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Accel Entertainment, Inc. – ‘10-K’ for 12/31/23 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On: Wednesday, 2/28/24, at 4:41pm ET · For: 12/31/23 · Accession #: 1698991-24-7 · File #: 1-38136

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  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size

 2/28/24  Accel Entertainment, Inc.         10-K       12/31/23  122:12M

Annual Report — Form 10-K — SEA’34

Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-K        Annual Report                                       HTML   2.03M 
 2: EX-21.1     Subsidiaries List                                   HTML     37K 
 3: EX-23       Consent of Expert or Counsel                        HTML     31K 
 8: EX-97       Clawback Policy re: Recovery of Erroneously         HTML     63K 
                Awarded Compensation                                             
 4: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     36K 
 5: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     36K 
 6: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     34K 
 7: EX-32.2     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     34K 
14: R1          Cover                                               HTML     98K 
15: R2          Audit Information                                   HTML     37K 
16: R3          CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS and           HTML    121K 
                COMPREHENSIVE INCOME                                             
17: R4          CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS and           HTML     36K 
                COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (Parenthetical)                             
18: R5          Consolidated Balance Sheets                         HTML    163K 
19: R6          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parenthetical)         HTML     53K 
20: R7          Consolidated Statements of Stockholders? Equity     HTML     98K 
21: R8          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows               HTML    174K 
22: R9          Description of Business                             HTML     36K 
23: R10         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML    110K 
24: R11         Inventories                                         HTML     39K 
25: R12         Investment in Convertible Notes                     HTML     40K 
26: R13         Property and Equipment, net                         HTML     49K 
27: R14         Route and Customer Acquisition Costs                HTML     49K 
28: R15         Location Contracts Acquired                         HTML     45K 
29: R16         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets                HTML     65K 
30: R17         Debt                                                HTML     73K 
31: R18         Business and Asset Acquisitions                     HTML    104K 
32: R19         Contingent Earnout Share Liability                  HTML     44K 
33: R20         Fair Value Measurements                             HTML    106K 
34: R21         Leases                                              HTML    130K 
35: R22         Stockholders? Equity                                HTML     47K 
36: R23         Cost Associated with Gaming Terminals               HTML     35K 
37: R24         Employee Benefit Plans                              HTML     39K 
38: R25         Stock-based Compensation                            HTML    119K 
39: R26         Income Taxes                                        HTML     98K 
40: R27         Commitments and Contingencies                       HTML     49K 
41: R28         Earnings Per Share                                  HTML     50K 
42: R29         Pay vs Performance Disclosure                       HTML     44K 
43: R30         Insider Trading Arrangements                        HTML     57K 
44: R31         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML    164K 
                (Policies)                                                       
45: R32         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     80K 
                (Tables)                                                         
46: R33         Inventories (Tables)                                HTML     40K 
47: R34         Property and Equipment, net (Tables)                HTML     52K 
48: R35         Route and Customer Acquisition Costs (Tables)       HTML     53K 
49: R36         Location Contracts Acquired (Tables)                HTML     73K 
50: R37         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (Tables)       HTML     69K 
51: R38         Debt (Tables)                                       HTML     61K 
52: R39         Business and Asset Acquisitions (Tables)            HTML     82K 
53: R40         Fair Value Measurements (Tables)                    HTML    101K 
54: R41         Leases (Tables)                                     HTML     98K 
55: R42         Stockholders? Equity (Tables)                       HTML     43K 
56: R43         Stock-based Compensation (Tables)                   HTML    118K 
57: R44         Income Taxes (Tables)                               HTML     99K 
58: R45         Earnings Per Share (Tables)                         HTML     49K 
59: R46         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies -        HTML     58K 
                Change in Estimate (Details)                                     
60: R47         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies -        HTML     35K 
                Accounts receivable (Details)                                    
61: R48         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies -        HTML     54K 
                Schedule of property and equipment useful lives                  
                (Details)                                                        
62: R49         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies -        HTML     50K 
                Disaggregation of Revenue (Details)                              
63: R50         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies - Route  HTML     35K 
                and customer acquisition costs (Details)                         
64: R51         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies -        HTML     36K 
                Location contracts acquired (Details)                            
65: R52         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies -        HTML     34K 
                Advertising costs (Details)                                      
66: R53         Inventories (Details)                               HTML     41K 
67: R54         Investment in Convertible Notes (Details)           HTML     64K 
68: R55         Property and Equipment, net (Details)               HTML     66K 
69: R56         Route and Customer Acquisition Costs - Narrative    HTML     45K 
                (Details)                                                        
70: R57         Route and Customer Acquisition Costs - Schedule of  HTML     40K 
                Customer Contract Acquired (Details)                             
71: R58         Route and Customer Acquisition Costs - Schedule Of  HTML     51K 
                Amortization Expense, Route And Customer                         
                Acquisition Costs (Details)                                      
72: R59         Location Contracts Acquired - Schedule of Customer  HTML     40K 
                Contract Acquired (Details)                                      
73: R60         Location Contracts Acquired - Schedule of           HTML     51K 
                Finite-Lived Intangible Assets Amortization                      
                Expense (Details)                                                
74: R61         Location Contracts Acquired - Narrative (Details)   HTML     40K 
75: R62         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets - Narrative    HTML     53K 
                (Details)                                                        
76: R63         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets - Schedule of  HTML     45K 
                changes in Goodwill, Rollforward (Details)                       
77: R64         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets - Schedule of  HTML     53K 
                Goodwill and Intangible Assets (Details)                         
78: R65         Debt - Schedule of Long-term Debt Instruments       HTML     62K 
                (Details)                                                        
79: R66         Debt - Narrative (Details)                          HTML    141K 
80: R67         Debt - Schedule of Maturities of Long-term Debt     HTML     42K 
                (Details)                                                        
81: R68         Debt - Schedule of Carrying Value and Estimated     HTML     45K 
                Fair Value (Details)                                             
82: R69         Business and Asset Acquisitions - Narrative- 2023   HTML    101K 
                acquisitions (Details)                                           
83: R70         Business and Asset Acquisitions - Narrative- 2022   HTML    112K 
                Acquisitions (Details)                                           
84: R71         Business and Asset Acquisitions - Narrative- 2021   HTML     70K 
                Acquisitions (Details)                                           
85: R72         Business and Asset Acquisitions - Narrative-        HTML     37K 
                Consideration Payable (Details)                                  
86: R73         Business and Asset Acquisitions - Schedule of       HTML     80K 
                Consideration Transferred - Century and AVG                      
                (Details)                                                        
87: R74         Business and Asset Acquisitions - Schedule of       HTML     37K 
                Unaudited Pro Forma Results (Details)                            
88: R75         Business and Asset Acquisitions - Schedule of       HTML     59K 
                Consideration Payable (Details)                                  
89: R76         Contingent Earnout Share Liability (Details)        HTML     87K 
90: R77         Fair Value Measurements - Schedule of Fair Value    HTML     50K 
                Measurements, Assets (Details)                                   
91: R78         Fair Value Measurements - Schedule of Unobservable  HTML     37K 
                Input Asset Value Reconciliation (Details)                       
92: R79         Fair Value Measurements - Schedule of Fair Value    HTML     51K 
                Measurements, Liabilities Measured on a Recurring                
                Basis (Details)                                                  
93: R80         Fair Value Measurements - Narrative (Details)       HTML     33K 
94: R81         Fair Value Measurements - Schedule of Fair Value    HTML     47K 
                Measurements, Contingent Considerations (Details)                
95: R82         Leases - Narrative (Details)                        HTML     42K 
96: R83         Leases - Components of Lease Expense (Details)      HTML     41K 
97: R84         Leases - Balance Sheet Classification of Lease      HTML     57K 
                Assets and Liabilities (Details)                                 
98: R85         Leases - Maturities of Operating Lease Liabilities  HTML     71K 
                (Details)                                                        
99: R86         Leases - Weighted Average Lease Liabilities         HTML     41K 
                (Details)                                                        
100: R87         Leases - Supplemental Cash Flow Information         HTML     45K  
                Related to Leases (Details)                                      
101: R88         Stockholders? Equity - Narrative (Details)          HTML     62K  
102: R89         Stockholders? Equity - Schedule of Stock Reserved   HTML     46K  
                for Issuance (Details)                                           
103: R90         Cost Associated with Gaming Terminals (Details)     HTML     36K  
104: R91         Employee Benefit Plans (Details)                    HTML     52K  
105: R92         Stock-based Compensation - Narrative (Details)      HTML    117K  
106: R93         Stock-based Compensation - Schedule of Nonvested    HTML     72K  
                RSUs and PSUs Activity (Details)                                 
107: R94         Stock-based Compensation - Schedule of Assumptions  HTML     53K  
                for Options Granted (Details)                                    
108: R95         Stock-based Compensation - Summary of Options       HTML     47K  
                Granted and Range in Vesting Periods (Details)                   
109: R96         Stock-based Compensation - Schedule of Vested       HTML     67K  
                Stock Options (Details)                                          
110: R97         Stock-based Compensation - Summary of Nonvested     HTML     52K  
                Stock Options (Details)                                          
111: R98         Income Taxes - Schedule of Components of Income     HTML     57K  
                Tax Expense (Details)                                            
112: R99         Income Taxes - Reconciliation of Expected Income    HTML     59K  
                Taxes (Details)                                                  
113: R100        Income Taxes - Narrative (Details)                  HTML     38K  
114: R101        Income Taxes - Schedule of Deferred Tax Assets and  HTML     63K  
                Liabilities (Details)                                            
115: R102        Income Taxes - Summary of Carryforwards of Net      HTML     38K  
                Operating Losses (Details)                                       
116: R103        Commitments and Contingencies (Details)             HTML     57K  
117: R104        Earnings Per Share (Details)                        HTML     69K  
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Accel Entertainment, Inc. – ‘10-K’ for 12/31/23 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On: Wednesday, 2/28/24, at 4:41pm ET · For: 12/31/23 · Accession #: 1698991-24-7 · File #: 1-38136

Annual Report — Form 10-K — SEA’34Filing Table of Contents

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