According to a newly-amended 13D filing with the US SEC, J. Carlo Cannell‘s Cannell Capital sold 217,782 common shares of Build A Bear Workshop Inc (NYSE:BBW), and now owns 581,268 shares, which account for 3.71% of the company’s outstanding stock. In addition, Cannell Capital reported that it will continue to hold the shares as a long-term investmentt and still holds its rights to engage in discussions with the management of the company and take necessary actions in order to achieve the maximum value of the shares.
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Build a Bear Workshop is a retailer that makes and sells teddy bears together with other stuffed animals, offering its costumers opportunity to create their own stuffed animal through an interactive process while visiting the store. Year-to-date, the Build-A-Bear Workshop’s stock is up by 8.33%. For the first quarter of 2016, the company reported earnings per share of $0.22 and revenue of $95 million, missing the estimates of $0.37 and $96.7 million, respectively. Recently, Build a Bear has added new characters to their stuffed animal catalog inspired by beloved series, Star Wars, so now customers can buy toys like stuffed Yoda.
Among the hedge funds followed by Insider Monkey, at the end of March, Cannell Capital held the most valuable position in Build a Bear Workshop (NYSE:BBW) worth around $10.44 million, and Jim Simons’ Renaissance Technologies was on its heels, with a position valued at almost $8.31 million. Other investors that are bullish on this stock are Jack Ripsteen’s Potrero Capital Research, Brian C. Freckmann’s Lyon Street Capital, and Chuck Royce’s Royce and Associates.
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Ownership Summary Table
Name | Sole Voting Power | Shared Voting Power | Sole Dispositive Power | Shared Dispositive Power | Aggregate Amount Owned Power | Percent of Class |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
J. Carlo Cannell | 587,268 | 0 | 587,268 | 0 | 587,268 | 3.71% |
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Page 1 of 8 – SEC Filing
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
SCHEDULE 13D
Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(Amendment No. 3 )
1
Build-A-Bear Workshop, Inc.
(Name of Issuer)
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share
(Title of Class of Securities)
120076104
(CUSIP Number)
J. Carlo Cannell
Cannell Capital LLC
245 Meriwether Circle
Alta, WY
83414
(307) 733-2284
(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person
to Receive Notices and Communications)
May 5, 2016
(Date of Event Which Requires Filing of This Statement)
If the filing person has previously filed a statement on Schedule 13G to report the acquisition that is
the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is filing this schedule because of §§240.13d-1(e), 240.13d-1(f)
or 240.13d-1(g), check the following box. ☐
Note.
Schedules filed in paper format shall include a signed original and
five copies of the schedule, including all exhibits. See §240.13d-7
for other parties to whom copies are to be sent.
(Continued on following pages)
(Page 1 of 8 Pages)
______________________
* The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting person’s
initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities, and
for any subsequent amendment containing information which would alter disclosures
provided in a prior cover page.
The information required on the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed
to be “filed” for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(“Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act
but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see the Notes).
Potential persons who are to respond to the collection of information contained
in this form are not required to respond unless the form displays a current
valid OMB control number.
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1 | NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS I.R.S. Identification Nos. of above persons (entities only) J. Carlo Cannell | |||
2 | CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (a) ☐ (b) ☐ | |||
3 | SEC USE ONLY | |||
4 | SOURCE OF FUNDS (see instructions) WC/OO | |||
5 | CHECK IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEM 2(d) ☐ or 2(e) ☐ | |||
6 | CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION USA | |||
NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH | 7 | SOLE VOTING POWER* 587,268 | ||
8 | SHARED VOTING POWER 0 | |||
9 | SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER* 587,268 | |||
10 | SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER 0 | |||
11 | AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 587,268 | |||
12 | CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES ☐ (see instructions) | |||
13 | PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 11 3.71%* | |||
14 | TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON IN | |||
* Based on information set forth on the Form 10-Q of Build-A-Bear Workshop, Inc.,
(the “Company”) as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
May 12, 2016, there were 15,817,751 shares of Common Stock par value $0.01
per share (the “Shares”), of the Company issued and outstanding as of
May 6, 2016.
As of May 5, 2016 (the “Reporting Date”), the Cuttyhunk Master Portfolio
(“Cuttyhunk”), Tristan Partners, L.P. (“Tristan”),
the Tristan Offshore Fund Ltd. (“Tristan Offshore”),
Tonga Partners, L.P. (“Tonga”), and sundry separately managed accounts, over
which J. Carlo Cannell has investment discretion (the “Cannell SMAs” and collectively
with Cuttyhunk, Tonga, Tristan and Tristan Offshore, the “Investment Vehicles”),
held in the aggregate 587,268 Shares.
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CUSIP No. 120076104 | Page 3 of 8 Pages |
Cannell Capital LLC acts as the investment adviser to to Tonga, Tristan,
Tristan Offshore, the Cannell SMAs, and the investor sub-advisor for Cuttyhunk.
Mr. J. Carlo Cannell is the sole managing member of Cannell Capital LLC.
The Reporting Person possesses the sole power to vote and to direct
the disposition of the Shares held by the Investment Vehicles.
Item 1. Security and Issuer | |||||||||||
The title of the class of equity securities to which this Schedule 13D relates is the Common Stock par value $0.01 per share of Build-A-Bear Workshop, Inc., a Delaware corporation. The address of the principal executive offices of the Company is 1954 Innerbelt Business Center Drive, St. Louis, MO 63114. | |||||||||||
Item 2. Identity and Background | |||||||||||
a) | The name of the Reporting Person is J. Carlo Cannell (the “Reporting Person”). The Reporting Person is the sole managing member of Cannell Capital LLC, an Tonga Partners, L.P. Tristan Partners, L.P. Tristan Offshore Fund, Ltd. Set forth in the attached Annex “A” and incorporated herein by reference is a | ||||||||||
b) | The principal business address of the Reporting Person is: 245 Meriwether Circle Alta, WY 83414 | ||||||||||
c) | The principal business of the Reporting Person is the performance of | ||||||||||
d) | Neither the Reporting Person, nor to the best of its knowledge, any of the | ||||||||||
e) | Neither the Reporting Person, nor to the best of its knowledge, any of the Investment | ||||||||||
f) | The place of organization of the Reporting Person is as follows: The citizenship of each Covered Person is set forth on the attached Annex A Mr. J. Carlo Cannell is the Managing Member of Cannell Capital LLC, a Wyoming | ||||||||||
Item 3. Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration | |||||||||||
The securities to which this statement relates were acquired by the Reporting The Cuttyhunk Master Portfolio: $275,896 Tonga Partners, L.P.: $632,931 Tristan Partners, L.P.: $2,720,864 Tristan Offshore Fund, Ltd.: $1,342,152 Cannell Separately Managed Accounts: $653,750 The Investment Vehicles have invested an aggregate amount of approximately $5,625,593 in the Shares. |
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Item 4. Purpose of Transaction | |||||||||||
Mr. Cannell, on behalf of the Investment Vehicles, identified the Company as an entity satisfying each | |||||||||||
Item 5. Interest in Securities of the Issuer | |||||||||||
Based on information set forth in the Company’s Form 10-Q as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 12, 2016, there were 15,817,751 Common Shares issued and outstanding as of May 6, 2016. |
(a) As of the Reporting Date, for the purposes of Reg. Section 240.13d-3, Cannell
Capital LLC may be deemed to beneficially own 587,268 Shares, or approximately
3.71% of the Shares deemed issued and outstanding as of the Reporting Date.
(b) Cannell Capital LLC possesses the sole power to vote and to direct
the disposition of the Shares held by the Investment Vehicles.
(c) The following table details the transactions during the sixty days on or prior
to the Reporting Date in Shares, or securities convertible into, exercisable for or
exchangeable for Shares, by Cannell Capital LLC or any other person or entity
controlled by him or any person or entity for which he possesses voting or
investment control over the securities thereof (each of which was effected in
an ordinary brokerage transaction by Cannell Capital LLC on behalf
of the Investment Vehicles).
EntityDateQuantity
Price
Per Share
Form Of
Transaction
  Cannell SMAs03/14/201679013.2137 Sell Cuttyhunk03/14/201699113.2137 Sell Tonga03/14/20161,86213.2137 Sell Tristan Offshore03/14/20161,33713.2137 Sell Tristan03/14/20162,77713.2137 Sell Cannell SMAs03/16/201695312.6013 Sell Cuttyhunk03/16/20161,19412.6013 Sell Tonga03/16/20162,24512.6013 Sell Tristan Offshore03/16/20161,61312.6013 Sell Tristan03/16/20163,34712.6013 Sell Cannell SMAs03/17/201668012.4983 Sell Cuttyhunk03/17/201685212.4983 Sell Tonga03/17/20161,60212.4983 Sell Tristan Offshore03/17/20161,15112.4983 Sell Tristan03/17/20162,39012.4983 Sell
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  | |||||||||||
Entity | Date | Quantity | Price
Per Share | Form Of
Transaction | |||||||
  | |||||||||||
Cuttyhunk | 03/18/2016 | 10,329 | 12.9859 | Sell | |||||||
Tonga | 03/18/2016 | 24,929 | 12.9859 | Sell | |||||||
Cuttyhunk | 03/21/2016 | 682 | 13.0236 | Sell | |||||||
Tonga | 03/21/2016 | 1,649 | 13.0236 | Sell | |||||||
Cuttyhunk | 03/22/2016 | 117 | 12.7447 | Sell | |||||||
Tonga | 03/22/2016 | 283 | 12.7447 | Sell | |||||||
Cannell SMAs | 03/28/2016 | 29 | 12.5097 | Sell | |||||||
Cuttyhunk | 03/28/2016 | 20 | 12.5095 | Sell | |||||||
Tonga | 03/28/2016 | 51 | 12.5098 | Sell | |||||||
Cannell SMAs | 03/29/2016 | 4,355 | 12.7922 | Sell | |||||||
Cuttyhunk | 03/29/2016 | 3,119 | 12.7922 | Sell | |||||||
Tonga | 03/29/2016 | 7,526 | 12.7922 | Sell | |||||||
Cannell SMAs | 03/30/2016 | 4,567 | 13.0679 | Sell | |||||||
Cuttyhunk | 03/30/2016 | 3,270 | 13.0679 | Sell | |||||||
Tonga | 03/30/2016 | 7,890 | 13.0679 | Sell | |||||||
Cannell SMAs | 03/31/2016 | 107 | 13.0336 | Sell | |||||||
Cuttyhunk | 03/31/2016 | 221 | 13.0336 | Sell | |||||||
Tonga | 03/31/2016 | 752 | 13.0336 | Sell | |||||||
Cannell SMAs | 04/01/2016 | 1,869 | 12.8391 | Sell | |||||||
Cuttyhunk | 04/01/2016 | 2,877 | 12.8391 | Sell | |||||||
Tonga | 04/01/2016 | 6,376 | 12.8391 | Sell | |||||||
Cannell SMAs | 04/04/2016 | 231 | 12.9048 | Sell | |||||||
Cuttyhunk | 04/04/2016 | 355 | 12.9048 | Sell | |||||||
Tonga | 04/04/2016 | 785 | 12.9048 | Sell | |||||||
Cuttyhunk | 05/03/2016 | 2,967 | 13.9272 | Sell | |||||||
Tonga | 05/03/2016 | 6,075 | 13.9272 | Sell | |||||||
Tristan Offshore | 05/03/2016 | 2,309 | 13.9272 | Sell | |||||||
Tristan | 05/03/2016 | 4,925 | 13.9272 | Sell | |||||||
Cuttyhunk | 05/04/2016 | 22,101 | 13.6113 | Sell | |||||||
Tonga | 05/04/2016 | 47,628 | 13.6113 | Sell | |||||||
Tristan Offshore | 05/04/2016 | 15,801 | 13.6113 | Sell | |||||||
Tristan | 05/04/2016 | 32,892 | 13.6113 | Sell | |||||||
Cuttyhunk | 05/05/2016 | 21,347 | 13.4099 | Sell | |||||||
Tonga | 05/05/2016 | 48,164 | 13.4099 | Sell | |||||||
Item 6. Contracts, Arrangements, Understandings or Relationships with Respect to Securities of the Issuer | |||||||||||
None | |||||||||||
Item 7. Material to Be Filed as Exhibits | |||||||||||
None |
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CUSIP No. 120076104 | Page 6 of 8 Pages |
SIGNATURE
After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief,
I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.
Dated: May 13, 2016
Cannell Capital LLC By: /s/ J. Carlo Cannell Name: J. Carlo Cannell Title: Managing Member |
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Annex “A”
MANAGERS AND GENERAL PARTNERS OF THE REPORTING PERSON AND THE INVESTMENT VEHICLES
The following sets forth the name, principal occupation, citizenship or
jurisdiction of organization and principal place of business of the
directors, general partners, managing members or controlling persons
of the Reporting Person and the Investment Vehicles (the “Covered Persons”) indicated below:
J. Carlo Cannell | |
Name: Title or Relationship with Reporting Person: Principal Occupation or Employment: Citizenship or Jurisdiction of Organization: Principal Place of Business: | J. Carlo Cannell Managing Member Investment Management Wyoming, United States (1) |
Cannell Capital LLC | |
Name: Title or Relationship with Reporting Person: Principal Occupation or Employment: Citizenship or Jurisdiction of Organization: Principal Place of Business: | J. Carlo Cannell Managing Member Investment Management Wyoming, United States (1) |
Tonga Partners, L.P. | |
Name: Title or Relationship with Reporting Person: Principal Occupation or Employment: Citizenship or Jurisdiction of Organization: Principal Place of Business: | Cannell Capital LLC Investment Adviser and General Partner Investment Management Wyoming, United States (1) |
The Cuttyhunk Master Portfolio | |
Name: Title or Relationship with Reporting Person: Principal Occupation or Employment: Citizenship or Jurisdiction of Organization: Principal Place of Business: | Cannell Capital LLC Investment Subadviser Investment Management Wyoming, United States (1) |
Tristan Partners, L.P. | |
Name: Title or Relationship with Reporting Person: Principal Occupation or Employment: Citizenship or Jurisdiction of Organization: Principal Place of Business: | Cannell Capital LLC Investment Adviser and General Partner Investment Management Wyoming, United States (1) |
Tristan Offshore Fund, Ltd. | |
Name: Title or Relationship with Reporting Person: Principal Occupation or Employment: Citizenship or Jurisdiction of Organization: Principal Place of Business: | Cannell Capital LLC Investment Adviser Investment Management Cayman Islands (2) |
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Annex “B”
Agreement Regarding the Joint Filing of Schedule 13D
1) | Each of them is individually eligible to use the Schedule 13D to which this Exhibit is attached, and such Schedule 13D is filed on behalf each of them; |
2) | Each of them is responsible for the timely filing of such Schedule 13D and any amendments thereto, and for the completeness and accuracy of the information concerning such person contained therein; but none of them is responsible for the completeness or accuracy of the information concerning the other persons making the filing, unless such person knows or has reason to believe that such information is inaccurate. |
Dated: May 13, 2016
By: /s/ J. Carlo Cannell Name: J. Carlo Cannell |
Cannell Capital LLC By: /s/ J. Carlo Cannell Name: J. Carlo Cannell Title: Managing Member |