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Issuer:     AMERICOLD REALTY TRUST (COLD)
CIK:        0001455863
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2024-01-03T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001628280-24-000198
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.70
Item codes: 5.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Americold appoints Jay Wells as CFO; realigns leadership with Presidents for Americas and International
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- Marc Smernoff and Americold mutually agree to terminate CFO role effective Jan 12, 2024; separation benefits include 12 months salary & bonus, prorated equity vesting.
- Jay Wells, former CFO of Primo Water (2012-2023), becomes EVP & CFO effective Jan 15, 2024; base salary $575,000, 2024 target bonus 90% of base.
- Rob Chambers promoted to President, Americas from Chief Commercial Officer; base salary increased to $550,000, 2024 equity target $1,100,000.
- Richard Winnall promoted to President, International from COO International; base salary increased to AUD$610,000, target bonus raised to 75% of base.
- M. Bryan Verbarendse appointed EVP & COO, Americas (prev. COO North America); terms unchanged.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1455863/000162828024000198/0001628280-24-000198-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1455863/000162828024000198/art-20240103.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-24-000198

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