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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1,000,000 on the annual amount of compensation that publicly held companies may deduct for federal income tax purposes for any “covered employee” (as defined in Section 162(m)). Under Section 162(m), compensation above $1,000,000 is generally non-deductible for any covered employee. Our objectives are not always consistent with the requirements for full deductibility. Therefore, deductibility is not the sole factor used in setting the appropriate compensation levels paid by us and decisions leading to future compensation levels may not be fully deductible under Section 162(m). We believe this flexibility enables us to respond to changing business conditions or to an executive’s exceptional individual performance.

Accounting for Share-Based Compensation

Accel accounts for share-based payments, including its long-term equity incentive program, in accordance with the requirements of the ASC 718.

#### Compensation Committee Report
This report of the Compensation is required by the SEC and, in accordance with the SEC’s rules, will not be deemed to be part of or incorporated by reference by any general statement incorporating by reference this proxy statement into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ Securities Act ”), or under the Exchange Act, except to the extent that we specifically incorporate this information by reference, and will not otherwise be deemed “soliciting material” or “filed” under either the Securities Act or the Exchange Act.

The Compensation Committee has reviewed and discussed the “Compensation Discussion and Analysis” section of this proxy statement with the Company’s management. Based on that review and those discussions, the Compensation Committee recommended to the Board that the “Compensation Discussion and Analysis” section be included in this proxy statement and incorporated by reference into the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for its fiscal year ended December 31, 2024.

By: The Compensation Committee

Eden Godsoe (Chair)

Kathleen Philips

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Karl Peterson

#### Summary Compensation
The following table sets forth the annual base salary and other compensation paid to each of the NEOs for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2024, December 31, 2023, and December 31, 2022.

| Name and Principal Position |     |      |     | Fiscal Year |     |         |     | Salary 
 ($)    |         |     |           |     | Stock  
 Awards 
 ($)(1) |           |     |         |     | Option Awards 
 ($)(2)        |