{"url_path":"/sec/acel/8-k/2026-08-11/item-5-02","section_key":"item-5-02","section_title":"Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.","topic":"sec","document":{"doc_type":"8-K","doc_date":"2026-08-11","source_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1698991/0001698991-26-000061-index.html","accession_number":"0001698991-26-000061","cik":"0001698991","ticker":"ACEL","issuer_name":"Accel Entertainment, Inc.","edgar_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1698991/0001698991-26-000061-index.html","primary_entity_key":"0001698991","primary_entity_name":"Accel Entertainment, Inc."},"word_count":238,"has_tables":true,"body_markdown":"Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.\n\nOn August 7, 2026, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Accel Entertainment, Inc. (the \"Company\") appointed Mark Phelan, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, as a 2027 Class director on the Board, effective immediately, with a term expiring at the Company’s 2027 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. Mr. Phelan has not been appointed to serve on any committee of the Board. In connection with Mr. Phelan's appointment to the Board, the Company increased the size of the Board from 9 to 10 directors.\n\nMr. Phelan will not receive any additional compensation for his service as a director. Mr. Phelan will continue to be compensated in his capacity as the Company's Chief Executive Officer, and his compensation arrangements in that capacity remain unchanged in connection with his appointment to the Board.\n\nMr. Phelan is not a party to any arrangement or understanding with any person pursuant to which he was appointed as a director, nor a party to any transaction requiring disclosure pursuant to Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.\n\n2\n\nSIGNATURE\n\nPursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.\n\n \n\nACCEL ENTERTAINMENT, INC.\n\nDate: August 11, 2026By:/s/ Scott Levin\n\nScott Levin\n\nChief Legal Officer & Corporate Secretary\n\n \n\n3"}