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Pioneer Variable Contracts Trust
Pioneer Equity Income

VCT Portfolio
Class I and II Shares
Schedule of Investments  |  March 31, 2022


Pioneer Equity Income VCT Portfolio Pioneer Variable Contracts Trust

Schedule of Investments 3/31/22 (unaudited) 
Shares           Value
  UNAFFILIATED ISSUERS — 99.9%  
  Common Stocks — 99.3% of Net Assets  
  Aerospace & Defense — 1.2%  
14,120 Raytheon Technologies Corp. $  1,398,868
  Total Aerospace & Defense   $1,398,868
  Air Freight & Logistics — 0.7%  
7,413 CH Robinson Worldwide, Inc. $    798,454
  Total Air Freight & Logistics     $798,454
  Auto Components — 1.1%  
32,357 BorgWarner, Inc. $  1,258,687
  Total Auto Components   $1,258,687
  Automobiles — 1.3%  
53,449 Ford Motor Co. $    903,823
20,793 Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (A.D.R.)     587,610
  Total Automobiles   $1,491,433
  Banks — 6.6%  
49,873 Bank of America Corp. $  2,055,765
9,816 Citizens Financial Group, Inc.      444,959
17,031 JPMorgan Chase & Co.    2,321,666
8,481 M&T Bank Corp.    1,437,530
7,212 PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.   1,330,253
  Total Banks   $7,590,173
  Biotechnology — 0.2%  
4,286 Gilead Sciences, Inc. $    254,803
  Total Biotechnology     $254,803
  Capital Markets — 4.4%  
14,405 Bank of New York Mellon Corp. $    714,920
16,985 Charles Schwab Corp.    1,432,005
12,088 Northern Trust Corp.    1,407,648
10,494 State Street Corp.      914,237
4,308 T Rowe Price Group, Inc.     651,327
  Total Capital Markets   $5,120,137
  Chemicals — 2.3%  
8,317 Celanese Corp. $  1,188,250
7,801 Corteva, Inc.      448,402
7,978 Dow, Inc.      508,358
7,599 DuPont de Nemours, Inc.     559,134
  Total Chemicals   $2,704,144
  Commercial Services & Supplies — 0.7%  
6,075 MSA Safety, Inc. $    806,153
  Total Commercial Services & Supplies     $806,153
  Containers & Packaging — 0.3%  
19,950 Graphic Packaging Holding Co. $    399,798
  Total Containers & Packaging     $399,798
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Schedule of Investments 3/31/22 (unaudited) (continued)
Shares           Value
  Diversified Telecommunication Services — 2.4%  
11,903 BCE, Inc. $    660,140
41,688 Verizon Communications, Inc.   2,123,587
  Total Diversified Telecommunication Services   $2,783,727
  Electric Utilities — 2.1%  
2,984 American Electric Power Co., Inc. $    297,714
14,628 Eversource Energy    1,290,043
10,264 NextEra Energy, Inc.     869,463
  Total Electric Utilities   $2,457,220
  Electrical Equipment — 0.9%  
10,189 Emerson Electric Co. $    999,031
  Total Electrical Equipment     $999,031
  Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 2.2%  
2,817 CDW Corp. $    503,933
12,343 Corning, Inc.      455,580
9,911 National Instruments Corp.      402,287
8,963 TE Connectivity, Ltd.   1,173,974
  Total Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components   $2,535,774
  Energy Equipment & Services — 1.2%  
21,484 Baker Hughes Co. $    782,233
14,623 Schlumberger, Ltd.     604,076
  Total Energy Equipment & Services   $1,386,309
  Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 4.9%  
10,777 Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. $  2,168,871
8,280 Camden Property Trust    1,376,136
2,877 Crown Castle International Corp.      531,094
3,698 Digital Realty Trust, Inc.      524,377
18,359 Healthcare Realty Trust, Inc.      504,505
3,691 Prologis, Inc.     596,023
  Total Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)   $5,701,006
  Food Products — 4.1%  
2,641 Hershey Co. $    572,120
5,399 John B Sanfilippo & Son, Inc.      450,492
14,405 McCormick & Co., Inc., Class VTG    1,437,619
21,706 Mondelez International, Inc., Class A    1,362,703
6,996 Nestle S.A. (A.D.R.)     910,180
  Total Food Products   $4,733,114
  Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 2.2%  
14,124 Abbott Laboratories $  1,671,717
11,552 Baxter International, Inc.     895,742
  Total Health Care Equipment & Supplies   $2,567,459
  Health Care Providers & Services — 4.2%  
7,971 AmerisourceBergen Corp. $  1,233,193
2,885 Anthem, Inc.    1,417,170
11,635 CVS Health Corp.    1,177,578
2,405 Humana, Inc.   1,046,584
  Total Health Care Providers & Services   $4,874,525
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Shares           Value
  Health Care Technology — 1.5%  
18,321 Cerner Corp. $  1,714,113
  Total Health Care Technology   $1,714,113
  Household Durables — 0.4%  
3,880 Garmin, Ltd. $    460,207
  Total Household Durables     $460,207
  Household Products — 1.5%  
4,602 Clorox Co. $    639,816
6,838 Procter & Gamble Co.   1,044,846
  Total Household Products   $1,684,662
  Insurance — 5.9%  
9,646 Chubb, Ltd. $  2,063,280
10,670 First American Financial Corp.      691,629
24,509 Lincoln National Corp.    1,601,908
44,735 Sun Life Financial, Inc.   2,497,555
  Total Insurance   $6,854,372
  IT Services — 4.3%  
2,313 Accenture Plc, Class A $    780,013
3,463 Automatic Data Processing, Inc.      787,971
3,248 Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc.      505,746
8,077 Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp., Class A      724,265
4,274 Fidelity National Information Services, Inc.      429,195
5,677 International Business Machines Corp.      738,124
7,018 Paychex, Inc.     957,746
  Total IT Services   $4,923,060
  Machinery — 5.1%  
55,794 Gorman-Rupp Co. $  2,001,889
2,243 Illinois Tool Works, Inc.      469,684
6,420 Oshkosh Corp.      646,173
18,285 PACCAR, Inc.    1,610,360
3,393 Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.      474,307
12,278 Timken Co.     745,275
  Total Machinery   $5,947,688
  Media — 3.5%  
35,941 Comcast Corp., Class A $  1,682,758
29,545 Interpublic Group of Cos., Inc.    1,047,370
11,921 Omnicom Group, Inc.    1,011,855
8,436 Paramount Global, Class B     318,965
  Total Media   $4,060,948
  Metals & Mining — 6.6%  
8,570 Kaiser Aluminum Corp. $    806,951
14,843 Materion Corp.    1,272,639
21,841 Newmont Corp.    1,735,267
12,323 Nucor Corp.    1,831,814
10,571 Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co.   1,938,193
  Total Metals & Mining   $7,584,864
  Multiline Retail — 2.3%  
3,919 Dollar General Corp. $    872,487
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Schedule of Investments 3/31/22 (unaudited) (continued)
Shares           Value
  Multiline Retail — (continued)  
6,484 Kohl's Corp. $    392,023
6,502 Target Corp.   1,379,854
  Total Multiline Retail   $2,644,364
  Multi-Utilities — 0.7%  
11,427 CMS Energy Corp. $    799,204
  Total Multi-Utilities     $799,204
  Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 7.7%  
12,431 Chevron Corp. $  2,024,140
15,328 ConocoPhillips    1,532,800
11,510 Exxon Mobil Corp.      950,611
23,809 Marathon Petroleum Corp.    2,035,669
10,823 Phillips 66      934,999
14,446 Valero Energy Corp.   1,466,847
  Total Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels   $8,945,066
  Pharmaceuticals — 6.7%  
13,824 AstraZeneca Plc (A.D.R.) $    917,084
7,271 Eli Lilly & Co.    2,082,196
2,901 Johnson & Johnson      514,144
5,032 Merck KGaA (A.D.R.)      210,388
15,575 Novo Nordisk AS (A.D.R.)    1,729,604
11,205 Organon & Co.      391,391
38,013 Pfizer, Inc.   1,967,933
  Total Pharmaceuticals   $7,812,740
  Road & Rail — 1.0%  
4,248 Norfolk Southern Corp. $  1,211,615
  Total Road & Rail   $1,211,615
  Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 5.1%  
8,569 Analog Devices, Inc. $  1,415,428
2,935 CMC Materials, Inc.      544,149
3,921 KLA Corp.    1,435,321
6,399 Microchip Technology, Inc.      480,821
4,494 QUALCOMM, Inc.      686,773
7,473 Texas Instruments, Inc.   1,371,146
  Total Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment   $5,933,638
  Specialty Retail — 0.3%  
5,665 TJX Cos., Inc. $    343,186
  Total Specialty Retail     $343,186
  Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 0.6%  
44,665 Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. $    746,352
  Total Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals     $746,352
  Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 1.5%  
12,970 Carter's, Inc. $  1,193,111
8,493 VF Corp.     482,912
  Total Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods   $1,676,023
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Shares           Value
  Trading Companies & Distributors — 1.0%  
8,593 Ferguson Plc $  1,152,493
  Total Trading Companies & Distributors   $1,152,493
  Water Utilities — 0.6%  
14,111 Essential Utilities, Inc. $    721,495
  Total Water Utilities     $721,495
  Total Common Stocks
(Cost $78,182,496)
$115,076,905
 
  SHORT TERM INVESTMENTS — 0.6% of Net Assets  
  Open-End Fund — 0.6%  
675,768(a) Dreyfus Government Cash Management,
  Institutional Shares, 0.19%
$    675,768
                $675,768
  TOTAL SHORT TERM INVESTMENTS
(Cost $675,768)
    $675,768
  TOTAL INVESTMENTS IN UNAFFILIATED ISSUERS — 99.9%
(Cost $78,858,264)
$115,752,673
  OTHER ASSETS AND LIABILITIES — 0.1%     $118,469
  net assets — 100.0% $115,871,142
             
(A.D.R.) American Depositary Receipts.
(a) Rate periodically changes. Rate disclosed is the 7-day yield at March 31, 2022.
Various inputs are used in determining the value of the Portfolio's investments. These inputs are summarized in the three broad levels below.
Level 1 unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical securities.
Level 2 other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risks, etc.).
Level 3 significant unobservable inputs (including the Portfolio's own assumptions in determining fair value of investments).
The following is a summary of the inputs used as of March 31, 2022, in valuing the Portfolio's investments:
  Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total
Common Stocks $115,076,905 $$$115,076,905
Open-End Fund 675,768 675,768
Total Investments in Securities $115,752,673 $— $— $115,752,673
During the period ended March 31, 2022, there were no transfers in or out of Level 3.
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