Company: ACEL
Filing Date: 2025-04-11
Form Type: PRE 14A
Source: 0001628280-25-017502
Chunk: 79

Company: Accel Entertainment, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-11
Form: PRE 14A
Chunk 79
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IP will require the affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast by the stockholders present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote thereon.

#### Recommendation of the Board
OUR BOARD RECOMMENDS A VOTE “ FOR ” THE APPROVAL OF THE SECOND AMENDMENT AND RESTATEMENT OF OUR AMENDED AND RESTATED LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN.

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PROPOSAL 5: ADVISORY VOTE ON EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION OF OUR
NAMED EXECUTIVE OFFICERS</div>

Under the Dodd-Frank Act, our stockholders are entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting to provide advisory approval of the compensation of our NEOs as disclosed in this proxy statement pursuant to the compensation disclosure rules of the SEC. This proposal, commonly known as a “say-on-pay” proposal, gives our stockholders the opportunity to express their views on our NEOs’ compensation. This vote is not intended to address any specific item of compensation, but rather the overall total compensation of our NEOs and the philosophy, policies and practices described in this proxy statement. Pursuant to the Dodd-Frank Act, the stockholder vote on executive compensation is an advisory vote only, and it is not binding on us or our Board or the Compensation Committee.

As described more fully in the Compensation Discussion and Analysis section of this proxy statement, our executive compensation program is designed to attract and retain superior employees in key positions to enable our Company to succeed in the highly competitive market for talent, while simultaneously aligning actual pay to Company performance and stockholder returns. We intend to provide a competitive target compensation package to our executives, tie a significant portion of pay to performance and utilize programs that align the interests of our executives with those of our stockholders. Our Compensation Committee and our Board believe that our executive compensation program fulfills these goals and is reasonable, competitive and appropriately aligned with our Company performance and the performance of our executives. We urge stockholders to read the Compensation Discussion and Analysis section of this proxy statement, which describes in detail how our executive compensation policies and procedures operate and are intended to operate in the future.

We are asking our stockholders to indicate their support for the advisory approval of Accel’s executive compensation as described in this proxy statement. Accordingly, we ask that our stockholders vote “FOR” the following resolution:

“RESOLVED, that the Company’s stockholders approve, on an advisory basis, the Company’s executive compensation as disclosed in the Company’s Proxy Statement