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
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 of its Audit Committee and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee that require that any transaction with a related person that must be reported under applicable rules of the SEC must be reviewed and approved or ratified by the Audit Committee, unless the related party is, or is associated with, a member of that committee, in which event the transaction must be reviewed and approved by the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee.

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### DEADLINE FOR RECEIPT OF STOCKHOLDER PROPOSALS
Pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act, any proposal that a stockholder of our Company wishes to have included in the proxy statement in connection with our 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders must be submitted to us no later than December 22, 2025.

In accordance with our current bylaws, stockholder proposals, including stockholder nominations for candidates for election as directors, that are intended to be presented by stockholders at the annual meeting of stockholders for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025 but not submitted for inclusion in the proxy statement for our 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders pursuant to Rule 14a-8, must be received by us no earlier than February 6, 2026 and no later than March 8, 2026, unless we change the date of our 2025 annual meeting more than 30 days before or more than 60 days after June 6, 2026, in which case stockholder proposals must be received by us not later than the later of the 90th day prior to the date of the 2026 annual meeting or the close of business on the 10th day following the day on which we first make a public announcement of the date of such meeting. These time limits also apply in determining whether notice is timely for purposes of rules adopted by the SEC relating to the exercise of discretionary voting authority. All stockholder proposals must include the specified information described in our bylaws and follow the procedures outlined in Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act. Stockholders are advised to review the bylaws, which contain additional requirements with respect to advance notice of stockholder proposals and nominations.

In addition to satisfying the requirements under our bylaws, to comply with the SEC’s universal proxy rules, stockholders who intend to solicit proxies in support of director nominees other than the Company’s nominees must provide notice that sets forth the information required by Rule 14a-19 under the Exchange Act no later than April