Ownership Submission
FORM 4
Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
FINNEGAN DAVID W
  2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
BUILD A BEAR WORKSHOP INC [BBW]
5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
_____ Director _____ 10% Owner
__X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
Chief Information Bear
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
C/O BUILD-A-BEAR WORKSHOP, INC., 1954 INNERBELT BUSINESS CENTER DR.
3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
05/06/2014
(Street)

ST. LOUIS, MO 63114
4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 3)
2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)
4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4 and 5)
5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 3 and 4)
6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)
7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price
Common Stock 05/06/2014   M   14,280 D $ 5.11 68,325 D  
Common Stock 05/06/2014   M   15,684 D $ 6.59 84,009 D  
Common Stock 05/06/2014   M   6,633 D $ 6.21 90,642 D  
Common Stock 05/06/2014   S   68,964 D $ 13.69 (1) 21,678 (2) D  
Common Stock 05/06/2014   G(3) V 2,865 D $ 0 18,813 (4) D  

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 3)
2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 4. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)
5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4, and 5)
6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)
7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities
(Instr. 3 and 4)
8. Price of Derivative Security
(Instr. 5)
9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 4)
10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)
11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy) $ 5.11 05/06/2014   M     14,280 03/17/2009(5) 03/17/2019 Common Stock 14,280 (6) 0 D  
Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy) $ 6.59 05/06/2014   M     15,684 03/23/2010(5) 03/23/2020 Common Stock 15,684 (6) 0 D  
Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy) $ 6.21 05/06/2014   M     6,633 03/22/2011(5) 03/22/2021 Common Stock 6,633 (6) 2,211 D  

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
 Director  10% Owner  Officer  Other
FINNEGAN DAVID W
C/O BUILD-A-BEAR WORKSHOP, INC.
1954 INNERBELT BUSINESS CENTER DR.
ST. LOUIS, MO 63114
      Chief Information Bear  

Signatures

 /s/ Eric Fencl as Attorney-in-Fact for David W. Finnegan   05/07/2014
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1) The reporting price is the weighted average sale price per share for 265 transactions in which the sale prices range from $13.37 to $13.90 per share. The Reporting Person undertakes to provide full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate sale price upon request of the Securities and Exchange Commission staff, the issuer or any security holder of the issuer.
(2) 36,597 of the shares were sold as part of cashless exercises of employee stock options.
(3) Gift of 2,865 shares by Mr. Finnegan.
(4) After giving effect to the transactions reported in this Form 4, Mr. Finnegan directly owns 0 shares of common stock and 18,813 shares of restricted stock of Build-A-Bear Workshop, Inc. In addition, Mr. Finnegan holds vested options to purchase 2,000 shares and unvested options to purchase 7,632 shares of Build-A-Bear Workship, Inc.'s common stock.
(5) The options vest in equal annual installments over four years from the date of grant.
(6) Price is not applicable to acquisitions resulting from grants of stock options.

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