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) February 19, 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 2.02.     Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

On February 19, 2009, Build-A-Bear Workshop, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing, among other things, total revenue, net retail sales, net income, and diluted earnings per share for the fourth quarter (14 weeks ended January 3, 2009) and for the full year of fiscal 2008 (53 weeks ended January 3, 2009).  The press release also included the Company’s outlook for fiscal 2009 new store openings for Company-owned stores and franchise stores, capital expenditures, cost reduction initiatives, and friends 2B made concept closing charges.

A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 hereto and is incorporated by reference herein.  The description of the press release contained herein is qualified in its entirety by the full text of such exhibit.

The information furnished in contained or incorporated by reference into this Item 2.02, including Exhibit 99.1 attached hereto, is being furnished and shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 (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 (including Exhibit 99.1) 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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Item 9.01     Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits
 

Exhibit Number

Description of Exhibit

 
99.1 Press Release dated February 19, 2009



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: February 19, 2009 By:

/s/ Tina Klocke

Name:

Tina Klocke

Title:

Chief Financial Bear, Secretary and

Treasurer

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EXHIBIT INDEX


Exhibit Number

Description of Exhibit

 
99.1

Press Release dated February 19, 2009




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