First Commonwealth Financial Corp. filed an automatic shelf registration statement for the sale of an unspecified amount of various securities that may be offered and sold, from time to time, by the company and/or one or more selling security holders to be identified in the future.

The filing covers common and preferred stock, debt securities, depositary shares, warrants, stock purchase contracts and units.

The Indiana, Pa.-based company intends to use the net proceeds for general corporate purposes, including working capital, acquisitions, capital expenditures and debt repayment. It will not receive any proceeds in the event that the securities are sold by a selling security holder.