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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 award (including (i) shares forfeited with respect to restricted stock, and (ii) the number of shares withheld or surrendered to us in payment of taxes relating to awards other than stock options and stock appreciation rights) shall again be available for issuance under the Second A&R LTIP.

#### Eligibility
Our Second A&R LTIP provides for the grant of awards to our officers, employees, any of our affiliates or any other person who provides services to us or any of our affiliates, including directors (“ Participants ”). As of April 11, 2025, we had five (5) executive officers, eight (8) non-employee directors and approximately 1,660 other employees who were eligible to participate in the Second A&R LTIP.

#### Administration
Our Second A&R LTIP is administered by our Compensation Committee, all of the members of which are non-employee directors under applicable federal securities laws and outside directors as defined under applicable federal tax laws, or by our Board acting in place of our Compensation Committee. The Compensation Committee has the authority to:

• determine which Participants receive Awards (as defined below);

• prescribe the form, amount, vesting and other terms and conditions of each Award;

• modify, waive or adjust any term or condition of an Award that has been granted;

• determine the treatment of an Award upon a termination of employment or other service relationship;

• impose a holding period with respect to an Award or the shares of Class A-1 common stock received in connection with an Award;

• interpret and administer the Second A&R LTIP and any award agreement; and

• make all other determinations and take any other action that the committee deems necessary or desirable for the administration of the Second A&R LTIP.

#### Equity Awards
The Second A&R LTIP permits us to grant the following types of awards (“ Awards ”):

Stock Options. Options (“Options”) may be granted to Participants in form of (i) Incentive Stock Options (“ ISOs ”) that comply with Section 422 of the Code and (ii) Nonstatutory Options (“ NSOs ”). The exercise price of each Option granted under the Second A&R LTIP is determined by the Compensation Committee. The exercise price for Options, other than an Option granted as a substitute award or adjusted in connection with a recapitalization, in each case as allowed under the Second A&R LTIP, cannot be less than the greater of (A) the par value per share of Class A-1 common stock or (B)