Bayer Master Corporation Trust

Bayer Master Corporation Trust

Bayer Master Corporation Trust functions as the employee retirement income plan sponsored by Bayer Corporation. It holds the 401k assets of the company's U.S. workforce. The plan reports more than $6.1 billion in total assets as of 2019. The trust deploys capital across public equity index funds and select private holdings. Confirmed positions include Vanguard Extended Market Index Fund, Vanguard Growth Index Fund, and Vanguard Large-Cap Index Fund. It also commits to private equity vehicles such as Aurora Equity Partners III and Friedman Fleischer & Lowe Capital Partners III. Geographic exposure centers on the United States and Israel through the Bayer Trendlines Ag Innovation Fund, which targets early-stage crop protection, soil health, and pest control companies including ProJini Agchem Ltd., EcoPhage Ltd., and TierraSpec Ltd. The trust maintains one additional vehicle, the Bayer Corporation Crop Science Employees Citizenship Fund, focused on employee-driven charitable giving in the United States. February 2026: Sponsored Fruit Logistica 2026 in Berlin. Service providers include BNY Mellon as custodian alongside Helvetia Asset Management, Lord Abbett, Charles Schwab, and Fidelity. The structure ties directly to Bayer Corporation as sponsoring employer and to Bayer AG for strategic oversight, creating a captive pension mandate rather than an independent allocator.