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 37
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Stock ownership guidelines: We maintain stock ownership guidelines for our Chief Executive Officer, our other executive officers and the non-employee members of our Board.                                                                                                                 |     |            |     | •Change in control: We do not provide ‘single trigger’ equity acceleration nor excise tax reimbursement (‘gross ups’) with respect to payments or benefits upon a change in control of the Company.                           |     |                   |
| •Clawback policy: We have implemented a clawback policy whereby our executive officers are subject to a compensation recovery “clawback” policy that provides for the recovery of incentive-based compensation under certain circumstances in the event we restate our financial statements. |     |            |     | •Hedging or pledging activity: We do not permit our NEOs, the members of our Board or other employees to enter into hedging or similar transactions designed to decrease risks associated with holding our equity securities. |     |                   |
| •Maximum payout limits: We set maximum individual payout limits in our annual STI and LTI plans.                                                                                                                                                                                             |     |            |     |                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |     |                   |

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#### Setting Executive Compensation
Role of the Compensation Committee

The Compensation Committee operates under a written charter adopted by our Board. All decisions regarding compensation of our NEOs are made by the Compensation Committee. The Compensation Committee provides regular updates to our Board regarding its decisions. The Compensation Committee is responsible for reviewing periodically our compensation plans, philosophy and programs, and overseeing the evaluation and compensation of our NEOs. Historically, and during 2024, our Chief Executive Officer provided recommendations to the Compensation Committee regarding the compensation of our NEOs (other than for himself), which the Compensation Committee took under advisement in establishing and approving compensation of our NEOs. The Compensation Committee also administers our incentive compensation plans.

In the first quarter of each year, the Compensation Committee reviews the performance of each of our NEOs during the previous year. At this time, the Compensation Committee also reviews our actual corporate performance for the prior year and makes the final annual incentive payment determinations based on such performance and the Compensation Committee’s evaluation of each NEO’s individual performance for the prior year. In connection with this annual review, the Compensation Committee also reviews and adjusts, as appropriate, base salaries and annual target bonus levels for the NEOs and reviews and grants long-term equity incentive awards to the NEOs, in each case based on the Compensation Committee’s performance evaluations, competitive market data provided by