X0306 4 2016-03-07 0001113809 BUILD A BEAR WORKSHOP INC BBW 0001639218 Hurt J. Christopher C/O BUILD-A-BEAR WORKSHOP, INC. 1954 INNERBELT BUSINESS CENTER DRIVE ST. LOUIS MO 63114 0 1 0 0 Chief Operations Officer Common Stock 2016-03-07 4 A 0 7488 A 11493 D Common Stock 2016-03-07 4 A 0 1863 A 13356 D Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy) 13.69 2016-03-07 4 A 0 15249 A 2016-03-07 2026-03-07 Common Stock 15249 15249 D Grant to reporting person of 7,488 shares of restricted stock. The shares vest in equal annual installments over three years from the date of the grant. Price is not applicable to grants of restricted stock. Grant to reporting person of 1,863 shares of restricted stock upon payout of earned performance share award under shareholder-approved benefit plan. The payout was based on the level of achievement of financial targets for the performance period ended January 2, 2016. The shares vest in equal annual installments on March 15, 2016, March 15, 2017 and March 15, 2018. After giving effect to the transactions reported in this Form 4, Mr. Hurt directly owns 13,356 shares of restricted stock of Build-A-Bear Workshop, Inc. In addition, Mr. Hurt holds unvested options to purchase 21,171 shares of Build-A-Bear Workshop, Inc.'s common stock. The options vest in equal annual installments over three years from the date of grant. Price is not applicable to acquisitions resulting from grants of stock options. /s/ Eric R. Fencl, as Attorney-in-Fact for J. Christopher Hurt 2016-03-09