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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001698991-26-000053"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ACEL"
cik: "0001698991"
company_name: "Accel Entertainment, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-07-14T20:50:31+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-07-14T20:52:17.840708+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Accel Entertainment appoints Stan Guidroz as COO; CCO Derek Harmer to depart in March 2027

## Summary
- Stan Guidroz, former CEO of Toucan Gaming subsidiary, appointed COO effective July 14, 2026.
- Derek Harmer to resign as CCO effective March 31, 2027; will join Compliance Committee as independent contractor.
- Guidroz's base salary $500,000, target bonus 65%, and receives 20,000 RSUs vesting over three years.
- Guidroz retains indirect 15% ownership in Toucan Gaming via Toucan Management; annual installment payments of $500,000 for nine more years.
- Mark Phelan relinquishes COO title but remains President; will become CEO in August 2026 as previously announced.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001698991-26-000053
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ACEL
- cik: 0001698991
- company_name: Accel Entertainment, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-07-14T20:50:31+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1698991/000169899126000053/0001698991-26-000053-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1698991/000169899126000053/acel-20260714.htm

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