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11. EQUITY
9 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2014
Notes to Financial Statements  
EQUITY

 

NOTE 11 – EQUITY

 

On March 19, 2014, the Company completed an underwritten public offering of its common stock at a price to the public of $2.25 per share.  The Company sold a total of 6,325,000 shares of its common stock in the offering for aggregate proceeds of approximately $14.2 million.  The Company received approximately $13.1 million of net proceeds from the offering, after deducting the underwriting discount and expenses.

 

On October 31, 2013, the Company effected a reverse stock split of its common stock by a ratio of 1-for-5 (the “Reverse Split”). As a result of the Reverse Split every five outstanding shares of Common Stock became one share of common stock.  No fractional shares were issued in connection with the Reverse Split. A shareholder who would otherwise have been entitled to receive a fractional share of common stock received a cash payment equal to the closing sales price of the  Company’s Common Stock on October 31, 2013 as reported on the NYSE MKT times the amount of the fractional share. The Reverse Split did not change the number of shares of common or preferred stock that the Company is authorized to issue, or the par value of the Company’s common or preferred stock.  The Reverse Split resulted in a proportionate adjustment to the per share exercise price and the number of shares of common stock issuable upon the exercise of outstanding warrants and stock options, as well as the number of shares of common stock eligible for issuance under the Omnibus Plan and the 2012 Director Equity Plan. All of the information in these financial statements has been presented to reflect the impact of the 1-for-5 Reverse Split on a retroactive basis.

  

On September 26, 2013 the Company entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement with certain investors providing for the sale of 3,000 shares of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock (the “Preferred Stock”).  Certain Directors of the Company purchased 500 shares.

 

Shares of Preferred Stock were sold for $1,000 per share (the “Stated Value”) and accrue dividends on the Stated Value at an annual rate of 10%.  The net proceeds to the Company, after deducting $90,127 of offering costs, were $2,909,873.  During the three months ended March 31, 2014, 250 shares of Preferred Stock were converted into 276,482 shares of common stock of the Company.  At March 31, 2014, 2,750 shares of Preferred Stock were convertible into 3,041,282 shares of common stock of the Company (“Common Stock”) at a conversion price equal to $0.95.  Upon any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, holders of Preferred Stock are entitled to receive out of the assets of the Company an amount equal to two times the Stated Value, plus any accrued and unpaid dividends thereon.  At March 31, 2014 the liquidation preference of the Preferred Stock was $5,641,510.

 

In connection with the purchase of the Preferred Stock, investors received warrants to purchase a total of 3,157,895 shares of Common Stock at an exercise price of $0.95.  The warrants are exercisable at any time prior to September 27, 2016.  On March 26, 2014, 1,447,368 warrants were exercised via a cashless exercise resulting in the issuance of 850,169 shares of common stock of the Company.  In addition, the Company issued a total of 81,579 warrants to a placement agent in connection with the transaction.  These warrants expire on September 27, 2016.

 

On March 13, 2013, the Company entered into a common stock purchase agreement (the “Aspire Purchase Agreement”) with Aspire Capital Fund, LLC, an Illinois limited liability company, under which Aspire Capital committed over a two year period to purchase up to $10 million of ZBB Energy common stock based on prevailing market prices over a period preceding each sale, subject to certain terms and conditions.

 

On March 19, 2013 the Company issued 345,098 shares to Aspire Capital in consideration for Aspire Capital’s entry into the Aspire Purchase Agreement and Aspire Capital purchased 588,235 shares for $1,000,000 pursuant to the agreement at $1.70 per share.

 

On March 25, 2013 and March 26, 2013, Aspire Capital purchased a total of 992,720 shares pursuant to the Aspire Purchase Agreement at a price per share of $1.50 for a total purchase price of $1,500,000.

 

Aspire Capital purchased 100,000 shares at a per share price of $1.5175 for a total purchase price of $151,750 on April 4, 2013; 90,000 shares at a per share price of $1.6655 for a total purchase price of $149,895 on April 12, 2013; and 70,000 shares at a per share price of $1.4595 for a total purchase price of $102,165 on May 3, 2013.

 

Through March 31, 2014 the Company had issued a total of $2,903,190 of shares of common stock under this facility and $7,096,810 remained available.  In accordance with applicable NYSE MKT rules, shareholder approval would have been required for the Company to sell in excess of 3,104,341 shares pursuant to the Aspire Purchase Agreement.  Through March 31, 2014 the Company had issued a total of 2,186,053 shares pursuant to the Aspire Purchase and had the ability to sell up to 918,288 additional shares under the Aspire Purchase Agreement.  The Company has not made any additional sales to Aspire under the Agreement since June 30, 2013.  In light of limitations on the Company’s ability to continue to effectively use the Aspire Purchase Agreement, including NYSE MKT limitations and SEC registration requirements, the Company has no current plans to sell any additional shares under the agreement.