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Issuer:     BUILD-A-BEAR WORKSHOP INC (BBW)
CIK:        0001113809
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-08-04T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001437749-25-024473
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.45
Item codes: 5.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Build-A-Bear appoints Yevgeny Fundler as Chief Legal Officer; Eric Fencl retires after 17 years
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- Eric Fencl retires as Chief Admin Officer, General Counsel & Secretary effective Aug 4, 2025.
- Yevgeny Fundler appointed as Chief Legal Officer and Secretary, effective same date.
- Fencl remains temporarily as non-executive employee through Dec 5, 2025, with reduced salary of $300,750.
- Fundler previously led law depts at Benson Hill and American Railcar Industries; reports to CEO.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1113809/000143774925024473/0001437749-25-024473-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1113809/000143774925024473/bbw20250801_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-25-024473

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