Item 8.01. Other Events.

As previously reported, on March 13, 2013, ZBB Energy Corporation (the "Company") entered into a Common Stock Purchase Agreement (the "Purchase Agreement") with Aspire Capital Fund, LLC ("Aspire Capital"), which provides that, upon the terms and subject to the conditions and limitations set forth, Aspire Capital is committed to purchase up to an aggregate of $10 million of shares of the Company's common stock over the two-year term of the Purchase Agreement.

On March 19, 2013, all the requirements for Commencement (as defined in the Purchase Agreement), were met and Aspire Capital purchased $1 million of shares of the Company's common stock at a purchase price per share of $0.34, which was the closing price of the Company's common stock on NYSE MKT on March 12, 2013.

A description of the terms and conditions of the Purchase Agreement is set forth in the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on March 15, 2013 and is incorporated herein by reference. The foregoing description of the Purchase Agreement is not a complete description of all of the terms of that agreement. For a complete description of all of the terms, we refer you to the full text of such agreement, a copy of which was filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on March 15, 2013, and which is incorporated herein by reference.

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