Company: ACEL
Filing Date: 2025-04-21
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001628280-25-018604
Chunk: 84

Company: Accel Entertainment, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-21
Form: DEF 14A
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 SEC regulations to furnish us with copies of all Section 16(a) forms they file.

Based solely on our review of these reports filed by the Company’s officers, directors and stockholders, and written representations from our executive officers and directors that they filed such reports, we believe that our officers, directors, and stockholders complied with all filing requirements under Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act on a timely basis during fiscal year 2024, except for the following transactions, which were reported late:

• A Form 4 with respect to sales of shares of our Class A-1 common stock by Karl Peterson, which was effected pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan, on January 10, 2024;

• A Form 4 with respect to a grant of RSUs to Christen Kozlik on May 15, 2024; and

• A Form 4 with respect to sales of shares of our Class A-1 common stock by David W. Ruttenberg, which was effected pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan, on August 15, 2024.

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### SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT
The following table sets forth information as of April 14, 2025, regarding the beneficial ownership of the Company’s Class A-1 common stock by:

• each person known to be the beneficial owner of more than 5% of the outstanding shares of Class A-1 common stock;

• each director and named executive officer of the Company; and

• all current executive officers and directors as a group.

The information below is based on an aggregate of 84,628,372 shares of Class A-1 common stock issued and outstanding as of April 14, 2025. Beneficial ownership is determined according to the rules of the SEC, which generally provide that a person has beneficial ownership of a security if she, he or it possesses sole or shared voting or investment power over that security, including RSUs that will vest within 60 days and options that are currently exercisable or will vest and become exercisable within 60 days.

Unless otherwise indicated, we believe that all persons named in the table below have sole voting and investment power with respect to all shares of Class A-1 common stock beneficially owned by the individuals below:

| Name and Address of Beneficial Owners(1)                |     | Number of    
 Shares       
 Beneficially 
 Owned