---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-23-007733"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "COLD"
cik: "0001455863"
company_name: "AMERICOLD REALTY TRUST"
filed_at: "2023-03-13T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-18T04:21:47.769419+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Americold promotes R. Scott Henderson to EVP & Chief Investment Officer

## Summary
- Promoted from SVP of Capital Markets to EVP & CIO effective March 9, 2023.
- Base salary set at $375,000, with annual bonus target of 60% of base salary.
- Henderson, age 45, joined Americold in 2018; prior roles at Citizens Bank and SITE Centers.
- Eligible for equity awards under the 2017 Incentive Plan and executive severance plan.
- No family relationships with directors/officers; no related-party transactions disclosed.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-23-007733
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: COLD
- cik: 0001455863
- company_name: AMERICOLD REALTY TRUST
- filed_at: 2023-03-13T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 1.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1455863/000162828023007733/0001628280-23-007733-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1455863/000162828023007733/art-20230313.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-23-007733
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-23-007733.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-23-007733.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  R. Scott Henderson changed role as Executive Vice President & Chief Investment Officer at AMERICOLD REALTY TRUST.
  - Action: promoted
  - Role: Executive Vice President & Chief Investment Officer
  source text: On March 9, 2023, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Americold Realty Trust, Inc. (the “Company”) promoted R. Scott Henderson, Senior Vice President to Executive Vice President & Chief Investment Officer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1455863/000162828023007733/0001628280-23-007733-index.htm

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