Company: ACEL
Filing Date: 2025-04-21
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001628280-25-018604
Chunk: 29

Company: Accel Entertainment, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-21
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 29
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holders and to submit the Declassification Amendment to its stockholders for consideration.

#### Required Vote
The Declassification Amendment will require the affirmative vote of a majority in voting interest of the shares of Class A-1 common stock issued and outstanding as of the Record Date. If our stockholders adopt the

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Declassification Amendment, our Board has authorized our officers to file a certificate of amendment that reflects the Declassification Amendment with the Delaware Secretary of State during the Annual Meeting immediately after the requisite vote for Proposal 1 is obtained, and such certificate of amendment would become effective upon such filing.

If this proposal is not approved, then the Declassification Amendment will not be adopted or become effective, and the current classified structure of our Board and the COI will remain in place. The approval of this proposal is not conditioned on the approval of any other proposal.

#### Recommendation of the Board
OUR BOARD RECOMMENDS A VOTE “ FOR ” ADOPTION OF AN AMENDMENT TO OUR COI IN ORDER TO DECLASSIFY OUR BOARD.

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#### PROPOSAL 2(a) OR 2(b): ELECTION OF DIRECTORS
At the Annual Meeting, depending on the outcome of the vote on Proposal 1, stockholders will either (i) vote to elect two directors to hold a one-year term of office from the date of their election until our 2026 annual meeting of stockholders and until their successors are duly elected and qualified or (ii) vote to elect two individuals as Class 3 directors to hold a three-year term of office from the date of their election until our 2028 annual meeting of stockholders and until their successors are duly elected and qualified.

If Proposal 1 is approved, stockholders will vote on Proposal 2(a) at the Annual Meeting. Pursuant to Proposal 2(a), two individuals are to be elected as directors to hold a one-year term of office from the date of their election until our 2026 annual meeting of stockholders and until their successors are duly elected and qualified.

If Proposal 1 is not approved, stockholders will vote on Proposal 2(b) at the Annual Meeting. Pursuant to Proposal 2(b), two individuals are to be elected as Class 3 directors to hold a three-year term of office from the date of their election until our 2028 annual meeting of stockholders and until their successors are duly elected and qualified.

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