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                                                                Exhibit 10.15(C)

                                                                  Execution Copy

                  THIRD AMENDMENT TO MASTER LEASE AGREEMENT, dated as of the
27th day of December, 2001 (this "Amendment"), between VC OMAHA HOLDINGS L.L.C.,
a Delaware limited liability company and CARMAR FREEZERS THOMASVILLE L.L.C., a
Delaware limited liability company (together, "Landlord"), and AMERICOLD
LOGISTICS, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company ("Tenant").

                               W I T N E S E T H:

                  WHEREAS, Landlord and Tenant are parties to a certain Master
Lease Agreement, dated as of March 11, 1999 as amended by that certain letter
agreement, dated November 30, 1999, and by that certain Second Amendment to
Master Lease Agreement, executed May 11, 2001 and effective as of February 22,
2001 (as so amended, the "Lease");

                  WHEREAS, the Landlord and Tenant wish to amend the Lease on
the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth.

                  NOW, THEREFORE, for TEN DOLLARS and other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the
parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

                  1. Definitions. All capitalized terms used but not defined
herein shall have the meaning given such terms in the Lease.

                  2.  Rent.

                  (a)    The parties hereto agree and acknowledge that the
                         aggregate amount of Minimum Rent and Percentage Rent
                         under this Lease and each of the Related Leases with
                         respect to the period commencing January 1, 2000
                         through December 31, 2000 shall be $36,255,000 and that
                         14.1% of such aggregate amount shall be allocated to
                         this Lease. Notwithstanding anything in the Lease to
                         the contrary, Landlord hereby (i) agrees that the
                         payment of such amount by Tenant shall represent
                         satisfaction in full of Tenant's obligation to pay
                         Minimum Rent and Percentage Rent pursuant to the Lease
                         with respect to the period commencing January 1, 2000
                         through December 31, 2000 and (ii) waives any and all
                         of its rights under the Lease to receive additional
                         payments of Minimum Rent and/or Percentage Rent with

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                         respect to such period, and Tenant hereby waives any
                         right to receive adjustments of amounts paid on account
                         of Percentage Rent for such period.

                  (b)    The parties hereto agree and acknowledge that the
                         aggregate amount of Minimum Rent and Percentage Rent
                         under this Lease and each of the Related Leases with
                         respect to the period commencing January 1, 2001
                         through December 31, 2001 shall be $17,918,000 and that
                         14.1% of such aggregate amount shall be allocated to
                         this Lease. Notwithstanding anything in the Lease to
                         the contrary, Landlord hereby (i) agrees that the
                         payment of such amount by Tenant shall represent
                         satisfaction in full of Tenant's obligation to pay
                         Minimum Rent and Percentage Rent pursuant to the Lease
                         with respect to the period commencing January 1, 2001
                         through December 31, 2001 and (ii) waives any and all
                         of its rights under the Lease to receive additional
                         payments of Minimum Rent and/or Percentage Rent with
                         respect to such period, and Tenant hereby waives any
                         right to receive adjustments of amounts paid on account
                         of Percentage Rent for such period.

                  3. Authority. Each party hereto represents and warrants that
this Amendment has been duly authorized, executed and delivered on behalf of
such party.

                  4.  Miscellaneous.

                  (a) The Lease is in full force and effect and, except as set
         forth herein, is unmodified.

                  (b) This Amendment may be executed in any number of
         counterparts, each of which where so executed and delivered shall be an
         original, but all of which shall constitute one and the same
         instrument.

                  (c) In all respects, except to the extent that the context
         otherwise requires, references to "this Lease" (and words of similar
         import) in the Lease prior to its amendment hereby shall be deemed to
         refer to the Lease as amended hereby and as the same may hereafter be
         amended.

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                  IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this
Amendment to be duly executed by their duly authorized representatives effective
as of the day and year first above written.

                                            LANDLORD:

                                            VC OMAHA HOLDINGS, L.L.C.

                                            By: Americold Corporation,its member

                                                   By:  /s/ Joseph Macnow
                                                        Name:   Joseph Macnow
                                                        Title:  Executive Vice
                                                                President
                                                                Finance and
                                                                Administration

                                            CARMAR FREEZERS THOMASVILLE, L.L.C.

                                            By: VC Omaha Holdings, L.L.C., its
                                                member

                                                   By: /s/ Joseph Macnow
                                                       Name:   Joseph Macnow
                                                       Title:  Executive Vice
                                                               President
                                                               Finance and
                                                               Administration

                                            TENANT:

                                            AMERICOLD LOGISTICS, LLC

                                            By:    /s/ J.C. Daiker
                                                   Name:  J.C. Daiker
                                                   Title: CFO<PAGE>
                                                                     EXHIBIT 4.1

                             TEMPORARY CERTIFICATE:
                      EXCHANGEABLE FOR DEFINITIVE ENGRAVED
                     CERTIFICATE WHEN AVAILABLE FOR DELIVERY

                                   Alcon, Inc.

       COMMON SHARES                                 COMMON SHARES

          (NUMBER)                                     (SHARES)

 INCORPORATED UNDER THE LAWS            SEE REVERSE SIDE FOR CERTAIN DEFINITIONS
        OF SWITZERLAND

THIS CERTIFICATE IS TRANSFERABLE                   CUSIP H01301 10 2
      IN NEW YORK, NY

      THIS CERTIFIES THAT _________________________ IS THE OWNER OF FULLY PAID
AND NON-ASSESSABLE COMMON SHARES, CHF 0.20 PAR VALUE, OF Alcon, Inc.
transferable on the records of the Corporation in person or by duly authorized
attorney upon surrender of this certificate properly endorsed. This certificate
is not valid unless signed by a member of the Board of Directors of the
Corporation (including by a facsimile signature) and another authorized
signatory of the Corporation. This certificate is not valid unless countersigned
by a Transfer Agent and registered by a Registrar.

      WITNESS the facsimile signatures of a member of the Board of Directors of
the Corporation and a duly authorized signatory of the Corporation.

DATED:

            _____________________               _____________________
                GUIDO KOLLER                      FRANCISCO CASTANER
            SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT                       DIRECTOR

Countersigned and Registered:
    THE BANK OF NEW YORK
      TRANSFER AGENT
      AND REGISTRAR

BY
  ____________________
  AUTHORIZED SIGNATURE
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                                   Alcon, Inc.

Alcon, Inc. will furnish without charge to each shareholder who so requests a
statement of the powers, designations, preferences and relative, participating,
optional or other special rights of each class of shares or series thereof of
Alcon, Inc. and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions of such
preferences and/or rights. Such request may be made to the transfer agent.

      The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of
this certificate, shall be construed as though they were written out in full
according to applicable laws or regulations:

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<S>                                          <S>
TEN COM -- as tenants in common              UNIF GIFT MIN ACT----------Custodian-----------
                                                               (Cust)              (Minor)
TEN ENT -- as tenants by the entireties                    under Uniform Gifts to Minors Act

                                                                 ---------------------------
                                                                          (State)

JT TEN -- as joint tenants with right of     UNIF GIFT MIN ACT----------Custodian-----------
          survivorship and not as                               (Cust)             (Minor)
          tenants in common                                under Uniform Gifts to Minors Act

                                                                 ---------------------------
                                                                          (State)
</TABLE>

    Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.

For Value received,                             hereby sell, assign and transfer
                    ---------------------------
unto

PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR
OTHER IDENTIFICATION NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE

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                            PLEASE PRINT OR TYPEWRITE

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                                 EXACT NAME AND

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                 ADDRESS OF ASSIGNEE INCLUDING ZIP CODE NUMBER.

___________________________________________________ Shares of the capital stock
represented by the within certificate and do hereby irrevocably constitute and
appoint _______________________________ Attorney to transfer the said stock on
the books of the within-named Corporation with full power of substitution in the
premises.

Dated, _____________________           ___________________________________

NOTICE: The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as
written upon the face of the Certificate in every particular, without alteration
or enlargement or any change whatever.

SIGNATURE(S) GUARANTEED:________________________________________________________

The signature(s) should be guaranteed by an eligible guarantor institution
(banks, stockbrokers, savings and loan associations and credit unions with
membership in an approved signature guarantee medallion program), pursuant to
S.E.C. Rule 17Ad-15.

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