---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-22-007712"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "COLD"
cik: "0001455863"
company_name: "AMERICOLD REALTY TRUST"
filed_at: "2022-03-29T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-26T14:37:44.107568+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Director James R. Heistand will not stand for reelection at Americold's 2022 annual meeting

## Summary
- Heistand notified the board on March 24, 2022 of his decision not to stand for reelection.
- Annual meeting of shareholders is scheduled for May 17, 2022.
- Departure is not due to any disagreement with the company's operations, policies, or practices.
- Heistand's term will end at the annual meeting; no successor announced.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-22-007712
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: COLD
- cik: 0001455863
- company_name: AMERICOLD REALTY TRUST
- filed_at: 2022-03-29T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1455863/000162828022007712/0001628280-22-007712-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1455863/000162828022007712/art-20220324.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-22-007712
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-22-007712.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-22-007712.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  James R. Heistand departed as Director at AMERICOLD REALTY TRUST.
  - Action: not going to stand for reelection
  - Role: Director
  source text: On March 24, 2022, James R. Heistand notified the Company that he was not going to stand for reelection to the Board of Trustees of the Company at its annual meeting of shareholders to be held on May 17, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1455863/000162828022007712/0001628280-22-007712-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.