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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 for the Annual Meeting of Stockholders, pursuant to the compensation disclosure rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the Compensation Discussion and Analysis, the 2024 Summary Compensation Table and the other related tables and disclosure.”

While this advisory vote is non-binding, our Board values the opinions that stockholders express in their votes and will, as a matter of good corporate practice, take into account the outcome of the vote when considering future compensation decisions.

#### Required Vote
Stockholder approval, on an advisory basis, of this Proposal Two will require the affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast by stockholders present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote thereon.

#### Recommendation of the Board
OUR BOARD RECOMMENDS A VOTE “ FOR ” THE ADVISORY APPROVAL OF ACCEL’S EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION AS DISCLOSED IN THIS PROXY STATEMENT.

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### REPORT OF THE AUDIT COMMITTEE
The Audit Committee has reviewed and discussed the audited consolidated financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024, with our management. The Audit Committee has discussed with its independent registered public accounting firm, KPMG LLP, the matters required to be discussed by Auditing Standard No. 1301, Communications with Audit Committees, as issued by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (“ PCAOB ”). The Audit Committee has also received the written communications from KPMG LLP required by applicable requirements of the PCAOB regarding the independent accountants’ communications with the Audit Committee concerning independence, and has discussed with KPMG LLP its independence. Based on the foregoing, the Audit Committee has recommended to our Board that the audited consolidated financial statements be included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024.

By: The Audit Committee

David W. Ruttenberg (Chair)

Eden Godsoe

Kathleen Philips

The information contained in the “Report of the Audit Committee” is not considered to be “soliciting material,” “filed” or incorporated by reference in any past or future filing by the Company under the Exchange Act or the Securities Act of 1933 unless and only to the extent that the Company specifically incorporates it by reference.

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PROPOSAL 6: RATIFICATION OF APPOINTMENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM</div>

Our Audit Committee has appointed KPMG LLP, an independent