---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001698991-22-000045"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ACEL"
cik: "0001698991"
company_name: "Accel Entertainment, Inc."
filed_at: "2022-11-09T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-22T01:33:09.035901+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Accel Entertainment appoints Christie Kozlik as Chief Accounting Officer

## Summary
- Christie Kozlik, 44, appointed CAO effective Nov 9, 2022; previously VP at Assurant and director at Allstate.
- Base salary of $265,000; annual discretionary bonus up to 50% of base; target equity award of 50% of base from 2023.
- Granted RSUs covering 20,000 shares and stock options for 20,000 shares under LTIP; vesting over 2-4 years.
- Severance: 6 months base salary plus most recent annual bonus if terminated without cause or resigns for good reason; 12 months COBRA.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001698991-22-000045
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ACEL
- cik: 0001698991
- company_name: Accel Entertainment, Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-11-09T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1698991/000169899122000045/0001698991-22-000045-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1698991/000169899122000045/acel-20221109.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001698991-22-000045
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001698991-22-000045.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Christie Kozlik was appointed as Chief Accounting Officer at Accel Entertainment, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Accounting Officer
  source text: On November 9, 2022, Accel Entertainment, Inc. (the “Company”) announced that Christie Kozlik, 44, has been appointed to the position of Chief Accounting Officer, effective as of November 9, 2022
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1698991/000169899122000045/0001698991-22-000045-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.