---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001698991-23-000031"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ACEL"
cik: "0001698991"
company_name: "Accel Entertainment, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-05-05T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-15T17:03:57.391808+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Stockholders approve LTIP amendment, add 2M shares; elect three Class I directors

## Summary
- Shareholders approved A&R LTIP adding 2,000,000 shares to reserve, total now 8,000,000 shares.
- Karl Peterson, Dee Robinson, Andrew Rubenstein elected as Class I directors for three-year terms.
- Advisory vote on executive compensation approved; future say-on-pay votes to be held every one year.
- Ratification of KPMG as independent auditor for fiscal year 2023 approved.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001698991-23-000031
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ACEL
- cik: 0001698991
- company_name: Accel Entertainment, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-05-05T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1698991/000169899123000031/0001698991-23-000031-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1698991/000169899123000031/acel-20230504.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001698991-23-000031
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001698991-23-000031.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001698991-23-000031.txt

## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  Accel Entertainment, Inc. shareholders approved Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  source text: The Board’s proposal to approve, on a non-binding advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers was approved.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1698991/000169899123000031/0001698991-23-000031-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Accel Entertainment, Inc. shareholders approved Approval of the A&R LTIP.
  - Proposal: equity plan
  - Outcome: passed
  source text: The vote tally was as follows: Nominees Shares For Shares Withheld Broker Non-Votes Karl Peterson 47,526,520 10,567,506 10,867,499 Dee Robinson 48,916,247 9,177,779 10,867,499 Andrew Rubenstein 48,804,712 9,289,314 10,867,499 2.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1698991/000169899123000031/0001698991-23-000031-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Accel Entertainment, Inc. shareholders approved Ratification of Appointment Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm at the 2023-12-31 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-12-31
  source text: The Board’s proposal to ratify the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for its fiscal year ending December 31, 2023 was approved.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1698991/000169899123000031/0001698991-23-000031-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Accel Entertainment, Inc. shareholders approved Election of Three Class I Directors.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  source text: Karl Peterson, Dee Robinson and Andrew Rubenstein were elected to serve on the Company’s board of directors (the “ Board ”), each to serve a three-year term, which will expire at the 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until such time as their respective successors have been duly elected and qualified or until such director’s earlier resignation or removal.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1698991/000169899123000031/0001698991-23-000031-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Accel Entertainment, Inc. shareholders approved Advisory Vote on the Frequency of Advisory Votes on Executive Compensation.
  - Proposal: say on pay frequency
  - Outcome: passed
  source text: The Company’s stockholders indicated, on a non-binding advisory basis, their preference for future non-binding advisory votes to approve the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers to be held every one year.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1698991/000169899123000031/0001698991-23-000031-index.htm

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