secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     BUILD-A-BEAR WORKSHOP INC (BBW)
CIK:        0001113809
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-03-12T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001437749-26-007825
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.65
Item codes: 5.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Build-A-Bear CEO Sharon Price John to retire June 11, 2026; Chris Hurt named successor
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- Sharon Price John retires as President & CEO effective June 11, 2026; will remain on Board as Class II director.
- Chris Hurt (59), currently COO/COE, appointed CEO effective same date; also named to Board.
- Hurt's employment agreement includes $700K base salary, target annual bonus of 100% of base, and $1.2M LTIP award (70% performance-based RSUs, 30% time-based RSUs).
- Hurt led global retail turnaround and international expansion during his decade at Build-A-Bear.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1113809/000143774926007825/0001437749-26-007825-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1113809/000143774926007825/bbw20260311c_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-26-007825

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