---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-26-210231"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "COLD"
cik: "0001455863"
company_name: "AMERICOLD REALTY TRUST"
filed_at: "2026-05-07T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-14T21:34:21.625235+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Americold forms $1.3B cold storage JV with EQT; receives $1.1B debt repayment proceeds

## Summary
- Americold contributes 12 facilities valued >$1.3B to JV; EQT gets 70% stake, Americold retains 30%.
- Americold expects ~$1.1B net cash proceeds from the transaction, to be used to repay outstanding debt.
- Facilities comprise ~124M cubic feet of capacity and over 400,000 pallet positions across the U.S.
- Transaction expected to close in Q3 2026, subject to customary closing conditions and regulatory approvals.
- Americold will serve as day-to-day manager; JV positioned as a long-term growth platform.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-26-210231
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: COLD
- cik: 0001455863
- company_name: AMERICOLD REALTY TRUST
- filed_at: 2026-05-07T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1455863/000119312526210231/0001193125-26-210231-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1455863/000119312526210231/d95141d8k.htm

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## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: dfc653aa9f4700503312890e35473c0279b02f14
  claim: AMERICOLD REALTY TRUST entered into Contribution Agreement with Snowfall Topco LP, an affiliate of EQT valued at in excess of $1.3 billion (effective 2026-05-07).
  evidence_excerpt: On May 7, 2026, Americold Realty Operating Partnership, LP, a Delaware limited partnership, MHG Gateway Properties, LLC, a New Jersey limited liability company, ART Mortgage Borrower Propco 2010 - 5 LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, Americold New TRS Sub 1, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, Americold Real Estate, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, ART Mortgage Borrower Propco 2010 - 4 LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, New Hall’s Warehouse LLC, a New Jersey limited liability company and Americold Russellville, LLC, an Arkansas limited liability company, each a subsidiary of Americold Realty Trust, Inc. (the “ Company ”) and Snowfall Topco LP, an affiliate of EQT entered into a contribution agreement (the “ Contribution Agreement ” and the transactions described therein, the “ JV Transaction ”), which was unanimously approved by the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”), upon the unanimous recommendation of the Finance Committee of the Board, to create
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1455863/000119312526210231/0001193125-26-210231-index.htm

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