SEC FORM 4

SEC Form 4

FORM 4

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

FINNEGAN DAVID W

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

C/O BUILD-A-BEAR WORKSHOP, INC.

1954 INNERBELT BUSINESS CENTER DR.

(Street)

ST. LOUIS

63114

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
BUILD A BEAR WORKSHOP INC [ BBW ]

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

	Director	10% Owner
X	Officer (give title below)	Other (specify below)
	Chief Info. & Logistics Bear

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
03/17/2009

4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

X	Form filed by One Reporting Person
	Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price		6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Common Stock	03/17/2009		A		7,424⁽¹⁾	A	⁽²⁾	30,096	D
Common Stock	03/17/2009		A		24,462⁽³⁾	A	⁽²⁾	54,558⁽⁴⁾	D

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares	8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)		10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$5.11	03/17/2009		A		14,280		03/17/2009⁽⁵⁾	03/17/2019	Common Stock	14,280	⁽⁶⁾	14,280	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. Grant to reporting person of 7,424 shares of restricted stock. The shares vest in equal annual installments over four years from the date of grant.

2. Price is not applicable to grants of restricted stock.

3. Grant to reporting person of 24,462 shares of restricted stock. These shares have three year cliff vesting and are granted subject to the shareholder approval of additional shares for the Company's Amended and Restated 2004 Stock Incentive Plan. These shares will be forfeited if the additional shares are not approved by the shareholders at the Issuer's annual meeting on May 14, 2009.

4. After giving effect to the transaction reported in this Form 4, Mr. Finnegan directly owns 2,696 shares of common stock and 51,862 shares of resticted stock of Build-A-Bear Workshop, Inc. In addition, Mr. Finnegan holds vested options to purchase 2,000 shares and unvested options to purchase 14,280 shares of Build-A-Bear Workshop, Inc. common stock.

5. The options vest in equal annual installments over four years from the date of grant.

6. Price is not applicable to acquisitions resulting from grants of stock options.

	/s/ David W. Finnegan	03/19/2009
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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