---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001698991-24-000028"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ACEL"
cik: "0001698991"
company_name: "Accel Entertainment, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-05-10T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-02T03:53:35.997524+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.1
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Accel Entertainment shareholders elect directors, approve exec comp, ratify KPMG as auditor

## Summary
- Gordon Rubenstein (56.5M for, 2.0M withheld) and David Ruttenberg (50.3M for, 8.2M withheld) elected as Class I directors.
- Advisory vote on named executive officer compensation passed with 58.1M for, 35,676 against.
- Ratification of KPMG as independent auditor for FY2024 approved with 67.8M for, 20,991 against.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001698991-24-000028
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ACEL
- cik: 0001698991
- company_name: Accel Entertainment, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-05-10T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.1
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1698991/000169899124000028/0001698991-24-000028-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1698991/000169899124000028/acel-20240509.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001698991-24-000028.txt

## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  Accel Entertainment, Inc. shareholders approved Election of two Class I Directors at the 2024-05-09 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-09
  source text: Election of two Class I Directors. Gordon Rubenstein and David W. Ruttenberg were elected
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1698991/000169899124000028/0001698991-24-000028-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Accel Entertainment, Inc. shareholders approved Ratification of Appointment Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm at the 2024-05-09 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-09
  source text: Ratification of Appointment Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm. 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, 2024 was approved.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1698991/000169899124000028/0001698991-24-000028-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Accel Entertainment, Inc. shareholders approved Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation at the 2024-05-09 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-09
  source text: Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation. 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/1698991/000169899124000028/0001698991-24-000028-index.htm

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