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 May 8, 2006 (Date of
earliest event reported May 5, 2006)
Build-A-Bear Workshop, Inc.
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(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Delaware 001-32320 43-1883836
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(State or Other (Commission (IRS Employer
Jurisdiction of File Number) Identification No.)
Incorporation)
1954 Innerbelt Business Center Drive 63114
St. Louis, Missouri ----------
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(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(314) 423-8000
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(Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
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Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure
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On May 5, 2006, Build-A-Bear Workshop, Inc. (the "Company") entered into a
series of agreements whereby it agreed to make an equity investment in, and
perform certain consulting services for, Retail Entertainment Concepts, LLC
("REC"). REC is an early-stage company developing an interactive retail concept
targeted primarily to boys and their families. The Company received preferred
equity and an option to acquire additional common equity in REC. In addition, in
connection with its approval of the REC transactions, the Board of Directors
approved the service of Maxine Clark, the Company's Chairman and Chief Executive
Bear, on the management committee of REC.
The information furnished in this Item 7.01 is being furnished and shall not be
deemed "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Exchange Act or otherwise
subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated
by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the
Exchange Act, regardless of any general incorporation language in such filing.
In addition, this report shall not be deemed an admission as to the materiality
of any information contained herein that is required to be disclosed solely as a
requirement of this Item.
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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.
BUILD-A-BEAR WORKSHOP, INC.
Date: May 8, 2006 By: /s/ Tina Klocke
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Name: Tina Klocke
Title: Chief Financial Bear, Secretary
and Treasurer
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