AMERICOLD REALTY TRUST

This Proxy Statement is being furnished in connection with the solicitation of proxies by the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Americold Realty Trust, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “Company”), for use at the Company’s 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) to be held at Nobu Hotel Atlanta, 3520 Peachtree Rd NE, Atlanta, GA 30326, on May 18, 2026 at 8:00 a.m., Eastern Daylight Time, and any adjournment or postponement thereof, for the purposes set forth in the accompanying Notice of Annual Meeting of Stockholders and more fully discussed herein. The Board has fixed March 23, 2026 as the record date for the Annual Meeting (the “Record Date”). Only stockholders of record at the close of business on the Record Date shall be entitled to notice of and to vote at the Annual Meeting. We are distributing to our stockholders a Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials (the “Notice of Internet Availability”) on or about April 8, 2026.

You are entitled to vote if you were a stockholder of record of the Company’s common stock, $0.01 par value per share (the “common stock”), on the Record Date. You may vote your common stock in person at the Annual Meeting or, if a proxy is properly executed and received by the Company prior to voting at the Annual Meeting, the common stock represented thereby will be voted at the Annual Meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof in accordance with the instructions marked thereon. Management does not intend to bring any matter before the Annual Meeting other than as set forth in the accompanying Notice of Annual Meeting of Stockholders and is not aware of anyone else who intends to do so. Should any other matter properly come before the Annual Meeting, the persons named in the enclosed proxy, or their duly constituted substitutes acting at the Annual Meeting, will be authorized to vote or otherwise act thereon in accordance with their judgment on such other matters.