UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

FORM 10-Q

(Mark One)

☒ Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 For the quarterly period ended ~~November~~May 12, ~~2025~~2026

☐	Transition report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

	For the transition period from to

Commission file number: 001-32320

BUILD-A-BEAR WORKSHOP, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

Delaware

43-1883836

(State or Other Jurisdiction of

Incorporation or Organization)

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

415 South 18th St.

St. Louis, Missouri

63103

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

(Zip Code)

(314) 423-8000

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class	Trading Symbol	Name of each exchange on which registered
Common stock	BBW	New York Stock Exchange

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant: (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ☒ No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files). Yes ☒ No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Large accelerated filer ☐	Accelerated filer ☒

Non-accelerated filer ☐	Smaller reporting company ☐
	Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes ☐ No ☒

As of ~~December~~June 89, ~~2025~~2026, there were 12,~~945~~537,~~819~~443 issued and outstanding shares of the registrant’s common stock.

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BUILD-A-BEAR WORKSHOP, INC.

INDEX TO FORM 10-Q

		Page
Part I Financial Information
Item 1.	Financial Statements (Unaudited)	4
	Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets	4
	Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income	5
	Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows	6
	Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements	7
Item 2.	Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations	17
Item 3.	Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk	2625
Item 4.	Controls and Procedures	2625
Part II Other Information
Item 1A.	Risk Factors	2726
Item 2.	Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds	2726
Item 5.	Other Information	26
Item 6.	Exhibits	2827
Signatures		2928

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PART I -FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1. Financial Statements

BUILD-A-BEAR WORKSHOP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(Dollars in thousands, except share and per share data)

November 1,

February 1,

November 2,

May 2,

January 31,

May 3,

2025

2024

2026

2025

(Unaudited)

ASSETS

Current assets:

Cash and cash equivalents

27,737

27,758

28,955

Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash

26,247

26,755

44,342

Inventories, net

8377,~~275~~806

6982,~~775~~203

7072,~~774~~299

Receivables, net

1531,~~566~~630

1621,~~096~~459

13,~~461~~800

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

1112,~~568~~149

129,~~669~~603

1112,~~982~~156

Total current assets

~~138~~147,~~146~~832

~~126~~140,~~298~~020

~~125~~142,~~172~~597

Operating lease right-of-use asset

~~111~~119,~~722~~622

90121,~~200~~129

9192,~~268~~699

Property and equipment, net

6273,~~287~~778

5970,~~761~~926

5459,~~498~~260

Deferred tax assets

7,~~916~~243

7,~~596~~370

87,~~638~~667

Other assets, net

65,~~428~~610

6,~~101~~008

6,~~286~~080

Total Assets

~~326~~354,~~499~~085

~~289~~345,~~956~~453

~~285~~308,~~862~~303

LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY

Current liabilities:

Accounts payable

1715,~~442~~994

1615,~~538~~318

1815,~~403~~890

Accrued expenses

1933,~~853~~932

1626,~~209~~104

1924,~~994~~273

Operating lease liability short term

2728,~~271~~276

2628,~~841~~651

2826,~~832~~507

Gift cards and customer deposits

14,~~163~~260

15,~~791~~289

1514,~~697~~851

Deferred revenue and other

4,~~792~~142

45,~~015~~264

3,~~498~~830

Total current liabilities

8396,~~521~~604

7990,~~394~~626

8685,~~424~~351

Operating lease liability long term

9097,~~943~~414

7098,~~155~~647

6972,~~518~~957

Other long-term liabilities

1,~~418~~048

1,~~325~~152

1,~~347~~313

Stockholders' equity:

Preferred stock, par value $0.01, Shares authorized: 15,000,000; No shares issued or outstanding at November 1, 2025, February 1, 2025 and November 2, 2024

Preferred stock, par value $0.01, Shares authorized: 15,000,000; No shares issued or outstanding at May 2, 2026, January 31, 2026 and May 3, 2025

Common stock, par value $0.01, Shares authorized: 50,000,000; Issued and outstanding: 12,992,650, 13,257,131, and 13,445,191 shares, respectively

130

133

135

Common stock, par value $0.01, Shares authorized: 50,000,000; Issued and outstanding: 12,628,877, 12,808,954, and 13,174,014 shares, respectively

126

128

132

Additional paid-in capital

6159,~~339~~919

6160,~~987~~821

6261,~~511~~602

Accumulated other comprehensive loss

(1110,~~548~~939

)

(1210,~~554~~760

)

(11,~~811~~295

)

Retained earnings

~~100~~109,~~696~~913

89104,~~516~~839

7798,~~738~~243

Total stockholders' equity

~~150~~159,~~617~~019

~~139~~155,~~082~~028

~~128~~148,~~573~~682

Total Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity

~~326~~354,~~499~~085

~~289~~345,~~956~~453

~~285~~308,~~862~~303

See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

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BUILD-A-BEAR WORKSHOP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

AND COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

(Unaudited)

(Dollars in thousands, except share and per share data)

Thirteen weeks ended

~~Thirty-nine weeks ended~~

November 1,

November 2,

November 1,

November 2,

May 2,

May 3,

2025

2024

2025

2024

2026

2025

Revenues:

Net retail sales

~~112~~113,~~268~~466

~~109~~119,~~503~~589

~~346,492~~

~~320,826~~

Commercial revenue

810,~~942~~948

87,~~580~~623

~~25,192~~

~~21,858~~

International franchising

~~1,469~~856

1,~~347~~183

~~3,637~~

~~3,274~~

Total revenues

~~122~~125,~~679~~270

~~119~~128,~~430~~395

~~375,321~~

~~345,958~~

Costs and expenses:

Cost of merchandise sold - retail

5140,~~778~~338

5051,~~116~~571

~~151,901~~

~~147,138~~

Cost of merchandise sold - commercial

4,~~111~~419

3,~~669~~014

~~10,544~~

~~9,210~~

Cost of merchandise sold - international franchising

~~968~~641

~~1,005~~824

~~2,557~~

~~2,236~~

Total cost of merchandise sold

5645,~~857~~398

5455,~~790~~409

~~165,002~~

~~158,584~~

Consolidated gross profit

6579,~~822~~872

6472,~~640~~986

~~210,319~~

~~187,374~~

Selling, general and administrative expense

5556,~~314~~126

5153,~~668~~555

~~165,268~~

~~148,442~~

Interest income, net

(~~221~~134

)

(~~109~~200

)

~~(627~~

)

~~(723~~

)

Income before income taxes

1023,~~729~~880

1319,~~081~~631

~~45,678~~

~~39,655~~

Income tax expense

25,~~607~~581

34,~~211~~312

~~9,870~~

~~9,548~~

Net income

818,~~122~~299

915,~~870~~319

~~35,808~~

~~30,107~~

Foreign currency translation adjustment

(~~244~~179

)

~~102~~1,259

~~1,006~~

~~271~~

Comprehensive income

718,~~878~~120

916,~~972~~578

~~36,814~~

~~30,378~~

Income per common share:

Basic

01.6245

01.7417

~~2.74~~

~~2.20~~

Diluted

01.6245

01.7317

~~2.73~~

~~2.20~~

Shares used in computing common per share amounts:

Basic

1312,~~010~~584,~~074~~388

13,~~425~~080,~~332~~301

~~13,067,330~~

~~13,672,416~~

Diluted

1312,~~051~~638,~~523~~710

13,~~461~~144,~~983~~243

~~13,108,377~~

~~13,712,461~~

See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

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BUILD-A-BEAR WORKSHOP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(Unaudited)

(Dollars in thousands)

	Thirty-nine weeks ended
	Thirteen weeks ended
	November 1,			November 2,
	May 2,			May 3,
	2025			2024
	2026			2025
Cash flows provided by operating activities:
Net income	$	3518,~~808~~299		$	3015,~~107~~319
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization		114,~~067~~002			103,~~983~~700
Share-based and performance-based stock compensation		~~2,202~~629			1,~~694~~546
Provision/adjustments for doubtful accounts		(2729	)		81(111	)
(Gain)/Loss on disposal of property and equipment		(17	)		309
Gain on disposal of property and equipment		(4	)		(10	)
Deferred taxes		(266	)		67
Net change in film costs and advances		(33	)		(29	)
Deferred taxes		113			-
Change in assets and liabilities:
Inventories, net		~~(12~~4,~~882~~300	)		(71,~~085~~766	)
Receivables, net		~~817~~3,004			(42,~~891~~730	)
Prepaid expenses and other assets		903			(11	)
IEEPA tariff refund receivable		(13,175	)		-
Accounts payable and accrued expenses		4,014			1,930
Prepaid expenses and other assets		(2,508	)		638
Operating leases		(384	)		(3,077	)
Accounts payable and accrued expenses		8,914			7,086
Gift cards and customer deposits		(1,680	)		(2,438	)
Operating leases		(122	)		(121	)
Deferred revenue		705			(93	)
Gift cards and customer deposits		(1,025	)		(1,004	)
Net cash provided by operating activities		40,260			27,576
Deferred revenue		(1,141	)		(175	)
Net cash provided by operating activities		21,224			27,803
Cash flows used in investing activities:
Purchases of property and equipment		(126,~~871~~869	)		(92,~~571~~907	)
Net cash used in investing activities		(126,~~871~~869	)		(92,~~571~~907	)
Cash flows used in financing activities:
Purchases of common stock for employee equity awards, net of tax		(~~1,266~~350	)		(1,~~869~~266	)
Cash dividends paid		(8,706	)		(8,336	)
Cash dividends paid on vested participating securities		(2,895	)		(2,934	)
Purchases of Company’s common stock		(1711,~~517~~509	)		(234,~~181~~208	)
Net cash used in financing activities		(2714,~~489~~754	)		(338,~~386~~408	)
Effect of exchange rates on cash		79(109	)		996
Decrease in cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash		(21	)		(15,372	)
(Decrease)/Increase in cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash		(508	)		16,584
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash, beginning of period		2726,~~758~~755			4427,~~327~~758
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash, end of period	$	2726,~~737~~247		$	2844,~~955~~342
Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	2725,~~338~~843		$	2843,~~558~~941
Restricted cash from long-term deposits	$	~~399~~404		$	~~397~~401
Total cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash	$	2726,~~737~~247		$	2844,~~955~~342
Net cash paid during the period for income taxes	$	~~8,936~~286		$	~~9,597~~636

See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

1. Basis of Presentation

The condensed consolidated financial statements included herein are unaudited and have been prepared by Build-A-Bear Workshop, Inc. and its subsidiaries (collectively, the “Company”) pursuant to the rules and regulations of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with United States ("U.S.") generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) have been condensed or omitted pursuant to such rules and regulations. The condensed consolidated balance sheet of the Company as of ~~February~~January 131, ~~2025~~2026, was derived from the Company’s audited consolidated balance sheet as of that date. All other condensed consolidated financial statements contained herein are unaudited and reflect all adjustments which are, in the opinion of management, necessary to summarize fairly the financial position of the Company and the results of the Company’s operations and cash flows for the periods presented. All of these adjustments are of a normal recurring nature. All significant intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. Because of the seasonal nature of the Company’s operations, results of operations of any single reporting period should not be considered as indicative of results for a full year. These condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Company’s audited consolidated financial statements for the fiscal year ended ~~February~~January 131, ~~2025~~2026, which were included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on April 16, 2026, as amended by Amendment No. 1 filed with the SEC on April 17, 2026 (the "2025 Form 10-K").

Significant Accounting Policies

The Company's significant accounting policies are summarized in Note 2 to the consolidated financial statements included in its 2025 Form 10-K ~~for the year ended February 1, 2025~~.

Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncements

In July 2025, the FASB issued ASU 2025-05, Financial Instruments—Credit Losses (Topic 326): Measurement of Credit Losses for Accounts Receivable and Contract Assets. ASU 2025-05 provides the option to apply a practical expedient to address implementation challenges related to the estimation of expected credit losses for current accounts receivable and current assets arising from transactions accounted for under revenue recognition (Topic 606) and assets acquired through business combinations. The practical expedient allows entities to assume that current conditions as of the balance sheet date remain unchanged over the life of these assets when developing forecasts. The guidance allows entities to bypass the requirement to incorporate macro-economic data into their forecast when such data is not expected to materially affect the estimate. The Company adopted the guidance in ASU 2025-05 effective February 1, 2026 prospectively and applied the practical expedient. The adoption of this new accounting standard did not have a material impact on the Company's condensed consolidated financial statements.

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2. Revenue

Currently, most of the Company’s revenue is derived from direct-to-consumer ("DTC") retail sales (including from its e-commerce sites) and is recognized when control of the merchandise is transferred to the customer. The Company's disaggregated revenue is fully disclosed as net sales to external customers by reporting segment and by geographic area (See Note 11 — Segment Information for additional information). The Company's direct-to-consumer reporting segment represents 9291% of consolidated revenue for the ~~third~~first quarter of fiscal ~~2025~~2026. The majority of these sales transactions were single performance obligations that were recorded when control of merchandise was transferred to the customer.

The following is a description of principal activities from which the Company generates its revenue through three reportable segments.

1. The Company’s direct-to-consumer segment includes the operating activities of corporately-managed stores, ~~and~~other eretail-~~commerce~~delivered ~~demand~~operations ~~(orders~~and ~~generated~~ online ~~to be fulfilled from either the Company's warehouse or its stores)~~sales. Direct-to-consumer revenue is recognized when control of the merchandise is transferred to the customer and for the Company's online sales, control generally transfers upon ~~estimated~~ delivery to the customer. Revenue is measured as the amount of consideration, including any discounts or incentives, the Company expects to receive in exchange for transferring the merchandise. Product returns have historically averaged less than one-half of one percent due to the personalized and interactive nature of ~~its products~~sales, where consumers customize their own stuffed animal. The Company has elected to exclude from revenue all collected sales, value ~~added~~add, and other taxes paid by its ~~consumers~~customers.

For the Company’s gift cards, revenue is deferred for single transactions until redemption including any related gift card discounts. Approximately 80% of gift cards issued are redeemed within three years of issuance and over the last three years, approximately 65% of gift cards issued have been redeemed within the first twelve months. In addition, unredeemed gift cards or breakage revenue is recorded in proportion to the consumers’ redemption pattern using an estimated breakage rate based on historical experience. ~~Subsequent~~Following ~~to stores~~ the reopening ~~following~~of ~~shutdowns~~stores ~~caused~~after by the pandemic, the Company experienced lower ~~redemptions of its~~ gift ~~cards~~card redemption rates for all periods of outstanding activated cards compared to ~~pre-pandemic~~historical redemption patterns (observed prior to fiscal ~~2019~~ ~~and~~year ~~earlier)~~2020, which ~~impacts~~ impacted the gift card breakage rate. ~~The~~Management ~~Company~~believes ~~does not believe~~ that the redemption ~~pattern~~behavior ~~experienced~~observed during the pandemic ~~reflects~~was ~~the~~not ~~pattern~~indicative inof ~~the~~long-term ~~future~~customer behavior and ~~has~~accordingly adjusted the historical redemption data used to calculate the breakage rate. In more recent periods, gift card redemption patterns have generally returned to levels consistent with pre-2020 experience. The Company continues to evaluate expected breakage annually and adjusts the breakage rates in the fourth quarter of each year, or at other times if significant changes in consumer behavior are detected. Changes to breakage estimates impact revenue recognition prospectively. Further, given the magnitude of the Company's gift card liability, the changes in breakage rates could have a significant impact on the amount of breakage revenue recognized in future periods. As a matter of sensitivity, a hypothetical 1% change in our gift card breakage rate in fiscal ~~2024~~2025 would have resulted in a change in breakage revenue of $1.13 million.

For certain qualifying transactions, a portion of revenue transactions are deferred for the obligation related to the Company’s loyalty program or when a material right in the form of a future discount is granted. In these transactions, the transaction price is allocated to the separate performance obligations based on the relative standalone selling price. The standalone selling price for the points earned for the Company’s loyalty program is estimated using the net retail value of the merchandise purchased, adjusted for estimated breakage based on historical redemption patterns. The revenue associated with the initial merchandise purchased is recognized immediately and the value assigned to the points is deferred until the points are redeemed, forfeited or expired. Loyalty program points expire if there is no qualifying account activity for a period of 12 months. The Company issues certificates daily to loyalty program members who have earned 100 or more points in North America and 50 points or more in the United Kingdom (the "U.K.") with certificates historically expiring in four months if not redeemed. The Company assesses the redemption rates of its certifications on a quarterly basis to update the rate at which loyalty program points turn into certifications and the rate that certifications are redeemed. The Company classifies contract liabilities related to the loyalty program as deferred revenue and other on the condensed consolidated balance sheet.

2. The Company’s commercial segment includes transactions with other businesses and is mainly comprised of wholesale sales of merchandise, supplies and fixtures, licensing the Company’'s intellectual properties for third-party use, and revenues generated from entertainment activities. Revenue for wholesale sales is recognized when the control of the merchandise or fixtures is transferred to the customer, ~~including~~which ~~supplies~~generally ~~and~~occurs ~~fixtures~~upon shipment to the customer. The license agreements provide the customer with highly interrelated rights, including the Build-A-Bear retail operations proprietary process, that are not distinct in the context of the contract and therefore, have been accounted for as a single performance obligation and recognized as licensee sales occur. If the contract includes a guaranteed minimum, the minimum guarantee is recognized on a straight-line basis over the guarantee term until such time as royalties earned through licensee sales exceed the minimum guarantee. The Company classifies these guaranteed minimum contract liabilities as deferred revenue and other on the condensed consolidated balance sheet. ~~Revenue~~Entertainment ~~for~~revenue ~~wholesale sales~~ is ~~recognized~~generated ~~when~~through ~~control of~~ the ~~merchandise~~sale orof ~~fixtures~~entertainment isassets ~~transferred~~directly to ~~the~~customers ~~customer,~~or ~~which~~through ~~generally~~licensing ~~occurs upon delivery to the customer~~agreements.

3. The Company’s international franchising segment includes the activities with franchisees who operate store locations in certain countries and includes development fees, sales-based royalties and merchandise, including supplies and fixture sales. The Company's obligations under the franchise agreements are ongoing and include operations and product development support and training, generally concentrated around initial store openings. These obligations are highly interrelated rights that are not distinct in the context of the contract and, therefore, have been accounted for as a single performance obligation and recognized as franchisee sales occur. If the contract includes an initial, one-time nonrefundable development fee, this fee is recognized on a straight-line basis over the term of the franchise agreement, which may extend for periods up to 25 years. The Company classifies these initial, one-time nonrefundable franchise fee contract liabilities as deferred revenue and other on its condensed consolidated balance sheet. Revenue from merchandise and fixture sales is recognized when control is transferred to the franchisee, which generally occurs upon delivery.

The Company also incurs expenses directly related to the startup of new franchises, which may include finder’s fees, legal and travel costs, expenses related to its ongoing support of the franchises and employee compensation. Accordingly, the Company’s policy is to capitalize any finder’s fee, as an incremental cost, and expense all other costs as incurred. ~~Additionally, the~~The Company amortizes these capitalized costs into expense in the same pattern as the development fee's ~~recording of revenue~~ as described previously. These capitalized costs for the thirteen ~~and thirty-nine~~ weeks ended ~~November~~May 12, ~~2025~~2026 are not material to the financial statements.

The Company reserves for “expected” credit losses on financial instruments and other commitments to extend credit rather than the “incurred loss” model. These expected credit losses for financial assets held at the reporting date are to be based on historical experience, current conditions and reasonable and supportable forecasts. For the ~~thirty-nine~~thirteen weeks ended ~~November~~May 12, ~~2025~~2026 and ~~November~~May 23, ~~2024~~2025, the Company's accounts receivable are net of $74.1 million and $67.80 million, inclusive of the allowance for credit losses and the reserve for the UK's customs authority "HMRC" matter of $30.6 million and $3.46 million, respectively. See Note 12 for further discussion of the HMRC matter.

On February 20, 2026, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a ruling striking down certain tariffs previously imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act ("IEEPA"). Further, on March 4, 2026, the Court of International Trade ruled that U.S. Customs and Border Protection must refund the IEEPA tariffs that were collected. Based on these court rulings affirming the Company's legal right to recover IEEPA tariffs, the Company determined that it is entitled to a tariff refund of approximately $13.2 million, which was recorded in receivables, net on the condensed consolidated balance sheet. For the thirteen weeks ended May 2, 2026, the Company recorded a $10.4 million benefit for these tariffs in cost of merchandise sold-retail on the condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income and reduced the carrying value of inventory by $2.8 million on the condensed consolidated balance sheet as of May 2, 2026.

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3. Leases

The majority of the Company's leases relate to retail stores and corporate offices. For leases with terms greater than 12 months, the Company records the related asset and obligation at the present value of lease payments over the term. Most new retail store leases have an original term of a five to ten-year base period and may include renewal options to extend the lease term beyond the initial base period. The extension periods are typically much shorter than the original lease term given the Company's strategic decision to maintain a high level of lease optionality. Some leases also include early termination options, which can be exercised under specific conditions. Additionally, the Company may operate stores for a period of time on a month-to-month basis after the expiration of the lease term. The Company's lease agreements do not contain any material residual value guarantees or material restrictive covenants. Additionally, certain leases contain incentives, such as construction allowances from landlords and/or rent abatements subsequent to taking possession of the leased property.

The table below presents certain information related to the lease costs for operating leases for the thirteen ~~and thirty-nine~~ weeks ended ~~November~~May 12, ~~2025~~2026 and ~~November~~May 23, ~~2024~~2025 (in thousands).

Thirteen weeks ended

~~Thirty-nine weeks ended~~

November 1, 2025

November 2, 2024

November 1, 2025

November 2, 2024

May 2, 2026

May 3, 2025

Operating lease costs

11,~~129~~409

10,~~038~~443

~~32,337~~

~~29,642~~

Variable lease costs (1)

2,~~337~~214

2,~~294~~380

~~7,226~~

~~6,949~~

Short term lease costs

2127

1828

Total Operating Lease costs

13,~~487~~650

12,~~350~~851

~~39,634~~

~~36,668~~

⁽¹⁾

Variable lease costs consist of leases with variable rent structures, which are intended to increase flexibility in an environment with expected high sales volatility and provide a natural hedge against potential sales declines.

Other information

The table below presents supplemental cash flow information related to leases for the thirteen ~~and thirty-nine~~ weeks ended ~~November~~May 12, ~~2025~~2026 and ~~November~~May 23, ~~2024~~2025 (in thousands).

Thirteen weeks ended

~~Thirty-nine weeks ended~~

November 1, 2025

November 2, 2024

November 1, 2025

November 2, 2024

May 2, 2026

May 3, 2025

Operating cash flows for operating leases

11,~~098~~062

10,~~737~~216

~~31,946~~

~~30,852~~

As of ~~November~~May 12, ~~2025~~2026 and ~~November~~May 23, ~~2024~~2025, the weighted-average remaining operating lease term was 6.13 years and 56.71 years, respectively, and the weighted-average discount rate was 76.09% and 7.2%, respectively, for operating leases recognized on the Company's condensed consolidated balance sheets.

The value of our operating lease asset was $~~111~~119.76 million and $9192.37 million as of ~~November~~May 12, ~~2025~~2026 and ~~November~~May 23, ~~2024~~2025, respectively. The increase was driven by the Company entering into leases for new stores as well as securing longer-term extensions for existing stores resulting in contracts with more favorable terms.

For the thirteen ~~and thirty-nine~~ weeks ended ~~November~~May 12, ~~2025~~2026 and the thirteen ~~and thirty-nine~~ weeks ended ~~November~~May 23, ~~2024~~2025 the Company incurred no impairment charges against its right-of-use operating lease assets.

Undiscounted cash flows

The table below reconciles the undiscounted cash flows for each of the first five years and total of the remaining years to the operating lease liabilities recorded on the condensed consolidated balance sheet (in thousands).

Operating Leases
2025	$	15,168
2026	$	31,978
2026		32,273
2027		27,801
2027		22,848
2028		22,270
2028		17,447
2029		17,569
2029		13,852
2030		13,816
Thereafter		4341,~~323~~129
Total minimum lease payments		~~144~~154,~~911~~563
Less: amount of lease payments representing interest		(2628,~~697~~873	)
Present value of future minimum lease payments		~~118~~125,~~214~~690
Less: current obligations under leases		(2728,~~271~~276	)
Long-term lease obligations	$	9097,~~943~~414

As of May 2, 2026, the Company had additional executed leases that had not yet commenced with operating lease liabilities of $4.4 million. These leases are expected to commence in the second quarter of fiscal 2026 with lease terms of 10 years.

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4. Other Assets

Prepaid expenses and other current assets consist of the following (in thousands):

November 1,

February 1,

November 2,

May 2,

January 31,

May 3,

2025

2024

2026

2025

Prepaid occupancy (1)

34,~~069~~284

2,~~213~~570

24,~~626~~570

Prepaid insurance

~~105~~655

1,~~248~~068

~~1,209~~512

Prepaid taxes (2)

~~253~~43

~~1,512~~81

~~579~~181

Prepaid gift card fees

~~348~~448

~~493~~511

~~571~~411

Prepaid royalties

~~243~~376

~~736~~111

~~212~~285

Other (3)

76,~~550~~343

65,~~467~~262

6,~~784~~197

Total

1112,~~568~~149

129,~~669~~603

1112,~~982~~156

	⁽¹⁾	Prepaid occupancy consists of prepaid expenses related to variable non-lease components.
	⁽²⁾	Prepaid taxes consist of prepaid federal and state income tax.
	⁽³⁾	Other consists primarily of prepaid expense related to information technology maintenance contracts and software as a service.

Other non-current assets consist of the following (in thousands):

	November 1,		February 1,		November 2,
	May 2,		January 31,		May 3,
	2025		2025		2024
	2026		2026		2025
Entertainment production asset (1)	$	4,715	$	4,222	$	4,384
Entertainment assets (1)	$	4,164	$	4,493	$	4,251
Deferred compensation		1,~~606~~322		1,~~684~~356		1,~~679~~665
Other (2)		~~107~~124		~~195~~159		~~223~~164
Total	$	65,~~428~~610	$	6,~~101~~008	$	6,~~286~~080

	(1)	Entertainment ~~production~~assets ~~asset~~ includes the direct costs, production overhead and development costs in producing entertainment assets such as films or music.
	(2)	Other consists primarily of deferred financing costs related to the Company's credit facility.

5. Accrued Expenses

Accrued expenses consist of the following (in thousands):

November 1,

February 1,

November 2,

May 2,

January 31,

May 3,

2025

2024

2026

2025

Accrued wages, bonuses and related expenses

1520,~~687~~837

1316,~~268~~824

1518,~~310~~351

Sales and value added taxes payable

12,~~962~~184

13,~~359~~341

2,~~043~~219

Current income taxes payable

~~510~~9,086

~~580~~3,943

12,~~869~~921

Accrued rent and related expenses (1)

~~744~~875

1,~~002~~046

~~772~~782

Accrued expense - other (2)

950

-950

Total

1933,~~853~~932

1626,~~209~~104

1924,~~994~~273

	⁽¹⁾	Accrued rent and related expenses consist of accrued costs associated with non-lease components.
	⁽²⁾	Accrued expense - other consists of costs associated with legal accruals.

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6. Stock-based Compensation

On April 14, 2020, the Company's Board of Directors (the “Board”) adopted, subject to stockholder approval, the Build-A-Bear Workshop, Inc. 2020 Omnibus Incentive Plan (the “2020 Incentive Plan”). On June 11, 2020, the Company’s stockholders approved the 2020 Incentive Plan. On April 11, 2023, the Board adopted, subject to stockholder approval, the Build-A-Bear Workshop, Inc. Amended and Restated 2020 Omnibus Incentive Plan (the “Restated 2020 Incentive Plan”). On June 8, 2023, at the Company’s 2023 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, the Company’s stockholders approved the Restated 2020 Incentive Plan. The Restated 2020 Incentive Plan, which is administered by the Compensation and Human Capital Committee of the Board, permits the grant of stock options (including both incentive and non-qualified stock options), stock appreciation rights, other stock-based awards, including restricted stock and restricted stock units, cash-based awards, and performance awards pursuant to the terms of the Restated 2020 Incentive Plan. The Restated 2020 Incentive Plan will terminate on April 11, 2033, unless earlier terminated by the Board. The total number of shares of the Company’s common stock authorized for issuance under the Restated 2020 Incentive Plan increased by 800,000 to a maximum of 1,800,000 since its inception as the 2020 Incentive Plan, subject to customary capitalization adjustments, substitutions of acquired company awards and certain additions of acquired company plan shares, plus shares that are subject to outstanding awards made under the Build-A-Bear Workshop, Inc. 2017 Omnibus Incentive Plan (the “2017 Plan”) that on or after April 14, 2020, may be forfeited, expire or be settled for cash.

For the thirteen weeks ended ~~November~~May 12, ~~2025~~2026 and ~~November~~May 23, ~~2024~~2025, selling, general and administrative expense included stock-based compensation expense of $1.0.7 million and $0.75 million, respectively. For the thirty-nine weeks ended November 1, 2025 and November 2, 2024, selling, general, and administrative expense included stock-based compensation expense of $2.2 million and $1.7 million, respectively. As of ~~November~~May 12, ~~2025~~2026, there was $65.46 million of total unrecognized compensation expense related to unvested restricted stock awards which is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 1.96 years.

As of ~~November~~May 12, ~~2025,~~ 2026 and, ~~February~~January 131, ~~2025~~2026 the Company had no outstanding stock options.

The following table is a summary of the balances and activity related to time-based and performance-based restricted stock for the ~~thirty-nine~~thirteen weeks ended ~~November~~May 12, ~~2025:~~2026

	Time-Based Restricted Stock					Performance-Based Restricted Stock
	Shares			Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value		Shares			Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value
Outstanding, February 1, 2025 (1)		97,538		$	25.21		193,273		$	23.17
Outstanding, January 31, 2026 (1)		73,588		$	37.97		156,665		$	32.82
Granted (1)		4667,~~228~~707			4638.7604		5199,~~263~~826			3138.4604
Vested		(5921,~~386~~397	)		2426.2311		-			-
Adjustment for performance achievement		-			-		(1140,~~572~~494	)		1824.0375
Earned and vested		-			-		(619,~~222~~810	)		1824.0375
Forfeited (1)		-			-		-			-
Outstanding, November 1, 2025 (1)		84,380		$	37.71		171,742		$	32.69
Outstanding, May 2, 2026 (1)		119,898		$	36.44		206,187		$	33.20

⁽¹⁾

Performance-based restricted stock outstanding, granted, and forfeited are presented at 100% of target.

The total fair value of shares vested during the ~~thirty-nine~~thirteen weeks ended ~~November~~May 12, ~~2025~~2026 and ~~November~~May 23, ~~2024~~2025 was $20.58 million and $2.20 million, respectively.

The outstanding performance shares as of ~~November~~May 12, ~~2025~~2026 consist of the following:

	Performance Shares
Unearned shares subject to performance-based restrictions at target:
2023 - 2025 consolidated pre-tax income growth objectives		36,309
2024 - 2026 consolidated, cumulative EBITDA objectives		44,171
2023 - 2025 consolidated revenue growth objectives		19,551
2024 - 2026 consolidated cumulative revenue objectives		14,724
2024 - 2026 consolidated, cumulative EBITDA objectives		42,418
2025 - 2027 consolidated, consolidated revenue growth objectives		47,466
2024 - 2026 consolidated, cumulative revenue objectives		22,840
2026 - 2028 consolidated, consolidated revenue growth objectives		99,826
2025 - 2027 consolidated revenue growth objectives		50,624
Performance shares outstanding, May 2, 2026		206,187
Performance shares outstanding, November 1, 2025		171,742

7. Income Taxes

~~On July~~The Company's effective tax rate was 23.4% for the thirteen weeks ended May 2, 2026 compared to 22.0% for the thirteen weeks ended May 3, 2025. In the first quarter of fiscal 2026, the ~~"One~~effective ~~Big~~tax ~~Beautiful~~rate ~~Bill~~differed ~~Act"~~from the statutory rate of 21% primarily due to state income tax expense offset by the tax impact of equity awards vesting and the foreign-derived deduction eligible income (~~"OBBBA")~~formerly ~~was~~foreign ~~signed~~derived ~~into~~intangible ~~law~~income). ~~The~~ ~~Company~~In ~~has~~the ~~analyzed~~first quarter of fiscal 2025, the effective ~~legislation~~tax ~~and~~rate ~~expects~~differed ~~that~~from the ~~OBBBA~~statutory ~~will~~rate ~~have~~of an21% ~~immaterial~~primarily due to state income tax expense partially offset by the tax impact onof ~~our~~equity ~~FY25~~awards vesting and ~~FY26~~foreign ~~effective~~derived ~~tax~~intangible ~~rate~~income. In ~~The~~addition, ~~Company~~in ~~is continuing~~the tofirst ~~evaluate~~quarter of fiscal 2026 and 2025, the ~~impacts~~Company asremains ~~additional~~in ~~information~~a isfull ~~provided~~valuation allowance in certain foreign jurisdictions.

The Company's effective tax rate was 24.3% and 21.6% for the thirteen and thirty-nine weeks ended November 1, 2025 compared to 24.5% and 24.1% for the thirteen and thirty-nine weeks ended November 2, 2024. The fiscal 2025 effective tax rate differed from the statutory rate of 21% primarily due to state income tax expense offset by the tax impact of equity awards vesting, the foreign-derived intangible income deduction and discrete benefits related to settlement of a prior period tax position. The fiscal 2024 effective tax rate differed from the statutory rate of 21% primarily due to state income tax expense partially offset by the tax impact of equity awards vesting. In addition, in the third quarter of fiscal 2025 and 2024, the Company remains in a full valuation allowance in certain foreign jurisdictions.

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8. Stockholders’ Equity

The following table sets forth the changes in stockholders’ equity (in thousands) for the thirteen weeks ended ~~November~~May 12, ~~2025~~2026 and ~~November~~May 23, ~~2024~~2025 (in thousands):.

	For the thirteen weeks ended November 1, 2025															For the thirteen weeks ended November 2, 2024
	For the thirteen weeks ended May 2, 2026															For the thirteen weeks ended May 3, 2025
	Common									Retained						Common									Retained
	stock			APIC (1)			AOCI (2)			earnings			Total			stock			APIC (1)			AOCI (2)			earnings			Total
Balance, beginning	$	~~132~~128		$	6160,~~701~~821		$	(1110,~~304~~760	)	$	104,~~866~~839		$	155,~~395~~028		$	~~136~~133		$	6261,~~831~~987		$	(1112,~~913~~554	)	$	7489,~~737~~516		$	~~125~~139,~~791~~082
Stock-based compensation					426									426						346									346
Shares issued under employee stock plans					243									243						1,103									1,103
Share repurchase		(2	)		(788	)					(9,405	)		(10,195	)		(1	)		(666	)					(4,166	)		(4,833	)
Stock-based compensation					381									381						284									284
Cash dividends											(2,887	)		(2,887	)											(2,704	)		(2,704	)
Shares withheld in lieu of tax withholdings		-			(350	)								(350	)					(1,266	)								(1,266	)
Other comprehensive income (loss)								(244	)					(244	)								102						102
Share repurchase		(2	)		(1,176	)					(10,331	)		(11,509	)		(1	)		(506	)					(3,701	)		(4,208	)
Net income											8,122			8,122												9,871			9,871
Cash dividends											(2,894	)		(2,894	)											(2,891	)		(2,891	)
Balance, ending	$	130		$	61,339		$	(11,548	)	$	100,696		$	150,617		$	135		$	62,511		$	(11,811	)	$	77,738		$	128,573
Other											-			-															-
Other comprehensive income								(179	)					(179	)								1,259						1,259
Net income											18,299			18,299												15,319			15,319
Balance, ending	$	126		$	59,919		$	(10,939	)	$	109,913		$	159,019		$	132		$	61,602		$	(11,295	)	$	98,243		$	148,682

⁽¹⁾ Additional paid-in capital (“APIC”)

⁽²⁾ Accumulated other comprehensive loss (“AOCI”)

~~The~~During ~~following~~the ~~table~~thirteen ~~sets~~weeks ~~forth~~ended May 2, 2026, the ~~changes~~Company utilized $11.4 million in ~~stockholders’~~cash ~~equity~~to repurchase 248,118 shares under its $100 million stock repurchase program that was authorized by the Board on September 11, 2024 (inthe "September ~~thousands~~2024 Stock Repurchase Program"). ~~for~~Between the end of the first fiscal quarter of 2026 ~~thirty-nine~~and June 9, 2026, the Company utilized an additional $3.8 million in cash to repurchase 103,064 shares under the September 2024 Stock Repurchase Program, leaving an aggregate of $46.5 million available for future repurchases under that plan. For the thirteen weeks ended ~~November~~May 12, ~~2025~~2026, the Board authorized cash dividends to shareholders of $2.9 million on March 11, 2026, as the Board declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.23 per share on the issued and outstanding common stock of the company. The dividend was paid on ~~November~~April 29, ~~2024~~2026, ~~(in~~to ~~thousands):~~all stockholders of record as of March 26, 2026.

	For the thirty-nine weeks ended November 1, 2025															For the thirty-nine weeks ended November 2, 2024
	Common									Retained						Common									Retained
	stock			APIC (1)			AOCI (2)			earnings			Total			stock			APIC (1)			AOCI (2)			earnings			Total
Balance, beginning	$	133		$	61,987		$	(12,554	)	$	89,516		$	139,082		$	142		$	66,330		$	(12,082	)	$	75,272		$	129,662
Shares issued under employee stock plans					1,103									1,103			2			1,094									1,096
Stock-based compensation					1,085									1,085						1,016									1,016
Shares withheld in lieu of tax withholdings					(1,266	)								(1,266	)		(1	)		(2,089	)								(2,090	)
Share repurchase		(3	)		(1,570	)					(15,944	)		(17,517	)		(8	)		(3,840	)					(19,333	)		(23,181	)
Cash dividends											(8,684	)		(8,684	)											(8,269	)		(8,269	)
Other											-			-												(39	)		(39	)
Other comprehensive income								1,006						1,006									271						271
Net income											35,808			35,808												30,107			30,107
Balance, ending	$	130		$	61,339		$	(11,548	)	$	100,696		$	150,617		$	135		$	62,511		$	(11,811	)	$	77,738		$	128,573

During the thirteen weeks ended May 3, 2025, the Company utilized $4.2 million in cash to repurchase 108,502 shares under the September 2024 Stock Repurchase Program. The Company's Board of Directors also declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.22 per share that was paid on April 10, 2025, to shareholders of record as of March 27, 2025.

(1) Additional paid-in capital (“APIC”)

(2) Accumulated other comprehensive loss (“AOCI”)

During the thirteen and thirty-nine weeks ended November 1, 2025, the Company utilized $10.1 million in cash to repurchase 168,456 shares and utilized $17.4 million in cash to repurchase 336,041 shares, respectively, under its $100 million dollar stock repurchase program that was authorized by the Board on September 11, 2024 (the "September 2024 Stock Repurchase Program"). Between the end of the third fiscal quarter of 2025 and December 8, 2025, the Company utilized an additional $2.4 million in cash to repurchase 46,831 under the September 2024 Stock Repurchase Program, leaving the aggregate $71.8 million available for future repurchases under that plan. For the thirteen and thirty-nine weeks ended November 1, 2025, the Board authorized cash dividends to shareholders of $2.9 million and $8.7 million, respectively. Additionally, on November 12, 2025, the Board declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.22 per share on the issued and outstanding common stock of the company. The dividend will be paid on January 8, 2026, to all stockholders of record as of November 26, 2025.

During the thirteen and thirty-nine weeks ended November 2, 2024, the Company utilized $4.8 million in cash to repurchase 147,917 shares and utilized $23.0 million in cash to repurchase 832,944 shares, respectively. During that quarter, the Company repurchased shares under two separate stock repurchase programs. For the thirteen weeks ending November 2, 2024, the company repurchased 73,274 shares utilizing $2.0 million in ash under the Company's $50.0 million program authorized by its Board of Directors on August 31, 2022 (the "August 2022 Stock Repurchase Program"). For the thirteen and thirty-nine weeks ended November 2, 2024, the company utilized $2.8 million in cash to repurchase 74,643 shares under the September 2024 Stock Repurchase Program. For the thirteen and thirty-nine weeks ended November 2, 2024, the Company's Board of Directors authorized cash dividends to shareholders of $2.7 million and $8.3 million, respectively.

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9. Income per Share

The following table sets forth the computation of basic and diluted net income per share (in thousands, except share and per share data):

Thirteen weeks ended

~~Thirty-nine weeks ended~~

November 1,

November 2,

November 1,

November 2,

May 2,

May 3,

2025

2024

2025

2024

2026

2025

NUMERATOR:

Net income

818,~~122~~299

915,~~870~~319

~~35,808~~

~~30,107~~

DENOMINATOR:

Weighted average number of common shares outstanding - basic

1312,~~010~~584,~~074~~388

13,~~425~~080,~~332~~301

~~13,067,330~~

~~13,672,416~~

Dilutive effect of share-based awards:

4154,~~449~~322

3663,~~651~~942

~~41,047~~

~~40,045~~

Weighted average number of common shares outstanding - dilutive

1312,~~051~~638,~~523~~710

13,~~461~~144,~~983~~243

~~13,108,377~~

~~13,712,461~~

Basic net income per common share

01.6245

01.7417

~~2.74~~

~~2.20~~

Diluted net income per common share

01.6245

01.7317

~~2.73~~

~~2.20~~

In calculating the diluted income per share for the thirteen ~~and thirty-nine~~ weeks ended ~~November~~May 12, ~~2025~~2026, ~~respectively,~~ there were ~~no and~~ 2319,~~753~~ 214 shares of common stock that were outstanding at the end of the period that were not included in the computation of diluted income per share due to their anti-dilutive effect. For the thirteen ~~and thirty-nine~~ weeks ended ~~November~~May 23, ~~2024~~2025, ~~respectively,~~ there were ~~1,141 and 29,288~~ zero shares of common stock that were outstanding at the end of the period that were not included in the computation of diluted income per share due to their anti-dilutive effect.

10. Comprehensive Income

The difference between comprehensive income or loss and net income or loss is the result of foreign currency translation adjustments on the balance sheets of subsidiaries whose functional currency is not the U.S. dollar. The accumulated other comprehensive loss balance on ~~November~~May 12, ~~2025~~2026 and ~~November~~May 23, ~~2024~~2025 was comprised entirely of foreign currency translation. For the thirteen weeks ended ~~November~~May 12, ~~2025~~2026 and ~~November~~May 23, ~~2024~~2025, the Company had no reclassifications out of accumulated other comprehensive loss.

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11. Segment Information

The Company’s operations are conducted through three operating segments, consisting of DTC, commercial and international franchising. The DTC segment includes the operating activities of corporately-managed locations and other retail delivery operations in the U.S., Canada, Puerto Rico, the Republic of Ireland and the U.K., including the Company’s e-commerce sites and temporary stores. The commercial segment includes the Company’s transactions with other businesses, mainly comprised of wholesale sales of merchandise, supplies and fixtures, licensing the Company’'s intellectual properties for third- party use, and ~~wholesale~~revenues ~~sales~~generated tofrom ~~our~~entertainment ~~partner-operated locations~~activities. The international franchising segment includes the licensing activities of the Company’s franchise agreements with store locations in select countries in Asia, Australia, the Middle East, Africa, and South America. The operating segments have discrete sources of revenue, different capital structures and different cost structures. These operating segments represent the basis on which the Company’s chief operating decision maker regularly evaluates the business in assessing performance, determining the allocation of resources and the pursuit of future growth opportunities. Accordingly, the Company has determined that each of its operating segments represent a reportable segment. The three reportable segments follow the same accounting policies used for the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

The following is a summary of the financial information for the Company’s reportable segments (in thousands):

	Direct-to-				International
	Consumer		Commercial		Franchising		Total
Thirteen weeks ended November 1, 2025
Thirteen weeks ended May 2, 2026
Total Revenue	$	~~112~~113,~~268~~466	$	810,~~942~~948	$	~~1,469~~856	$	~~122~~125,~~679~~270
Cost of Goods Sold		5140,~~778~~338		4,~~111~~419		~~968~~641		5645,~~857~~398
Gross Profit		6073,~~490~~128		46,~~831~~529		~~501~~215		6579,~~822~~872
Selling, General & Administrative		36,080		103		-		36,183
Contribution Margin		2437,~~410~~048		46,~~728~~426		~~501~~215		2943,~~639~~689
Overhead Expenses(1)								19,~~131~~943
Interest Income								(~~221~~134	)
Income before income taxes							$	1023,~~729~~880
Thirteen weeks ended November 2, 2024
Thirteen weeks ended May 3, 2025
Total Revenue	$	~~109~~119,~~503~~589	$	87,~~580~~623	$	1,~~347~~183	$	~~119~~128,~~430~~395
Cost of Goods Sold		5051,~~116~~571		3,~~669~~014		~~1,005~~824		5455,~~790~~409
Gross Profit		5968,~~387~~018		4,~~911~~609		~~342~~359		6472,~~640~~986
Selling, General & Administrative		3234,~~002~~352		~~197~~96		-		3234,~~199~~448
Contribution Margin		2733,~~385~~666		4,~~714~~513		~~342~~359		3238,~~441~~538
Overhead Expenses(1)								19,~~469~~107
Interest Income								(~~109~~200	)
Income before income taxes							$	1319,~~081~~631
Thirty-nine weeks ended November 1, 2025
Total Revenue	$	346,492	$	25,192	$	3,637	$	375,321
Cost of Goods Sold		151,901		10,544		2,557		165,002
Gross Profit		194,591		14,648		1,080		210,319
Selling, General & Administrative		104,615		296		-		104,911
Contribution Margin		89,976		14,352		1,080		105,408
Overhead Expenses(1)								60,357
Interest Income								(627	)
Income before income taxes							$	45,678
Thirty-nine weeks ended November 2, 2024
Total Revenue	$	320,826	$	21,858	$	3,274	$	345,958
Cost of Goods Sold		147,138		9,210		2,236		158,584
Gross Profit		173,688		12,648		1,038		187,374
Selling, General & Administrative		94,491		648		-		95,139
Contribution Margin		79,197		12,000		1,038		92,235
Overhead Expenses(1)								53,303
Interest Income								(723	)
Income before income taxes							$	39,655

⁽¹⁾

Overhead expenses contain selling, general and administrative expenses not attributable to a segment.

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Total assets, depreciation and amortization, and capital expenditures for the Company's segments, as well as for Corporate and support, are as follows (in thousands):

	Direct-to-				International
	Consumer		Commercial		Franchising		Corporate		Total
Thirteen weeks ended November 1, 2025
Thirteen weeks ended May 2, 2026
Depreciation and amortization		2,632		32		-		1,035		3,699
Total Assets	$	258,483	$	15,627	$	1,446	$	78,529	$	354,085
Capital Expenditures		5,191				-		1,353		6,544
Depreciation and amortization		2,564		358		-		1,080		4,002
Thirteen weeks ended November 2, 2024
Capital Expenditures		5,411				-		1,458		6,869
Depreciation and amortization		2,637		55		-		996		3,688
Thirteen weeks ended May 3, 2025
Capital Expenditures		2,618		-		-		1,253		3,871
Total Assets	$	209,280	$	11,605	$	1,831	$	85,587	$	308,303
Thirty-nine weeks ended November 1, 2025
Depreciation and amortization		2,734		39		-		927		3,700
Total Assets		221,198		14,364		1,976		88,961	$	326,499
Capital Expenditures		1,354		-		-		1,553		2,907
Depreciation and amortization		8,057		106		-		2,904		11,067
Capital Expenditures		9,211		-		-		3,660		12,871
Thirty-nine weeks ended November 2, 2024
Total Assets	$	197,080	$	11,405	$	2,767	$	74,611	$	285,862
Depreciation and amortization		7,844		161		-		2,978		10,983
Capital Expenditures		6,708		-		-		2,863		9,571

The Company’s reportable segments are primarily determined by the types of products and services that they offer. Each reportable segment may operate in many geographic areas. Revenues are recognized in the geographic areas based on the location of the customer or franchisee. The following schedule is a summary of the Company’s sales to external customers and long-lived assets by geographic area (in thousands):

	North
	America (1)		Europe (2)		Other (3)		Total
Thirteen weeks ended November 1, 2025
Thirteen weeks ended May 2, 2026
Net sales to external customers	$	~~102~~107,~~690~~498	$	1814,~~143~~335	$	13,~~846~~437	$	~~122~~125,~~679~~270
Thirteen weeks ended November 2, 2024
Thirteen weeks ended May 3, 2025
Net sales to external customers	$	~~100~~111,~~835~~273	$	1615,~~080~~627	$	21,~~515~~495	$	~~119~~128,~~430~~395
Thirty-nine weeks ended November 1, 2025
Net sales to external customers	$	321,029	$	49,545	$	4,747	$	375,321
Property and equipment, net		57,587		4,700				62,287
Thirty-nine weeks ended November 2, 2024
Net sales to external customers	$	297,052	$	44,541	$	4,365	$	345,958
Property and equipment, net		50,585		3,913				54,498

For purposes of this table only:

⁽¹⁾ North America includes corporately-managed locations and sales to wholesale customers in the United States and Canada.

⁽²⁾ Europe includes corporately-managed locations in the U.K. and the Republic of Ireland and sales to wholesale customers in Europe.

⁽³⁾ Other includes wholesale and franchise businesses outside of North America and Europe.

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12. Contingencies

In the normal course of business, the Company is subject to legal proceedings, government inquiries and claims, and other commercial disputes. If one or more of these matters has an unfavorable resolution, it is possible that the results of operations, liquidity or financial position of the Company could be materially affected in any particular period. The Company accrues a liability for these types of contingencies when it believes that it is both probable that a liability has been incurred and that it can reasonably estimate the amount of the loss. Gain contingencies are recorded when the underlying uncertainty has been settled.

Assessments made by the U.K. customs authority in 2012 were appealed by the Company, which has paid the disputed duty, strictly under protest, pending the outcome of the continuing dispute, and this is included in receivables, net in the DTC segment. The U.K. customs authority contested the Company's appeal. Rulings by the First Tier Tribunal in November 2019 and Upper Tribunal in March 2021 held that duty was due on some, but not all, of the products at issue. The Company petitioned the Court of Appeal for permission to appeal certain elements of the Upper Tribunal decision, and in early November 2021, a judge granted the Company's petition for permission to appeal those elements of the Upper Tribunal decision on some, but not all, of the grounds of appeal that the Company had put forward. An appeal was heard by the Court of Appeal during the first quarter of fiscal 2022, and the Court of Appeal dismissed the appeal in the third quarter of fiscal 2022. During the fourth quarter of fiscal 2022, the UK Supreme Court declined to hear the appeal. The Company is engaging with the customs authority to attempt to resolve all outstanding issues following the application of the determined principles. The case will return to the lower tribunal for a final ruling if outstanding issues cannot be resolved. The Company maintains a provision against the related receivable, based on a current evaluation of collectability, using the latest facts available in the dispute. AsDuring the first quarter of ~~November~~ 1fiscal 2026, ~~2025~~the Company received approximately $0.6 million from His Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC). Following this receipt, the Company ~~had~~reassessed the collectability of the related receivable and adjusted both the gross receivable balance and the associated reserve by $3.2 million, leaving a gross receivable balance of $40.6 8 million, ~~and~~ a reserve of $30.6 million, ~~leaving~~and a net receivable of $1.0 .2 million. The Company believes that the outcome of this dispute will not have a material adverse impact on the results of operations, liquidity, or financial position of the Company.

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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

Cautionary Notice Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

The following Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties, and we undertake no obligation to update these statements except as required by the federal securities laws. Our actual results may differ materially from the results discussed in the forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include, without limitation, those detailed under the caption “Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended ~~February~~January 131, ~~2025~~2026, as amended by Amendment No. 1, as filed with the SEC, and include the following:

● any uncertainty or decline in general global economic conditions, caused by inflation, rising interest rates, geo-political conflicts, or other external factors, could lead to disproportionately reduced discretionary consumer spending and a corresponding reduction in demand for our products and have an adverse effect on our liquidity and profitability; ● the uncertainty of the impact of tariffs on countries from which we import is expected to have an impact on our business, mainly our cost of goods and profit margin, including uncertainty regarding the ultimate availability, timing, and amount of any remaining refunds of IEEPA tariffs we previously paid which have been subject to recent judicial developments; ● consumer interests can change rapidly, and our success depends on the ongoing effectiveness of our marketing and online initiatives to build consumer affinity for our brand and drive consumer demand for our products and services; ● we depend upon the shopping malls and tourist locations in which our stores are located to attract guests. Continued or further volatility in retail consumer traffic could adversely affect our financial performance and profitability; ● our business may be adversely impacted at any time by various significant competitive threats; ● global or regional health pandemics or epidemics could negatively impact our business, financial position and results of operations; ● our profitability could be adversely affected by fluctuations in petroleum product prices; ● if we are unable to generate interest in and demand for our interactive retail experience and products, including being able to identify and respond to consumer preferences in a timely manner, our sales, financial condition and profitability could be adversely affected; ● our use of artificial intelligence technologies presents operational, reputational, data security and legal risks that could adversely affect our business and financial performance, and any failure to effectively leverage artificial technologies in our business could negatively impact our customer engagement and competitive position; ● if we cannot renew, renegotiate or replace our store leases or enter into leases for new stores on favorable terms, or if we violate any of the terms of our current leases, our revenue and profitability could be harmed; ● failure to successfully execute our omnichannel and brand expansion strategy and the cost of our investments in e-commerce and digital transformation may materially adversely affect our financial condition and profitability; ● we are subject to risks associated with technology and digital operations; ● we may not be able to evolve our store locations over time to align with market trends, successfully diversify our store formats and business models in accordance with our strategic goals or otherwise effectively manage our overall portfolio of stores which could adversely affect our ability to grow and could significantly harm our profitability; ● our company-owned distribution center that services the majority of our stores in North America and our third-party distribution center providers used in the western U.S. and Europe may be required to close and operations may experience disruptions or may operate inefficiently; ● we rely on a few global supply chain vendors to supply substantially all of our materials and merchandise, and significant price increases or any disruption in their ability to deliver materials and merchandise could harm our ability to source products and supply inventory to our stores; ● our merchandise is manufactured by foreign manufacturers, we transact business in various foreign countries, and the availability and costs of our products, as well as our product pricing, may be negatively affected by risks associated with international manufacturing and trade and foreign currency fluctuations; ● we may not be able to operate our international corporately-managed locations profitably; ● if we cannot effectively manage our international partner-operated locations, attract new partners or if the laws relating to our international partners change, our growth and profitability could be adversely affected, and we could be exposed to additional liability;

● we are subject to a number of risks related to disruptions, failures or security breaches of our information technology infrastructure. If we improperly obtain or are unable to protect our data or violate privacy or security laws or expectations, we could be subject to liability as well as damage to our reputation; ● we may fail to renew, register or otherwise protect our trademarks or other intellectual property and have been sued by third parties for infringement or misappropriation of their proprietary rights, which could be costly, distract our management and personnel and result in the diminution in value of our trademarks and other important intellectual property; ● we may suffer negative publicity or be sued if the manufacturers of our merchandise or of Build-A-Bear branded merchandise sold by our licensees ship any products that do not meet current safety standards or production requirements or if such products are recalled or cause injuries; ● we may suffer negative publicity or be sued if the manufacturers of our merchandise violate labor laws or engage in practices that consumers believe are unethical; ● we may suffer negative publicity or a decrease in sales or profitability if the products from other companies that we sell in our stores do not meet our quality standards or fail to achieve our sales expectations; ● we may suffer negative publicity and damage to our reputation if we do not continue to evolve environmental, social, and governance initiatives in a timely manner; ● fluctuations in our quarterly results of operations could cause the price of our common stock to substantially decline; ● fluctuations in our operating results could reduce our cash flow, or trigger restrictions under our credit agreement, cause us to be unable to repurchase shares at all, at the times or in the amounts we desire, cause the results of our share repurchase program may not be as beneficial as we would like, or cause us to discontinue our quarterly dividend program; ● our relatively low market capitalization can cause the market price of our common stock to become volatile; ● our certificate of incorporation and bylaws and Delaware law contain provisions that may prevent or frustrate attempts to replace or remove our current management by our stockholders, even if such replacement or removal may be in our stockholders’ best interests; ● we may not be able to operate successfully if we lose key personnel, are unable to hire qualified additional personnel, or experience turnover of our management team; ● because our business is largely based on a vertical retail model, labor-related matters, ranging from union formation to labor disputes, may adversely affect our operations; and ● we may be unsuccessful in acquiring businesses or engaging in other strategic transactions, which may negatively affect our financial condition and profitability.

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Business Overview

WeBuild-A-Bear ~~were~~Workshop, Inc., a Delaware corporation, was formed in 1997 as a mall-based, experiential specialty retailer for children. Build-‑A-‑Bear has ~~since~~ evolved to become a ~~beloved~~leading ~~multi-generational~~global "retailtainment" brand ~~focused~~ on ~~its~~a mission to “add a little more heart to life”. ~~where~~At Build-A-Bear, guests ofare ~~all~~invited ~~ages~~to ~~make~~create ~~their~~personalized ~~own “~~furry friends” inthrough ~~celebration~~a ~~and~~unique ~~commemoration of life moments. Guests create their own stuffed animals by participating in the~~ stuffing, dressing, accessorizing, and naming ofprocess, ~~their~~accentuated ~~own~~by ~~teddy~~a ~~bears~~memorable ~~and~~Heart ~~other plush toys~~Ceremony ~~based~~that oncreates ~~the~~moments ~~Company’s~~of ~~own~~connection ~~intellectual~~for ~~property~~people ~~and in conjunction with a variety~~ of ~~best-in-class~~all ~~licenses~~ages. ~~The~~ ~~hands-on~~Over ~~and interactive nature of our more than 600 company-owned, partner-operated and franchise experience locations around~~ the ~~world~~years, ~~combined with~~ Build-‑A-‑Bear’s ~~pop-culture~~has ~~appeal,~~grown ~~often~~into ~~fosters~~ a ~~lasting~~multi‑generational ~~and emotional brand connection with consumers~~phenomenon, ~~and~~positioned ~~has~~at ~~enabled~~ the ~~Company~~intersection to expand beyond its retail stores to include e-commerce sales on www.buildabear.com and non-plush branded consumer categories via out-bound licensing agreements with leading manufacturers, as well as the creation of ~~engaging~~pop‑culture ~~content via Build-A-Bear Entertainment (a subsidiary of Build-A-Bear Workshop, Inc~~trends.~~). Over~~ ~~the~~Beyond ~~last~~its ~~28 years,~~signature ~~Build-A-Bear~~retail ~~has become a brand with high consumer awareness~~experience, ~~positive affinity, and strong retail influence by leveraging~~ our brand ~~strength to grow our brick-and-mortar retail footprint beyond traditional malls through a range of store sizes, formats and locations including tourist destinations. We are~~ also ~~growing~~offers ~~through~~pre‑stuffed ~~our websites~~plush, ~~which focus on gift-giving~~gifting, ~~collectible~~partnerships ~~merchandise,~~with ~~and~~best‑in‑class licensed ~~products. In addition to growing our corporately-managed store~~ and ~~e-commerce~~collectible ~~footprint~~characters, weand ~~are~~original ~~also~~storytelling ~~growing~~ through ~~partner-operated~~Build‑A‑Bear ~~and franchised locations~~Entertainment, ~~particularly for our international expansion~~LLC. ~~Our ongoing digital transformation, which touches our e-commerce business, consumer loyalty program and digital marketing and content, has led to omni-channel growth over the past several years.~~ Build-‑A-‑Bear'’s ~~pop-culture~~current ~~appeal~~brand ~~has~~platform ~~played a key role in growing our total addressable market beyond children by adding teens~~ and ~~adults~~message, ~~with~~“The ~~entertainment~~Stuff ~~and~~You ~~sports licensing~~Love,” ~~collectible~~crosses ages and ~~gifting~~cultures ~~offerings,~~while ascelebrating ~~well~~nearly as30 byyears ~~introducing~~of ~~new~~helping ~~products~~people ~~and~~mark ~~adding~~life’s ~~categories~~meaningful ~~beyond plush~~moments.

WeThe ~~primarily~~Build-A-Bear ~~operate~~brand ~~through~~has ahigh ~~vertical~~consumer ~~retail~~awareness ~~channel~~and ~~with~~positive ~~corporately-managed~~affinity, ~~partner-operated,~~ and ~~franchise~~we ~~locations~~leverage ~~that~~our ~~feature~~brand astrength ~~unique~~to ~~combination~~expand the footprint of ~~experience~~our ~~and~~retail ~~product~~experience inlocations ~~which~~through ~~guests~~a ~~can~~range ~~“make~~of ~~their~~store ~~own~~sizes, ~~stuffed~~formats, ~~animals.” We also operate buildabear.com~~ and ~~buildaber.co.uk~~locations, ~~which~~including ~~both serves~~tourist asdestinations. anIn ~~information~~addition ~~and communications tool~~ to ~~plan~~growing aour corporately-managed store ~~visit~~footprint, aswe ~~well~~are asalso angrowing ~~e-commerce~~through ~~site that focuses on gift~~partner-~~giving,~~operated ~~collectible~~and ~~merchandise~~franchise locations, ~~and~~particularly ~~licensed~~for ~~products~~our ~~that~~international ~~appeal~~expansion. toOur ~~consumers~~ongoing ~~that~~digital ~~have~~transformation, anwhich ~~affinity~~touches ~~for~~our ~~characters~~e-commerce ~~from~~business, aconsumer ~~range~~loyalty ~~of entertainment~~program, ~~sports, art,~~ and ~~gaming~~digital ~~properties.~~content, ~~Our~~has ~~retail~~led ~~stores~~to ~~also~~omnichannel ~~act~~growth asover ~~mini~~the ~~distribution~~past ~~centers~~several ~~that~~years. ~~provide~~Build-A-Bear's ~~efficient~~pop-culture ~~omnichannel fulfillment~~appeal ~~for our~~plays ~~digital~~a ~~demand.~~key ~~The~~role ~~primary~~in ~~consumer~~expanding ~~target for~~ our ~~brick-and-mortar~~total ~~locations~~addressable ismarket ~~families~~beyond ~~with~~ children, ~~while~~to ~~our~~teens ~~e-commerce sites focus on collectors~~ and ~~gift~~adults ~~givers~~with ~~that~~sports ~~are primarily tweens~~licensing, ~~teens,~~collectible and ~~adults.~~gifting ~~Additionally~~offerings, weas ~~offer~~well ~~products~~as into ~~non-plush consumer~~ categories ~~via~~beyond ~~outbound licensing agreements with leading manufacturers~~plush.

~~Our~~As ~~strategy~~of ~~includes~~May ~~leveraging~~2, ~~our~~2026, ~~brand~~the ~~strength~~Company tohad ~~continue~~669 global tolocations ~~evolve~~through ~~our~~a ~~brick~~combination of its corporately-~~and~~managed, partner-~~mortar~~operated, ~~retail~~and ~~footprint~~franchise ~~with~~models. This areflects 376 corporately-managed locations, including ~~versatile~~334 stores ~~range~~in ofthe ~~formats~~United States (“U.S.”) and ~~locations,~~Canada ~~including~~and ~~tourist~~42 ~~destinations,~~stores ~~expanding~~in ~~into~~the ~~international~~United ~~markets~~Kingdom ("U.K.") ~~primarily~~and ~~via~~the ~~our~~Republic of Ireland, 181 partner-operated locations in which we sell our products on a wholesale basis to other companies that then, in turn, execute our retail experience, and 112 international franchise ~~store~~locations ~~models~~, ~~and~~all ~~growing~~under ~~our~~the eBuild-~~commerce~~A-Bear ~~business~~Workshop brand. In Byaddition ~~leveraging~~to these stores, we sell products on our ~~brand~~company-owned ~~strength~~e-commerce sites and ~~owned~~third-party ~~intellectual~~marketplace ~~properties~~sites, our franchisees sell products through sites ~~the~~that ~~creation~~they ofmanage ~~engaging~~as ~~short-form~~well ~~and~~as ~~long~~other third-~~form~~party ~~content~~marketplace ~~for~~sites ~~kids~~ and ~~adults,~~other weparties ~~endeavor~~sell toproducts ~~develop~~on atheir ~~circle~~sites ofunder ~~continuous~~wholesale ~~engagement~~agreements. For the 2026 fiscal year to ~~increase~~date, ~~purchase~~the ~~occasions~~Company ~~and~~had net tonew ~~continue~~unit togrowth ~~broaden~~of ~~the~~7 experience ~~consumer~~locations, ~~base~~comprised ~~beyond~~of ~~children~~one ~~with~~corporately ~~tweens~~managed location, ~~teens~~3 partner-operated locations, and ~~adults~~3 international franchise locations.

As of November 1, 2025, we had 375 corporately-managed stores globally, 168 partner-operated locations operating through our partner-operated model in which we sell our products on a wholesale basis to other companies that execute our retail experience, and 108 international franchised stores, all under the Build-A-Bear Workshop brand. We also operate a limited number of seasonal locations. In addition to these locations, we sell products on our company-owned e-commerce sites and third-party marketplace sites, our franchisees sell products through sites that they manage as well as other third-party marketplace sites and other parties sell products on their sites under wholesale agreements.

We operate in three segments that share the same infrastructure, including management, systems, merchandising and marketing, and generate revenues as follows:

• Direct- to- Consumer (“DTC”) – Corporately-managed retail stores located in the ~~United States (the "~~U.S."), Canada, ~~the~~Puerto ~~United~~Rico, ~~Kingdom~~the ("U.K."), ~~and the Republic of~~ Ireland, and two e-commerce sites; • Commercial – Transactions with other businesses, mainly comprised of wholesale product sales ~~to partner-operated locations~~ and licensing our intellectual property, including entertainment properties, for third-party ~~manufacturing and sales~~use; and • International franchising – Royalties as well as ~~products~~product and ~~fixtures~~fixture sales from other international operations under franchise agreements.

Selected financial data attributable to each segment for the thirteen ~~and thirty-nine~~ weeks ended ~~November~~May 12, ~~2025~~2026 and ~~November~~May 23, ~~2024~~2025 are set forth in the notes to our condensed consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

Recent Events and Trends Regarding Tariffs and International Trade

Global trade policy continues to evolve and the ultimate impact of recent developments with respect to U.S. tariffs is unclear. On February 20, 2026, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a ruling striking down certain tariffs previously imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act ("IEEPA"). On March 4, 2026, the Court of International Trade ordered U.S. Customs and Border Protection ("CBP") to begin the refund process for all importers who were subject to the IEEPA duties. In April 2026, the CBP opened a portal for the refund process to begin for certain importers. Based on these court rulings affirming the Company's legal right to recover IEEPA tariffs, the Company determined that it is entitled to a tariff refund of approximately $13.2 million, which was recorded in receivables, net on the condensed consolidated balance sheet. For the thirteen weeks ended May 2, 2026, the Company recorded a $10.4 million benefit for these tariffs in cost of merchandise sold-retail on the condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income, $7.0 million of which related to prior fiscal year costs, and reduced the carrying value of inventory by $2.8 million on the condensed consolidated balance sheet as of May 2, 2026. The related inventory with tariffs is expected to be substantially sold in the second fiscal quarter of 2026.

The ultimate availability, timing, and amount of any remaining refunds of such tariffs remain uncertain and are subject to further legal, regulatory, and administrative developments. Following the Supreme Court’s decision, the U.S. presidential administration announced its intention to invoke other laws to collect tariffs and announced new tariffs on imports from all countries, in addition to any existing non-IEEPA tariffs. There remains substantial uncertainty regarding the duration of existing and newly announced tariffs, potential changes or pauses to such tariffs, tariff levels, and whether further additional tariffs or other retaliatory actions may be imposed, modified, or suspended, and the impacts of such actions on the Company's business. The Company continues to monitor and evaluate these developments and assess their potential impact on its business, financial condition, and results of operations.

Since we import the vast majority of our products from vendors outside the U.S., we face uncertainty and risks related to tariffs and other trade policies that could negatively impact our Company. Tariffs and other non-tariff trade practices can adversely affect our business in multiple ways, including increased costs of our products. While we have taken steps in recent years to diversify our supply chain and reduce China sourcing by shifting primarily to Vietnam, we remain subject to substantial potential exposure to tariffs. Specifically, the latest tariffs implemented by the U.S. continues to have an impact on our cost structure and product margins. Additionally, the uncertainty about trade policy, tariff rates, and other changes in practices affecting international trade, including whether such tariffs or other measures will be withdrawn, or modified in the future, makes it difficult for us to operate optimally. Depending on the level and longevity of the tariff disruption, we will continue to adjust our pricing while monitoring the impact of inflation and consumer confidence, on both a micro and macro basis.

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~~Business Update~~Description of Operations

Build-A-Bear Workshop offers interactive entertainment experiences via both physical and digital engagement, targeting a range of consumer segments and purchasing occasions through digitally-driven, diversified omnichannel capabilities. We operate a vertical retail channel with corporately-operated experience locations that feature a unique combination of interactivity and product in which guests can “make their own” ~~stuffed~~furry ~~animals”~~friends by participating in the stuffing, dressing, accessorizing and naming of their own teddy bears and other stuffed animals along with the now-famous "Heart Ceremony" that helps to make the experience memorable by bringing the furry friend to "life." Our retail footprint also comprises both domestic and international partner-operated and franchise locations that extend our unique combination of experience and product beyond our corporately-operated locations. We also operate buildabear.com, which serves as an information and communications tool to plan a store visit as well as an e-commerce ~~sites~~platform that ~~focus~~focuses on gift-giving, collectible merchandise and licensed products that appeal to consumers that have an affinity for characters from a range of entertainment, sports, art, and gaming properties. Our engaging digital purchasing experiences include our online “Bear-Builder”, and an age-gated adult-focused “Bear Cave” microsite. Our retail stores also act as “mini distribution centers” that provide efficient omnichannel support for our digital demand. ~~The~~While the primary consumer target for our retail stores is families with children ~~while~~ , our e-commerce sites focus on collectors and gift givers that are primarily tweens, teens and adults. We have also extended our business model by leveraging our brand strength and owned intellectual properties through the creation of engaging content for kids and adults while also offering products at wholesale and in non-plush consumer categories via outbound licensing agreements with leading manufacturers.

We seek to provide outstanding guest ~~service and~~ experiences across all channels and touch points including our retail locations, our e-commerce sites, our mobile sites and apps as well as traditional, digital, and social media. We believe the hands-on and interactive nature of our experience locations, our personal service model and engaging digital shopping experiences result in guests forming an emotional connection with our brand which has multi-generational appeal that captures today’s zeitgeist including desire for engaging experiences, personalization and “DIY” while being recognized as trusted, giving, and a part of pop culture.

WeOperating believe there are opportunities to extend the reach and size of our diverse consumer segments through expanded products and licensing relationships, evolved experiences, and incremental occasions, partnerships, and marketing activities. We believe we can further develop our business by creating a continuous circle of engagement with expanded programs including outbound branded licensing and entertainment that drives retail performance and leverages our brand equity which may in turn positively impact other channels of distribution.Strategies

WeOur ~~believe~~operating ~~that~~strategies ~~the~~have ~~initiatives~~enabled ~~and~~us ~~investments~~to ~~that~~build a ~~were~~strong ~~put~~foundation while incontinuing ~~place~~to ~~prior~~invest toin the ~~pandemic,~~brand’s iconic status, diversifying and ingrowing the ~~many~~business ~~cases~~by reaching more consumers, wein ~~accelerated~~more ~~during~~places, ~~the~~with ~~pandemic~~more products, ~~are~~for ~~driving~~more ~~improved~~occasions. ~~results,~~Upon asthat foundation, we ~~delivered~~have ~~growth~~evolved into ~~total~~focus ~~revenues~~on ~~and~~scaling ~~pretax~~our ~~profit~~company inthrough ~~fiscal~~a ~~2022~~four-pillar strategic framework, ~~2023~~supported ~~and~~by ~~2024~~four platform areas. ToThese ~~continue~~four pillars are intended to leverage the strength of the brand to drive incremental revenue, with pillars one and ~~profit~~two ~~growth~~continuing to activate proven strategies, wewith ~~remain~~an ~~focused~~expectation onthat ~~our~~they ~~strategic~~will ~~priorities,~~help ~~which~~fund ~~are~~the ~~centered~~expansion ~~primarily~~into onthe newer revenue streams represented by pillars three ~~key~~and ~~areas:~~four.

•These ~~The~~four ~~global~~pillars ~~expansion~~are of our unique experience locations. During the first thirty-nine weeks of fiscal 2025, we opened a net 52 Build-A-Bear Workshop retail experience locations, through a combination of corporately-managed, partner operated, and franchise business models. In fiscal 2025, we expect net new unit growth of at least 60 locations in North America and internationally through our three business models. We have made a concerted effort to shift to non-traditional locations, including family-centric tourist and hospitality sites, as well as asset-light partner-operated and franchise locations, and now have more than a third of total stores in non-traditional settings. While tourist sites have been and will remain a critical part of our location expansion strategy, recent research data supports our opportunity to reengage in profitable expansion in traditional locations on a more localized level, particularly given the numerous and flexible corporate store models we have developed in the past few years. • Accelerate our comprehensive digital transformation. In addition to systems upgrades and e-commerce evolution, we have been enhancing our marketing and loyalty programs as well as creating digital content and entertainment initiatives to increase consumer engagement. Our digital transformation is also designed to elevate our business efficiency, integrate our consumer communications to acquire new guests and increase purchase occasions while expanding our total addressable market beyond our core kid base and to acquire tween, teen and adults with new offerings including gifting, personalization and licensed options. • Drive profitable growth through investment initiatives while maintaining a commitment to return capital to shareholders. As corporate store operating margins have remained robust from higher levels of revenue combined with disciplined expense management, particularly considering recent inflationary pressures, wage and tariff increases and supply chain challenges, and as we continue to evolve our real estate portfolio with new locations and formats, plus shift to asset-light business models, our cash flows have meaningfully improved. This higher-level of cash flows has been used to increase support for key initiatives to deliver long-term profitable growth, while also returning capital to shareholders through dividends and share repurchases.follows:

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Pillar One - Organic Growth. While we expect to add new and faster-growing revenue streams over time, we must also continue to drive our core business. We plan to do this by optimizing our omnichannel model via deeper integration, greater visibility, and more meaningful engagement with guests to improve lifetime value. Our physical experience locations remain critical in building the strength of the Build-A-Bear brand with our core kid consumer. At the same time, our e-commerce business remains our single largest store, serving as a key information destination and a highly complementary channel that extends our reach beyond the core by over-indexing with teen and adult gifting and collectible consumers.

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Pillar Two - Location Expansion. We expect to continue growing our experiential location footprint across all three retail business models, including corporately operated, partner-operated, and franchise, with a particular focus on international growth through our asset-light partner-operated approach. We expect to continue opening across global locations, in a broad range of formats, from smaller shop-in-shops to larger, tourist-destination locations.

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Pillar Three - Wholesale and Outbound Brand Licensing. We are enhancing our capabilities, from systems to sourcing to replenishment, to be able to sell branded products to traditional wholesale customers beyond our experience locations. These products will be based on a variety of form factors and designed for the wholesale channel, including, for example, pre-stuffed plush. This effort is designed not only to drive incremental revenue but also to extend the brand presence to tens of thousands of new points of sale. We also intend to leverage our nearly 30 years of multi-generational brand equity to access substantial whitespace and enter adjacent non-plush categories through outbound licensing relationships, again, to bring Build-A-Bear-branded items to more places. Importantly, we view these additional spaces as complementary to our Workshops, with the intention of ultimately serving as a mechanism for awareness and trial, driving more traffic to our stores for the full Build-A-Bear experience.

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Pillar Four - Gifting and Personalization. This pillar is designed to gain more share of the growing multi-billion-dollar gifting and personalization markets. Build-A-Bear offers beloved gifts that creates memories for both the gift-giver and recipient across multiple age groups and occasions. With over one-third of our revenue currently driven by birthdays, we have already proven that the brand is associated with gifting occasions but believe there is a robust opportunity to expand into gifts for more of life’s special moments, with our powerful brand and personalization options serving as an important competitive point of difference.

These four pillars are enabled by our continued focus on four platform areas that span each of the pillars and support their continued growth. The four platforms are as follows:

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Platform One - Enhance Brand. Building our brand is core to our long-term growth, as it is the cornerstone of our ability to bring the unique and memorable Build-A-Bear experience to more guests around the world. We leverage innovative, brand-aligned marketing strategies to reach and engage our guests to enhance their affinity with and trust of Build-A-Bear.

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Platform Two - Leverage Content. We drive elevated consumer engagement with Build-A-Bear through the strategic integration of product and experience across several different content strategies, including: stories that we tell through the launches of seasonal collections; owned Intellectual Property that can evolve from a screen-based character into plush; and partnerships with licensed brands for whom we can create unique “make-your-own” plush interpretations of their beloved characters.

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Platform Three - Evolve Technology. We strategically evolve our technological infrastructure as needed to support our future growth and make data-driven decisions that allow us to scale more effectively.

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Platform Four - Elevate Organization. We elevate our workforce to support the capabilities required for growth both through the development of current talent and the strategic addition of new team members to our organization.

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~~Retail~~ Stores:

Corporately-Managed Locations:

The table below sets forth the number of Build-A-Bear Workshop corporately-managed stores in the U.S., Canada, and Puerto Rico (collectively, North America) and the U.K. and Ireland (collectively, Europe ) for the periods presented:

	Thirty-nine weeks ended
	Thirteen weeks ended
	November 1, 2025								November 2, 2024
	May 2, 2026								May 3, 2025
	North America			Europe		Total			North America			Europe			Total
Beginning of period		~~328~~333			4042		~~368~~375			~~320~~328			3940			~~359~~368
Opened		75			1-		85			8-			1			91
Closed		(14	)		-		(14	)		(4-	)		(2-	)		(6-	)
End of period		334			4142		~~375~~376			~~324~~328			3841			~~362~~369

As of ~~November~~May 12, ~~2025~~2026, 53% of our corporately-managed stores were in an updated Discovery format. We also expect to close certain stores in accordance with natural lease events as an ongoing part of our real estate management and day-to-day operational plans. The future of our retail store fleet may include expansion into more non-traditional locations, including concourse format shops and by expansion in other locations outside of traditional malls.

Partner-Operated Locations:

The number of ~~third-party retail~~partner operated locations opened and closed for the periods presented below is summarized as follows:

	Thirty-nine weeks ended
	Thirteen weeks ended
	November 1, 2025			November 2, 2024
	May 2, 2026			May 3, 2025
Beginning of period		~~138~~178			92138
Opened		3110			3210
Closed		(17	)		(1-	)
End of period		~~168~~181			~~123~~148

Through our partner-operated model, there were ~~168~~181 stores in operation at the end of the ~~third~~first quarter of ~~2025~~2026 with relationships that included Carnival Cruise Line, Great Wolf Lodge Resorts, Landry's and Girl Scouts of the USA. The partner-operated model is capital light for us, with the partner company building out and operating the workshops including providing the real estate location and covering the cost of labor and inventory, which is purchased from us on a wholesale basis. These locations are heavily weighted to the hospitality industry, which allow us to further advance our focus on experience location expansion in non-traditional and tourist areas, as well as shop-in-shop arrangements within other retailers’ stores.

International Franchise ~~Stores~~Locations:

Our first franchisee location ~~was~~ opened in November 2003. All ~~franchised~~ franchise stores have similar signage, store layout, merchandise characteristics and guest experience as our corporately-managed stores. As of ~~November~~May 12, ~~2025~~2026, we had ~~five~~seven master franchise agreements, which typically grant franchise rights for a particular country or group of countries, covering a total of ~~eight~~twelve countries.

The number of ~~franchised~~international ~~stores~~franchise locations opened and closed for the periods presented below are summarized as follows:

	Thirty-nine weeks ended
	Thirteen weeks ended
	November 1, 2025			November 2, 2024
	May 2, 2026			May 3, 2025
Beginning of periods(1)		92			83
Beginning of period(1)		109			92
Opened		214			64
Closed		(51	)		-
End of period		~~108~~112			8996

⁽¹⁾	Count for both years include nine shop-in-shop locations in Australia not previously reported.

In the ordinary course of business, we anticipate signing additional master franchise agreements in the future and terminating other such agreements. We source fixtures and other supplies for our franchisees from China which significantly reduces the capital and lowers the expenses required to open franchises. We are leveraging new formats that have been developed for our corporately-managed locations such as concourses and shop-in-shops with our franchisees.

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Results of Operations

The following table sets forth, for the periods indicated, selected income statement data expressed as a percentage of total revenues, except where otherwise indicated. Percentages will not total due to cost of merchandise sold being expressed as a percentage of net retail sales, commercial revenue, international franchising, respectively, as well as immaterial rounding:.

BUILD-A-BEAR WORKSHOP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME

(Unaudited)

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	November 1,			November 2,			November 1,			November 2,
	May 2,			May 3,
	2025			2024			2025			2024
	2026			2025
Revenues:
Net retail sales		9190.95	%		9193.71	%		~~92.3~~	%		~~92.7~~	%
Commercial revenue		78.37			75.29			~~6.7~~			~~6.3~~
International franchising		0.8			1.10			~~1.0~~			~~1.0~~
Total revenues		100.0			100.0			~~100.0~~			~~100.0~~
Costs and expenses:
Cost of merchandise sold - retail (1)		4635.16			4543.81			~~43.8~~			~~45.9~~
Cost of merchandise sold - commercial (1)		4640.04			4239.85			~~41.9~~			~~42.1~~
Cost of merchandise sold - international franchising (1)		6574.9			7469.67			~~70.3~~			~~68.3~~
Total cost of merchandise sold		4636.32			4543.92			~~44.0~~			~~45.8~~
Consolidated gross profit		5363.78			5456.18			~~56.0~~			~~54.2~~
Selling, general and administrative		4544.18			4341.37			~~44.0~~			~~42.9~~
Interest income, net		(0.21	)		(0.12	)		~~(0.2~~	)		~~(0.2~~	)
Income before income taxes		819.81			1115.03			~~12.2~~			~~11.5~~
Income tax expense		24.15			23.74			~~2.6~~			~~2.8~~
Net income		614.6			811.39			~~9.6~~			~~8.7~~
Retail Gross Margin (2)		5364.94	%		5456.29	%		~~56.2~~	%		~~54.1~~	%

⁽¹⁾	Cost of merchandise sold – retail is expressed as a percentage of net retail sales. Cost of merchandise sold – commercial is expressed as a percentage of commercial revenue. Cost of merchandise sold – international franchising is expressed as a percentage of international franchising revenue.
⁽²⁾	Retail gross margin represents net retail sales less cost of merchandise sold - retail; retail gross margin percentage represents retail gross margin divided by net retail sales.

Thirteen weeks ended ~~November~~May 12, ~~2025~~2026 compared to thirteen weeks ended ~~November~~May 23, ~~2024~~2025

Total revenues. Consolidated revenues ~~increased~~decreased $3.21 million or 2.74%, primarily driven by a $26.81 million or 2.5.1% ~~increase~~decrease in Net Retail sales ~~and~~partially offset by a $03.43 million or 444% increase in Commercial revenue when compared to the ~~third~~first fiscal quarter of ~~2024~~2025. The ~~increase~~decrease in net retail sales was driven ~~primarily~~ by ~~growth~~lower sales at existing stores, ~~and~~decreased e-commerce demand offset by sales at new stores. The increased commercial revenue was due to higher sales to our wholesale customers, including sales to new wholesale customers resulting from ~~the opening~~a ofnet 45increase of 54 partner-operated locations since the ~~third~~first quarter of ~~2024~~2025.

Net retail sales for the thirteen weeks ended ~~November~~May 12, ~~2025~~2026 were $~~112~~113.35 million, compared to $~~109~~119.56 million for the thirteen weeks ended ~~November~~May 23, ~~2024~~2025. The components of the ~~improved~~ performance are as follows (dollars in thousands):

	Thirteen weeks ended
	November 1, 2025
	May 2, 2026
Impact from:
Existing stores	$	~~480~~(7,529	)
New stores		3,~~652~~538
Store closures		(~~647~~486	)
Foreign currency translation		~~396~~832
Gift card breakage		~~239~~8
Gift card discounts		(7128	)
Digital sales		(2,~~182~~874	)
Other		~~834~~260
Total Change	$	2(6,~~765~~123	)

The ~~higher~~ lower retail revenue performance was primarily ~~the~~due ~~result of~~to ~~increased~~lower sales at existing stores, ~~and~~decreased ~~sales~~e-commerce ~~at new~~demand ~~stores partially~~ offset by ~~the~~sales ~~effect~~at ofnew ~~store closures~~stores.

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Commercial revenue was $810.9 million for the thirteen weeks ended ~~November~~May 12, ~~2025~~2026 compared to $87.6 million for the thirteen weeks ended ~~November~~May 23, ~~2024~~2025. The $03.43 million increase is primarily due to increased sales volume from our wholesale accounts through our partner-operated retail model.

International franchising revenue was $10.59 million for the thirteen weeks ended ~~November~~May 12, ~~2025~~2026 compared to $1.32 million for the thirteen weeks ended ~~November~~May 23, ~~2024~~2025. The $0.23 million ~~increase~~decrease is primarily due to timing of product shipments.

Retail gross margin. Retail gross margin dollars increased $15.1 million to $6073.51 million from $5968.40 million for the thirteen weeks ended ~~November~~May 23, ~~2024~~2025. The retail gross margin rate ~~decreased~~increased 30750 basis points compared to the prior year, including ~~driven~~a ~~primarily~~560 bybasis-point ~~improved~~benefit ~~merchandise~~from ~~margin~~the ~~compared~~$7.0 million IEEPA tariff refund related to prior fiscal year costs, with the ~~third quarter~~remaining of190 ~~fiscal~~basis-points ~~2024~~primarily driven by selective price increases.

Selling, general and administrative. SG&A expenses were $5556.31 million, or 4544.18% of consolidated revenue, for the thirteen weeks ended ~~November~~May 12, ~~2025~~2026, compared to $5153.76 million, or 4341.37% of consolidated revenue, for the thirteen weeks ended ~~November~~May 23, ~~2024~~2025. The increase was driven by higher ~~store-level~~total compensation, ~~corporate~~ costs, ~~and~~ general inflationary pressures~~. These~~, ~~increases~~and ~~were~~longer-range ~~partially offset by favorable marketing expense timing~~investments.

Interest income, net. Interest income was $0.21 million for the thirteen weeks ended ~~November~~May 12, ~~2025~~2026, compared to interest income of $0.12 million for the thirteen weeks ended ~~November~~May 23, ~~2024~~2025.

Provision for income taxes. Income tax expense was $25.6 million with a tax rate of 2423.34% for the thirteen weeks ended ~~November~~May 12, ~~2025~~2026, as compared to $34.23 million with a tax rate of 2422.50% for the thirteen weeks ended ~~November~~May 23, ~~2024~~2025. In ~~The~~the ~~third~~ first quarter of fiscal ~~2025~~2026, the effective tax rate differed from the statutory rate of 21% primarily due to state income tax expense partially offset by the tax impact of equity awards vesting and the foreign-derived deduction ~~intangible~~eligible income ~~deduction~~(formerly foreign derived intangible income). In ~~The~~the ~~third~~first quarter of fiscal ~~2024~~2025, the effective tax rate differed from the statutory rate of 21% primarily due to state income tax expense partially offset by the tax impact of equity awards vesting and foreign derived intangible income. In addition, in the ~~third~~ first quarter of fiscal ~~2025~~ 2026 and ~~2024~~2025, the Company remains in a full valuation allowance in certain foreign jurisdictions.

Thirty-nine weeks ended November 1, 2025 compared to thirty-nine weeks ended November 2, 2024

Total revenues. Consolidated revenues increased $29.4 million or 8.5%, primarily driven by a $25.7 million or 8.0% increase in Net Retail sales and a $3.3 million or 15% increase in Commercial revenue when compared to the third fiscal quarter of 2024. The increase in net retail sales was driven primarily by growth at existing stores and sales at new stores. The increased commercial revenue was due to higher sales to our wholesale customers, including sales to new wholesale customers resulting from the opening of 45 partner-operated locations since the third quarter of 2024.

Net retail sales for the thirty-nine weeks ended November 1, 2025 were $346.5 million, compared to $320.8 million for the thirty-nine weeks ended November 2, 2024. The components of the improved performance are as follows (dollars in thousands):

	Thirty-nine weeks ended
	November 1, 2025
Impact from:
Existing stores	$	17,155
New stores		11,353
Store closures		(2,036	)
Foreign currency translation		1,173
Gift card breakage		636
Gift card discounts		(278	)
Digital sales		(2,143	)
Other		(194	)
Total Change	$	25,666

The higher retail revenue performance was primarily the result of increased sales at existing stores and sales at new stores partially offset by the effect of store closures.

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Commercial revenue was $25.2 million for the thirty-nine weeks ended November 1, 2025 compared to $21.9 million for the thirty-nine weeks ended November 2, 2024. The $3.3 million increase is primarily due to increased sales volume from our wholesale accounts through our partner-operated retail model.

International franchising revenue was $3.6 million for the thirty-nine weeks ended November 1, 2025 compared to $3.3 million for the thirty-nine weeks ended November 2, 2024. The change is primarily the result of the timing of product shipments and the opening of 19 franchise stores since the third quarter 2024.

Retail gross margin. Retail gross margin dollars increased $20.9 million to $194.6 million from $173.7 million for the thirty-nine weeks ended November 2, 2024. The retail gross margin rate increased 210 basis points compared to the prior year driven primarily by improved merchandise margin compared to the first three quarters of fiscal 2024.

Selling, general and administrative. SG&A expenses were $165.3 million, or 44.0% of consolidated revenue, for the thirty-nine weeks ended November 1, 2025, compared to $148.4 million, or 42.9% of consolidated revenue, for the thirty-nine weeks ended November 2, 2024. The increase was driven by higher store-level compensation, corporate costs and general inflationary pressures. These increases were partially offset by favorable marketing expense timing.

Interest income, net. Interest income was $0.6 million for the thirty-nine weeks ended November 1, 2025 compared to interest income of $0.7 million for the thirty-nine weeks ended November 2, 2024.

Provision for income taxes. Income tax expense was $9.9 million with a tax rate of 21.6% for the thirty-nine weeks ended November 1, 2025 as compared to $9.5 million with a tax rate of 24.1% for the thirty-nine weeks ended November 2, 2024. The fiscal 2025 effective tax rate differed from the statutory rate of 21% primarily due to state income tax expense offset by the tax impact of equity awards vesting, the foreign-derived intangible income deduction and discrete benefits related to settlement of a prior period tax position. The fiscal 2024 effective tax rate differed from the statutory rate of 21% primarily due to state income tax expense partially offset by the tax impact of equity awards vesting. In addition, in the third quarter of fiscal 2025 and 2024, the Company remains in a full valuation allowance in certain foreign jurisdictions.

Earnings before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization

We believe that earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ("EBITDA") provides meaningful information about our operational efficiency by excluding the impact of differences in tax jurisdictions and structures, debt levels, and capital investment. Additionally, this measure is the metric used for portions of the Company's incentive compensation structure. This measure is not in accordance with, or an alternative to, GAAP. The most comparable GAAP measure is income before income taxes, or pre-tax income. EBITDA should not be considered in isolation or as a substitution for analysis of our results as reported in accordance with GAAP. Other companies may calculate EBIT and EBITDA differently, limiting the usefulness of the measures for comparisons with other companies. The following table sets forth, for the periods indicated, the components of EBITDA (dollars in millions):.

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~~Thirty-nine weeks ended~~

November 1, 2025

November 2, 2024

November 1, 2025

November 2, 2024

May 2, 2026

May 3, 2025

Income before income taxes (pre-tax)

1023,~~729~~880

1319,~~081~~631

~~45,678~~

~~39,655~~

Interest income, net

(~~221~~134

)

(~~109~~200

)

~~(627~~

)

~~(723~~

)

Depreciation and amortization expense

34,~~700~~002

3,~~688~~700

~~11,067~~

~~10,983~~

Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization

1427,~~208~~748

1623,~~660~~131

~~56,118~~

~~49,915~~

EBITDA for the thirteen weeks ended ~~November~~May 12, ~~2025~~2026 ~~decreased~~increased $24.56 million, or 1420.70% to $1427.27 million from $1623.71 million for the thirteen weeks ended ~~November~~May 23, ~~2024~~2025. The ~~decrease~~increase was driven by higher gross profit resulting from increased retail and commercial margins partially offset by higher SG&A expenses. The increase to retail margin primarily resulted from the benefit of IEEPA tariff refund, $7 million of which related to prior fiscal year costs.

EBITDA for the thirty-nine weeks ended November 1, 2025 increased $6.2 million, or 12.4% to $56.1 million from $49.9 million for the thirty-nine weeks ended November 2, 2024. The increase was driven by gross profit resulting from increased retail and commercial margins partially offset by higher SG&A expenses.

Seasonality and Quarterly Results

Our operating results for one period may not be indicative of results for other periods, and may fluctuate significantly because of a variety of factors, including, but not limited to: (1) changes in general economic conditions and consumer spending patterns; (2) increases or decreases in our existing store and e-commerce sales; (3) fluctuations in the profitability of our stores; (4) the timing and frequency of the sales of licensed products tied to major theatrical releases (including the cancellation or delay of such releases due to the pandemic or other external factors) and our marketing initiatives, including national media and other public relations events; (5) changes in foreign currency exchange rates; (6) the timing of new store openings, closings, relocations and remodeling and related expenses; (7) changes in consumer preferences; (8) the effectiveness of our inventory management; (9) the actions of our competitors or mall anchors and co-tenants; (10) seasonal shopping patterns and holiday and vacation schedules; (11) disruptions in store operations due to civil unrest; and (12) weather conditions.

The timing of store closures, relocations, remodels, openings and re-openings may result in fluctuations in quarterly results based on the revenues and expenses associated with each store location. Expenses related to store closings are typically incurred in stages: when the decision is made to close the store typically associated with a lease event such as an expiration or lease -triggered clause; when the closure is communicated to store associates; and at the time of closure. We typically incur most preopening costs for a new store in the three months immediately preceding the store’s opening.

Because our retail operations include toy products which have sales that historically peak in relation to the holiday season as part of our revenue model, our sales have historically been highest in our fourth quarter. The timing of holidays and school vacations can impact our quarterly results. We cannot provide assurance that this will continue to be the case. In addition, for accounting purposes, the quarters of each fiscal year consist of 13 weeks, although we will have a 14-week quarter approximately once every six years. Our most recent 14-week quarter was the 2023 fiscal fourth quarter.

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Liquidity and Capital Resources

AsOur ~~of November 1, 2025, we had a consolidated~~ cash ~~balance of $27.7 million, 79% of which was domiciled within the U.S. Historically, our cash~~ requirements ~~have~~are ~~been~~ primarily for the ~~relocation~~opening, ~~and~~ remodeling ofor ~~existing~~reformatting ~~stores in our new design, opening~~ of ~~new~~ stores, ~~investments~~installation inand ~~information~~upgrades ~~technology~~of ~~infrastructure~~information systems and working capital. Over the past several years, we have met these requirements through ~~capital~~cash generated from ~~cash flow provided by~~ operations. A ~~Additionally,~~summary ~~during~~of ~~2025 we have used~~ cash ~~on-hand~~provided toby ~~invest~~or used in ~~short-term~~our operating, ~~highly~~investing ~~liquid~~and ~~investments~~financing ~~with~~activities ~~original~~is ~~maturities~~shown ~~of three months or less resulting~~ in ~~interest income of $0.6 million during~~ the ~~thirty-nine~~following ~~weeks~~table ~~ended~~(dollars ~~November~~in ~~1, 2025~~thousands).

A summary of our operating, investing and financing activities is shown in the following table (dollars in thousands):

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	May 2,			May 3,
	2026			2025
Net cash provided by operating activities	$	21,224		$	27,803
Net cash used in investing activities		(6,869	)		(2,907	)
Net cash used in financing activities		(14,754	)		(8,408	)
Effect of exchange rates on cash		(109	)		96
(Decrease)/Increase in cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash	$	(508	)	$	16,584

	Thirty-nine weeks ended
	November 1,			November 2,
	2025			2024
Net cash provided by operating activities	$	40,260		$	27,576
Net cash used in investing activities		(12,871	)		(9,571	)
Net cash used in financing activities		(27,489	)		(33,386	)
Effect of exchange rates on cash		79			9
Decrease in cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash	$	(21	)	$	(15,372	)

Operating Activities. Cash provided by operating activities decreased $6.6 million for the thirteen weeks ended May 2, 2026, as compared to the thirteen weeks ended May 3, 2025. This decrease in cash from operating activities was primarily driven by increases in prepaid and other assets and receivables from commercial accounts, as well as changes in deferred revenue, accounts payable and accrued expenses, partially offset by higher net income.

~~Operating~~Investing Activities. Cash ~~provided~~used byin ~~operating~~investing activities increased $124.70 million for the ~~thirty-nine~~thirteen weeks ended ~~November~~May 12, ~~2025~~2026, as compared to the ~~thirty-nine~~thirteen weeks ended ~~November~~May 23, ~~2024~~2025. ~~This~~ The increase in cash ~~from~~used ~~operating~~in investing activities was primarily ~~the result of increased net income, decreased accounts receivable~~ driven by ~~lower~~increased ~~receivables~~spending ~~from commercial~~on ~~accounts~~capital ~~and an increase in accounts payable and accrued expenses~~expenditures. These increases were partially offset by higher cash used for inventory purchases as a result of additional tariff costs and accelerated purchases of core products as part of the Company's tariff-mitigation plans.

~~Investing~~Financing Activities. Cash used in ~~investing~~ financing activities increased $36.3 million for the ~~thirty-nine~~thirteen weeks ended ~~November~~May 12, ~~2025~~2026, as compared to the ~~thirty-nine~~thirteen weeks ended ~~November~~May 23, ~~2024~~2025. ~~The~~ This increase in cash used in ~~investing~~ financing activities during the thirteen weeks of fiscal 2026 was ~~primarily~~ driven by ~~increased~~an ~~spending~~increase onin ~~capital~~the ~~expenditures~~amount utilized to repurchase shares compared to the prior year.

~~Financing~~Capital ~~Activities.~~Resources: ~~Cash~~As ~~used~~of inMay ~~financing activities~~2, ~~decreased $5.9~~2026, ~~million~~we ~~for~~had ~~the~~a ~~thirty-nine~~consolidated ~~weeks~~cash ~~ended~~balance ~~November~~of $26.2 1million, 73% of ~~2025,~~which aswas ~~compared~~domiciled towithin the ~~thirty-nine~~U.S, ~~weeks~~after ~~ended~~investing ~~November 2, 2024~~$6.9 ~~This~~million ~~decrease~~ in ~~cash~~capital ~~used~~projects in ~~financing activities during~~ the first ~~thirty-nine weeks of fiscal 2025 was driven by a decrease in the amount utilized to repurchase shares compared to the prior year~~quarter.

~~Capital Resources:~~ We have a revolving credit and security agreement with PNC Bank, as agent, that provides for a secured revolving loan in an aggregate principal amount of up to $2540.0 million, subject to a borrowing base formula. As of ~~November~~May 12, ~~2025~~2026, borrowings under the agreement would bear interest at (a) a base rate determined under the agreement, or (b) ~~the borrower's option,~~ at a rate based on SOFR reference rate, plus in either case a margin based on average undrawn availability as determined in accordance with the agreement. As of ~~November~~May 12, ~~2025~~2026, our borrowing base was $2540.0 million and the Company had no outstanding borrowings as of the end of the quarter.

Most of our corporately-managed retail stores are located within shopping malls and all are operated under leases classified as operating leases. Our leases in North America tend to be shorter term leases to provide flexibility in aligning stores with market trends. Beginning in fiscal 2023, lease extensions began to have longer terms as we have secured longer contracts with more favorable terms. Our leases typically require us to pay personal property taxes, our pro rata share of real property taxes of the shopping mall, our own utilities, repairs and maintenance in our store, a pro rata share of the malls’ common area maintenance and, in some instances, merchant association fees and media fund contributions. Many leases contain incentives to help defray the cost of construction of a new store. Typically, a portion of the incentive must be repaid to the landlord if we choose to terminate the lease prior to its contracted term. In addition, some of these leases contain various restrictions relating to change in control of our company. Our leases also subject us to risks relating to compliance with changing mall rules and the exercise of discretion by our landlords on various matters, including rights of termination in some cases. Rents are invoiced monthly and paid in advance.

Our leases in the U.K. and the Republic of Ireland also typically contain provisions requiring rent reviews every five years in which the base rent that we pay is adjusted to current market rates. These rent reviews require that base rents cannot be reduced if market conditions have deteriorated but can be changed “upwards only.” We may be required to pay base rents that are significantly higher than we have projected. As a result of these and other factors, we may not be able to operate our European store locations profitably. If we cannot do so, our results of operations and financial condition could be harmed, and we may be required to record significant additional impairment charges.

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Capital spending ~~through~~for the ~~thirty-nine~~thirteen weeks ended ~~November~~May 12, ~~2025~~2026 totaled $126.9 million for information technology projects and new store openings, and we expect to spend approximately $2022 to $25 million on capital expenditures in fiscal ~~2025~~2026.

Total inventory at quarter end was $8377.38 million, an increase of $125.5 million or 188% from the end of the fiscal ~~2024~~2025 ~~third~~first quarter. ~~The increase in inventory was the result of additional tariff costs and accelerated purchases of core products that began in the second half of fiscal 2024 and continued~~ ~~into the first quarter of fiscal 2025 as part of the Company's tariff-mitigation plans.~~ We are comfortable with the level and composition of our inventory to support customer demand and critical seasonal products.

We have various contractual or other obligations, including operating lease commitments and obligations under deferred compensation plans. As of ~~November~~May 12, ~~2025~~2026, we had purchase obligations totaling approximately $~~119~~127.70 million, of which $2728.46 million are due in the next 12 months. We believe our operating cash flows are sufficient to meet our material cash requirements for at least the next 12 months.

We utilized $1711.4 million in cash to repurchase ~~336~~248,~~041~~118 shares during the ~~thirty-nine~~thirteen weeks ended ~~November~~May 12, ~~2025under~~2026 under our current September 2024 Stock Repurchase Program, compared to using $234.02 million in cash to repurchase ~~832~~108,~~944~~502 shares during the ~~thirty-nine~~thirteen weeks ended ~~November~~May 23, ~~2024~~2025 under our September 2024 Stock Repurchase ~~plan~~Program and completed August 2022 program.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

None.

Inflation

~~Inflation~~The Company continued to ~~impact~~experience ~~the~~inflationary ~~Company’s~~pressures ~~operations~~ during ~~fiscal~~the ~~years~~first ~~2024~~quarter ~~and~~of ~~2025~~fiscal 2026, ~~most~~primarily ~~notably~~ through higher store labor ~~costs and increased input prices. We implemented certain mitigating actions such as further cost reductions and process efficiencies~~, ~~in addition to selective strategic price adjustments. We anticipate inflationary pressures to persist throughout fiscal 2025 and beyond~~product, ~~driven by wage growth~~freight, ~~tariff~~transportation and ~~tariff-related~~other ~~costs that extend beyond inventory purchases to broader~~ supply chain ~~and other operational areas~~costs. In ~~August 2025~~addition, ~~the~~evolving ~~U.S.~~tariffs ~~Court~~and oftrade ~~Appeals~~policies ~~for~~have ~~the~~increased ~~Federal~~cost ~~Circuit~~and ~~ruled~~pricing ~~that~~pressure ~~several~~and ~~tariffs~~created ~~imposed~~additional ~~under~~uncertainty ~~the~~across ~~Trump~~our ~~Administration~~sourcing ~~exceeded~~and ~~presidential~~supply ~~authority~~chain ~~and~~activities. ~~were~~We ~~therefore~~have ~~invalid,~~taken ~~although~~actions ~~the~~to ~~decision~~help ~~remains~~mitigate ~~stayed~~these ~~pending~~pressures, ~~U.S.~~including ~~Supreme~~cost ~~Court~~reduction ~~review.~~initiatives, ~~This~~process ~~ruling~~efficiencies, ~~introduces~~supplier ~~uncertainty~~negotiations, ~~regarding~~sourcing ~~the~~actions ~~scope~~ and ~~durability~~selective ofpricing ~~current~~ and ~~future~~assortment ~~tariff measures~~decisions. ~~Even~~We ifexpect ~~certain~~inflationary ~~tariffs~~and ~~affecting~~trade-related ~~our~~pressures ~~Company are ultimately invalidated, we may not be able~~ to ~~fully~~continue ~~recover~~during ~~increased~~fiscal ~~costs~~2026 ~~associated with product delivery~~ and ~~related~~they ~~services~~may ~~from~~persist ~~international vendors~~thereafter. WeThe ~~continue~~ultimate toscope, ~~monitor~~duration ~~the~~and impact of ~~inflation~~existing ~~on our business operations~~ and ~~may~~newly ~~need~~announced totariffs, ~~adjust~~any ~~pricing~~changes ~~strategies~~or aspauses ~~needed~~ to ~~offset~~such ~~cost~~tariffs, ~~increases~~and ~~during~~the ~~fiscal~~timing ~~2025~~ and ~~beyond.~~amount ~~Fluctuations~~of inany ~~general~~related ~~price~~refunds ~~inflation~~remain ~~could~~uncertain. ~~negatively~~These ~~affect~~conditions ~~our~~may ~~financial~~continue ~~results~~to byaffect ~~adversely~~product ~~impacting material availability~~costs, ~~shipping~~freight and warehousing ~~expenses~~expense, ~~and~~ other ~~operational~~operating ~~overhead. Inflationary pressures may be compounded by elevated transportation~~ costs ~~linked to geopolitical conflicts~~, ~~including~~customer ~~the~~spending ~~Russia-Ukraine~~patterns ~~war, tensions between China~~ and ~~Taiwan,~~our ~~and~~gross ~~the Israel-Hamas conflict~~margins. WeIn ~~cannot~~addition, ~~provide~~broader angeopolitical ~~estimate~~and ormacroeconomic ~~range~~developments ~~of impact that such inflation~~ may ~~have~~further onincrease ~~our~~transportation ~~future~~and ~~results~~supply ofchain ~~operations. However, failure to recover increased~~ costs ~~through pricing adjustments~~ or aotherwise ~~decline~~adversely ~~in consumer spending could negatively~~ affect our business~~, results of operations, financial condition, and cash flows~~.

Although we continue to monitor these developments and adjust our operating and pricing strategies as appropriate, we cannot reasonably estimate the ultimate impact of inflation, tariffs, trade policy developments or related macroeconomic uncertainty on our future results. If we are unable to offset these higher costs or if consumer demand weakens, our sales, results of operations, financial condition and cash flows could be adversely affected.

Critical Accounting Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires the appropriate application of certain accounting policies, which require us to make estimates and assumptions about future events and their impact on amounts reported in our financial statements and related notes. Since future events and their impact cannot be determined with certainty, the actual results will inevitably differ from our estimates. Such differences could be material to the financial statements.

We believe our application of accounting policies, and the estimates inherently required therein, are reasonable. These accounting policies and estimates, including those related to long-lived assets, leases, revenue recognition and income taxes, are reevaluated on an ongoing basis, and adjustments are made when facts and circumstances dictate a change.

Historically, we have found our application of accounting policies to be appropriate, and actual results have not differed materially from those determined using necessary estimates. Our critical accounting policies and estimates are discussed in and should be read in conjunction with our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended ~~February~~January 131, ~~2025~~2026 as filed with the SEC on April 16, 2026, as amended by Amendment No. 1 as filed with the SEC on April 17, 2026 (the"2025, Form 10-K"), which includes audited consolidated financial statements for our ~~2023~~2025 and ~~2022~~2024 fiscal years. There have been no material changes to the critical accounting estimates disclosed in the ~~2024~~2025 Form 10-K.

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Recent Accounting Pronouncements

See Note 1 to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements — Basis of Presentation — Recent Accounting Pronouncements – Adopted in the Current Year as disclosed in our ~~Annual~~2025 ~~Report on~~ Form 10-K ~~for the year ended February 1, 2025 as filed with the SEC on April 17, 2025~~.

Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.

There have been no material changes to our Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk as disclosed in our ~~Annual~~2025 ~~Report on~~ Form 10-K ~~for the year ended February 1, 2025 as filed with the SEC on April 17, 2025~~.

Item 4. Controls and Procedures.

Our management, with the participation of our President and Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, has evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report. Our disclosure controls and procedures are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by us in the reports filed or submitted under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms and is accumulated and communicated to management, including our certifying officers, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. Based on the foregoing evaluation, our management, including the President and Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of ~~November~~May 12, ~~2025~~2026, the end of the period covered by this Quarterly Report.

It should be noted that our management, including the President and Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, does not expect that our disclosure controls and procedures or internal controls will prevent all error and all fraud. A control system, no matter how well conceived or operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the objectives of the control system are met. Further, the design of a control system must reflect the fact that there are resource constraints, and the benefits of controls must be considered relative to their costs. Because of the inherent limitations in all control systems, no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that all control issues and instances of fraud, if any, within the Company have been detected. These inherent limitations include the realities that judgments in decision-making can be faulty, and that breakdowns can occur because of simple error or mistake. Additionally, controls can be circumvented by the individual acts of some persons, by collusion of two or more people, or by management override of the controls. The design of any system of controls is based in part upon certain assumptions about the likelihood of future events, and there can be no assurance that any design will succeed in achieving its stated goals under all potential future conditions; over time, controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate. Because of the inherent limitations in a cost-effective control system, misstatements due to error or fraud may occur and not be detected.

Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting. The Company’s management, with the participation of the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, also conducted an evaluation of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting to determine whether any changes occurred during the period covered by this report that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. There have been no changes in our internal control over financial reporting during the quarter covered by this report that have materially affected, or are reasonable likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

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PART II – OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1A. Risk Factors

There have been no material changes to our risk factors as disclosed in our ~~Annual~~2025 ~~Report on~~ Form 10-K ~~for the year ended February 1, 2025 as filed with the SEC on April 17, 2025~~.

Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES

Period	(a) Total Number of Shares (or Units) Purchased (1)		(b) Average Price Paid Per Share (or Unit) (2)		(c) Total Number of Shares (or Units) Purchased as Part of Publicly Announced Plans or Programs		(d) Maximum Number (or Approximate Dollar Value) of Shares (or Units) that May Yet Be Purchased Under the Plans or Programs (3)
August 3, 2025 - August 30, 2025		33,519	$	54.26		33,519	$	80,081,954
February 1, 2026 - February 28, 2026		89,848	$	53.44		89,848	$	56,888,747
August 31, 2025 - October 4, 2025		57,054		63.72		57,054		76,446,634
March 1, 2026 - April 4, 2026		133,338		42.32		133,338		51,246,097
October 5, 2025 - November 1, 2025		77,883		59.58		77,883		71,806,703
April 5, 2026 - May 2, 2026		24,932		38.12		24,932		50,295,609
Total		~~168~~248,~~456~~118	$	5945.9293		~~168~~248,~~456~~118	$	7150,~~806~~295,~~703~~609

(1)	Includes shares of our common stock delivered to us in satisfaction of the tax withholding obligation of holders of restricted shares which vested during the quarter, if any. Our equity incentive plans provide that the value of shares delivered to us to pay the withholding tax obligations is calculated at the closing trading price of our common stock on the date the relevant transactions occur.
(2)	Average Price Paid Per Share includes commissions
(3)	On September 11, 2024, we announced that our Board of Directors authorized a share repurchase program of up to $100 million (replacing the previous stock repurchase program which was terminated). This program authorizes the Company to repurchase shares through September 30, 2028, ~~and~~ does not require the Company to repurchase any specific number of shares, and may be modified, suspended or terminated at any time without prior notice. Shares repurchased under the program will be subsequently retired.

Item 5. Other Information

Security Trading Plans of Directors and Executive Officers

~~During~~Item 408(a) of Regulation S-K requires the Company's ~~fiscal~~to ~~quarter~~disclose ~~ended November 1,~~whether ~~2025, none~~ any of ~~our~~its directors or officers ~~informed~~have adopted or terminated (i) usany oftrading arrangement that is intended to satisfy the ~~adoption~~affirmative ordefense ~~termination~~conditions of ~~a “~~Rule 10b5-1 (c); and/or (ii) any written trading arrangement” orthat meets the requirements of a “non-Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement”, as ~~such~~defined ~~terms~~in ~~are~~Item ~~defined~~408(c) of Regulation S-K. During the Company's fiscal quarter ended May 2, 2026, the following activity occurred requiring disclosure under Item 408(a) of Regulation S-K.

• 27Voin Todorovic, Chief Financial Officer, adopted a new trading arrangement on April 2, 2026 providing for the sale of up to 12,000 aggregate shares of the Company’s Class A common stock between July 6, 2026, and January 29, 2027. • Narayan Iyengar, Director, adopted a new trading arrangement on March 20, 2026 providing for the sale of up to 3,448 aggregate shares of the Company's Class A common stock between June 22, 2026, and February 26, 2027. • Sharon John, Chief Executive Officer, adopted a new trading arrangement on March 19, 2026 providing for the sale of up to 91,036 aggregate shares of the company's Class A common stock between July 6, 2026, and September 2, 2026.

Each of the foregoing trading arrangements is intended to satisfy the affirmative defense of rule 10b5-1(c).

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Item 6. Exhibits

The following is a list of exhibits filed as a part of the quarterly report on Form 10-Q:

Exhibit No.		Description
2.1		Agreement and Plan of Merger dated April 3, 2000 between Build-A-Bear Workshop, L.L.C. and the Registrant (incorporated by reference from Exhibit 2.1 to our Registration Statement on Form S-1, filed on August 12, 2004, Registration No. 333-118142)
3.1		Third Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (incorporated by reference from Exhibit 3.1 of our Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on November 11, 2004)
3.2		Amended and Restated Bylaws, as amended through January 4, 2018 (incorporated by reference from Exhibit 3.1 to our Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on January 4, 2018)
4.1		Specimen Stock Certificate (incorporated by reference from Exhibit 4.1 to Amendment No. 3 to our Registration Statement on Form S-1, filed on October 1, 2004, Registration No. 333-118142)
10.1		CEO Employment, Confidentiality and Noncompete Agreement, effective as of March 12, 2026, by and between J. Christopher Hurt and Build-A-Bear Workshop, Inc. (incorporated by reference from Exhibit 10.1 of our Current Report on Form 8-K filed on March 12, 2026).
10.2**		Amended and Restated Employment, Confidentiality, and Noncompete Agreement, effective as of June 11, 2026, by and between David Henderson and Build-A-Bear Workshop, Inc.
31.1**		Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) certification (pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, executed by the President and Chief Executive Officer)
31.2**		Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) certification (pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, executed by the Chief Financial Officer)
32.1***		Section 1350 Certification (pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, executed by the President and Chief Executive Officer)
32.2***		Section 1350 Certification (pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, executed by the Chief Financial Officer)
101.INS		Inline XBRL Instance Document - the instance document does not appear in the Interactive Data File because its XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document.
101.SCH		Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
101.CAL		Inline XBRL Extension Calculation Linkbase Document
101.DEF		Inline XBRL Extension Definition Linkbase Document
101.LAB		Inline XBRL Extension Label Linkbase Document
101.PRE		Inline XBRL Extension Presentation Linkbase Document
104		Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101)

** Filed herewith

*** Furnished herewith

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

Date: ~~December~~June 11, ~~2025~~2026

	BUILD-A-BEAR WORKSHOP, INC.
	(Registrant)

	By:	/s/ Sharon John
		Sharon John
		President and Chief Executive Officer (on behalf of the registrant and as principal executive officer)

	By:	/s/ Voin Todorovic
		Voin Todorovic
		Chief Financial Officer (on behalf of the registrant and as principal financial officer)

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