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Pioneer Variable Contracts Trust
Pioneer Select Mid Cap Growth

VCT Portfolio
Class I Shares
Schedule of Investments  |  September 30, 2022

Pioneer Select Mid Cap Growth VCT Portfolio Pioneer Variable Contracts Trust

Schedule of Investments 9/30/22 (unaudited) 
Shares           Value
  UNAFFILIATED ISSUERS — 99.6%  
  Common Stocks — 99.0% of Net Assets  
  Aerospace & Defense — 1.3%  
5,049 Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. $ 1,118,354
  Total Aerospace & Defense  $1,118,354
  Air Freight & Logistics — 0.7%  
6,221 CH Robinson Worldwide, Inc. $   599,145
  Total Air Freight & Logistics    $599,145
  Banks — 0.4%  
1,017(a) SVB Financial Group $   341,488
  Total Banks    $341,488
  Beverages — 1.0%  
9,881(a) Celsius Holdings, Inc. $   896,009
  Total Beverages    $896,009
  Biotechnology — 3.2%  
8,177(a) Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $ 1,636,708
2,924(a) Fate Therapeutics, Inc.      65,527
18,128(a) Natera, Inc.     794,369
17,172(a) Replimune Group, Inc.    296,561
  Total Biotechnology  $2,793,165
  Building Products — 0.3%  
5,493(a) Trex Co., Inc. $   241,362
  Total Building Products    $241,362
  Capital Markets — 3.8%  
5,032 Cboe Global Markets, Inc. $   590,606
5,197 MSCI, Inc.  2,192,042
8,864 Tradeweb Markets, Inc., Class A    500,107
  Total Capital Markets  $3,282,755
  Chemicals — 1.5%  
3,878 CF Industries Holdings, Inc. $   373,258
1,870 Sherwin-Williams Co.     382,882
5,459 Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile S.A. (A.D.R.)    495,404
  Total Chemicals  $1,251,544
  Communications Equipment — 1.5%  
5,965 Motorola Solutions, Inc. $ 1,335,981
  Total Communications Equipment  $1,335,981
  Construction & Engineering — 1.5%  
4,693 Valmont Industries, Inc. $ 1,260,634
  Total Construction & Engineering  $1,260,634
  Construction Materials — 0.7%  
1,760 Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. $   566,878
  Total Construction Materials    $566,878
  Containers & Packaging — 0.3%  
65,770(a) Ranpak Holdings Corp. $   224,933
  Total Containers & Packaging    $224,933
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Shares           Value
  Distributors — 0.4%  
1,213 Pool Corp. $   385,989
  Total Distributors    $385,989
  Diversified Consumer Services — 0.6%  
9,070 Service Corp. International $   523,702
  Total Diversified Consumer Services    $523,702
  Electrical Equipment — 2.6%  
6,300(a) Generac Holdings, Inc. $ 1,122,282
2,059 Rockwell Automation, Inc.     442,912
24,592(a) Sunrun, Inc.    678,493
  Total Electrical Equipment  $2,243,687
  Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 4.7%  
26,501 Amphenol Corp., Class A $ 1,774,507
5,543 CDW Corp.     865,151
52,836(a) Flex, Ltd.     880,248
13,875 National Instruments Corp.    523,643
  Total Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components  $4,043,549
  Energy Equipment & Services — 0.4%  
9,876 Cactus, Inc., Class A $   379,535
  Total Energy Equipment & Services    $379,535
  Entertainment — 1.5%  
4,484(a) Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. $   340,963
5,080(a) Spotify Technology S.A.     438,404
47,684(a) Warner Bros Discovery, Inc.    548,366
  Total Entertainment  $1,327,733
  Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 1.9%  
15,477 Americold Realty Trust, Inc. $   380,734
14,040 Equity Commonwealth     342,015
10,006 Iron Mountain, Inc.     439,964
1,654 SBA Communications Corp.    470,811
  Total Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)  $1,633,524
  Food & Staples Retailing — 0.7%  
8,672(a) BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc. $   631,408
  Total Food & Staples Retailing    $631,408
  Food Products — 1.3%  
4,914 Hershey Co. $ 1,083,390
  Total Food Products  $1,083,390
  Gas Utilities — 0.3%  
4,833 National Fuel Gas Co. $   297,471
  Total Gas Utilities    $297,471
  Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 6.1%  
11,525(a) Dexcom, Inc. $   928,224
4,856(a) Insulet Corp.  1,113,966
4,957(a) Penumbra, Inc.     939,847
6,898 ResMed, Inc.  1,505,833
2,866(a) Shockwave Medical, Inc.    796,949
  Total Health Care Equipment & Supplies  $5,284,819
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Schedule of Investments 9/30/22 (unaudited) (continued)
Shares           Value
  Health Care Providers & Services — 2.9%  
528(a) Amedisys, Inc. $    51,105
1,716 AmerisourceBergen Corp.     232,226
4,906(a) Molina Healthcare, Inc.  1,618,195
19,300(a) Option Care Health, Inc.    607,371
  Total Health Care Providers & Services  $2,508,897
  Health Care Technology — 1.1%  
5,786(a) Veeva Systems, Inc., Class A $   953,996
  Total Health Care Technology    $953,996
  Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 5.6%  
12,691(a) Brinker International, Inc. $   317,021
1,080(a) Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc.  1,622,981
23,538(a) DraftKings, Inc., Class A     356,365
5,213(a) Expedia Group, Inc.     488,406
6,076(a) Las Vegas Sands Corp.     227,972
6,803 Papa John's International, Inc.     476,278
7,712(a) Planet Fitness, Inc., Class A     444,674
31,148 Wendy's Co.     582,156
5,167 Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Inc.    316,995
  Total Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure  $4,832,848
  Household Durables — 0.4%  
2,216(a) TopBuild Corp. $   365,152
  Total Household Durables    $365,152
  Insurance — 1.1%  
5,608 Arthur J Gallagher & Co. $   960,202
  Total Insurance    $960,202
  Interactive Media & Services — 0.5%  
3,219(a) IAC, Inc. $   178,268
5,741(a) Match Group, Inc.    274,133
  Total Interactive Media & Services    $452,401
  IT Services — 4.8%  
4,361(a) Akamai Technologies, Inc. $   350,276
8,457(a) Cloudflare, Inc., Class A     467,757
1,679(a) EPAM Systems, Inc.     608,117
27,707 Genpact, Ltd.  1,212,735
1,793(a) MongoDB, Inc.     356,018
14,940 SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc.     713,385
6,296(a) Twilio, Inc., Class A    435,305
  Total IT Services  $4,143,593
  Life Sciences Tools & Services — 4.9%  
13,346 Agilent Technologies, Inc. $ 1,622,206
11,878 Bruker Corp.     630,247
3,102(a) Charles River Laboratories International Inc     610,474
4,445(a) IQVIA Holdings, Inc.     805,167
372(a) Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc.       2,159
2,808(a) Repligen Corp.    525,405
  Total Life Sciences Tools & Services  $4,195,658
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Shares           Value
  Machinery — 0.3%  
1,801(a) Middleby Corp. $   230,834
  Total Machinery    $230,834
  Marine — 1.0%  
9,400(a) Kirby Corp. $   571,238
14,364 Star Bulk Carriers Corp.    251,083
  Total Marine    $822,321
  Media — 0.8%  
4,293 Nexstar Media Group, Inc., Class A $   716,287
  Total Media    $716,287
  Metals & Mining — 0.6%  
17,329 Teck Resources, Ltd., Class B $   526,975
  Total Metals & Mining    $526,975
  Multiline Retail — 0.7%  
2,437 Dollar General Corp. $   584,539
  Total Multiline Retail    $584,539
  Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 4.8%  
67,421(a) Comstock Resources, Inc. $ 1,165,709
20,707 EQT Corp.     843,811
18,847 Occidental Petroleum Corp.  1,158,148
21,886 Ovintiv, Inc.  1,006,756
  Total Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels  $4,174,424
  Professional Services — 4.6%  
144,878(a) Clarivate Plc $ 1,360,404
13,530 Thomson Reuters Corp.  1,388,449
7,351 Verisk Analytics, Inc.  1,253,566
  Total Professional Services  $4,002,419
  Road & Rail — 0.6%  
6,102 TFI International, Inc. $   552,109
  Total Road & Rail    $552,109
  Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 4.7%  
10,359(a) Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. $   656,347
4,065(a) Enphase Energy, Inc.  1,127,916
9,867 Marvell Technology, Inc.     423,393
15,133 Micron Technology, Inc.     758,163
3,815 MKS Instruments, Inc.     315,272
1,674(a) SiTime Corp.     131,794
2,979(a) SolarEdge Technologies, Inc.    689,519
  Total Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment  $4,102,404
  Software — 14.6%  
3,023(a) Atlassian Corp. Plc, Class A $   636,614
2,290(a) Bill.com Holdings, Inc.     303,127
6,612(a) Crowdstrike Holdings, Inc., Class A  1,089,724
8,483(a) Datadog, Inc., Class A     753,121
22,450(a) Fortinet, Inc.  1,102,968
1,474(a) HubSpot, Inc.     398,157
24,020 NortonLifeLock, Inc.     483,763
9,966(a) Palo Alto Networks, Inc.  1,632,331
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Schedule of Investments 9/30/22 (unaudited) (continued)
Shares           Value
  Software — (continued)  
3,884(a) Paycom Software, Inc. $ 1,281,681
1,413(a) ServiceNow, Inc.     533,563
6,923(a) Smartsheet, Inc., Class A     237,874
7,807(a) Splunk, Inc.     587,086
7,570(a) Synopsys, Inc.  2,312,711
9,935(a) Tenable Holdings, Inc.     345,738
10,223(a) Trade Desk, Inc., Class A     610,824
3,641(a) Zendesk, Inc.    277,080
  Total Software $12,586,362
  Specialty Retail — 4.7%  
1,158 Advance Auto Parts, Inc. $   181,042
826(a) AutoZone, Inc.  1,769,234
5,574(a) Floor & Decor Holdings, Inc., Class A     391,629
5,943 Ross Stores, Inc.     500,817
3,060 Tractor Supply Co.     568,793
1,222(a) Ulta Beauty, Inc.     490,254
6,700(a) Victoria's Secret & Co.    195,104
  Total Specialty Retail  $4,096,873
  Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 0.4%  
13,395(a) Pure Storage, Inc., Class A $   366,621
  Total Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals    $366,621
  Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 1.6%  
4,391(a) Lululemon Athletica, Inc. $ 1,227,548
4,684(a) Skechers USA, Inc., Class A    148,576
  Total Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods  $1,376,124
  Trading Companies & Distributors — 1.6%  
2,754 WW Grainger, Inc. $ 1,347,229
  Total Trading Companies & Distributors  $1,347,229
  Total Common Stocks
(Cost $75,251,256)
$85,645,323
 
  SHORT TERM INVESTMENTS — 0.6% of Net Assets  
  Open-End Fund — 0.6%  
546,278(b) Dreyfus Government Cash Management,
  Institutional Shares, 2.75%
$   546,278
               $546,278
  TOTAL SHORT TERM INVESTMENTS
(Cost $546,278)
   $546,278
  TOTAL INVESTMENTS IN UNAFFILIATED ISSUERS — 99.6%
(Cost $75,797,534)
$86,191,601
  OTHER ASSETS AND LIABILITIES — 0.4%    $303,709
  net assets — 100.0% $86,495,310
             
(A.D.R.) American Depositary Receipts.
(a) Non-income producing security.
(b) Rate periodically changes. Rate disclosed is the 7-day yield at September 30, 2022.
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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 September 30, 2022, in valuing the Portfolio's investments:
  Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total
Common Stocks $85,645,323 $$$85,645,323
Open-End Fund 546,278 546,278
Total Investments in Securities $86,191,601 $— $— $86,191,601
During the period ended September 30, 2022, there were no transfers in or out of Level 3.
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