Company: ACEL
Filing Date: 2025-04-21
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001628280-25-018604
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Company: Accel Entertainment, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-21
Form: DEF 14A
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 our Compensation Committee receives an additional cash retainer of $20,000. Members of our Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee receives an additional annual cash retainer of $7,500 and the chairperson of our Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee receives an additional cash retainer of $15,000. Prior to its dissolution in February 2024, members of the Prior Compliance Committee received an additional annual cash retainer of $5,000 and the chairperson of the Prior Compliance Committee received an additional annual cash retainer of $15,000. In addition, directors who serve on the Compliance Committee (previously the Gaming Compliance Committee) of the Company receive cash fees of $5,000 for each meeting of the Compliance Committee.

The Company’s non-employee directors may elect to defer receipt of payment of their annual cash retainer and chair and committee member fees, excluding cash fees in respect of Compliance Committee meetings, in the form of Company RSUs.

In addition, on February 27, 2020, our Board approved the entry by the Company into an advisor agreement with Gordon Rubenstein, pursuant to which Gordon Rubenstein will serve as a strategic advisor to the Company and consult with and advise the Company’s senior management regarding, among other things, industry trends and opportunities, recruitment of executive leadership and other strategic aspects of the Company’s business, based on his particular industry knowledge and insight. As compensation for the services to be provided by Gordon Rubenstein pursuant to his advisor agreement, our Board approved a grant to Gordon Rubenstein in 2020 of 90,000 stock options and 60,000 RSUs, which vested over a 5-year period ending January 1, 2025.

#### 2024 Director Compensation Table
The following table sets forth a summary of the compensation paid to our non-employee directors pursuant to our compensation policies for the year ended December 31, 2024. Andrew Rubenstein is not paid any fees or other compensation for services as a member of our Board.

| Name                |     | Fees earned or paid in cash(1) |        |     | Stock awards(2)(3) |         |     | Total |         |
|:--------------------|:----|:-------------------------------|-------:|:----|:-------------------|--------:|:----|:------|--------:|
| Karl Peterson       |     | $                              |      — |     | $                  | 305,942 |     | $     | 305,942 |
| Gordon Rub