Accel Entertainment Inc SEC Filings

A shareholder of ACEL filed an amended Rule 144 notice covering the planned sale of 10,000 common shares through Merrill Lynch on the NYSE, with an approximate sale date of 12/18/2025. The shares to be sold have an aggregate market value of $110,000, and the filing notes that 83,207,946 shares of this class were outstanding at the time of the notice.

The 10,000 shares being sold were acquired as restricted shares from the issuer on 11/20/2024 for cash. The notice also reports that the same seller, Derek Harmer, sold an additional 10,000 common shares during the past three months on 12/15/2025 for gross proceeds of $110,700, providing context on recent selling activity.

A shareholder of ACEL filed an amended notice to sell 10,000 common shares under Rule 144. The planned sale is through Merrill Lynch on the NYSE, with an indicated aggregate market value of $111,100 and total issuer shares outstanding of 83,210,000. The shares were acquired on 11/20/2024 as a stock award from the issuer, with payment described as cash on the same date. The approximate sale date listed is 12/15/2025. The form also includes standard representations that the seller is not aware of undisclosed material adverse information about the issuer.

Accel Entertainment, Inc. disclosed that its Audit Committee completed a competitive process to select the independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2026. On December 18, 2025, the Committee approved engaging Deloitte & Touche LLP as the company’s independent auditor for 2026, subject to completion of Deloitte’s standard client acceptance procedures, and approved the dismissal of KPMG LLP following completion of KPMG’s audit for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025.

The company notes that KPMG’s audit reports for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023 contained no adverse opinions, disclaimers, or qualifications, and that there were no disagreements or reportable events with KPMG during those periods or subsequent interim periods. Accel also states that it and its representatives did not consult with Deloitte on the types of matters described in the SEC’s auditor change rules before this engagement, and it has filed KPMG’s confirming letter as an exhibit.

Derek Harmer has filed a notice of proposed sale for 10000 shares of the issuer’s common stock, with an aggregate market value of 110000. The shares are to be sold through Merrill Lynch in Northbrook, Illinois, on the NYSE, with an approximate sale date of 12/18/2025.

These 10000 restricted shares were acquired from the issuer on 11/20/2024 for cash. The notice also reports that Harmer sold 10000 common shares on 12/15/2025 for gross proceeds of 110700. By signing, the seller represents that he is not aware of any material adverse information about the issuer’s current and prospective operations that has not been publicly disclosed.

Accel Entertainment CEO and President Andrew Rubenstein, who is also a director and 10% owner, reported several transactions in Class A-1 Common Stock in December 2025. On December 14, 2025, he acquired 6,957 shares at a reported price of $0 and disposed of 3,034 shares at $11.3 per share. On December 15, 2025, he disposed of another 13,200 shares at a reported price of $0. After these transactions, he directly beneficially owned 3,888,821 shares of Class A-1 Common Stock. He also reported 6,958 restricted stock units (RSUs), each representing a contingent right to receive one share of Class A-1 Common Stock for no consideration, with 1/4 vesting on March 14, 2023 and the remainder vesting in 1/16 quarterly installments, subject to his continuing service on each vesting date.

Accel Entertainment reported insider equity activity by its Chief Accounting Officer. On December 15, 2025, restricted stock units representing 1,875 shares of Class A-1 common stock settled for no consideration, increasing directly held shares to 9,059.

That same day, a second transaction coded “F” covered 550 Class A-1 shares at $11.26 per share, resulting in 8,509 shares owned directly after the transactions. The officer also continues to hold 7,500 restricted stock units, each convertible into one share, with one quarter vesting on December 15, 2024 and the remaining units vesting in eight equal quarterly installments thereafter, subject to continued service.

Accel Entertainment, Inc. director David W. Ruttenberg reported selling a total of 25,000 shares of Class A-1 Common Stock on 12/15/2025. The sales were made in two blocks of 12,500 shares each at weighted average prices of $11.195 and $11.1944, with individual trades in the first block ranging from $11.05 to $11.30 and in the second block from $11.08 to $11.30.

The transactions were executed under a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan adopted on 12/15/2023, which included a representation that he was not then in possession of material nonpublic information about the company or the securities covered by the plan. After these sales, 223,135 shares are held indirectly through Crilly Court Trust and 363,026 shares are held indirectly through Grant Place Fund LLC, and he disclaims beneficial ownership beyond his pecuniary interest in those entities.

Accel Entertainment, Inc. director Gordon Rubenstein reported family stock gifts. On 12/15/2025, he reported three separate gifts of 200 shares each of Class A-1 Common Stock, all at a reported price of $ 0. After these transactions, he was shown as indirectly beneficially owning 2,500 shares through daughter S. Rubenstein, 3,150 shares through son R. Rubenstein, and 2,500 shares through daughter E. Rubenstein. The filing is made by one reporting person in his capacity as a director of Accel Entertainment.

Accel Entertainment, Inc. officer and secretary Derek Harmer reported RSU vesting and share transactions in an insider ownership update. On 12/14/2025, 1,847 shares of Class A-1 common stock were acquired at $0 upon settlement of restricted stock units, and 542 shares were disposed of at $11.30 per share. On 12/15/2025, he sold 10,000 Class A-1 shares at $11.11 per share, leaving him with 204,917 Class A-1 shares held directly.

The sale was made under a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan adopted on December 13, 2024, which included a representation that he was not in possession of material nonpublic information as of the adoption date, with no assurance about information he did not know or that was acquired later. The filing also notes that each restricted stock unit represents a contingent right to receive one share of Class A-1 common stock for no consideration, subject to a time-based vesting schedule and continued service.