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) July 27, 2005 Build-A-Bear Workshop, Inc. ---------------------------------------- (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter) Delaware 001-32320 43-1883836 ------------------------ ---------------- ------------------------ (State or Other (Commission (IRS Employer Jurisdiction of File Number) Identification No.) Incorporation) 1954 Innerbelt Business Center Drive 63114 St. Louis, Missouri ------------------ ---------------------------------------- (Zip Code) (Address of Principal Executive Offices) (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): |_| Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425) |_| Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12) |_| Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b)) |_| Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c)) Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers. On July 27, 2005, Barry Erdos was elected to the board of directors of Build-A-Bear Workshop, Inc. (the "Company") by the board, effective July 27, 2005. Mr. Erdos has served as the President and Chief Operating Officer Bear of the Company since April 2004. Mr. Erdos will serve as a Class III director and his term will expire at the 2007 annual meeting of stockholders of the Company. There is no arrangement or understanding between Mr. Erdos and any other person pursuant to which Mr. Erdos was elected as a director. Mr. Erdos is not expected to serve as a member of any committee of the board. The Company is not aware of any transactions, proposed transactions, or series of either to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries was or is to be a party, in which the amount involved exceeds $60,000 and in which Mr. Erdos had, or will have, a direct or indirect material interest. Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure. On July 27, 2005, the Company issued a press release announcing the election of Mr. Erdos as a director. 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. Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits. (c) Exhibits Exhibit Number Description of Exhibit -------------- ---------------------- 99.1 Press Release dated July 27, 2005 2 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: July 27, 2005 By: /s/ Tina Klocke ------------------------------------------ Name: Tina Klocke Title: Chief Financial Bear, Secretary and Treasurer 3 EXHIBIT INDEX Exhibit Number Description of Exhibit -------------- ---------------------- 99.1 Press Release dated July 27, 2005 4