F1This statement is being filed by The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. ("GS Group"), Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC ("Goldman Sachs"), GS Capital Partners VI Parallel, L.P. ("GS Parallel"), GS Capital Partners VI Offshore Fund, L.P. ("GS Offshore"), GS Capital Partners VI Fund, L.P. ("GS Cap Partners VI"), GS Capital Partners VI GmbH & CO. KG ("GS Germany"), Opportunity Partners Offshore-B Co-Invest AIV, L.P. ("Opportunity Partners" and, together with GS Parallel, GS Offshore, GS Cap Partners VI and GS Germany, the "GS Funds"), GSCP VI Offshore IceCap Investment, L.P. ("GSCP Offshore IceCap Investment"), GSCP VI GmbH IceCap Investment, L.P. ("GSCP GmbH IceCap Investment"), IceCap2 Holdings, L.P. ("IceCap2 Holdings" and, together with GS Parallel, GSCP Offshore IceCap Investment, GS Cap Partners VI and GSCP GmbH IceCap Investment, the "GS Investors"), GS Advisors VI, L.L.C. ("GS Advisors VI"), (continued in Footnote 2)
F2Goldman, Sachs Management GP GmbH ("GS GmbH"), GSCP VI Advisors, L.L.C. ("GSCP VI Advisors"), GSCP VI Offshore Advisors, L.L.C. ("GSCP VI Offshore Advisors") and Opportunity Partners Offshore-B Co-Invest AIV Advisors, Ltd. ("Opportunity Advisors" and, together with GS Group, Goldman Sachs, the GS Funds, GSCP Offshore IceCap Investment, GSCP GmbH IceCap Investment, IceCap2 Holdings, GS Advisors VI, GS GmbH, GSCP VI Advisors and GSCP VI Offshore Advisors, the "Reporting Persons").
F3Due to the electronic system's limitation of 10 Reporting Persons per joint filing, this statement is being filed in duplicate.
F4On December 13, 2018, the GS Investors entered into a sale transaction (the "Sale") of the common shares, par value $0.01 per share (the "Common Shares"), of Americold Realty Trust (the "Company"). The GS Investors sold 6,500,000 Common Shares at $26.37 per share.
F5As of December 13, 2018, as a result of the Sale, GS Parallel beneficially owns directly 795,953 Common Shares, which may be deemed to be beneficially owned indirectly by GS Parallel's general partner, GS Advisors VI. GSCP Offshore IceCap Investment beneficially owns directly 2,407,578 Common Shares, which may be deemed to be beneficially owned indirectly by GS Offshore and indirectly by GS Offshore's general partner, GSCP VI Offshore Advisors. GS Cap Partners VI beneficially owns directly 2,894,527 Common Shares, which may be deemed to be beneficially owned indirectly by GS Cap Partners VI's general partner, GSCP VI Advisors. GSCP GmbH IceCap Investment beneficially owns directly 102,886 Common Shares, which may be deemed to be beneficially owned indirectly by GS Germany and indirectly by GS Germany's general partner, GS GmbH. (continued in Footnote 6)
F6IceCap2 Holdings beneficially owns directly 1,860,284 Common Shares, which may be deemed to be beneficially owned indirectly by Opportunity Partners and indirectly by Opportunity Partner's general partner, Opportunity Advisors.
F7Goldman Sachs beneficially owns directly and GS Group may be deemed to beneficially own indirectly 182,617 Common Shares and Goldman Sachs also had open short positions of 57,008 Common Shares, reflecting changes due to exempt transactions. Both Goldman Sachs and GS Group may be deemed to beneficially own indirectly, in the aggregate 8,061,228 Common Shares owned by the GS Investors because affiliates of Goldman Sachs and GS Group are the general partner, managing limited partner, managing general partner, managing partner, managing member or member of each of the GS Investors. Goldman Sachs is a subsidiary of GS Group. Goldman Sachs is the investment manager of certain of the GS Investors.
F8The Reporting Persons disclaim beneficial ownership of all Common Shares in excess of their pecuniary interest, if any, and this report shall not be deemed an admission that any such person or entity is the beneficial owner of, or has any pecuniary interest in, such securities for purposes of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or for any other purpose.