POWER OF ATTORNEY
FOR SECTION 16 REPORTING OBLIGATIONS
KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned hereby makes, constitutes and
appoints Marc Smernoff, Andrea Darweesh, Daniel Deckbar and James C. Snyder,
Jr., each one, as the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact, with full
power and authority as hereinafter described on behalf of and in the name, place
and stead of the undersigned to:
(1) prepare, execute in the undersigned's name and on the undersigned's behalf
and submit to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") a
Form ID, including amendments thereto, and any other documents necessary or
appropriate to obtain codes and passwords enabling the undersigned to make
electronic filings with the SEC of reports required by Section 16(a) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder, as amended (the "Exchange Act");
(2) prepare, execute, acknowledge, deliver and file Forms 3, 4, and 5
(including any amendments thereto) with respect to the securities of
Americold Realty Trust, a Maryland real estate investment trust (the
"Company"), with the SEC, any national securities exchanges and the
Company, as considered necessary or advisable under Section 16(a) of the
Exchange Act;
(3) seek or obtain, as the undersigned's representative and on the
undersigned's behalf, information on transactions in the Company's
securities from any third party, including brokers, employee benefit plan
administrators and trustees, and the undersigned hereby authorizes any such
person to release any such information to the undersigned and approves and
ratifies any such release of information; and
(4) perform any and all other acts which in the discretion of such
attorney-in-fact are necessary or desirable for and on behalf of the
undersigned in connection with the foregoing.
The undersigned acknowledges that:
(1) this Power of Attorney authorizes, but does not require, such
attorneys-in-fact to act in their discretion on information provided to
such attorney-in-fact without independent verification of such information;
(2) any documents prepared and/or executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf
of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney will be in such form
and will contain such information and disclosure as such attorney-in-fact,
in his or her discretion, deems necessary or desirable;
(3) this Power of Attorney does not relieve the undersigned from responsibility
for compliance with the undersigned's obligations under the Exchange Act,
including without limitation the reporting requirements under Section 16 of
the Exchange Act; and
(4) neither the Company nor such attorney-in-fact assumes any liability for the
undersigned's responsibility or failure to comply with the requirements of
the Exchange Act, including without limitation for profit disgorgement
under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act.
The undersigned hereby ratifies all that such attorneys-in fact of, for and on
behalf of the undersigned, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of
this Power of Attorney.
This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 with respect to the
undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company,
unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be
executed as of this 15 day of November, 2018.
/s/ Thomas B. Musgrave
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Signature
Thomas B. Musgrave
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