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) April 30, 2013

     Build-A-Bear Workshop, Inc.    
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

         (314) 423-8000       
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

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Item 1.01.         Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

On April 30, 2013, Build-A-Bear Workshop, Inc. (the “Company”) and all of its domestic subsidiaries (collectively with the Company, the “Borrower”) entered into a Thirteenth Amendment to Loan Documents (the “Loan Document Amendment”) with U.S. Bank National Association (“U.S. Bank”), which amends the Company’s Fourth Amended and Restated Loan Agreement (the “Credit Agreement”) and the Fourth Amended and Restated Revolving Credit Note (the “Revolving Credit Note”) with U.S. Bank.

The Loan Document Amendment reduces the minimum tangible net worth covenant to $70,000,000 and reduces the fixed charge coverage ratio covenant to be 1.10 to 1.00 for the four fiscal quarter periods ended March 30, 2013, June 29, 2013, September 28, 2013, and 1.15 to 1.00 for each four fiscal quarter period thereafter. Except for the changes in the preceding sentence, the terms and conditions of the Credit Agreement remain unchanged.  The Borrower does not currently have any outstanding borrowings under the Credit Agreement and is currently in compliance with the Credit Agreement covenants.

Relationship to U.S. Bank

The Company has or may have had customary banking relationships with U.S. Bank based on the provision of a variety of financial services, including lending, commercial banking and other advisory services.

The foregoing description of the Loan Document Amendment is only a summary of certain terms and conditions of the document and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Loan Document Amendment, which has been filed as Exhibit 10.1 hereto and which is incorporated by reference herein. In addition, the Company has previously filed the Credit Agreement and the Revolving Credit Note as Exhibits 10.1 and 10.2, respectively, to its Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on August 13, 2008, as amended by the Seventh Amendment to Loan Documents previously filed as Exhibit 10.1 to its Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on October 29, 2009, the Eighth Amendment to Loan Documents previously filed as Exhibit 10.1 to its Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on January 4, 2011, and the Ninth Amendment to Loan Documents previously filed as Exhibit 10.1 to its Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on January 4, 2012, the Tenth Amendment to Loan Documents previously filed as Exhibit 10.1 to its Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on July 26, 2012, the Eleventh Amendment to Loan Documents previously filed as Exhibit 10.1 to its Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on December 21, 2012, and the Twelfth Amendment to Loan Documents previously filed as Exhibit 10.1 to its Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on February 14, 2013, which documents have also been incorporated by reference in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 29, 2012 (File No. 001-32320), filed on March 14, 2013; the foregoing description of those documents is also only a summary of certain terms and conditions therein and is qualified in its entirety to such documents as previously filed.


Item 2.02.         Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

On May 2, 2013, Build-A-Bear Workshop, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release setting forth the Company’s first quarter 2013 earnings.  A copy of the Company’s press release is being furnished as Exhibit 99.1 and hereby incorporated by reference.

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.

Item 9.01.         Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)  Exhibits

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.

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