Edgar Filing: BUILD A BEAR WORKSHOP INC

BUILD-A-BEAR WORKSHOP, INC.

Date: November 16, 2009

/S/ ERIC R. FENCL

Eric R. Fencl

Chief Bearrister, General Counsel and International Franchising

Form 8-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15 (d) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported) November 16, 2009 (November 11, 2009)

Build-A-Bear Workshop, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

Delaware

001-32320

43-1883836

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

(Commission

File Number)

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

1954 Innerbelt Business Center Drive

St. Louis, Missouri

63114

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

(Zip Code)

(314) 423-8000

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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Item 5.02.

Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

(b) On November 11, 2009, Joan Ryan gave notice to the Board of Directors of Build-A-Bear Workshop, Inc. (the “Company”) of her intent to retire from the Board. It is currently anticipated that Ms. Ryan will continue to serve in her current role until the Company’s Annual Meeting of Stockholders in May, 2010. Ms. Ryan joined the Company’s Board of Directors in 2006 and currently serves as a member of the Audit Committee and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.