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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 Pledging Policy
Our insider trading policy prohibits Accel employees, officers and directors from engaging in hedging or monetization transactions involving Accel securities, including, among other things, zero-cost collars and forward sale contracts or the contribution of Accel securities to exchange funds that could be interpreted as having the effect of hedging in Accel securities. Additionally, our insider trading policy prohibits Accel employees, officers and directors from engaging in transactions involving options or other derivative securities on Accel’s securities, such as puts and calls, whether on an exchange or in any other market, engaging in short sales of Accel’s securities, including short sales “against the box,” and using or pledging Accel securities as collateral in a margin account or as collateral for a loan, subject to limited exceptions.

#### Board Participation
Our Board held four meetings in fiscal year 2024. During fiscal year 2024, all of our directors attended all of the meetings of our Board and of the committees on which he or she serves or served. All of our directors attended the 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.

#### Director Independence
NYSE listing standards require that a majority of a company’s board of directors be independent. An “independent director” is defined generally as a person other than an officer or employee of the company or its subsidiaries or any other individual having a relationship which in the opinion of the company’s board of directors, would interfere with the director’s exercise of independent judgment in carrying out the responsibilities of a director. Messrs. Peterson, Rotman and Ruttenberg and Mses. Godsoe, Kondra, Philips and Robinson have been determined by the Board to be independent pursuant to the NYSE listing rules.

### Code of Business Conduct and Ethics
We have adopted a code of business conduct and ethics applicable to all of our directors, officers and employees. Our code of business ethics and conduct is available on our website, at www.accelentertainment.com on the “Investor Relations” page. Any waiver for a director or an executive officer will be disclosed as required by applicable laws, rules and regulations.

#### Board Committees
Our Board has the authority to appoint committees to perform certain oversight and other functions as directed by the Board. Our Board has an Audit Committee, a Compensation Committee and a Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. The composition and responsibilities of each committee are described below. Members will serve on these committees until their resignation or until otherwise determined by the Board.

In February 2024, our Board undertook