Accel Entertainment, Inc. 8-K

What Happened

• Accel Entertainment, Inc. announced on Form 8-K that its Audit Committee completed a competitive selection process and on December 18, 2025 approved engaging Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2026, subject to Deloitte’s standard client acceptance procedures.
• The Committee also approved dismissal of the Company’s current auditor, KPMG LLP, to occur after KPMG completes its audit of the Company’s consolidated financial statements for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025. KPMG’s audit reports for 2024 and 2023 were unqualified and contained no disclaimers or qualifications.

Key Details

• Audit Committee approval date: December 18, 2025.
• Deloitte engagement is for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2026, pending client acceptance.
• KPMG will complete the 2025 audit before dismissal; KPMG’s letters for 2023–2024 contained no disagreements or reportable events.
• KPMG furnished a letter dated December 23, 2025 (filed as Exhibit 16.1) responding to the Company’s disclosure; the Company did not consult Deloitte on specified Regulation S-K items during 2023–2024 or the interim period.

Why It Matters

• A change in independent auditor is a material governance event that investors monitor because it affects who audits and attests to the company’s financial statements. Here, the change follows a competitive review and KPMG will finish the 2025 audit before being dismissed.
• The filing notes there were no disagreements or reportable events with KPMG for 2023–2024, which supports continuity in audit conclusions for recent years. The Deloitte engagement is subject to its client-acceptance review, which investors may watch for completion.