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Pioneer Variable Contracts Trust
Pioneer Equity Income

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

Pioneer Equity Income VCT Portfolio Pioneer Variable Contracts Trust

Schedule of Investments 3/31/23 (unaudited) 
Shares           Value
  UNAFFILIATED ISSUERS — 99.9%  
  Common Stocks — 99.6% of Net Assets  
  Aerospace & Defense — 2.8%  
5,560 L3Harris Technologies, Inc. $ 1,091,094
14,789 Raytheon Technologies Corp.  1,448,287
  Total Aerospace & Defense  $2,539,381
  Air Freight & Logistics — 1.5%  
6,487 CH Robinson Worldwide, Inc. $   644,613
3,936 United Parcel Service, Inc., Class B    763,545
  Total Air Freight & Logistics  $1,408,158
  Automobile Components — 1.9%  
3,661 Autoliv, Inc. $   341,791
29,080 BorgWarner, Inc.  1,428,119
  Total Automobile Components  $1,769,910
  Automobiles — 0.8%  
26,776 Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (A.D.R.) $   709,296
  Total Automobiles    $709,296
  Banks — 4.6%  
11,071 JPMorgan Chase & Co. $ 1,442,662
5,609 M&T Bank Corp.     670,668
7,640 PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.     971,044
30,924 Regions Financial Corp.     573,949
15,748 Truist Financial Corp.    537,007
  Total Banks  $4,195,330
  Capital Markets — 8.0%  
22,565 Bank of New York Mellon Corp. $ 1,025,354
4,301 CME Group, Inc.     823,728
10,314 Morgan Stanley     905,569
12,295 Northern Trust Corp.  1,083,558
12,783 Raymond James Financial, Inc.  1,192,271
16,160 State Street Corp.  1,223,150
9,339 T Rowe Price Group, Inc.  1,054,373
  Total Capital Markets  $7,308,003
  Chemicals — 2.7%  
3,258 Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. $   935,730
8,426 Celanese Corp.     917,507
9,506 Corteva, Inc.    573,307
  Total Chemicals  $2,426,544
  Commercial Services & Supplies — 0.6%  
4,067 MSA Safety, Inc. $   542,944
  Total Commercial Services & Supplies    $542,944
  Communications Equipment — 0.5%  
8,673 Cisco Systems, Inc. $   453,381
  Total Communications Equipment    $453,381
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Shares           Value
  Consumer Staples Distribution & Retail — 1.7%  
6,495 Target Corp. $ 1,075,767
3,376 Walmart, Inc.    497,791
  Total Consumer Staples Distribution & Retail  $1,573,558
  Diversified Telecommunication Services — 0.6%  
11,602 BCE, Inc. $   519,654
  Total Diversified Telecommunication Services    $519,654
  Electric Utilities — 3.6%  
7,904 American Electric Power Co., Inc. $   719,185
16,469 Eversource Energy  1,288,864
16,161 NextEra Energy, Inc.  1,245,690
  Total Electric Utilities  $3,253,739
  Electrical Equipment — 0.7%  
3,707 Eaton Corp. Plc $   635,157
  Total Electrical Equipment    $635,157
  Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 0.9%  
4,177 CDW Corp. $   814,056
  Total Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components    $814,056
  Food Products — 5.7%  
15,704 Campbell Soup Co. $   863,406
5,307 John B Sanfilippo & Son, Inc.     514,354
15,641 McCormick & Co., Inc., Non-Voting Shares  1,301,488
21,894 Mondelez International, Inc., Class A  1,526,450
8,579 Nestle S.A. (A.D.R.)  1,043,978
  Total Food Products  $5,249,676
  Ground Transportation — 1.1%  
2,882 Canadian National Railway Co. $   339,990
1,688 Union Pacific Corp.     339,727
7,239 Werner Enterprises, Inc.    329,302
  Total Ground Transportation  $1,009,019
  Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 3.1%  
5,709 Becton Dickinson & Co. $ 1,413,206
5,039 Stryker Corp.  1,438,483
  Total Health Care Equipment & Supplies  $2,851,689
  Health Care Providers & Services — 3.5%  
4,135 AmerisourceBergen Corp. $   662,055
10,423 Cardinal Health, Inc.     786,936
13,493 CVS Health Corp.  1,002,665
1,597 Humana, Inc.    775,280
  Total Health Care Providers & Services  $3,226,936
  Health Care REITs — 0.4%  
19,029 Healthcare Realty Trust, Inc. $   367,831
  Total Health Care REITs    $367,831
  Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 0.6%  
3,511 Darden Restaurants, Inc. $   544,767
  Total Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure    $544,767
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Schedule of Investments 3/31/23 (unaudited) (continued)
Shares           Value
  Household Products — 1.9%  
4,090 Clorox Co. $   647,202
14,821 Colgate-Palmolive Co.  1,113,798
  Total Household Products  $1,761,000
  Industrial REITs — 1.2%  
9,078 Prologis, Inc. $ 1,132,662
  Total Industrial REITs  $1,132,662
  Insurance — 2.5%  
48,172 Sun Life Financial, Inc. $ 2,249,632
  Total Insurance  $2,249,632
  IT Services — 1.0%  
6,939 International Business Machines Corp. $   909,634
  Total IT Services    $909,634
  Life Sciences Tools & Services — 2.1%  
12,452 Bruker Corp. $   981,715
1,667 Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.    960,809
  Total Life Sciences Tools & Services  $1,942,524
  Machinery — 6.2%  
1,927 Caterpillar, Inc. $   440,975
1,560 Deere & Co.     644,093
57,839 Gorman-Rupp Co.  1,445,975
5,509 Oshkosh Corp.     458,238
23,144 PACCAR, Inc.  1,694,141
12,748 Timken Co.  1,041,766
  Total Machinery  $5,725,188
  Media — 4.7%  
18,398 Comcast Corp., Class A $   697,468
24,384 Fox Corp., Class A     830,275
39,842 Interpublic Group of Cos., Inc.  1,483,716
14,001 Omnicom Group, Inc.  1,320,855
  Total Media  $4,332,314
  Metals & Mining — 4.2%  
15,213 Materion Corp. $ 1,764,708
8,236 Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co.  2,114,511
  Total Metals & Mining  $3,879,219
  Multi-Utilities — 0.8%  
12,315 CMS Energy Corp. $   755,895
  Total Multi-Utilities    $755,895
  Office REITs — 1.7%  
12,702 Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. $ 1,595,244
  Total Office REITs  $1,595,244
  Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 6.9%  
10,900 Chevron Corp. $ 1,778,444
18,505 Coterra Energy, Inc.     454,113
14,411 EQT Corp.     459,855
17,691 Exxon Mobil Corp.  1,939,995
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Shares           Value
  Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — (continued)  
8,566 Phillips 66 $   868,421
14,790 Shell Plc (A.D.R.)    851,016
  Total Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels  $6,351,844
  Pharmaceuticals — 6.4%  
13,546 AstraZeneca Plc (A.D.R.) $   940,228
3,058 Eli Lilly & Co.  1,050,178
9,004 Johnson & Johnson  1,395,620
8,525 Merck & Co., Inc.     906,975
7,044 Novo Nordisk AS (A.D.R.)  1,120,982
11,667 Pfizer, Inc.    476,014
  Total Pharmaceuticals  $5,889,997
  Professional Services — 1.7%  
3,301 Automatic Data Processing, Inc. $   734,901
6,986 Paychex, Inc.    800,526
  Total Professional Services  $1,535,427
  Residential REITs — 1.0%  
8,820 Camden Property Trust $   924,689
  Total Residential REITs    $924,689
  Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 5.1%  
7,260 Analog Devices, Inc. $ 1,431,817
3,213 KLA Corp.  1,282,533
6,238 Microchip Technology, Inc.     522,620
4,967 MKS Instruments, Inc.     440,175
5,486 Texas Instruments, Inc.  1,020,451
  Total Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment  $4,697,596
  Software — 1.1%  
3,389 Microsoft Corp. $   977,049
  Total Software    $977,049
  Specialized REITs — 1.0%  
3,086 Crown Castle, Inc. $   413,030
4,767 Digital Realty Trust, Inc.    468,644
  Total Specialized REITs    $881,674
  Specialty Retail — 2.1%  
3,516 Home Depot, Inc. $ 1,037,642
11,598 TJX Cos., Inc.    908,819
  Total Specialty Retail  $1,946,461
  Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 1.1%  
7,573 Carter's, Inc. $   544,650
4,115 Ralph Lauren Corp.    480,097
  Total Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods  $1,024,747
  Trading Companies & Distributors — 0.9%  
6,079 Ferguson Plc $   813,066
  Total Trading Companies & Distributors    $813,066
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Schedule of Investments 3/31/23 (unaudited) (continued)
Shares           Value
  Water Utilities — 0.7%  
14,362 Essential Utilities, Inc. $   626,901
  Total Water Utilities    $626,901
  Total Common Stocks
(Cost $69,748,206)
$91,351,792
 
  SHORT TERM INVESTMENTS — 0.3% of Net Assets  
  Open-End Fund — 0.3%  
264,275(a) Dreyfus Government Cash Management,
  Institutional Shares, 4.71%
$   264,275
               $264,275
  TOTAL SHORT TERM INVESTMENTS
(Cost $264,275)
   $264,275
  TOTAL INVESTMENTS IN UNAFFILIATED ISSUERS — 99.9%
(Cost $70,012,481)
$91,616,067
  OTHER ASSETS AND LIABILITIES — 0.1%    $101,236
  net assets — 100.0% $91,717,303
             
(A.D.R.) American Depositary Receipts.
(a) 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).
The following is a summary of the inputs used as of March 31, 2023, in valuing the Portfolio's investments:
  Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total
Common Stocks $91,351,792 $$$91,351,792
Open-End Fund 264,275 264,275
Total Investments in Securities $91,616,067 $— $— $91,616,067
During the period ended March 31, 2023, there were no transfers in or out of Level 3.
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