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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-22-031526"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "COLD"
cik: "0001455863"
company_name: "AMERICOLD REALTY TRUST"
filed_at: "2022-12-07T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-21T08:04:51.804198+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "medium"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Americold Realty Trust amends bylaws to add proxy access right for shareholders

## Summary
- Proxy access allows a stockholder or group of up to 20 owning 3%+ of stock for 3+ years to nominate up to 20% of directors.
- Bylaws also updated to reflect procedural requirements under Rule 14a-19 of the Exchange Act.
- Amended and Restated Bylaws approved by Board on December 6, 2022, effective same date.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-22-031526
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: COLD
- cik: 0001455863
- company_name: AMERICOLD REALTY TRUST
- filed_at: 2022-12-07T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: medium
- sec_items: 5.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1455863/000162828022031526/0001628280-22-031526-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1455863/000162828022031526/art-20221206.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-22-031526.txt

## Key facts
- Governance Changes
  AMERICOLD REALTY TRUST: Amended and restated bylaws to provide proxy access right and update director nomination procedures (effective 2022-12-06).
  - Change: bylaw amendment
  - Effective: 2022-12-06
  source text: On December 6, 2022, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Americold Realty Trust, Inc. (the “Company”) approved an amendment and restatement of the Company’s bylaws (as so amended and restated, the “Amended and Restated Bylaws”), effective as of such date, in order to, among other things: • provide stockholders with a proxy access right permitting a stockholder, or a group of up to 20 stockholders, owning 3% or more of the Company’s outstanding common stock continuously for at least three years, to nominate, and have included in the Company’s proxy materials, director nominees constituting up to 20% of the Board, provided that the stockholder(s) and the proxy access nominee(s) satisfy the requirements and the procedures set forth in the Amended and Restated Bylaws; and • update the procedural requirements for director nominations made pursuant to Rule 14a-19 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1455863/000162828022031526/0001628280-22-031526-index.htm

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