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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-23-021880
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	6-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20230201
FILED AS OF DATE:		20230202
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20230201

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	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Atlas Corp.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001794846
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	DEEP SEA FOREIGN TRANSPORTATION OF FREIGHT [4412]
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			1T
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

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		FORM TYPE:		6-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-39237
		FILM NUMBER:		23578529

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		2600-200 GRANVILLE STREET
		CITY:			VANCOUVER
		STATE:			A1
		ZIP:			V6C 1S4
		BUSINESS PHONE:		604-638-2575

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		STREET 1:		2600-200 GRANVILLE STREET
		CITY:			VANCOUVER
		STATE:			A1
		ZIP:			V6C 1S4
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<P STYLE="line-height:3.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:4pt; 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:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Form <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">6-K</FONT> </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>REPORT OF
FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>PURSUANT TO RULE <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">13a-16</FONT> OR
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">15d-16</FONT> </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Date of Report: February&nbsp;1, 2023 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Commission File Number <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">001-39237</FONT> </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:24pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>ATLAS CORP. </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> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>23 Berkeley
Square </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>London, United Kingdom </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>W1J 6HE </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 office) </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center> <P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">20-F</FONT> or <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Form&nbsp;40-F.</FONT> Form&nbsp;20-F&nbsp;&nbsp;&#9746;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Form&nbsp;40-F&nbsp;&nbsp;&#9744;</FONT> </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">6-K</FONT> in paper as permitted by Regulation <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-T</FONT> Rule 101 (b)(1).&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Yes&nbsp;&nbsp;&#9744;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;No&nbsp;&nbsp;&#9746; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">6-K</FONT> in paper as permitted by Regulation <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-T</FONT> Rule 101 (b)(7).&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Yes&nbsp;&nbsp;&#9744;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;No&nbsp;&nbsp;&#9746; </P> <P STYLE="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This report on <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Form&nbsp;6-K&nbsp;of</FONT> Atlas Corp., or this Report, is
hereby incorporated by reference into: the&nbsp;Registration Statement&nbsp;of Atlas Corp. filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, (the &#147;SEC&#148;), on May&nbsp;30, 2008 on
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Form&nbsp;F-3D&nbsp;(Registration</FONT> No. <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">333-151329),</FONT> as amended on February&nbsp;28, 2020, the Registration Statement of Atlas Corp. filed with the SEC on March 31, 2011
on Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-173207), as amended on February 28, 2020, the Registration Statement of Atlas Corp. filed with the SEC on June 20, 2013 on Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-189493), as amended on February 28, 2020,
the&nbsp;Registration Statement of Atlas Corp. filed with the SEC on April&nbsp;24, 2012 on Form F-3 (Registration No. 333-180895), as amended on March 22, 2013 and February 28, 2020, the Registration Statement of Atlas Corp. filed with the SEC on
April 29, 2014 on Form F-3 (Registration No. 333-195571), as amended on March 6, 2017, April 19, 2017 and February 28, 2020, the Registration Statement of Atlas Corp. filed with the SEC on November 28, 2014 on Form F-3 (Registration No. 333-200639),
as amended on March 6, 2017, April 19, 2017 and February 28, 2020, the Registration Statement of Atlas Corp. filed with the SEC on November 28, 2014 on Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-200640), as amended on February 28, 2020, the Registration
Statement of Atlas Corp. filed with the SEC on March 12, 2015 on Form F-3D (Registration No. 333-202698), as amended on February 28, 2020, the Registration Statement of Atlas Corp. filed with the SEC on June 24, 2016 on Form S-8 (Registration No.
333-212230), as amended on February 28, 2020, the Registration Statement of Atlas Corp. filed with the SEC on August 25, 2017 on Form F-3 (Registration No. 333-220176), as amended on February 28, 2020, the Registration Statement of Atlas Corp. filed
with the SEC on December 21, 2017 on Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-222216), as amended on February 28, 2020, the Registration Statement of Atlas Corp. filed with the SEC on April 13, 2018 on Form F-3D (Registration No. 333-224291), as amended on
February 28, 2020, the Registration Statement of Atlas Corp. filed with the SEC on April 13, 2018 on Form F-3 (Registration No. 333-224288), as amended on May 3, 2018, May 7, 2018 and February 28, 2020, the Registration Statement of Atlas Corp.
filed with the SEC on September 28, 2018 on Form F-3 (Registration <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;333-227597),&nbsp;as</FONT> amended on February 28, 2020, the&nbsp;Registration Statement of Atlas Corp. filed with the SEC on January 18,
2019 on Form F-3 (Registration No. 333-229312), as amended on February 28, 2020, the Registration Statement&nbsp;of Atlas Corp. filed with the SEC on March 27, 2019 on Form F-3 (Registration No. 333-230524), as amended on February 28, 2020, the
Registration Statement of Atlas Corp. filed with the SEC on May 11, 2020 on Form F-3 (Registration No. 333-238178), as supplemented on December&nbsp;7, 2020, the Registration Statement of Atlas Corp. filed with the SEC on June 30, 2020 on Form S-8
(Registration No. 333-239578), the Registration Statement of Atlas Corp. filed with SEC on March 19, 2021 on Form F-3 (Registration No. 333-254536), the Registration Statement of Atlas Corp. filed with the SEC on July 16, 2021 on Form F-3
(Registration No. 333-257967), and the Registration Statement of Atlas Corp. filed with the SEC on March 25, 2022 on Form S-8 (Registration No. <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">333-263872).</FONT> </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Information Contained in this Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">6-K</FONT> Report </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Atlas Corp. (the &#147;Company&#148;) is providing an update on the regulatory approval process in connection with the Agreement and Plan of
Merger, dated October&nbsp;31, 2022 (the &#147;Merger Agreement&#148;), with Poseidon Acquisition Corp. (&#147;Poseidon&#148;). The Company has now received regulatory confirmation for the transaction to proceed from Brazil&#146;s Administrative
Council for Economic Defence, Turkey&#146;s Competition Authority and Australia&#146;s Competition and Consumer Commission and as announced on December&nbsp;21, 2022, the Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice permitted the <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">30-day</FONT> customary waiting period to expire. The Company continues to expect to complete the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement in the first half of 2023. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">As previously disclosed on a Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">6-K</FONT> furnished with the Securities and Exchange Commission
on November&nbsp;1, 2022, the Company entered into the Merger Agreement with Poseidon and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Poseidon (&#147;Merger Sub&#148;), pursuant to which, among other things, and subject to the satisfaction or waiver of the
conditions set forth therein, Merger Sub will merge with and into the Company, with the Company continuing as the surviving corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Poseidon (other than with respect to the Company&#146;s preferred shares). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This report contains &#147;forward-looking statements.&#148; All statements, other than statements of historical facts, that address
activities, events or developments that the Company expects, projects, believes or anticipates will or may occur in the future are forward-looking statements. You are cautioned not to rely on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as the
date of this report. The Company undertakes no obligation and does not intend to update these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances occurring after this report. These statements are based on current expectations of future
events, are not guarantees of future performance and are </P>
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subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors, some of which are beyond the Company&#146;s control and are difficult to predict. These risks and uncertainties include the risks that the
transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement may not be consummated due to the failure to satisfy conditions to completion of the merger, the occurrence of any event, change or other circumstance that gives rise to the termination of the Merger
Agreement or otherwise. If underlying assumptions prove inaccurate or unknown risks or uncertainties materialize, actual events could vary materially from the Company&#146;s expectations. When considering these forward-looking statements, you should
keep in mind the risk factors and other cautionary statements found in the Company&#146;s filings with the SEC, which include, but are not limited to, those found in the Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">20-F</FONT> for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2021, filed with the SEC on March&nbsp;24, 2022, the Company&#146;s Proxy Statement filed as an exhibit to Schedule <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">13e-3,</FONT>
filed with the SEC on January&nbsp;9, 2023, and the Company&#146;s other filings with the SEC. </P>
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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 Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
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