Company: ACEL
Filing Date: 2025-04-11
Form Type: PRE 14A
Source: 0001628280-25-017502
Chunk: 47

Company: Accel Entertainment, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-11
Form: PRE 14A
Chunk 47
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The following items are included for our stock ownership policy:

• Directly-owned and beneficially-owned shares, including shares purchased through our 401(k) Plan, if applicable,

• Shares underlying vested RSUs that are held or deferred,

• Shares underlying unvested RSUs,

• Shares received on exercise of stock options, and

• Shares held in trust.

Unearned PSUs and vested, unexercised stock options are not included in the stock ownership calculation. Each executive officer has until the last day of our fiscal year that includes the fifth anniversary of the later of his or her designation as an executive officer and the effective date of the policy to obtain the required ownership level. The Compensation Committee may make exceptions in situations where the stock ownership policy would cause a severe hardship. All of our executive officers currently meet or exceed our stock ownership guidelines.

#### Clawback Policy
In July 2023, our Board adopted a clawback policy providing for the recovery of all or any portion of an executive officer’s incentive-based compensation in the event that we restate our financial results in compliance with the final rules promulgated by the SEC under Section 954 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 (the “Dodd-Frank Act”), Rule 10D-1 and the NYSE. The policy applies to our Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, and other executive officers, including each of our Named Executive Officers. The recovery period extends up to three most recently-completed fiscal years prior to the date of the restatement, with respect to incentive-based compensation granted or received after the effective date of the SEC rules.

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Policy Regarding Certain Transactions in Company Securities

Our Insider Trading Policy prohibits our directors, officers and employees from engaging in certain hedging transactions (see “ Corporate Governance—Hedging Policy ” above). Aside from such prohibitions, we do not maintain any other policies regarding hedging transactions by our directors, officer and employees.

#### Retirement and Other Benefits
We maintain a tax-qualified defined contribution plan that meets the requirements of Section 401(k) of the Code, commonly called a 401(k) plan, for substantially all of our employees. The 401(k) plan is available on the same basis to all employees, including the NEOs. Each participant in the 401(k) plan may elect to defer from 0% to 90% of compensation, subject to limitations under the Code and Employee Retirement Income Security Act. We