Company: ACEL
Filing Date: 2025-04-11
Form Type: PRE 14A
Source: 0001628280-25-017502
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Company: Accel Entertainment, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-11
Form: PRE 14A
Chunk 36
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 our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024, filed with the SEC on March 3, 2025.

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#### Compensation Philosophy and Objectives
The primary objectives of our executive compensation program are:

• be competitive with compensation paid by companies in the same market in which we compete for executive talent;

• align executive compensation with our corporate strategies, business objectives and the interests of our stockholders by rewarding successful execution of our business plan and key corporate objectives; and

• provide the majority of total compensation in the form of variable compensation, comprised of annual cash incentive awards and long-term equity incentive awards, with compensation dependent upon corporate performance results and the creation of long-term stockholder value.

We seek to achieve these objectives by providing compensation that is competitive with the practices of companies in our peer group and market for executive talent in our geography, with individual pay decisions approved in the context of both company and individual performance. In addition to our peer group, we compete with much larger casino, gaming and entertainment companies for world class talent.

In addition, the Compensation Committee seeks to ensure that we maintain sound governance and compensation policies and practices. In designing and overseeing our executive compensation program, we strive to employ best practices and regularly assess our policies and practices.

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| •Pay-for-performance culture: We emphasize by using a performance-based annual incentive plan and a performance-based long-term incentive plan paid in shares of Accel stock.                                                                                                                |     |            |     | •Guaranteed compensation:  We do not provide guaranteed incentive compensation to our executive officers.                                                                                                                     |     |                   |
| •Peer companies:  We annually review peer companies to assist with compensation decisions for ourexecutives.                                                                                                                                                                                 |     |            |     | •Perquisites: We do not provide significant perquisites or personal benefits to our executives.                                                                                                                               |     |                   |
| •Independent compensation consultant: Our Compensation Committee directly engages an independent compensation consultant, Aon, to provide analysis for all aspects of our executive compensation decisions and guidance on other executive compensation matters independent of management.   |     |            |     | •Retirement benefits: We do not offer enhanced retirement benefits to our executive officers. Our 401(k) plan is open to all U.S. salaried employees.                                                                         |     |                   |
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