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Pioneer Variable Contracts Trust
Pioneer Mid Cap Value

VCT Portfolio
Class I and II Shares
Schedule of Investments  |  March 31, 2023

Pioneer Mid Cap Value VCT Portfolio Pioneer Variable Contracts Trust

Schedule of Investments 3/31/23 (unaudited) 
Shares           Value
  UNAFFILIATED ISSUERS — 99.9%  
  Common Stocks — 98.7% of Net Assets  
  Automobile Components — 2.3%  
17,574 Lear Corp. $  2,451,397
  Total Automobile Components   $2,451,397
  Banks — 8.7%  
74,392 Citizens Financial Group, Inc. $  2,259,285
15,309 M&T Bank Corp.    1,830,497
129,810 Regions Financial Corp.    2,409,274
76,159 Truist Financial Corp.   2,597,022
  Total Banks   $9,096,078
  Beverages — 2.6%  
53,305 Molson Coors Beverage Co., Class B $  2,754,802
  Total Beverages   $2,754,802
  Broadline Retail — 1.6%  
36,991 eBay, Inc. $  1,641,291
  Total Broadline Retail   $1,641,291
  Building Products — 1.7%  
9,411 Trane Technologies Plc $  1,731,436
  Total Building Products   $1,731,436
  Capital Markets — 3.5%  
47,781 State Street Corp. $  3,616,544
  Total Capital Markets   $3,616,544
  Chemicals — 2.2%  
42,314 Dow, Inc. $  2,319,653
  Total Chemicals   $2,319,653
  Communications Equipment — 1.8%  
6,671 Motorola Solutions, Inc. $  1,908,773
  Total Communications Equipment   $1,908,773
  Consumer Finance — 1.6%  
17,452 Discover Financial Services $  1,724,956
  Total Consumer Finance   $1,724,956
  Containers & Packaging — 1.2%  
49,789 Graphic Packaging Holding Co. $  1,269,122
  Total Containers & Packaging   $1,269,122
  Electric Utilities — 2.3%  
57,339 Exelon Corp. $  2,401,931
  Total Electric Utilities   $2,401,931
  Electrical Equipment — 3.6%  
12,305 Eaton Corp. Plc $  2,108,338
19,299 Emerson Electric Co.   1,681,715
  Total Electrical Equipment   $3,790,053
  Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 2.0%  
7,318 CDW Corp. $  1,426,205
13,088 National Instruments Corp.     685,942
  Total Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components   $2,112,147
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Shares           Value
  Entertainment — 1.1%  
76,556(a) Warner Bros Discovery, Inc. $  1,155,996
  Total Entertainment   $1,155,996
  Food Products — 0.6%  
26,122(a) Hostess Brands, Inc. $    649,915
  Total Food Products     $649,915
  Ground Transportation — 1.0%  
6,072 JB Hunt Transport Services, Inc. $  1,065,393
  Total Ground Transportation   $1,065,393
  Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 4.2%  
37,363 Dentsply Sirona, Inc. $  1,467,619
22,802 Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.   2,946,018
  Total Health Care Equipment & Supplies   $4,413,637
  Health Care Providers & Services — 1.0%  
13,396 Cardinal Health, Inc. $  1,011,398
  Total Health Care Providers & Services   $1,011,398
  Health Care REITs — 0.7%  
31,741 Healthpeak Properties, Inc. $    697,350
  Total Health Care REITs     $697,350
  Hotel & Resort REITs — 0.8%  
50,929 Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc. $    839,819
  Total Hotel & Resort REITs     $839,819
  Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 2.9%  
14,934(a) Expedia Group, Inc. $  1,449,046
11,138 Hilton Worldwide Holdings, Inc.   1,569,010
  Total Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure   $3,018,056
  Household Durables — 3.1%  
22,072 Lennar Corp., Class A $  2,319,988
9,635(a) Mohawk Industries, Inc.     965,620
  Total Household Durables   $3,285,608
  Industrial REITs — 1.0%  
18,833 First Industrial Realty Trust, Inc. $  1,001,916
  Total Industrial REITs   $1,001,916
  Insurance — 5.7%  
23,242 Aflac, Inc. $  1,499,574
25,801(a) Brighthouse Financial, Inc.    1,138,082
29,907 Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc.    2,084,219
50,984 Old Republic International Corp.   1,273,070
  Total Insurance   $5,994,945
  Machinery — 6.7%  
10,307 AGCO Corp. $  1,393,507
42,379 Ingersoll Rand, Inc.    2,465,610
29,070 PACCAR, Inc.    2,127,924
12,921 Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.   1,041,174
  Total Machinery   $7,028,215
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Schedule of Investments 3/31/23 (unaudited) (continued)
Shares           Value
  Media — 3.2%  
33,697 Fox Corp., Class A $  1,147,383
57,723 Interpublic Group of Cos., Inc.   2,149,604
  Total Media   $3,296,987
  Metals & Mining — 2.5%  
24,978 Alcoa Corp. $  1,063,063
6,162 Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co.   1,582,032
  Total Metals & Mining   $2,645,095
  Multi-Utilities — 4.2%  
69,931 CenterPoint Energy, Inc. $  2,060,167
36,841 Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc.   2,300,721
  Total Multi-Utilities   $4,360,888
  Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 7.8%  
27,074 APA Corp. $    976,288
17,585 Chord Energy Corp.    2,366,941
107,318 Coterra Energy, Inc.    2,633,584
80,943 Range Resources Corp.   2,142,561
  Total Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels   $8,119,374
  Pharmaceuticals — 1.0%  
44,714 Organon & Co. $  1,051,673
  Total Pharmaceuticals   $1,051,673
  Residential REITs — 1.4%  
8,528 AvalonBay Communities, Inc. $  1,433,216
  Total Residential REITs   $1,433,216
  Retail REITs — 1.8%  
96,386 Kimco Realty Corp. $  1,882,419
  Total Retail REITs   $1,882,419
  Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 1.5%  
17,582 MKS Instruments, Inc. $  1,558,117
  Total Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment   $1,558,117
  Specialized REITs — 4.0%  
8,651 Extra Space Storage, Inc. $  1,409,507
39,546 Gaming and Leisure Properties, Inc.    2,058,765
12,702 Iron Mountain, Inc.     672,063
  Total Specialized REITs   $4,140,335
  Specialty Retail — 2.1%  
29,718 Foot Locker, Inc. $  1,179,507
10,029 Ross Stores, Inc.   1,064,378
  Total Specialty Retail   $2,243,885
  Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 2.1%  
138,699 Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. $  2,209,475
  Total Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals   $2,209,475
  Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 1.1%  
9,803 Ralph Lauren Corp. $  1,143,716
  Total Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods   $1,143,716
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Shares           Value
  Trading Companies & Distributors — 2.1%  
38,536(a) AerCap Holdings NV $  2,166,879
  Total Trading Companies & Distributors   $2,166,879
  Total Common Stocks
(Cost $91,240,996)
$103,232,490
 
Principal
Amount
USD ($)
           
  U.S. Government and Agency Obligations — 0.7% of Net Assets  
700,000(b) U.S. Treasury Bills, 4/11/23 $    699,288
  Total U.S. Government and Agency Obligations
(Cost $699,103)
    $699,288
 
Shares            
  SHORT TERM INVESTMENTS — 0.5% of Net Assets  
  Open-End Fund — 0.5%  
578,411(c) Dreyfus Government Cash Management,
  Institutional Shares, 4.71%
$    578,411
                $578,411
  TOTAL SHORT TERM INVESTMENTS
(Cost $578,411)
    $578,411
  TOTAL INVESTMENTS IN UNAFFILIATED ISSUERS — 99.9%
(Cost $92,518,510)
$104,510,189
  OTHER ASSETS AND LIABILITIES — 0.1%      $68,054
  net assets — 100.0% $104,578,243
             
(a) Non-income producing security.
(b) Security issued with a zero coupon. Income is recognized through accretion of discount.
(c) Rate periodically changes. Rate disclosed is the 7-day yield at March 31, 2023.
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 Adviser's own assumptions in determining fair value of investments).
  Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total
Common Stocks $103,232,490 $$$103,232,490
U.S. Government and Agency Obligations 699,288 699,288
Open-End Fund 578,411 578,411
Total Investments in Securities $103,810,901 $699,288 $— $104,510,189
During the period ended March 31, 2023, there were no transfers in or out of Level 3.
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