Company: ACEL
Filing Date: 2025-04-21
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001628280-25-018604
Chunk: 3

Company: Accel Entertainment, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-21
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 3
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 named executive officers (“Proposal 5”);                                                                                                                                                  |
|                    |     |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          -6 |     | To ratify the appointment of KPMG LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025 (“Proposal 6”); and                                                                                                    |
|                    |     |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          -7 |     | To approve one or more adjournments of our 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”), if necessary or appropriate, to permit further solicitation of proxies if there are insufficient votes to adopt the foregoing proposals (“Proposal 7”). |
| Adjournments and   
 Postponements:     |     |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Any action on the items of business described above may be considered at the Annual Meeting at the time and on the date specified above or at any time and date to which the Annual Meeting may be properly adjourned or postponed. |     |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
| Record Date:       |     |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           Holders of record of our Class A-1 common stock as of the close of business on April 14, 2025, will be entitled to notice of, and to vote at, the Annual Meeting. |     |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
| Voting:            |     | Your vote is very important. All stockholders as of the record date are cordially invited to attend the Annual Meeting and vote. To assure your representation at the meeting, however, we urge you to vote by proxy as promptly as possible over the Internet or by phone as instructed in the Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials or, if you receive paper copies of the proxy materials by mail, you can also vote by mail by following the instructions on the proxy card. You may vote during the meeting even if you have previously returned a proxy. |     |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |

By Order of the Board of Directors,

/s/ Derek Harmer

Derek Harmer

Chief Compliance Officer

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This Notice of Annual Meeting and the accompanying proxy statement and form of proxy are being distributed and made available on or about April 21, 2025.</div>

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| PROXY STATEMENT SUMMARY                                                                                                                                                                          |     |  8 |
| GENERAL INFORMATION                                                                                                                                                                              |     | 10 |
| CORPORATE GOVERNANCE                                                                                                                                                                             |     | 15 |
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