Great Western Bancorp Inc. filed an automatic shelf registration statement for the sale of an unspecified amount of various securities that may be offered, from time to time, by the company and/or one or more selling shareholders to be identified in the future.

The filing covers common and preferred stock, depositary shares, debt securities, subscription rights, warrants and units.

The Sioux Falls, S.D.-based company plans to use the net proceeds for general corporate purposes, which may include providing capital to support its growth, repaying or refinancing debt, funding investments in its subsidiaries or capital expenditures and buying back outstanding common stock.