Business Description

The Company Americold (NYSE: COLD) is a global leader in temperature-controlled logistics and real estate, supporting the safe, efficient movement of food worldwide. We connect producers, processors, distributors, and retailers. Leveraging deep industry expertise, advanced technology, and sustainable practices, Americold delivers reliable cold storage and transportation solutions that create lasting value for customers and communities. We operate as a self-administered and self-managed publicly traded real estate investment trust (“REIT”) with proven operating, development and acquisition expertise. As of December 31, 2025, we operated a global network of 231 temperature-controlled warehouses encompassing approximately 1.4 billion cubic feet, with 188 warehouses in North America, 23 warehouses in Europe, 18 warehouses in Asia-Pacific, and 2 warehouses in South America. In addition, we hold a minority interest in one joint venture, RSA Cold Holdings Limited, which operates 2 temperature-controlled warehouses in Dubai. Throughout 2025 we viewed our business through three primary business segments: Warehouse, Transportation, and Third-Party Managed. Our temperature-controlled warehouses are mission-critical assets within the global cold chain, supporting the safe, efficient movement of food products from production to consumption. The cold chain is essential to preserving product quality, protecting brand integrity, and ensuring consumer safety. Our global network is designed to support a broad range of customer solutions across the temperature-controlled food supply chain and focuses on four primary solution-oriented nodes: production-focused, forward distribution-focused, retail solutions-focused, and port-oriented facilities. This solutions-based framework reflects how we deploy our assets and operating capabilities to meet differing customer needs at each stage of the cold chain, while maintaining flexibility for facilities to support multiple use cases over time. Production-focused facilities are primarily oriented toward supporting food production and processing operations. These warehouses are typically located near customer manufacturing or harvesting sites and often provide value-added services such as blast freezing, tempering, and packaging. While these facilities may support additional activities, they are generally configured to integrate closely with customer production workflows and often operate under long-term fixed-commitment arrangements that reflect their critical role in customers’ operations. As of December 31, 2025, we owned or leased 67 warehouses focused primarily on production advantaged solutions with approximately 406.8 million cubic feet of temperature-controlled capacity and 1.8 million pallet positions. Forward distribution-focused facilities are primarily designed to support regional inventory aggregation and distribution. These multi-tenant sites are typically located near major population centers and key logistics corridors and handle product from multiple food producers. As of December 31, 2025, we owned or leased 102 warehouses focused primarily on forward distribution solutions with approximately 649.9 million cubic feet of temperature-controlled capacity and 2.5 million pallet positions. Retail solutions-focused facilities are primarily configured to support retailer-direct distribution requirements, including case-level picking, order assembly, and route-specific staging for store replenishment. These facilities tend to be operationally intensive and service-oriented, often supporting a limited number of large retail customers 2 Table of Contents under longer-term arrangements. While not exclusively dedicated to retail distribution, their operating model emphasizes precision, speed, and reliability to meet the demands of retailer supply chains. As of December 31, 2025, we owned or leased 27 warehouses focused primarily on retail store support solutions with approximately 175.6 million cubic feet of temperature-controlled capacity and 0.6 million pallet positions. Port-oriented facilities are primarily focused on supporting import and export activity within the cold chain. These warehouses typically handle shorter-dwell inventory moving through global trade lanes and serve multiple customers.…