---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001157523-21-001458"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BBW"
cik: "0001113809"
company_name: "BUILD-A-BEAR WORKSHOP INC"
filed_at: "2021-11-30T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-28T04:45:58.989159+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Build-A-Bear declares special $1.25 dividend, $25M buyback, adds two directors

## Summary
- Special cash dividend of $1.25 per share payable Dec 27, 2021 to holders of record Dec 10, 2021.
- Board authorized $25M share repurchase program through Nov 30, 2023; shares retired.
- Appointed Narayan Iyengar (ex-Albertsons SVP Digital) and Lesli Rotenberg (ex-PBS Chief Programming Exec) as independent directors.
- Directors join Class I; each received 2,473 restricted stock units vesting June 10, 2022.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001157523-21-001458
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BBW
- cik: 0001113809
- company_name: BUILD-A-BEAR WORKSHOP INC
- filed_at: 2021-11-30T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1113809/000115752321001458/0001157523-21-001458-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1113809/000115752321001458/a52542518.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001157523-21-001458
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001157523-21-001458.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001157523-21-001458.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Narayan Iyengar was appointed as Director at BUILD-A-BEAR WORKSHOP INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: appointed Narayan Iyengar and Lesli Rotenberg to the Board.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1113809/000115752321001458/0001157523-21-001458-index.htm
- Executive change
  Lesli Rotenberg was appointed as Director at BUILD-A-BEAR WORKSHOP INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: appointed Narayan Iyengar and Lesli Rotenberg to the Board.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1113809/000115752321001458/0001157523-21-001458-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.