<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001455863-19-000010.txt : 20190805
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001455863-19-000010
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20190801
FILED AS OF DATE:		20190805
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20190805

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			MACKAY MICHELLE
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001581054

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-34723
		FILM NUMBER:		19999881

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O WCI COMMUNITIES, INC.
		STREET 2:		24301 WALDEN CENTER DRIVE
		CITY:			BONITA SPRINGS
		STATE:			FL
		ZIP:			34134

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			AMERICOLD REALTY TRUST
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001455863
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS [6798]
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MD
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		10 Glenlake Pkwy., Suite 800 S. Tower
		CITY:			Atlanta
		STATE:			GA
		ZIP:			30328
		BUSINESS PHONE:		678-441-1400

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		10 Glenlake Pkwy., Suite 800 S. Tower
		CITY:			Atlanta
		STATE:			GA
		ZIP:			30328
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        <issuerName>AMERICOLD REALTY TRUST</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>COLD</issuerTradingSymbol>
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            <rptOwnerName>MACKAY MICHELLE</rptOwnerName>
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            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O AMERICOLD REALTY TRUST</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>10 GLENLAKE PKWY, SOUTH TOWER, SUITE 600</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>ATLANTA</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>GA</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>30328</rptOwnerZipCode>
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            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
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                <value>Operating Partnership Profit Units</value>
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                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
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            <transactionAmounts>
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                    <value>2991</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
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        <footnote id="F1">Represents OP Profits Units (&quot;OP Profits Units&quot;) of Americold Realty Operating Partnership, L.P. (&quot;Operating Partnership&quot;), which will vest one year from the date of grant. The OP Profits Units were issued to the reporting person pursuant to the Americold Realty Trust 2017 Equity Incentive Plan.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Conditioned upon minimum allocations to the capital accounts of the OP Profits Units for federal income tax purposes, each vested OP Profits Unit may be converted, at the election of the holder, into a common unit of limited partnership interest in the Operating Partnership (a &quot;Common Unit&quot;).  Each Common Unit acquired upon conversion of a vested OP Profits Unit may be presented for redemption, at the election of the holder, for cash equal to the then fair market value of a common share of Americold Realty Trust (the &quot;Company&quot;) (the &quot;Common Shares&quot;), except that the Company may, at its election, acquire each Common Unit so presented for one Common Share.  The rights to convert vested OP Profits Units into Common Units and redeem Common Units have no expiration dates.</footnote>
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    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ James C. Snyder, Jr., as attorney-in-fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2019-08-05</signatureDate>
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