UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

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FORM 8-K

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CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): August 7 8, 2025

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UNIVERSAL ELECTRONICS INC.

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

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Delaware	0-21044	33-0204817
(State or other jurisdiction	(Commission File No.)	(I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation)		Identification No.)

15147 N. Scottsdale Road, Suite H300, Scottsdale, Arizona 85254-2494

(Address of principal executive offices and zip code)

(480) 530-3000

(Registrant'’s telephone number, including area code)

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

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Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing 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:
Title of each class	Trading ~~Symbol(s)~~Symbols	Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share	UEIC	~~The~~ Nasdaq ~~Stock~~Global ~~Market~~Select ~~LLC~~Market

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 2 5.02 ~~Results~~ Departure of ~~Operations~~Directors ~~and~~or ~~Financial~~Certain ~~Condition~~Officers; Elections of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

On August 8, 2025, Bryan M. Hackworth informed the Board of Directors (the "Board") of Universal Electronics Inc. ("UEI" or the “Company”) that he would retire from his position as Chief Financial ~~Results~~Officer ~~for~~of the ~~Quarter~~Company, ~~Ended~~effective ~~June 30~~as of September 5, 2025. Mr. Hackworth’s retirement from the Company is not the result of any disagreement on matters relating to the Company’s operations, policies, or practices.

On August 7 11, 2025, ~~Universal~~Edward ~~Electronics Inc~~K. ~~("UEI")~~Zinser ~~issued~~informed athe ~~press~~Board ~~release~~of ~~reporting~~his ~~financial~~decision ~~results~~to ~~for~~resign, ~~the~~effective ~~quarter~~August ~~ended June 30~~22, 2025, ~~and~~from ~~certain~~his ~~other~~position ~~information~~as a member of the Board. Mr. Zinser's resignation was not a result of any disputes or disagreements with management or the Board.

AThe ~~copy~~Board appointed John Mutch to serve as chair of UEI's ~~press~~Audit ~~release~~Committee isin ~~attached~~place asof ~~Exhibit~~Mr. 99Zinser, and ~~incorporated~~appointed ~~herein~~Rômulo byC. ~~reference~~Pontual to serve as a member of the Audit Committee, effective immediately.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d)Exhibits. The following exhibits are furnished with this report.

Exhibit No. Description

99 Press Release of UEI, dated August 7, 2025 reporting financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2025 and certain other information.

104 Cover Page to this Current Report on Form 8-K, formatted in Inline XBRL

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned ~~hereunto~~thereunto duly authorized.

Universal Electronics Inc.

~~Universal Electronics Inc.~~

Date: August 7, 2025

By:

/s/ Bryan Hackworth

Date: August 13, 2025

By: /s/ Richard K. Carnifax

Bryan Hackworth

Richard K. Carnifax

Chief Financial Officer(Principal Financial Officer)

Interim Chief Executive Officer

(Principal Executive Officer)

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