Material Agreement Form 8 K

On September 5, 2024, Americold Realty Operating Partnership, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the "Operating Partnership"), Americold Realty Trust, Inc., a Maryland corporation and the sole general partner of the Operating Partnership (the "Company"), Americold Realty Operations, Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company and a limited partner of the Operating Partnership (the "Limited Partner"), and certain subsidiaries of the Operating Partnership named as guarantors therein (the "Subsidiary Guarantors") entered into an Underwriting Agreement, dated as of September 5, 2024, with each of BofA Securities, Inc., Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC on behalf of the underwriters named therein (the "Underwriters"), pursuant to which the Underwriters agreed to purchase from the Operating Partnership $500 million aggregate principal amount of the Operating Partnership's 5.409% Notes due 2034 (the "Notes"). The Notes will be fully and unconditionally guaranteed, jointly and severally (the "Guarantees" and, together with the Notes, the "Securities"), by each of the Company, the Limited Partner and the Subsidiary Guarantors. The issuance and sale of the Securities is expected to close on September 12, 2024, subject to customary closing conditions.

The Securities were registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") pursuant to the Company's and the Operating Partnership's automatic shelf registration statement on Form S-3(File Nos. 333-270664and 333-270664-01),as amended by that certain post-effective amendment no. 1 filed by the Operating Partnership, the Company, the Limited Partner and the Subsidiary Guarantors (as the same may be supplemented or further amended, the "Registration Statement"), under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"). The material terms of the Securities are described in the final prospectus supplement, as filed with the Commission on September 9, 2024 pursuant to Rule 424(b)(5) of the Securities Act, which relates to the offer and sale of the Securities and supplements the prospectus, as filed with the Commission on March 17, 2023, contained within the Registration Statement.

A copy of the Underwriting Agreement is filed as Exhibit 1.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K(this "Report"), and the information in the Underwriting Agreement is incorporated into this Item 1.01 by this reference. The above description of the Underwriting is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Underwriting Agreement incorporated by reference into this Report.