollment in, and payroll contributions under, the
Plan continues throughout a Offering Period will automatically be re-enrolled in
the Plan for the next Offering Period unless (i) the Participant terminates
enrollment before the next Offering Period in accordance with Section 7(a), or
(ii) the Participant is ineligible to participate under Section 5(a). The
initial rate of payroll contributions for a Participant who is automatically
re-enrolled for a Offering Period will be the same as the rate of payroll
contribution in effect at the end of the preceding Offering Period, unless the
Participant files a new properly executed enrollment form designating a
different rate of payroll contributions and such new enrollment form is filed
with the Company no later than two weeks (or such other period determined by the
Board) prior to the beginning of the next Offering Period.

                  (d)      PAYROLL CONTRIBUTIONS. A Participant will make
contributions under the Plan only by means of payroll deductions from each
payroll period which ends during the Offering Period, at the rate elected by the
Participant in his or her enrollment form in effect for that Offering Period
(except that such rate may be changed during the Offering Period to the extent
permitted below). The rate of payroll contributions elected by a Participant may
not be less than one percent (1%) nor more than ten percent (10%) of the
Participant's Earnings for each payroll period, and only whole percentages may
be elected; provided, however, that the Board may specify a lower minimum rate
and higher maximum rate, subject to Section 8(c). Notwithstanding the above, a
Participant's payroll contributions will be adjusted downward by the Company as
necessary to ensure that the limit on the amount of Stock purchased for an
Offering Period set forth in Section 6(a)(iii) is not exceeded. A Participant
may elect to increase, decrease, or discontinue payroll contributions for a
future Offering Period by filing a new enrollment form designating a different
rate of payroll contributions, which properly executed form must be filed with
the Company at least two weeks (or such other period determined by the Board)
prior to the beginning of an Offering Period to be effective for that Offering
Period. In addition, a Participant may elect to discontinue payroll
contributions during an Offering Period by filing a new properly executed
enrollment form, such change to be effective for the next payroll after the
Participant's new enrollment form is filed with the Company.

                  (e)      CREDITING PAYROLL CONTRIBUTIONS TO CASH ACCOUNTS. All
payroll contributions by a Participant under the Plan will be credited to a Cash
Account maintained by the Company on behalf of the Participant. The Company will
credit payroll contributions to each Participant's Cash Account as soon as
practicable after the contributions are withheld from the Participant's
Earnings.

                  (f)      NO INTEREST ON CASH ACCOUNTS. No interest will be
credited or paid on cash balances in Participant's Cash Accounts pending
investment in Stock.

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         6.       PURCHASES OF STOCK.

                  (a)      PURCHASE RIGHTS. Enrollment in the Plan for any
Offering Period by a Participant will constitute a grant by the Company of a
Purchase Right to such Participant for such Offering Period. Each Purchase Right
will be subject to the following terms:

                           (i)      The purchase price of each share of Stock
                                    purchased for each Offering Period will
                                    equal 85% of the lesser of the Fair Market
                                    Value of a share of Stock on the first day
                                    of an Offering Period, or the Fair Market
                                    Value of a share of Stock on the last day of
                                    an Offering Period;.

                           (ii)     Except as limited in (iii) below, the number
                                    of shares of Stock that may be purchased
                                    upon exercise of the Purchase Right for a
                                    Offering Period will equal the number of
                                    shares (including fractional shares) that
                                    can be purchased at the purchase price
                                    specified in Section 6(a)(i) with the
                                    aggregate amount credited to the
                                    Participant's Cash Account as of the last
                                    day of an Offering Period.

                           (iii)    The number of shares of Stock subject to a
                                    Participant's Purchase Right for any
                                    Offering Period will not exceed the number
                                    derived by dividing $12,500 by 100% of the
                                    Fair Market Value of one share of Stock on
                                    the first day of the Offering Period;
                                    provided, however, that the above limitation
                                    for the first Offering Period will adjusted
                                    by the Board on a pro rata basis, if such
                                    Offering Period is less or more than a
                                    six-month period.

                           (iv)     The Purchase Right will be automatically
                                    exercised on the last day of the Offering
                                    Period.

                           (v)      Payments by a Participant for Stock
                                    purchased under a Purchase Right will be
                                    made only through payroll deduction in
                                    accordance with Section 5(d) and (e).

                           (vi)     The Purchase Right will expire on the
                                    earlier of the last day of the Offering
                                    Period or the date on which the
                                    Participant's enrollment in the Plan
                                    terminates.

                  (b)      PURCHASE OF STOCK. At or as promptly as practicable
after the last day of an Offering Period, amounts credited to each Participant's
Cash Account will be applied by the Company to purchase Stock, in accordance
with the terms of the Plan. Shares of Stock will be purchased from the Company
or in the open market, as the Board determines. The Company will aggregate the
amounts in all Cash Accounts when purchasing Stock, and shares purchased will be
allocated to each Participant's Stock Account in proportion to the cash amounts
withdrawn from such Participant's Cash Account. After completing purchases for
each Offering Period (which will be completed in not more than 15 calendar days
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an Offering Period), all shares of Stock so purchased for a Participant will be
credited to the Participant's Stock Account.

                  (c)      DIVIDEND REINVESTMENT; OTHER DISTRIBUTIONS. Cash
dividends on any Stock credited to a Participant's Stock Account will be
automatically reinvested in additional shares of Stock and such amounts will not
be available in the form of cash to Participants. The Company will aggregate all
purchases of Stock in connection with dividend reinvestment for a given dividend
payment date. Purchases of Stock for purposes of dividend reinvestment will be
made as promptly as practicable (but not more than 15 calendar days) after a
dividend payment date. The purchases will be made directly from the Company at
100% of the Fair Market Value of a share of Stock on the dividend payment date
or on the open market. Any shares of Stock distributed as a dividend or
distribution in respect of shares of Stock or in connection with a split of the
Stock credited to a Participant's Stock Account will be credited to such
Account.

                  (d)      WITHDRAWALS AND TRANSFERS. Shares of Stock may be
withdrawn from a Participant's Stock Account, in which case one or more
certificates for whole shares may be issued in the name of, and delivered to,
the Participant, with such Participant receiving cash in lieu of fractional
shares based on the Fair Market Value of a share of Stock on the day preceding
the date of withdrawal. Alternatively, whole shares of Stock may be withdrawn
from a Participant's Stock Account by means of a transfer to a broker-dealer or
financial institution that maintains an account for the Participant, together
with the transfer of cash in lieu of fractional shares based on the Fair Market
Value of a share of Stock on the day preceding the date of withdrawal.
Participants may not designate any other person to receive shares of Stock
withdrawn or transferred under the Plan. A Participant seeking to withdraw or
transfer shares of Stock must give instructions to the Custodian in such manner
and form as may be prescribed by the Custodian, which instructions will be acted
upon as promptly as practicable. Withdrawals and transfers will be subject to
any fees imposed in accordance with Section 8(a).

                  (e)      EXCESS ACCOUNT BALANCES. If any amounts remain in a
Cash Account following the date on which the Company purchases Stock for an
Offering Period as a result of the limitation set forth in Section 6(a)(iii) or
for any other reason, such amounts will be returned to the Participant as
promptly as practicable.

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         7.       TERMINATION AND DISTRIBUTIONS.

                  (a)      TERMINATION OF ENROLLMENT. A Participant's enrollment
in the Plan will terminate upon (i) the beginning of any payroll period or
Offering Period that begins after he or she files a written notice of
termination of enrollment with the Company, provided that such Participant will
continue to be deemed to be enrolled with respect to any completed Offering
Period for which purchases have not been completed, (ii) such time as the
Participant becomes ineligible to participate under Section 5(a) of the Plan, or
(iii) the termination of the Participant's employment by the Company and its
Subsidiaries. An employee whose enrollment in the Plan terminates may again
enroll in the Plan as of any subsequent Offering Period that is at least 90 days
after such termination of enrollment if he or she satisfies the eligibility
requirements of Section 5(a) as of such Offering Period. A Participant's
election to discontinue payroll contributions will not constitute a termination
of enrollment.

                  (b)      DISTRIBUTION. As soon as practicable after a
Participant's enrollment in the Plan terminates, amounts in the Participant's
Cash Account which resulted from payroll contributions will be repaid to the
Participant. The Custodian will continue to maintain the Participant's Stock
Account for the Participant until the earlier of such time as the Participant
directs the sale of all Stock in the Account, withdraws, or transfers all Stock
in the Account, or one year after the Participant ceases to be employed by the
Company and its Subsidiaries. If a Participant's termination of enrollment
results from his or her death, all amounts payable will be paid to his or her
designated beneficiary or beneficiaries and if no such designation is made, to
his or her estate.

         8.       GENERAL.

                  (a)      COSTS. Costs and expenses incurred in the
administration of the Plan and maintenance of Accounts will be paid by the
Company, to the extent provided in this Section 8(a). Any brokerage fees and
commissions for the purchase of Stock under the Plan (including Stock purchased
upon reinvestment of dividends and distributions) will be paid by the Company,
but any brokerage fees and commissions for the sale of Stock under the Plan by a
Participant will be borne by such Participant. The rate at which such fees and
commissions will be charged to Participants will be determined by the Custodian
or any broker-dealer used by the Custodian (including an affiliate of the
Custodian), and communicated from time to time to Participants. In addition, the
Custodian may impose or pass through a reasonable fee for the withdrawal of
Stock in the form of stock certificates (as permitted under Section 6(d)), and
reasonable fees for other services unrelated to the purchase of Stock under the
Plan, to the extent approved in writing by the Company and communicated to
Participants.

                  (b)      STATEMENTS TO PARTICIPANTS. The Participant's
statement will reflect payroll contributions, purchases, sales, and withdrawals
and transfers of shares of Stock and other Plan transactions by appropriate
adjustments to the Participant's Accounts. The Custodian will, not less
frequently than quarterly, provide or cause to be provided a written statement
to the Participant showing the transactions in his or her Stock Account and the
date thereof, the number of shares of Stock credited or sold, the aggregate
purchase price paid or sales price received, the purchase or sales price per
share, the brokerage fees and commissions paid (if

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any), the total shares held for the Participant's Stock Account (computed to at
least three decimal places), and such other information as agreed to by the
Custodian and the Company.

                  (c)      COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION 423. It is the intent of the
Company that this Plan comply in all respects with applicable requirements of
Section 423 of the Code and regulations thereunder. Accordingly, if any
provision of this Plan does not comply with such requirements, such provision
will be construed or deemed amended to the extent necessary to conform to such
requirements.

         9.       GENERAL PROVISIONS.

                  (a)      COMPLIANCE WITH LEGAL AND OTHER REQUIREMENTS. The
Plan, the granting and exercising of Purchase Rights hereunder, and the other
obligations of the Company and the Custodian under the Plan will be subject to
all applicable federal and state laws, rules, and regulations, and to such
approvals by any regulatory or governmental agency as may be required. The
Company may, in its discretion, postpone the issuance or delivery of Stock upon
exercise of Purchase Rights until completion of such registration or
qualification of such Stock or other required action under any federal or state
law, rule, or regulation, or the laws of any country in which employees of the
Company and a Subsidiary who are nonresident aliens and who are eligible to
participate reside, or other required action with respect to any automated
quotation system or stock exchange upon which the Stock or other Company
securities are designated or listed, or compliance with any other contractual
obligation of the Company, as the Company may consider appropriate. In addition,
the Company may require any Participant to make such representations and furnish
such information as it may consider appropriate in connection with the issuance
or delivery of Stock in compliance with applicable laws, rules, and regulations,
designation or listing requirements, or other contractual obligations.

                  (b)      LIMITS ON ENCUMBERING RIGHTS. No right or interest of
a Participant under the Plan, including any Purchase Right, may be pledged,
encumbered, or hypothecated to or in favor of any party, subject to any lien,
obligation, or liability of such Participant, or otherwise assigned,
transferred, or disposed of except pursuant to the laws of descent or
distribution, and any right of a Participant under the Plan will be exercisable
during the Participant's lifetime only by the Participant.

                  (c)      NO RIGHT TO CONTINUED EMPLOYMENT. Neither the Plan
nor any action taken hereunder, including the grant of a Purchase Right, will be
construed as giving any employee the right to be retained in the employ of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries, nor will it interfere in any way with the
right of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to terminate any employee's
employment at any time.

                  (d)      TAXES. The Company or any Subsidiary is authorized to
withhold from any payment to be made to a Participant, including any payroll and
other payments not related to the Plan, amounts of withholding and other taxes
due in connection with any transaction under the Plan, and a Participant's
enrollment in the Plan will be deemed to constitute his or her consent to such
withholding. In addition, Participants may be required to advise the Company of
sales and other dispositions of Stock acquired under the plan in order to permit
the Company to comply with tax laws and to claim any tax deductions to which the
Company may be entitled

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with respect to the Plan. This provision and other Plan provisions do not set
forth an explanation of the tax consequences to Participants under the Plan. A
brief summary of the tax consequences will be included in disclosure documents
to be separately furnished to Participants.

                  (e)      CHANGES TO THE PLAN. The Board may amend, alter,
suspend, discontinue, or terminate the Plan without the consent of shareholders
or Participants, except that any such action will be subject to the approval of
the Company's shareholders within one year after such Board action if such
shareholder approval is required by any federal or state law or regulation or
the rules of any automated quotation system or stock exchange on which the Stock
may then be quoted or listed, or if such shareholder approval is necessary in
order for the Plan to continue to meet the requirements of Section 423 of the
Code, and the Board may otherwise, in its discretion, determine to submit other
such actions to shareholders for approval. However, without the consent of an
affected Participant, no amendment, alteration, suspension, discontinuation, or
termination of the Plan may materially and adversely affect the rights of such
Participant with respect to outstanding Purchase Rights relating to any Offering
Period that has been completed prior to such Board action. The foregoing
notwithstanding, upon termination of the Plan the Board may (i) elect to
terminate all outstanding Purchase Rights at such time as the Board may
designate, and all amounts contributed to the Plan which remain in a
Participant's Cash Account will be returned to the Participant (without
interest) as promptly as practicable, or (ii) shorten the Offering Period to
such period determined by the Board and use amounts credited to a Participant
Cash Account to purchase Stock.

                  (f)      NO RIGHTS TO PARTICIPATE; NO SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS. No
Participant or employee will have any claim to participate in the Plan with
respect to Offering Periods that have not commenced, and the Company will have
no obligation to continue the Plan. No Purchase Right will confer on any
Participant any of the rights of a shareholder of the Company unless and until
Stock is duly issued or transferred and delivered to the Participant (or
credited to the Participant's Stock Account).

                  (g)      FRACTIONAL SHARES. Unless otherwise determined by the
Board, purchases of Stock under the Plan executed by the Custodian may result in
the crediting of fractional shares of Stock to the Participant's Stock Account.
Such fractional shares will be computed to at least three decimal places.
Fractional shares will not, however, be issued by the Company, and certificates
representing fractional shares will not be delivered to Participants under any
circumstances.

                  (h)      PLAN YEAR. The Plan will operate on a plan year that
begins on January 1 and ends December 31 in each year, except for the first Plan
Year which shall begin on the IPO Date and end on December 31, 2003.

                  (i)      GOVERNING LAW. The validity, construction, and effect
of the Plan and any rules and regulations relating to the Plan will be
determined in accordance with the laws of the State of Arizona, without giving
effect to principles of conflicts of laws, and applicable federal law.

                  (j)      EFFECTIVE DATE. The Plan will become effective on the
IPO Date, subject to the Plan being approved by shareholders of the Company, at
a meeting by a vote

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sufficient to meet the requirements of Section 423(b)(2) of the Code. If the
Plan is not approved in accordance with Section 423(b)(2) of the Code, each
Participant's Purchase Right shall be void and amounts credited to the
Participant's Cash Account shall be promptly returned to the Participant.

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                                                                   EXHIBIT 10.8

         AMENDED AND RESTATED EMPLOYMENT AND NON-INTERFERENCE AGREEMENT

         This Agreement, dated as of April 1, 2002, by and between Robert D.
Hartman (the "Executive") and Universal Technical Institute of Arizona, Inc., a
Delaware corporation (the "Company");

                              W I T N E S S E T H:

         WHEREAS, the Company wishes to obtain the future services of the
Executive for the Company; and

         WHEREAS, the Executive is willing, upon the terms and conditions herein
set forth, to provide services hereunder; and

         WHEREAS, the Company wishes to secure the Executive's non-interference,
upon the terms and conditions herein set forth;

         NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises and covenants
contained herein, and intending to be legally bound hereby, the parties hereto
agree as follows:

         1. Nature of Employment

         Subject to Section 3, the Company hereby employs Executive, and
Executive agrees to accept such employment, during the Term of Employment (as
defined in Section 3(a)),(a) as Chief Executive Officer of the Company and (b)
as Co-Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Company. The Company shall
also cause the Executive to be employed, and Executive hereby agrees to be
employed, during the Term of Employment by each of the companies listed in
Schedule I (which companies, together with the Company, shall be referred to
collectively as the "Company Group"), in each case as Chief Executive Officer of
such company and as Co-Chairman of its Board of Directors.

         2. Extent of Employment

         (a) During the Term of Employment, the Executive shall perform his
obligations hereunder faithfully and to the best of his ability at the principal
executive offices of the Company, under the direction of the Board of Directors
of the Company to which the Executive shall directly report, and shall abide by
the rules, customs and usages from time to time established by the Company.

         (b) During the Term of Employment, the Executive shall devote all of
his business time, energy and skill as may be reasonably necessary for the
performance of his duties, responsibilities and obligations hereunder (except
for vacation periods and reasonable periods of illness or other incapacity),
consistent with past practices and norms in similar positions.

         (c) Nothing contained herein shall require Executive to follow any
directive or to perform any act which would violate any laws, ordinances,
regulations or rules of any governmental, regulatory or administrative body,
agent or authority, any court or judicial authority, or any public, private or
industry regulatory authority (collectively "Regulations").

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Executive will not knowingly (i) breach or violate any provision of any
Regulations in any material respect or (ii) otherwise act in any manner which
might reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the ongoing
business, operations, conditions, prospects or other business relationships or
properties of any company in the Company Group.

         (d) During the term of his employment, the Executive shall live in the
Phoenix, Arizona area and generally perform his duties under this Agreement from
the Company's offices in the Phoenix area.

         3. Term of Employment; Termination

         (a) The "Term of Employment" shall commence on the date hereof and
shall continue through September 30, 2006 (such term ending on September 30,
2006 being the "Original Term"). Should the Executive's employment be earlier
terminated by the Company pursuant to Section 3(b) or by the Executive pursuant
to Section 3(c), the Term of Employment shall end on the date of such earlier
termination.

         (b) Subject to the payments contemplated by Section 3(c), Term of
Employment may be terminated at any time by the Company:

                  (i)      upon the death of Executive;

                  (ii)     in the event that because of physical or mental
         disability the Executive is unable to perform, and does not perform, as
         certified by a mutually agreeable competent medical physician, his
         material duties hereunder for 180 days in any continuous 210 day
         period;

                  (iii)    for Cause (as defined in Section 3(d));

                  (iv)     for any other reason not referred to in clauses (i)
         through (iii) or no reason, such that this Agreement, subject to the
         provisions of Section 3(e), shall be construed as terminable at will by
         the Company.

         Executive acknowledges that no representations or promises have been
made concerning the grounds for termination or the future operation of the
Company's business, and that, except as set forth in the following sentence,
nothing contained herein or otherwise stated by or on behalf of the Company
modifies or amends the right of the Company to terminate Executive at any time,
with or without Cause. Termination shall become effective 30 days after, or, if
for Cause, upon the delivery by the Company to the Executive of notice
specifying such termination and, if for Cause, the reasons therefor.

         (c) Subject to the Company's obligations to make the payments
contemplated by Section 3(c), the Term of Employment may be terminated at any
time by the Executive:

                  (i)      upon the death of Executive;

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                  (ii) in the event that because of physical or mental
         disability the Executive is unable to perform, and does not perform, as
         certified by a mutually agreeable competent medical physician, his
         duties hereunder for 180 days in any continuous 210 day period;

                  (iii) as a result of a material reduction in Executive's
         authority, perquisites, position or responsibilities (other than such a
         reduction which affects all of the Company's senior executives on a
         substantially equal or proportionate basis), a requirement that the
         Executive relocate outside the Phoenix, Arizona metropolitan area or
         the Company's willful, material violation of its obligations under this
         Agreement, in each case, after 30 days' prior written notice to the
         Company and its Board of Directors and the Company's failure thereafter
         to cure such reduction or violation; or

                  (iv) voluntarily or for any reason or no reason not referred
         to in clauses (i) through (iii) in each case, after 120 days' prior
         written notice to the Company and its Board of Directors.

         (d) For the purposes of this Section 3, "Cause" shall mean any of the
following;

                  (i) Executive's conviction of, or plea of guilty or nolo
         contendere to, a serious felony or a crime involving embezzlement,
         conversion of property or moral turpitude;

                  (ii) a finding by a majority of the Board of Directors of
         Executive's fraud, embezzlement or conversion of property;

                  (iii) Executive's conviction of, or plea of guilty or nolo
         contendere to, a crime involving the acquisition, use or expenditure of
         federal, state or local government funds;

                  (iv) an administrative or judicial determination that
         Executive committed fraud or any other violation of law involving
         federal, state or local government funds;

                  (v) a finding by a majority of the Board of Directors of
         Executive's knowing breach of any of his fiduciary duties to any
         company in the Company Group or the Company's stockholders or making of
         a misrepresentation or omission which breach, misrepresentation or
         omission would reasonably be expected to materially adversely affect
         the business, properties, assets, condition (financial or other) or
         prospects of any company in the Company Group; provided, that the
         Executive has been given notice and 30 days from such notice fails to
         cure the breach, misrepresentation or omission;

                  (vi) Executive's willful and continual neglect or failure to
         discharge his material duties, responsibilities or obligations
         prescribed by this Agreement or any other agreement between the
         Executive and any company in the Company Group; provided, that the
         Executive has been given notice and 30 days from such notice fails to
         cure the neglect or failure;

                  (vii) Executive's alcohol or substance abuse, which materially
         interferes with Executive's ability to discharge his duties,
         responsibilities and obligations prescribed by this Agreement;
         provided, that Executive has been given notice and 30 days from such
         notice fails to cure such abuse;

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                  (vii) Any material violation, with the actual knowledge of
         Executive, of any obligations imposed upon Executive, personally, as
         opposed to upon the Company, whether as a stockholder or otherwise,
         under this Agreement, the Securities Purchase Agreement, the Asset
         Purchase Agreement, the Stockholders Agreement, the Exchange Agreement,
         the Penske/Charlesbank Stock Purchase Agreement, the Credit Agreement,
         the Certificate of Incorporation or By-Laws of the Company; provided,
         that the Executive has been given notice and 30 days from such notice
         fails to cure the violation; or

                  (ix) Executive's personal (as opposed to the Company's)
         material and knowing failure, to observe or comply with Regulations
         whether as an officer, stockholder or otherwise, in any material
         respect or in any manner which would reasonably be expected to have a
         material adverse effect in respect of the Company Group's ongoing
         business, operations, conditions, other business relationships or
         properties; provided, that the Executive has been given notice and 30
         days from such notice fails to cure the failure.

         (e) If Executive's employment is terminated for any reason whatsoever,
then Executive shall be entitled to (i) accrued and unpaid base salary and
benefits (including sick pay, vacation pay and benefits under Section 6) with
respect to the period prior to termination, (ii) reimbursement for expenses
under Section 5 with respect to such period, and (iii) any other benefits
(including COBRA) required by law to be provided after termination of employment
under the circumstances. In the event Executive's employment is terminated
pursuant to:

                  (i) Section 3(b)(i) or (ii) or 3(c)(i) or (ii), the Company
         will also pay to Executive (or his estate or representative) the full
         amounts to which he would be entitled under Section 4(a) for the period
         from effectiveness of termination through the first anniversary of such
         termination;

                  (ii) Section 3(b)(iii) or 3(c)(iv) there will be no additional
         amounts owing by the Company to Executive under this Agreement from and
         after such termination; and

                  (iii) Section 3(b)(iv) or 3(c)(iii), the Company will also pay
         the Executive the full amounts to which he would be entitled under
         Section 4(a) for the period from effectiveness of termination to the
         earlier to occur of (i) September 30, 2006 (or the end of any
         applicable renewal term) or (ii) the date 4 years following such
         effectiveness of termination, on the regular payment dates established
         pursuant to Section 4(a) in accordance with Company practices.

         (f) (i) Termination of the Term of Employment will not terminate
Sections 7, 8, 10 through 21, or any other provisions not associated
specifically with the Term of Employment.

                  (ii) In the event of termination, the Executive shall not have
         a duty to mitigate the Company's payment obligations under Section 3(e)
         by seeking alternative employment.

         (g) Upon the conclusion of the Original Term of this Agreement and upon
each succeeding anniversary of this Agreement, the Executive's Term of
Employment will be automatically renewed for an additional one year term;
provided, that neither the Company nor the Executive terminates this Agreement
pursuant to Section 3 during the Original Term or any

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subsequent renewal term; and provided further, that during such Original Term,
or any renewal term, if either the Company or the Executive provides notice to
the other party of its intent not to renew the Term of Employment at least 90
days before the end of such term, this Agreement will expire upon the succeeding
anniversary of this Agreement unless earlier terminated pursuant to Section 3.
If this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 3 during any renewal term,
the Company shall pay to the Executive the amount (if any) to which such
Executive is entitled pursuant to and in accordance with Section 3(e) hereunder.

         4. Compensation. During the Term of Employment, the Company shall pay
compensation to Executive as follows:

         (a) As base compensation for his services hereunder, in twenty-six
(26) equal installments, a base salary at a rate of $312,500 per annum, subject
to annual cost of living adjustments based on the Consumer Price Index. The
Board of Directors shall annually, and in its sole discretion, determine whether
the base salary should be increased and, if so, the amount of such increase.

         (b) An annual bonus compensation based on Executive's performance as
determined and approved by the Board of Directors, in its sole discretion, based
on performance parameters set by the Board at the beginning of each fiscal
year. Such bonus will be at the full discretion of the Board of Directors, and
may not be paid at all. Executive acknowledges that no such bonuses will be paid
if the established performance parameters are not met. If the Board of Directors
pays a bonus, it is to be paid within 30 days after the issuance of audited
financial statements for the Company and shall not exceed 60% of Executive's
annual base salary. The Board of Directors in its sole discretion may establish
a higher bonus level based on the performance of Executive.

         5. Reimbursement of Expenses

         During the Term of Employment, the Company shall reimburse Executive
for reasonably documented travel, entertainment and other expenses reasonably
incurred by Executive in connection with the performance of his duties hereunder
and, in each case, in accordance with the reasonable rules, customs and usages
promulgated by the Company from time to time in effect.

         6. Benefits

         (a) During the Term of Employment, the Executive shall be entitled to
the following benefits to the Company:

                  (i)  a car allowance of $1,000 per month, which shall include
         reimbursement for cellular car phone fees and gasoline;

                  (ii) automobile insurance coverage paid by the Company
         consistent with the Company's past practice; and

                  (iii) coverage by an executive medical reimbursement plan for
         up to an aggregate total of $15,000 per calendar year (subject to
         annual cost of living adjustments

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         based on the Consumer Price Index) in noninsurable medical matters for
         Executive and his family, including but not limited to Executive's
         purchase of supplemental or additional insurance policies that provide
         coverage not offered by the Company. Any unused portion of such $15,000
         annual maximum amount, including cumulative unused amounts from prior
         years, will be carried forward and added to the following calendar
         year's maximum dollar amount.

In addition to the foregoing, during the Term of Employment the Executive shall
be entitled to such other perquisites and benefits (including, without
limitation, health, short and long term disability, pension and life insurance
benefits consistent with past practice, or as increased from time to time)
established from time to time, at the sole discretion of the Board of Directors
for executives of the Company and their families.

         (b) Following the Term of Employment, the Company shall maintain at
Company expense health care insurance benefits for the Executive and his spouse
comparable to that provided to the executives of the Company and the Executive
Medical Reimbursement Plan as described in 6 (a) (iii) above. These benefits
will be provided until and including age 65. If, at this time, there remains any
unused amounts in the Executive Medical Reimbursement Plan, the plan shall
remain in effect (with no additional funds added) until such time as those
remaining funds are exhausted.

         7. Confidential Information

         (a) During and after the Term of Employment, Executive will not,
directly or indirectly in one or a series of transactions, disclose to any
person, or use or otherwise exploit for the Executive's own benefit or for the
benefit of anyone other than the Company, any Confidential Information (as
defined in Section 9), whether prepared by Executive or not; provided, however,
that any Confidential Information may be disclosed (i) to officers,
representatives, employees and agents of the Company who need to know such
Confidential Information in order to perform the services or conduct the
operations required or expected of them in the Business (as defined in Section
9) and (ii) in good faith by the Executive in connection with the performance of
his duties hereunder. Executive shall use his best efforts to prevent the
removal of any Confidential Information from the premises of the Company, except
as required in his normal course of employment by the Company. Executive shall
use his best efforts to cause all persons or entities to whom any Confidential
Information shall be disclosed by him hereunder to observe the terms and
conditions set forth herein as though each such person or entity was bound
hereby. Executive shall have no obligation hereunder to keep confidential any
Confidential Information if and to the extent disclosure of any thereof is
specifically required by law; provided, however, that in the event disclosure is
required by applicable law, the Executive shall provide the Company with prompt
notice of such requirement, prior to making any disclosure, so that the Company
may seek an appropriate protective order. At the request of the Company,
Executive agrees to deliver to the Company, at any time during the Term of
Employment, or thereafter, all Confidential Information which he may possess or
control. Executive agrees that all Confidential Information of the Company
(whether now or hereafter existing) conceived, discovered or made by him during
the Term of Employment exclusively belongs to the Company (and not to
Executive). Executive will promptly disclose such Confidential Information to
the

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Company and perform all actions reasonably requested by the Company to establish
and confirm such exclusive ownership.

         (b) The terms of this Section 7 shall survive the termination of this
Agreement regardless of who terminates this Agreement, or the reasons therefor.

         8. Non-Interference

         (a) Executive acknowledges that services to be provided give him the
opportunity to have special knowledge of the Company and its Confidential
Information and the capabilities of individuals employed by or affiliated with
the Company and that interference in these relationships would cause irreparable
injury to the Company. In consideration of this Agreement, Executive covenants
and agrees that:

                  (i)      Unless Executive is terminated pursuant to Sections
         3(b)(iv) or 3(c)(iii), from the date hereof until the later to occur of
         March 31, 2007, or the first anniversary of expiration or termination
         of the Term of Employment (the "Restricted Period"). Executive will
         not, without the express written approval of the Board of Directors of
         the Company, anywhere in the Market, directly or indirectly, in one or
         a series of transactions, own, manage, operate, control, invest or
         acquire an interest in, or otherwise engage or participate in, whether
         as a proprietor, partner, stockholder, lender, director, officer,
         employee, joint venturer, investor, lessor, agent, representative or
         other participant, in any business which competes, directly or
         indirectly, with the Business in the Market ("Competitive Business")
         without regard to (A) whether the Competitive Business has its office
         or other business facilities within or without the Market, (B) whether
         any of the activities of the Executive referred to above occur or are
         performed within or without the Market or (C) whether the Executive
         resides, or reports to an office, within or without the market;
         provided, however, that (x) the Executive may, anywhere in the market,
         directly or indirectly, in one or a series of transactions, own, invest
         or acquire an interest in up to five percent (5%) of the capital stock
         of a corporation whose capital stock is traded publicly, or that (y)
         Executive may accept employment with a successor company to the
         Company.

                  (ii)     Without regard to the reason for Executive's
         termination, during the Restricted Period (which shall not be reduced
         by (x) any period of violation of this Agreement by Executive or (y) if
         the Company is the prevailing party in any litigation to enforce its
         rights under this Section 8, the period which is required for such
         litigation), Executive will not without the express prior written
         approval of the Board of Directors of the Company (A) in one or a
         series of transactions, recruit, solicit or otherwise induce or
         influence any proprietor, partner, stockholder, lender, director,
         officer, employee, sales agent, joint venturer, investor, lessor,
         customer, agent, representative or any other person which has a
         business relationship with the Company Group or had a business
         relationship with the Company Group within the twenty-four (24) month
         period preceding the date of the incident in question, to discontinue,
         reduce or modify such employment, agency or business relationship with
         the Company Group, or (B) employ or seek to employ or cause any
         Competitive Business or any other private post-secondary educational
         institution to employ or seek to employ any person or agent who is then
         (or was at any time within

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         twenty-four (24) months prior to the date the Executive or the
         Competitive Business employs or seeks to employ such person) employed
         or retained by the Company Group. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
         nothing herein shall prevent the Executive from providing a letter of
         recommendation to an employee with respect to a future or any other
         employment opportunity.

                  (iii)    The scope and term of this Section 8 would not
         preclude Executive from earning a living with an entity that is not a
         Competitive Business.

         (b) Upon the determination of a majority of the Board of Directors that
the Executive has breached his obligations in any material respect under this
Section 8, the Company, in addition to pursuing all available remedies under
this Agreement, at law or otherwise, and without limiting its right to pursue
the same, shall cease all payments to the Executive under this Agreement.

         9. Definitions

         "Asset Purchase Agreement" means the Asset Purchase Agreement, dated as
of September 30, 1997, for the purchase of all of the assets of the Clinton
Harley Corporation and Clinton Education Group, Inc., each an Arizona
corporation, as the same may be amended, extended, restated, supplemented or
modified from time to time.

         "Authority" means any governmental, regulatory or administrative body,
agency or authority, any court or judicial authority, any public, private or
industry regulatory authority, whether national, Federal, state or local or
otherwise, or any Person lawfully empowered by any of the foregoing to enforce
or seek compliance with any applicable law, statute, regulation, order or
decree.

         "Business" means (a) the ownership and operation of private
post-secondary educational institutions of the type owned and operated by the
Company Group, or (b) any similar or incidental business conducted, or engaged
in, by the Company Group prior to the date hereof or at any time during the Term
of Employment.

         "Cause" has the meaning set forth in Section 3(d).

         "Company" has the meaning set forth in the preamble.

         "Company Group" has the meaning set forth in Section 1.

         "Competitive Business" has the meaning set forth in Section 8(a)(i).

         "Confidential Information" means any confidential information
including, without limitation, any study, data, calculations, software storage
media or other compilation of information, patent, patent application,
copyright, "know-how", trade secrets, customer lists, details of client or
consultant contracts, pricing policies, operational methods, marketing plans or
strategies, product development techniques or plans, business acquisition plans
or any portion or phase of any scientific or technical information, ideas,
discoveries, designs, computer programs (including source of object codes),
processes, procedures, formulae, improvements or other proprietary or
intellectual property of the Company Group, whether or not in written or
tangible

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form, and whether or not registered, and including all files, records, manuals,
books, catalogues, memoranda, notes, summaries, plans, reports, records,
documents and other evidence thereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the term
"Confidential Information" does not include, and there shall be no obligation
hereunder with respect to, information that is or becomes generally available to
the public other than as a result of a disclosure by the Executive not
permissible hereunder.

         "Credit Agreement" means the Second Amendment and Restatement of Credit
Agreement dated as of March 29,2002 among UTI Holdings, Inc., Universal
Technical Institute, Inc., and the various lenders party thereto, as the same
may be amended, extended, restated, supplemented or modified from time to time.

         "Exchange Agreement" means the Exchange Agreement, dated as of
September 30, 1997, among Universal Technical Institute, Inc., Mayer, Brown &
Platt, and certain other parties, as the same may be amended, extended,
restated, supplemented or modified from time to time.

         "Executive" means Robert D. Hartman or his estate, if deceased.

         "knowing" and "knowledge" shall each refer to actual knowledge without
any duty of investigation.

         "Market" means any county in the United States of America and each
similar jurisdiction in any other country in which the Business was conducted by
or engaged in by the Company Group prior to the date hereof or is conducted or
engaged in by the Company Group at any time during the Term of Employment.

         "Penske/Charlesbank Stock Purchase Agreement" means the Preferred Stock
Purchase Agreement dated as of January 8, 2002 among Universal Technical
Institute, Inc., Worldwide Training Group, LLC and Charlesbank Equity Fund V,
Limited Partnership, as the same may be amended, extended, restated,
supplemented or modified from time to time.

         "Regulations" means any laws, statues, regulations, rulings, rules,
orders or permits of administered or enforced by or on behalf of any Authority,
and the Certificate of Incorporation and By-laws of the Company, as applicable.

         "Restricted Period" has the meaning set forth in Section 8(a)(i).

         "Securities Purchase Agreement" means the Agreement for the Purchase of
Securities of Lincoln Technical Institute of Arizona, Inc., d/b/a Universal
Technical Institute ("Old UTT"), dated as of September 30, 1997, among the
current stockholders of Universal Technical Institute, Inc., the successor
corporation to Old UTI, as the same may be amended, extended, restated,
supplemented or modified from time to time.

         "Stockholders Agreement" means the Stockholders Agreement dated as of
September 30, 1997 among the stockholders of Universal Technical Institute,
Inc., as the same may be amended, extended, restated, supplemented or modified
from time to time.

         "Term of Employment" has the meaning set forth in Section 3(a).

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         10. Notice

         Any notice, request, demand or other communication required or
permitted to be given under this Agreement shall be given in writing and if
delivered personally, sent by certified or registered mail, return receipt
requested, sent by overnight courier or sent by facsimile transmission (with
confirmation and a copy sent by mail within one day) as follows (or to such
other addressee or address as shall be set forth in a notice given in the same
manner):

         If to Executive:           Robert D. Hartman
                                    Universal Technical Institute
                                    10851 North Black Canyon Highway
                                    Phoenix, Arizona 85029
                                    Facsimile No.: (602) 216-7602

         with a copy to:            Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison
                                    550 West C Street, Suite 1300
                                    San Diego, California 92101
                                    Attention: Richard Kintz
                                    Facsimile No.: (619) 234-3848

         If to the Company:         Chairman of the Compensation Committee
                                     of the Board of Directors
                                    c/o Universal Technical Institute
                                    10851 North Black Canyon Highway
                                    Phoenix, Arizona 85029
                                    Facsimile No.: (602) 216-7602

         with a copy to:            The Jordan Company
                                    767 Fifth Avenue
                                    48th Floor
                                    New York, NY 10153
                                    Attention: A. Richard Caputo, Jr.
                                    Facsimile No.: (212) 755-5263

Any such notices shall be deemed to be given on the date personally delivered or
sent by facsimile transmission or such return receipt is issued or the day after
if sent by overnight courier.

         11. Executive's Representation

         Executive hereby warrants and represents to the Company that: (i)
Executive has carefully reviewed this Agreement and has consulted with such
advisors as Executive considers appropriate in connection with this Agreement,
(ii) Executive is not subject to any covenants, agreements or restrictions which
would be breached or violated by Executive's execution of this Agreement or by
Executive's performance of his duties hereunder and (iii) Executive will not
knowingly breach or violate any provision of any Regulations in any material
respect or in any manner which might reasonably have a material adverse effect
in respect of the ongoing

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business, operations, conditions, or other business relationships or properties
of any of the companies in the Company Group.

         12. Company's Obligation

         Executive agrees and acknowledges that the obligations owed to
Executive under this Agreement are solely the obligations of the Company, and
that none of the Company's stockholders, directors, officers or lenders will
have any obligations or liabilities in respect of this Agreement and the subject
matter hereof.

         13. Validity

         If, for any reason, any provision hereof shall be determined to be
invalid or unenforceable, the validity and effect of the other provisions hereof
shall not be affected thereby.

         14. Severability

         Whenever possible, each provision of this Agreement will be interpreted
in such manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law, but if any
provision of this Agreement is held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in
any respect under any applicable law or rule in any jurisdiction, such
invalidity, illegality or unenforceability will not affect any other provision
or any other jurisdiction, but this Agreement will be reformed, construed and
enforced in such jurisdiction as if such invalid, illegal or unenforceable
provision had never been contained herein. If any court determines that any
provision of Section 8 or any other provision hereof is unenforceable and
therefore acts to reduce the scope or duration or such provision, the provision
in its reduced form, shall then be enforceable.

         15. Waiver of Breach; Specific Performance

         The waiver by the Company or Executive of a breach of any provision of
this Agreement by the other party shall not operate or be construed as a waiver
of any other breach of such other party. Each of the parties (and third party
beneficiaries) to this Agreement will be entitled to enforce its rights under
this breach of any provision of this Agreement and to exercise all other rights
existing in its favor. The parties hereto agree and acknowledge that money
damages may not be an adequate remedy for any breach of the provisions of
Sections 7 and 8 of this Agreement and that any party (and third party
beneficiaries) may in its sole discretion apply to any court of law or equity of
competent jurisdiction for specific performance and/or injunctive relief,
including temporary restraining orders, preliminary injunctions and permanent
injunctions in order to enforce or prevent any violations of the provisions of
this Agreement. In the event either party takes legal action to enforce any of
the terms or provisions of this Agreement, the nonprevailing party shall pay the
successful party's costs and expenses, including but not limited to, reasonable
attorneys' fees, incurred in such action.

         16. Assignment; Third Parties; Successors

         Neither the Executive not the Company may assign, transfer, pledge,
hypothecate, encumber of otherwise dispose of this Agreement or any of his or
its respective rights or obligations hereunder, without the prior written
consent of the other. The parties agree and

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acknowledge that each of the Companies and the stockholders of, lenders to and
investors therein are intended to be third party beneficiaries of, and have
rights and interests in respect of, Executive's agreements set forth in Sections
7 and 8. Any successor in interest to the Company (whether indirect or direct
and whether by purchase, merger, or consolidation) shall assume the obligations
under this agreement in the same manner and to the same extent as the Company
would be required to perform such obligations in the absence of a succession.

         17. Amendment; Entire Agreement

         This Agreement may not be changed orally but only by an agreement in
writing agreed to by the party against whom enforcement of any waiver, change,
modification, extension or discharge is sought. This Agreement embodies the
entire agreement and understanding of the parties hereto in respect of the
subject matter of this Agreement, and supersedes and replaces all prior
Agreements, understandings and commitments with respect to such subject matter.

         18. Litigation

         (a) THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, CONSTRUED, APPLIED AND
ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. EACH
OF THE PARTIES HERETO ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT IN THE EVENT OF ANY BREACH OF
THIS AGREEMENT, THE NON-BREACHING PARTY WOULD BE IRREPARABLY HARMED AND COULD
NOT BE MADE WHOLE BY MONETARY DAMAGES, AND THAT, IN ADDITION TO ANY OTHER REMEDY
TO WHICH THEY MAY BE ENTITLED AT LAW OR IN EQUITY, THE PARTIES SHALL BE ENTITLED
TO SUCH EQUITABLE OR INJUNCTIVE RELIEF AS MAY BE APPROPRIATE. THE CHOICE OF
FORUM SET FORTH IN THIS SECTION 18 SHALL NOT BE DEEMED TO PRECLUDE THE
ENFORCEMENT OF ANY JUDGMENT OF A NEW YORK FEDERAL OR STATE COURT, OR THE TAKING
OF ANY ACTION UNDER THIS AGREEMENT TO ENFORCE SUCH A JUDGMENT, IN ANY OTHER
APPROPRIATE JURISDICTION.

         (b) IN THE EVENT ANY PARTY TO THIS AGREEMENT COMMENCES ANY LITIGATION,
PROCEEDING OR OTHER LEGAL ACTION IN CONNECTION WITH OR RELATING TO THIS
AGREEMENT, ANY RELATED AGREEMENT OR ANY MATTERS DESCRIBED OR CONTEMPLATED HEREIN
OR THEREIN, THE PARTIES TO THIS AGREEMENT HEREBY (1) AGREE UNDER ALL
CIRCUMSTANCES ABSOLUTELY AND IRREVOCABLY TO INSTITUTE ANY LITIGATION, PROCEEDING
OR OTHER LEGAL ACTION IN A COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION LOCATED WITHIN THE
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK, WHETHER A STATE OR FEDERAL COURT;(2) AGREE THAT
IN THE EVENT OF ANY SUCH LITIGATION, PROCEEDING OR ACTION, SUCH PARTIES WILL
CONSENT AND SUBMIT TO THE PERSONAL JURISDICTION OF ANY SUCH COURT DESCRIBED IN
CLAUSE (1) OF THIS SECTION AND TO SERVICE OF PROCESS UPON THEM IN ACCORDANCE
WITH THE RULES AND STATUTES GOVERNING SERVICE OF PROCESS (IT BEING UNDERSTOOD
THAT NOTHING IN THIS SECTION SHALL BE DEEMED TO PREVENT ANY PARTY FROM SEEKING
TO REMOVE ANY ACTION TO A FEDERAL COURT IN THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK;
(3) AGREE TO WAIVE TO THE FULL EXTENT PERMITTED

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BY LAW ANY OBJECTION THAT THEY MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE VENUE OF ANY
SUCH LITIGATION, PROCEEDING OR ACTION IN ANY SUCH COURT OR THAT ANY SUCH
LITIGATION, PROCEEDING OR ACTION WAS BROUGHT IN ANY INCONVENIENT FORUM; (4)
AGREE TO DESIGNATE, APPOINT AND DIRECT AN AUTHORIZED AGENT TO RECEIVE ON ITS
BEHALF SERVICE OF ANY AND ALL PROCESS AND DOCUMENTS IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING IN
THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK; (5) AGREE TO PROVIDE THE OTHER PARTIES TO
THIS AGREEMENT WITH THE NAME, ADDRESS AND FACSIMILE NUMBER OF SUCH AGENT; (6)
AGREE AS AN ALTERNATIVE METHOD OF SERVICE TO SERVICE OF PROCESS IN ANY LEGAL
PROCEEDING BY MAILING OF COPIES THEREOF TO SUCH PARTY AT ITS ADDRESS SET FORTH
HEREIN FOR COMMUNICATIONS TO SUCH PARTY; (7) AGREE THAT ANY SERVICE MADE AS
PROVIDED HEREIN SHALL BE EFFECTIVE AND BINDING SERVICE IN EVERY RESPECT; AND (8)
AGREE THAT NOTHING HEREIN SHALL AFFECT THE RIGHTS OF ANY PARTY TO  EFFECT
SERVICE OF PROCESS IN ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY LAW. TO THE EXTENT
PERMITTED BY LAW IN CONNECTION WITH OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, ANY RELATED
AGREEMENT OR ANY MATTERS DESCRIBED OR CONTEMPLATED HEREIN OR THEREIN, AND AGREE
TO TAKE ANY AND ALL ACTION NECESSARY OR APPROPRIATE TO EFFECT SUCH WAIVER.

         19. Further Action

         Executive and the Company agree to perform any further acts and to
execute and deliver any documents which may be reasonable to carry out the
provisions hereof.

         20. Headings

         The headings contained in this Agreement are for convenience only and
shall not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.

         21. Counterparts

         This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall be
deemed an original, but all which together shall constitute one and the same
instrument.

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         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have set their hands as of the
day and year first written above.

                                      EXECUTIVE:

                                      /s/ Robert D. Hartman
                                      ------------------------------------------
                                      Name: Robert D. Hartman

                                      UNIVERSAL TECHNICAL INSTITUTE
                                      OF ARIZONA, INC.

                                      By: /s/ Kimberly J. McWaters
                                          --------------------------------------
                                      Name: Kimberly J. McWaters
                                      Title: President

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                                   SCHEDULE 1

                    Additional Companies in the Company Group

1.       Universal Technical Institute, Inc.

2.       UTI Holdings, Inc.

3.       U.T.I. of Illinois, Inc.

4.       Universal Technical Institute of Texas, Inc.

5.       Universal Technical Institute of California, Inc.

6.       Custom Training Group, Inc.

7.       The Clinton Harley Corporation

8.       Clinton Education Group, Inc.

9.       Universal Technical Institute of North Carolina, Inc.

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