SEC Form 4

FORM 4		UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Estimated average burden hours per response: 0.5
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* BURKLE RONALD W (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O THE YUCAIPA COMPANIES 9130 WEST SUNSET BOULEVARD (Street) LOS ANGELES CA 90069 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol AMERICOLD REALTY TRUST [ COLD ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) X Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 03/08/2018
	4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) Form filed by One Reporting Person X Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Shares of Beneficial Interest	03/08/2018		J(1)		7,235,529	D	$0.00	54,952,774	I	See footnote 2 and Remarks below(2)

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* BURKLE RONALD W (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O THE YUCAIPA COMPANIES 9130 WEST SUNSET BOULEVARD (Street) LOS ANGELES CA 90069 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer X Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* YF Art Holdings, L.P. (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O THE YUCAIPA COMPANIES 9130 WEST SUNSET BOULEVARD (Street) LOS ANGELES CA 90069 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer X Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* YF Art Holdings GP, LLC (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O THE YUCAIPA COMPANIES 9130 WEST SUNSET BOULEVARD (Street) LOS ANGELES CA 90069 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer X Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Yucaipa American Alliance Fund I, LP (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O THE YUCAIPA COMPANIES 9130 WEST SUNSET BOULEVARD (Street) LOS ANGELES CA 90069 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer X Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Yucaipa American Alliance Fund I, LLC (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O THE YUCAIPA COMPANIES 9130 WEST SUNSET BOULEVARD (Street) LOS ANGELES CA 90069 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer X Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* YUCAIPA AMERICAN FUNDS, LLC (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O THE YUCAIPA COMPANIES 9130 WEST SUNSET BOULEVARD (Street) LOS ANGELES CA 90069 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer X Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* YUCAIPA AMERICAN MANAGEMENT, LLC (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O THE YUCAIPA COMPANIES 9130 WEST SUNSET BOULEVARD (Street) LOS ANGELES CA 90069 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer X Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

Explanation of Responses:

1. On March 8, 2018, YF ART Holdings, L.P. ("YFA") distributed to CF Cold LP, a limited partner of YFA, 7,235,529 common shares of beneficial interest, par value $0.01 per share, of the Issuer, allocated to CF Cold LP, and CF Cold LP ceased to be a limited partner of YFA. The transaction described herein is a distribution by YFA to a limited partner and is exempt from the lock-up agreement YFA entered into with the representatives of the underwriters for the Issuer's initial public offering and from the letter agreement YFA entered into with the Issuer on March 8, 2018.

2. All securities reported on this Form 4 are held by YFA.

Remarks:

This Form 4 is jointly filed by (i) YFA, (ii) YF ART Holdings GP, LLC ("YFA GP"), (iii) Yucaipa American Alliance Fund I, LP ("YAAF I"), (iv) Yucaipa American Alliance Fund I, LLC ("YAAF I LLC"), (v) Yucaipa American Funds, LLC ("Yucaipa American Funds"), (vi) Yucaipa American Management, LLC ("Yucaipa American" and, together with YFA, YFA GP, YAAF I, YAAF I LLC, and Yucaipa American Funds, the "Yucaipa Entities"), and (vii) Ronald W. Burkle. YFA GP is the general partner of YFA. YAAF I is the managing member of YFA GP. YAAF I LLC is the general partner of YAAF I. Yucaipa American Funds is the managing member of YAAF I LLC. Yucaipa American is the managing member of Yucaipa American Funds. Mr. Burkle is the managing member of Yucaipa American. Each of Mr. Burkle, YFA GP, YAAF I, YAAF I LLC, Yucaipa American Funds, and Yucaipa American, by virtue of their direct or indirect control of YFA, may be deemed to beneficially own some or all of the securities reported as being held by YFA. Each of the reporting persons hereunder disclaims beneficial ownership of the reported securities except to the extent of its or his pecuniary interest therein. This Form 4 shall not be deemed to be an admission that any reporting person hereunder is the beneficial owner of any of the reported securities for purposes of Section 16, or for any other purpose.

	/s/ Ronald W. Burkle (on behalf of himself and the other reporting persons)	03/12/2018
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