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Item 5.02 — Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
Appointment of President and President, Americas
On June 2, 2025, Americold Realty Trust, Inc. (the “Company”) announced that, effective immediately, Robert S. Chambers, previously serving as President, Americas, will assume the newly created executive role of President, and M. Bryan Verbarendse, previously serving as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Americas, will succeed Mr. Chambers as President, Americas.
The information required by Item 5.02(c)(2) of Form 8-K for Messrs. Chambers and Verbarendse has been previously disclosed in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the U.S. Securities Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on February 27, 2025, and in the Company’s Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed with the SEC on April 7, 2025, and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 7.01 — Regulation FD Disclosure
On June 2, 2025, the Company issued a press release relating to the announcement described in Item 5.02 and reaffirming its 2025 full-year financial guidance as set forth in the first quarter earnings release dated May 8, 2025. A copy of the press release is being furnished as Exhibit 99.1 pursuant to Item 7.01 of Form 8-K and the information included therein shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities under that Section, and shall not be or be deemed to be incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, or the Exchange Act, regardless of any general incorporate language in such filing.
Item 9.01 — Financial Statements and Exhibits.
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| 99.1 | Press Release dated June 2, 2025 | |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document). | |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant 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.
Date: June 2, 2025
| Americold Realty Trust, Inc. | ||
| By: | /s/ Nathan Harwell | |
| Name: | Nathan Harwell | |
| Title: | Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer | |