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  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right"><B>Registration <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;333-&#8195;&#8195;&#8195;&#8195;</FONT> </B></P>
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  </DIV><DIV STYLE="line-height:3.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>UNITED STATES </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549 </B></P>
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  <P STYLE="margin-top:8pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>FORM <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>UNDER </I></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>THE
  SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 </I></B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:8pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center><DIV STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</DIV></center>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:8pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:24pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>AMERICOLD REALTY TRUST, INC. </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter) </B></P>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>Maryland</B></TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">93-0295215</FONT></B></TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(State or Other Jurisdiction of</B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Incorporation or Organization)</B></P></TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(I.R.S. Employer</B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Identification Number)</B></P></TD></TR>
  </TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:8pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>10 Glenlake Parkway </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>South Tower, Suite 600 </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Atlanta, Georgia 30328 </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code) </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:8pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Amended and Restated Americold Realty Trust 2017 Equity Incentive Plan </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Full Title of the Plan)</B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:8pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Nathan H. Harwell </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Chief
  Legal Officer, Executive Vice President and Secretary </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>10 Glenlake Parkway South Tower, Suite 600 </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Atlanta, Georgia 30328 </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(678) <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">441-1400</FONT> </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Name, Address and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service) </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:8pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>Copies to: </I></B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Christian O. Nagler, P.C. </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Christina M. Thomas </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Kirkland&nbsp;&amp; Ellis LLP </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>601 Lexington Avenue </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>New
  York, NY 10022 </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(212) <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">446-4800</FONT> </B></P>
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  <P STYLE="margin-top:8pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-accelerated</FONT>
  filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of &#147;large accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;smaller reporting company,&#148; and &#147;emerging growth company&#148; in <FONT
  STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Rule&nbsp;12b-2</FONT> of the Exchange Act. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:8pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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  </TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:8pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period
  for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section&nbsp;7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act.&#8194;&#9744; </P>
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  <P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>EXPLANATORY NOTE </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">On May&nbsp;20, 2025,
  the shareholders of Americold Realty Trust, Inc. (the &#147;Registrant&#148;) approved the Amended and Restated Americold Realty Trust 2017 Equity Incentive Plan (the &#147;Plan&#148;) in order to: (i)&nbsp;increase the number of shares reserved for
  issuance under the plan by 7.7&nbsp;million shares of the Registrant&#146;s common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the &#147;Common Stock&#148;), (ii) increase the number of shares that may be covered by options that are designated as
  &#147;incentive stock options&#148; within the meaning of Section&nbsp;422 of the Internal Revenue Code by 7.7&nbsp;million shares of Common Stock, (iii)&nbsp;incorporate a <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">one-year</FONT> vesting requirement for all
  awards (provided, that up to five percent of the shares of Common Stock reserved for issuance may be issued pursuant to awards that do not comply with such minimum vesting period) and (iv)&nbsp;extend the scheduled expiration date of the Plan to
  May&nbsp;20, 2035. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This Registration Statement on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> (the &#147;Registration Statement&#148;) is being
  filed for the purposes of registering an additional 7.7&nbsp;million shares of Common Stock of the Registrant under the Plan, which have been authorized and reserved for issuance under the Plan and includes Common Stock that may again become
  available for delivery with respect to awards under the Plan pursuant to share counting and other terms and conditions of the Plan. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In accordance with
  General Instruction E to Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8,</FONT> the registration statements on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> relating to the Plan and previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
  &#147;Commission&#148;) on January&nbsp;19, 2018 (File <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1455863/000119312518014896/d508282ds8.htm">No.<U></U><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">&nbsp;333-222637</FONT></A>), as subsequently amended by
  Post-Effective Amendment No.&nbsp;1 thereto filed with the Commission on March&nbsp;21, 2023, are hereby incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement. </P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>PART II </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>INFORMATION
  REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&#8201;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference. </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The following documents that the Registrant previously filed with the Commission are incorporated by reference herein: </P>
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  <TD WIDTH="3%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">&#149;</TD>
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  <TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">the Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0001455863/000162828025008770/art-20241231.htm">Form
   <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K</FONT></A> for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2024 (our &#147;Annual Report&#148;), which contains the audited financial statements for the Registrant&#146;s last completed fiscal year filed with the
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  27, 2025, which incorporates by reference certain parts of the Registrant&#146;s <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0001455863/000162828025016937/art-20250407.htm">Proxy Statement</A> for the
  Registrant&#146;s 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders filed with the Commission on April&nbsp;7, 2025; </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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  <TD WIDTH="3%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">&#149;</TD>
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  <TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">the Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-Q</FONT> for the quarterly
  period ended <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0001455863/000162828025023760/art-20250331.htm">March<U></U>&nbsp;31, 2025</A> filed with the Commission on May&nbsp;8, 2025; </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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  <TD WIDTH="3%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">&#149;</TD>
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  <TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">the Registrant&#146;s Current Reports on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> filed with the
  Commission on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0001455863/000145586325000002/art-20250107.htm">January<U></U>&nbsp;
  7, 2025</A>, <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0001455863/000119312525065505/d900676d8k.htm">March<U></U>&nbsp;
  27, 2025</A>, <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0001455863/000119312525072352/d940922d8k.htm">April<U></U>&nbsp;
  3, 2025</A>, <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0001455863/000162828025027055/art-20250520.htm">May<U></U>&nbsp;
  21, 2025</A>; and <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1455863/000119312525133337/d947557d8k.htm">June<U></U>&nbsp;2, 2025</A> (with respect to Item 5.02 only) and </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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  <TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">the Registrant&#146;s Description of Common Stock contained in <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1455863/000162828023005236/exhibit41-descriptionofcap.htm">Exhibit
   4.1</A> to our Annual Report, and all subsequently filed amendments or reports filed with the SEC for the purpose of updating such description. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">All documents filed by the Registrant subsequent to the date of this Registration Statement pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the
  Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment that indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all such securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be
  incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. </P>
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   <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Any statement contained in this Registration Statement or in the documents incorporated or deemed to be
  incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be modified, superseded or replaced, for purposes of this Registration Statement, to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed
  document that is incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement modifies, supersedes or replaces such statement contained in this Registration Statement. Any such statement so modified, superseded or replaced
  shall not be deemed, except as so modified, superseded or replaced, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">No document or information
  deemed to be furnished and not filed in accordance with rules of the Commission shall be deemed to be incorporated herein by reference unless such document or information expressly provides to the contrary. </P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&#8201;8. Exhibits. </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The following exhibits are filed
  with or incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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   by reference to Appendix B to the Registrant&#146;s Notice and Proxy Statement dated April<U></U>&nbsp;7, 2025 for the Annual Meeting of Shareholders held on May<U></U>&nbsp;20, 2025) </A></TD></TR>
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  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
  requirements for filing on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the city of Atlanta, State of Georgia, on
  June&nbsp;17, 2025. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><DIV ALIGN="right">
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  <TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3"><B>AMERICOLD REALTY TRUST, INC.</B></TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ E. Jay Wells</P></TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top">Name:&nbsp;E. Jay Wells</TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top"></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Title: Chief Financial Officer and</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Executive
  Vice President</P></TD></TR>
  </TABLE></DIV> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Each of the undersigned officers and directors of Americold Realty Trust, Inc. hereby constitutes and appoints George F.
  Chappelle, Jr. and E. Jay Wells, and each of them, his true and lawful <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">attorneys-in-fact</FONT></FONT> and agents, each with full power of substitution and <FONT
  STYLE="white-space:nowrap">re-substitution,</FONT> for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the Registration Statement of Americold Realty Trust, Inc. on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8,</FONT> and any
  other registration statement relating to the same offering (including any and all amendments thereto (including post-effective amendments)), and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the
  Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">attorneys-in-fact</FONT></FONT> and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and
  thing requisite or necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each of said <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT
  STYLE="white-space:nowrap">attorneys-in-fact</FONT></FONT> and agents, or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. </P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities set forth
  opposite their names and on the date indicated above. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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text: S-8
  As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 17, 2025
  Registration
  No. 333-
  UNITED STATES
  SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  Washington, D.C. 20549
  FORM
  S-8
  REGISTRATION STATEMENT
  UNDER
  THE
  SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
  AMERICOLD REALTY TRUST, INC.
  (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
  Maryland
  93-0295215
  (State or Other Jurisdiction of
  Incorporation or Organization)
  (I.R.S. Employer
  Identification Number)
  10 Glenlake Parkway
  South Tower, Suite 600
  Atlanta, Georgia 30328
  (Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
  Amended and Restated Americold Realty Trust 2017 Equity Incentive Plan
  (Full Title of the Plan)
  Nathan H. Harwell
  Chief
  Legal Officer, Executive Vice President and Secretary
  10 Glenlake Parkway South Tower, Suite 600
  Atlanta, Georgia 30328
  (678)
  441-1400
  (Name, Address and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)
  Copies to:
  Christian O. Nagler, P.C.
  Christina M. Thomas
  Kirkland & Ellis LLP
  601 Lexington Avenue
  New
  York, NY 10022
  (212)
  446-4800
  Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a
  non-accelerated
  filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer," "smaller reporting company," and "emerging growth company" in
  Rule 12b-2
  of the Exchange Act.
  Large accelerated filer
  ☒
  Accelerated filer
  ☐
  Non-accelerated
  filer
  ☐
  Smaller reporting company
  ☐
  Emerging growth company
  ☐
  If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period
  for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. ☐
  EXPLANATORY NOTE
  On May 20, 2025,
  the shareholders of Americold Realty Trust, Inc. (the "Registrant") approved the Amended and Restated Americold Realty Trust 2017 Equity Incentive Plan (the "Plan") in order to: (i) increase the number of shares reserved for
  issuance under the plan by 7.7 million shares of the Registrant's common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the "Common Stock"), (ii) increase the number of shares that may be covered by options that are designated as
  "incentive stock options" within the meaning of Section 422 of the Internal Revenue Code by 7.7 million shares of Common Stock, (iii) incorporate a
  one-year
  vesting requirement for all
  awards (provided, that up to five percent of the shares of Common Stock reserved for issuance may be issued pursuant to awards that do not comply with such minimum vesting period) and (iv) extend the scheduled expiration date of the Plan to
  May 20, 2035.
  This Registration Statement on Form
  S-8
  (the "Registration Statement") is being
  filed for the purposes of registering an additional 7.7 million shares of Common Stock of the Registrant under the Plan, which have been authorized and reserved for issuance under the Plan and includes Common Stock that may again become
  available for delivery with respect to awards under the Plan pursuant to share counting and other terms and conditions of the Plan.
  In accordance with
  General Instruction E to Form
  S-8,
  the registration statements on Form
  S-8
  relating to the Plan and previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
  "Commission") on January 19, 2018 (File
  No.
  333-222637
  ), as subsequently amended by
  Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 thereto filed with the Commission on March 21, 2023, are hereby incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement.
  PART II
  INFORMATION
  REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
  Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
  The following documents that the Registrant previously filed with the Commission are incorporated by reference herein:
  •
  the Registrant's Annual Report on
  Form
  10-K
  for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024 (our "Annual Report"), which contains the audited financial statements for the Registrant's last completed fiscal year filed with the
  Commission on February 
  27, 2025, which incorporates by reference certain parts of the Registrant's
  Proxy Statement
  for the
  Registrant's 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders filed with the Commission on April 7, 2025;
  •
  the Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form
  10-Q
  for the quarterly
  period ended
  March
  31, 2025
  filed with the Commission on May 8, 2025;
  •
  the Registrant's Current Reports on Form
  8-K
  filed with the
  Commission on
  January
  7, 2025
  ,
  March
  27, 2025
  ,
  April
  3, 2025
  ,
  May
  21, 2025
  ; and
  June
  2, 2025
  (with respect to Item 5.02 only) and
  •
  the Registrant's Description of Common Stock contained in
  Exhibit
   4.1
  to our Annual Report, and all subsequently filed amendments or reports filed with the SEC for the purpose of updating such description.
  All documents filed by the Registrant subsequent to the date of this Registration Statement pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the
  Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment that indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all such securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be
  incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.
  Any statement contained in this Registration Statement or in the documents incorporated or deemed to be
  incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be modified, superseded or replaced, for purposes of this Registration Statement, to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed
  document that is incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement modifies, supersedes or replaces such statement contained in this Registration Statement. Any such statement so modified, superseded or replaced
  shall not be deemed, except as so modified, superseded or replaced, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
  No document or information
  deemed to be furnished and not filed in accordance with rules of the Commission shall be deemed to be incorporated herein by reference unless such document or information expressly provides to the contrary.
  Item 8. Exhibits.
  The following exhibits are filed
  with or incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement.
  Exhibit
  Number
  Description
  5.1*
  Opinion of Venable LLP
  10.1
  Amended and Restated 2017 Equity Incentive Plan (incorporated
   by reference to Appendix B to the Registrant's Notice and Proxy Statement dated April
  7, 2025 for the Annual Meeting of Shareholders held on May
  20, 2025)
  23.1*
  Consent of Ernst & Young LLP
  23.4
  Consent of Venable LLP (included as part of Exhibit 5.1)
  24.1
  Powers of Attorney (included on signature page)
  107*
  Calculation of Filing Fee Tables
  *
  Filed herewith
  SIGNATURES
  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
  requirements for filing on Form
  S-8
  and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the city of Atlanta, State of Georgia, on
  June 17, 2025.
  AMERICOLD REALTY TRUST, INC.
  By:
  /s/ E. Jay Wells
  Name: E. Jay Wells
  Title: Chief Financial Officer and
  Executive
  Vice President
  Each of the undersigned officers and directors of Americold Realty Trust, Inc. hereby constitutes and appoints George F.
  Chappelle, Jr. and E. Jay Wells, and each of them, his true and lawful
  attorneys-in-fact
  and agents, each with full power of substitution and
  re-substitution,
  for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the Registration Statement of Americold Realty Trust, Inc. on Form
  S-8,
  and any
  other registration statement relating to the same offering (including any and all amendments thereto (including post-effective amendments)), and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the
  Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said
  attorneys-in-fact
  and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and
  thing requisite or necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each of said
  attorneys-in-fact
  and agents, or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities set forth
  opposite their names and on the date indicated above.
  Signature
  Title
  /s/ George F. Chappelle, Jr.
  Chief Executive Officer, Director
  George F. Chappelle, Jr.
  (Principal Executive Officer)
  /s/ E. Jay Wells
  Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President
  E. Jay Wells
  (Principal Financial Officer)
  /s/ Robert E. Harris, Jr.
  Chief Accounting Officer and Senior Vice President
  Robert E. Harris, Jr.
  (Principal Accounting Officer)
  /s/ Mark R. Patterson
  Chairman of the Board of Directors
  Mark R. Patterson
  /s/ George J. Alburger, Jr.
  Director
  George J. Alburger, Jr.
  /s/ Kelly H. Barrett
  Director
  Kelly H. Barrett
  /s/ Robert L. Bass
  Director
  Robert L. Bass
  /s/ Antonio F. Fernandez
  Director
  Antonio F. Fernandez
  /s/ Pamela K. Kohn
  Director
  Pamela K. Kohn
  /s/ David J. Neithercut
  Director
  David J. Neithercut
  /s/ Andrew P. Power
  Director
  Andrew P. Power