FORM 10-Q

 



 

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 2, 2019August 1, 2020

 

OR

 

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.)

 

 

 

1954 Innerbelt Business Center Drive415 South 18th St.

St. Louis, Missouri

6311463103

(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 14(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 9, 2019,September 7, 2020, there were 15,219,87715,591,553 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 (Loss) Income (Loss)

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

1920

 

 

 

Item 3.

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

2730

 

 

 

Item 4.

Controls and Procedures

2731

 

Part II Other Information

 

 

 

Item 1A.

Risk Factors

2831

 

 

 

Item 2.

Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

2832

 

 

 

Item 6.

Exhibits

2933

 

 

Signatures

3035

 

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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 2,

  

February 2,

  

November 3,

  

August 1,

 

February 1,

 

August 3,

 
 

2019

  

2019

  

2018

  

2020

  

2020

  

2019

 
 

(Unaudited)

      

(Unaudited)

  

(Unaudited)

   

(Unaudited)

 

ASSETS

ASSETS

 

ASSETS

 

Current assets:

                   

Cash and cash equivalents

 $6,167  $17,894  $8,631  $25,274 $26,726 $14,965 

Inventories, net

  66,205   58,356   57,309  55,509 53,381 62,081 

Receivables, net

  10,250   10,588   12,962  6,314 11,526 8,714 

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

  6,327   12,960   16,848   5,400  7,117  6,889 

Total current assets

  88,949   99,798   95,750  92,497  98,750  92,649 
             

Operating lease right-of-use asset

  135,810   -   -  114,709 126,144 137,680 

Property and equipment, net

  65,954   66,368   73,343  58,085 65,855 64,191 

Deferred tax assets

  3,203   3,099   6,783  0 3,411 1,949 

Other intangible assets, net

  27   731   887  0 0 1,067 

Other assets, net

  2,734   2,050   2,091   2,972  3,102  1,658 

Total Assets

 $296,677  $172,046  $178,854  $268,263  $297,262  $299,194 
             

LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY

LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY

 

LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY

 

Current liabilities:

                   

Accounts payable

 $18,390  $22,551  $18,179  $23,267 $15,680 $16,734 

Accrued expenses

  9,985   10,047   7,559  15,911 16,536 8,622 

Operating lease liability short term

  31,537   -   -  39,917 30,912 30,697 

Gift cards and customer deposits

  19,141   21,643   18,580  17,988 20,231 16,981 
Short-term borrowings  -   -   7,250 

Deferred revenue and other

  2,347   1,936   2,006   2,659  2,605  2,056 

Total current liabilities

  81,400   56,177   53,574  99,742  85,964  75,090 
             

Operating lease liability long term

  130,394   -   -  111,640 119,625 132,613 

Deferred rent

  -   18,440   18,066 

Deferred franchise revenue

  1,289   1,625   1,557  916 1,325 1,399 

Other liabilities

  1,651   1,490   1,765  1,430 1,717 1,587 

Commitments and contingencies

  -   -   - 
             

Stockholders' equity:

                   

Preferred stock, par value $0.01, Shares authorized: 15,000,000; No shares issued or outstanding at November 2, 2019, February 2, 2019 and November 3, 2018

  -   -   - 

Common stock, par value $0.01, Shares authorized: 50,000,000; Issued and outstanding: 15,219,915, 14,953,142 and 14,956,711 shares, respectively

  152   150   150 

Preferred stock, par value $0.01, Shares authorized: 15,000,000; No shares issued or outstanding at August 1, 2020, February 1, 2020 and August 3, 2019

 0  0  0 
Common stock, par value $0.01, Shares authorized: 50,000,000; Issued and outstanding: 15,591,553, 15,205,981 and 15,220,252 shares, respectively 156 152 152 

Additional paid-in capital

  69,955   69,088   68,274  71,906 70,633 70,295 

Accumulated other comprehensive loss

  (11,927)  (12,018)  (12,049) (12,339) (12,079) (11,579)

Retained earnings

  23,763   37,094   47,517 
Retained (deficit)/earnings (5,188) 29,925 29,637 

Total stockholders' equity

  81,943   94,314   103,892   54,535   88,631   88,505 

Total Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity

 $296,677  $172,046  $178,854  $268,263  $297,262  $299,194 

 

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 (LOSS)

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

 

 

Thirteen weeks ended

  

Thirty-nine weeks ended

  

Thirteen weeks ended

  

Twenty-six weeks ended

 
 

November 2,

  

November 3,

  

November 2,

  

November 3,

  

August 1,

 

August 3,

 

August 1,

 

August 3,

 
 

2019

  

2018

  

2019

  

2018

  

2020

  

2019

  

2020

  

2019

 

Revenues:

                         

Net retail sales

 $66,575  $65,298  $222,837  $227,760  $39,339  $75,214  $84,986  $156,263 

Commercial revenue

  2,560   2,171   8,507   4,245  865  3,193  1,198  5,947 

International franchising

  1,249   1,225   2,616   3,051   149   807   793   1,366 

Total revenues

  70,384   68,694   233,960   235,056   40,353   79,214   86,977   163,576 
                 

Costs and expenses:

                         

Cost of merchandise sold - retail

  40,284   42,129   126,722   134,115  30,233  42,016  63,585  86,437 

Store asset impairment

 2,063  0  6,882  0 

Cost of merchandise sold - commercial

  1,412   773   3,887   1,843  387  1,211  527  2,475 

Cost of merchandise sold - international franchising

  962   731   2,417   1,650   130   1,016   385   1,455 

Total cost of merchandise sold

  42,658   43,633   133,026   137,608   32,813   44,243   71,379   90,367 

Consolidated gross profit

  27,726   25,061   100,934   97,448  7,540  34,971  15,598  73,209 

Selling, general and administrative expense

  35,412   35,069   106,940   109,334  21,516  35,720  48,241  71,527 

Interest expense (income), net

  8   (16)  21   5 

Loss before income taxes

  (7,694)  (9,992)  (6,027)  (11,891)

Income tax benefit

  (1,821)  (3,928)  (126)  (4,381)

Net loss

 $(5,873) $(6,064) $(5,901) $(7,510)

Interest (income) expense, net

  7   (7)  4   14 

(Loss) income before income taxes

 (13,983) (742) (32,647) 1,668 

Income tax (benefit)/expense

  (74)  482   2,466   1,696 

Net (loss) income

 $(13,909) $(1,224) $(35,113) $(28)
                 
Foreign currency translation adjustment  (349)  (34)  92   (1,249)  (429)  544   (259)  440 

Comprehensive loss

 $(6,222) $(6,098) $(5,809) $(8,759)

Comprehensive (loss) income

 $(14,338) $(680) $(35,372) $412 
                 

Loss per common share:

                

(Loss) income per common share:

         

Basic

 $(0.40) $(0.42) $(0.40) $(0.51) $(0.93) $(0.08) $(2.35) $(0.00)

Diluted

 $(0.40) $(0.42) $(0.40) $(0.51) $(0.93) $(0.08) $(2.35) $(0.00)
                 

Shares used in computing common per share amounts:

                         

Basic

  14,752,307   14,590,614   14,697,592   14,597,255  14,999,786  14,726,678  14,936,541  14,669,626 

Diluted

  14,752,307   14,590,614   14,697,592   14,597,255  14,999,786  14,726,678  14,936,541  14,669,626 

 

 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

  

Twenty-six weeks ended

 
 

November 2,

  

November 3,

  

August 1,

 

August 3,

 
 

2019

  

2018

  

2020

  

2019

 
         

Cash flows used in operating activities:

        

Cash flows provided by operating activities:

     

Net loss

 $(5,901) $(7,510) $(35,113) $(28)

Adjustments to reconcile net less to net cash provided by operating activities:

             

Depreciation and amortization

  10,359   12,186  6,711 6,797 

Stock-based compensation

  1,827   2,624 
Asset impairment  -   626 
Share-based and performance-based stock compensation 736 1,454 
Impairment of right-of-use assets and fixed assets 6,882 0 

Deferred taxes

  (106)  (3,207) 3,388 1,145 

Provision for doubtful accounts

  (140)  -  669 (117)

Loss on disposal of property and equipment

  33   66 
Gain on disposal of property and equipment 22 27 

Change in assets and liabilities:

             

Inventories, net

  (7,971)  (174) (2,217) (4,501)

Receivables, net

  370   (4,116) 4,512 1,725 

Prepaid expenses and other assets

  6,610   (3,803) 1,697 5,975 

Accounts payable and accrued expenses

  (4,715)  (6,302) 8,360 (6,948)

Operating leases

  1,892   1,071  8,732 2,027 

Gift cards and customer deposits

  (2,916)  (637) (2,213) (5,033)

Deferred revenue

  (905)  149   (256)  (1,174)

Net cash used in operating activities

  (1,563)  (9,027)

Net cash provided by operating activities

  1,910   1,349 

Cash flows used in investing activities:

             

Purchases of property and equipment

  (10,099)  (8,853)  (3,378)  (4,945)

Proceeds from property insurance

  -   84 

Net cash used in investing activities

  (10,099)  (8,769)  (3,378)  (4,945)

Cash flows used in financing activities:

             

Proceeds from the exercise of employee stock options, net of withholding tax payments

  (245)  (134)  (114)  (244)
Borrowings under line of credit  -   7,250 

Purchases of Company’s common stock

  -   (1,927)

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities

  (245)  5,189 

Net cash used in financing activities

  (114)  (244)

Effect of exchange rates on cash

  180   (261)  123  850 

Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents

  (11,727)  (12,868) (1,459) (2,990)

Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period

  17,894   21,499   28,395  19,561 

Cash and cash equivalents, end of period

 $6,167  $8,631  $26,936  $16,571 
 

Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information:

             

Net cash paid (received) during the period for income taxes

 $(2,055) $2,320 
Total cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash $26,936 $16,571 
Less: Restricted cash from long-term deposits $(1,662) $(1,606)
Total cash and cash equivalents $25,274 $14,965 
 
Net cash received during the period for income taxes $(135) $(1,946)



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 U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with 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 2, 20191, 2020 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 2, 2019,1, 2020, which were included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K10-K filed with the SEC on April 18, 2019. 16, 2020. 

 

Recent Accounting Pronouncements – Adopted in the Current YearCOVID-19 Pandemic

 

Effective February 3, 2019, In March 2020, the World Health Organization announced that COVID-19 is a global pandemic. On March 17, 2020, the Company adoptedannounced the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") new guidancetemporary closure of all corporately-managed stores in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Denmark and Ireland as a result of the pandemic. In addition, on leases (“Topic 842”)March 26, 2020, the Company announced the temporary closure of its warehouse and e-commerce fulfillment center in Ohio as it reviewed its process related to workplace safety, including social distancing and sanitation practices recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The Ohio warehouse was reopened on April 1, 2020 following the review and reconfiguration of workflow and workspaces to further promote social distancing and minimize interaction as orders are fulfilled. The Company took various steps in response to COVID-19, such as furloughing employees, reducing compensation for all employees including executive officers, delaying payment of bonuses and 401(k) plan contributions, reducing planned capital expenditures to maintenance levels, deferring payments through extension of terms, and leveraging rent payments to landlords during negotiations for more favorable terms.

Operational and Distribution Network Update for the second quarter due to COVID-19:

During the second quarter, the Company reopened almost all of its stores where allowable by local law and ended the quarter with approximately 90% of its corporately-managed store locations reopened.
The Company’s e-commerce site was fully operational throughout the quarter. The Company continued to see strong digital demand with growth rates at triple-digit levels compared to the comparable period in 2019.
The Company accelerated its omni-channel competencies of "Buy Online, Ship From Store" and "Buy Online, Pick Up In Store" allowing currently operating stores to serve as "mini distribution centers", which the Company believes is an efficient shift given the ongoing challenges in traditional retail traffic. Expanded omni-channel allows the Company to leverage the geographic proximity of stores as well as available labor to help fulfill continuing strong e-commerce demand.
The Company continued disciplined expense management and cash preservation across all areas of the business including continued compensation reductions for all employees including executive officers, continued delayed payment of bonuses and 401(k) contribution plans; it also continued to limit its capital expenditures to maintenance levels; 
The Company completed a long-planned corporate reorganization that aligned key functions and leadership roles with strategic initiatives and allowing it to operate as a leaner, simpler organization;
The Company reduced its workforce through furloughs, attrition and position eliminations;
The Company’s supply chain experienced no significant disruptions in the quarter with the Company able to receive deliveries in a timely manner;
The Company’s franchisees ended the quarter with 62 locations open and operating as permitted by law across Africa, Asia, Australia, the Middle East and South America, while 16 locations remain temporary closed due to COVID- 19;
Select locations associated with the Company’s third-party retail model were operating at the end of the quarter.

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The Company's operating results for the thirteen and twenty-six weeks ended August 1, 2020may not be indicative of the results that may be expected for the fiscal year ending January 30, 2021 because of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. The pandemic has had, and will continue to have, a negative impact on the Company's business, financial condition, and cash flows, although the full extent is uncertain. As the pandemic continues to evolve, the extent of the impact will depend on future developments, including, but not limited to, the duration and extent of any temporary closing of certain of its stores, the duration of quarantines, shelter-in-place orders and other travel restrictions within the U.S. and other affected countries, the duration and spread of the pandemic (including any relapses), its severity, the actions to contain the virus and/or treat its impact, the duration, timing and severity of the impact on consumer spending (including the recession resulting from the pandemic), and how quickly and to what extent normal economic and operating conditions can resume, all of which are highly uncertain and cannot be predicted.

In addition, the Company’s business is subject to seasonal fluctuations, with significant portions of the Company’s revenues and net income being realized during the fourth quarter of the fiscal year due to the holiday selling season. Therefore, the results for the thirteen and twenty-six weeks ended August 1, 2020 are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the fiscal year ending January 30,2021, or for any other future interim period or for any future year.

The Company had not borrowed on its credit facility as of September 8, 2020. On August 25, 2020, Build-A-Bear Workshop, Inc. entered into a Revolving Credit and Security Agreement with PNC Bank, National Association, as agent. The agreement provides for a senior secured revolving loan in aggregate principal amount of up to $25,000,000 (subject to a borrowing base formula), which replaced mostmay be increased with the consent of the lenders by an amount not to exceed $25,000,000. Additionally, on August 25, 2020, upon execution of the agreement with PNC Bank, the Company terminated its existing lease accounting guidancebank credit line with U.S. Bank. Inclusive of the new credit facility, the Company's liquidity may be negatively impacted if the pandemic results in U.S. GAAP.the temporary closing of certain of its stores. The Company electedbelieves that its current cash balance, access to its revolving credit facility, along with the optional transition methodactions taken as outlined above, provide it with sufficient current liquidity. The future impact of COVID-19may require further actions by the Company to improve its cash position, including but not limited to, monetizing Company assets including the Company-owned warehouse in Ohio, inventory, implementing additional employee furloughs or position eliminations, and foregoing capital expenditures and other discretionary expenses.

Significant Accounting Policies

The Company's significant accounting policies are summarized in Note 2 to the consolidated financial statements included in its Form 10-K for the year ended February 1, 2020. An update and supplement to these policies is needed for the Company's accounting for government assistance, long-live asset impairment, and lease modifications as a result of activity during the second quarter of fiscal 2020.

Government Grants

The Company applied for reimbursement of payroll expenses in certain jurisdictions through COVID-19 related government programs for payroll paid to employees who were paid while not providing services to the Company during the first and second quarters of fiscal 2020. These programs require the Company to apply to the government for reimbursement of wages based on the applicable laws and programs within each jurisdiction. Through review of and application to these programs, the Company believes it qualifies for such reimbursement, and it is probable that gives companies the option to use the effective date as the date of initial application on transition, and asexpenses will be reimbursed. As a result, the Company did not adjust its comparativerecorded a reduction to expenses of approximately $1.5 million for the thirteen weeks ended August 1, 2020 and $3.0 million for the twenty-six weeks ended August 1, 2020 related to these wages within the Selling, general and administrative line in the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations and Comprehensive (Loss) Income for the period financial information or make the new required lease disclosures for periods before the effective date.ending August 1, 2020. 

 

See Note 3 — Leases for additional information.

Long-live Assets, including right-of-use operating lease assets

 

Whenever facts and circumstances indicate that the carrying value of long-lived assets and right-of-use operating lease assets may not be recoverable, the carrying value of those assets is reviewed. If this review indicates that the carrying value of the asset will not be recovered, as determined based on projected undiscounted cash flows related to the asset over its remaining life, the carrying value of the asset is reduced to its estimated fair value. The Company typically performs an annual assessment of its store assets in the direct-to-consumer (“DTC”) segment, based on operating performance and forecasts of future performance. As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Company experienced lower than projected revenues and identified indicators of impairment for its store fleet. The Company performed the recoverability test for these assets by comparing the estimated undiscounted future cash flows over the remaining useful life for its long-lived assets and right-of-use assets and determined that certain stores had long-lived and right-of-use assets with carrying values that exceeded their estimated undiscounted future cash flows for the remaining useful life of the respective assets..

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The Company estimated fair values of these long-lived assets based on its discounted future cash flows for the remaining useful life of the asset or market rent assessments. Our analysis indicated that the carrying values of certain of its long-lived assets exceeded their respective fair values determined by the discounted future cash flow analysis or the market rent assessment. As a result, the Company recognized an impairment charge of $2.1 million for the thirteen weeks ended August 1, 2020, with approximately $1.2 million for right-of-use operating lease assets and $0.9 million for fixed assets including leasehold improvements, fixtures, furniture and fixtures, machinery and equipment, and construction-in-progress. For the twenty-six weeks ended August 1, 2020 the Company has recognized impairment charges totaling $6.9 million, with approximately $3.6 million for right-of-use operating lease assets and $3.3 million for fixed assets including leasehold improvements, fixtures, furniture and fixtures, machinery and equipment, and construction-in-progress. These charges are recorded in Store asset impairment within the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations and Comprehensive Income (Loss) for the respective periods. These impairment charges were primarily driven by lower than projected revenues and the effect of store closures as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The majority of the impairment was recorded for assets associated with stores in North America. For the thirteen weeks ended August 3, 2019, the Company recorded 0 impairment charges and for the twenty-six weeks ended August 3, 2019 the Company recorded impairments charges of $5.9 million on right-of-use assets into retained earnings as a result of the adoption of ASC 842, Leases.

The determination of estimated market rent used in the fair value estimate of the Company’s operating lease assets included within the respective store asset group requires significant management judgment. Changes in these estimates could have a significant impact on whether long-lived store assets should be further evaluated for impairment and could have a significant impact on the resulting impairment charge. The significant estimates, all of which are considered Level 3 inputs, used in the fair value methodology include: the Company’s expectations for future operations and projected cash flows, including revenues, operating expenses including market rents, and market conditions.

Lease modifications

In April 2020, the FASB issued guidance indicating that entities may elect not to evaluate whether concessions provided by lessors are a lease modification. Under existing lease guidance, an entity would have to determine if a lease concession was the result of a new arrangement reached with the landlord, which would be accounted for under the lease modification framework, or if the concession was under the enforceable rights and obligations that existed in the original lease, which would be accounted for outside the lease modification framework. The FASB guidance provides entities with the option to elect to account for lease concessions as though the enforceable rights and obligations existed in the original lease. During the second quarter of 2020, the Company elected to not adopt this accounting guidance, but rather account for any lease changes under guidance previously issued for ASC 842,Leases. Refer to Note 3 to the consolidated financial statements for further discussion regarding the Company's accounting for leases.

 

2. Revenue

 

Nearly all the Company’s revenue is derived from 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 95%97% of consolidated revenue.revenue for the second quarter of fiscal 2020. The majority of these sales transactions are single performance obligations that are recorded when control is transferred to the customer.

 

The following is a description of principal activities from which the Company generates its revenue, by reportable segment.

 

The Company’s direct-to-consumer segment includes the operating activities of corporately-managed stores, other retail-delivered operations and online sales. Direct-to-consumer revenue is recognized when control of the merchandise is transferred to the customer and for the Company's online sales, generally 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-halfone-half of one percent due to the personalized and interactive nature of sales, where consumers customize their own stuffed animal. The Company has elected to exclude from revenue all collected sales, value added and other taxes paid by its customers.

 

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For the Company’s gift cards, revenue, including any related gift card discounts, is deferred for single transactions until redemption including any related gift card discounts.redemption. Historically, most gift card redemptions have occurred within three years of acquisition and approximately 75% of gift cards have been redeemed within the firsttwelve months. In addition, unredeemed gift cards or breakage revenue is recorded in proportion to the customer’s redemption period using an estimated breakage rate based on historical experience. 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. In regard to the consolidated balance sheet, contract liabilities for gift cards are classified as gift cards and customer deposits.

 

The Company’s commercial segment includes transactions with other businesses and are mainly comprised of licensing the Company’s intellectual properties for third-partythird-party use and wholesale sales of merchandise, including supplies and fixtures. Revenue for wholesale sales is recognized when control of the merchandise or fixtures is transferred to the customer, which generally occurs upon delivery to the customer. The license agreements provide the customer with 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 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 on the consolidated balance sheet.

 

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 agreement are ongoing and include operations and product development support and training, generally concentrated around new 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-timeone-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.years, or if the agreement is terminated prior to the end of the term. The Company classifies these initial, one-timeone-time nonrefundable franchise fee contract liabilities as deferred revenue on the consolidated balance sheet. Revenue from merchandise and fixture sales is recognized when control is transferred to the franchisee which generally occurs upon delivery to the customer.

 

The Company also incurs expenses directly related to the startup of new franchises, includingwhich may include finder’s fees, legal and travel costs as well as expenses related to its ongoing support of the franchisees, predominantly travel expense and employee compensation. Accordingly, the Company’s policy is to capitalize theany finder’s fee, an incremental cost, and expense all other costs as incurred. Additionally, the Company amortizes these capitalized costs into expense in the same pattern as the development fee's recording of revenue as described previously.

 

 

 3. Leases

Effective February 3, 2019, the Company adopted the FASB guidance on leases (“Topic 842”), which requires leases with durations greater than twelve months to be recognized on the balance sheet. The Company adopted Topic 842 using the modified retrospective transition approach, which includes a number of optional practical expedients that entities may elect to apply. Prior year financial statements were not recast under Topic 842, and therefore those amounts are not disclosed. The Company has elected certain practical expedients, including the package of practical expedients to not reassess prior conclusions related to contracts containing leases, lease classification and initial direct costs as well as an accounting policy to account for lease and non-lease components as a single component. The Company also elected the optional transition method that gives companies the option to use the effective date as the date of initial application on transition, and as a result, the Company will not adjust its comparative period financial information or make the new required lease disclosures for periods before the effective date. The Company has elected to make the accounting policy election for short-term leases. Consequently, short-term leases will be recorded as an expense on a straight-line basis over the lease term. The Company did not elect the hindsight practical expedient.

 

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 retail store leases have an original term of a five to ten-yearten-year base period and may include renewal options to extend the lease term beyond the initial base period and are typically much shorter than the original lease term giving the Company lease optionality. The renewal options are not included in the measurement of the right of use assets and right of use liabilities unless the Company is reasonably certain to exercise the optional renewal periods. 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. These incentives reduce our right-of-use asset related to the lease and are amortized through the right-of-use asset as reductions of expense over the lease term.

The Company's leases typically contain rent escalations over the lease term and the Company recognizes expense for these leases on a straight-line basis over the lease term. Some of the Company's leases include rent escalations based on inflation indexes and fair market value adjustments. Certain leases contain contingent rental provisions that include a fixed base rent plus an additional percentage of the store’s sales in excess of stipulated amounts. Operating lease liabilities are calculated using the prevailing index or rate at lease commencement. Subsequent escalations in the index or rate and contingent rental payments are recognized as variable lease expenses.

For leases entered into or reassessed after the adoption of the new standard, the Company has elected the practical expedient allowed by the standard to account for all fixed consideration in a lease as a single lease component. Therefore, the lease payments used to measure the lease liability for these leases include fixed minimum rentals along with fixed operating costs such as common area maintenance and utilities.

Most of the Company’s leases do not provide a readily available implicit rate. Therefore, the Company estimates the incremental borrowing discount rate based on information available at lease commencement. The discount rates used are indicative of a synthetic credit rating based on quantitative and qualitative analysis and adjusted one notch higher to estimate a secured credit rating. For non-U.S. locations, a risk-free rate yield based on the currency of the lease is used to estimate the incremental borrowing rate.

Upon adoption and transition, the Company recognized a cumulative-effect charge of $7.4 million net of tax to the opening balance of retained earnings which represents impairment charges to the right-of-use assets associated with stores whose fixed assets have been previously impaired or had indicators of impairment, and whose right-of-use-assets were determined to be above fair market value.

Lease position as of February 3, 2019

The table below presents the lease-related assets and liabilities recorded on the balance sheet (in thousands).

 

   

February 3,

 
 

Classification on the Balance Sheet

 

2019

 

Assets

     

Operating lease right-of-use assets

Operating lease right-of-use assets

 $151,513 
      

Liabilities

     

Current - Operating

Operating lease liability short term

  34,672 

Noncurrent - Operating

Operating lease liability long term

  141,519 

Total lease liabilities

 $176,191 

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The table below presents certain information related to the lease costs for operating leases for the thirteen and thirty-ninetwenty-six weeks ended November 2,August 1, 2020 and August 3, 2019 (in thousands).

 

  

Thirteen weeks ended

  

Thirty-nine weeks ended

 
  November 2, 2019  November 2, 2019 
         

Operating lease costs

  10,260   31,030 

Variable lease costs

  514   1,828 

Short term lease costs

  255   940 

Total Operating Lease costs

 $11,029  $33,798 

  

Thirteen weeks ended

  

Twenty-six weeks ended

 
  

August 1, 2020

  

August 3, 2019

  

August 1, 2020

  

August 3, 2019

 
                 

Operating lease costs

  9,928   9,273   19,584   20,770 

Variable lease costs

  148   694   422   1,314 

Short term lease costs

  6   298   94   685 

Total Operating Lease costs

 $10,082  $10,265  $20,100  $22,769 

 

Other information

The table below presents supplemental cash flow information related to leases for the thirteen and thirty-ninetwenty-six weeks ended November 2,August 1, 2020 and August 3, 2019 (in thousands).

 

  

Thirteen weeks ended

  

Thirty-nine weeks ended

 
  November 2, 2019  November 2, 2019 

Operating cash flows for operating leases

  10,872   33,061 
  

Thirteen weeks ended

  

Twenty-six weeks ended

 
  

August 1, 2020

  

August 3, 2019

  

August 1, 2020

  

August 3, 2019

 

Operating cash flows for operating leases

  8,474   10,990   15,929   22,188 

 

As of November 2,August 1, 2020 and August 3, 2019, the weighted-average remaining operating lease term was 5.85 years and 6 years, respectively, and the weighted-average discount rate was 6.0% and 5.9%, respectively, for operating leases recognized on ourthe Company's Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet.Sheets.

As discussed above, the Company incurred impairment charges during the thirteen and twenty-six weeks ended August 1, 2020, of $1.2 million and $3.6 million, respectively, against right-of-use operating lease assets.

During the quarter, the Company renegotiated a large portion of its store lease portfolio resulting in a combination of rent reductions, deferments, and abatements. These negotiations have increased the percentage of leases with variable rent structures to one-third of its North American fleet, which is intended to increase flexibility in an environment with expected high sales volatility and provide a natural hedge against potential sales declines. For these renegotiated leases, under ASC 842 Leases, the Company assessed if the renegotiated leases represented a new, separate contract or a modification of the existing lease. The Company concluded all renegotiated leases represented a modification of terms of each existing agreement. As such, the Company remeasured the lease liability and decreased the carrying amount of the right-of-use asset in proportion to the modification of the existing lease and recognized in profit or loss any difference between the reduction in the lease liability and the reduction in the right-of-us asset, which had an immaterial impact on the second quarter results. The Company remains in negotiations with certain landlords and expects further rent reductions, deferments or abatements to be recognized in the third quarter of the current fiscal year.

 

Undiscounted cash flows

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

 

Operating Leases

      

2019

  10,955 

2020

  37,766  28,837 

2021

  33,092  35,248 

2022

  30,318  29,824 

2023

  25,892  25,444 
2024 21,427 

Thereafter

  53,941   35,593 

Total minimum lease payments

  191,964  176,373 

Less: amount of lease payments representing interest

  (30,033)  (24,816)

Present value of future minimum lease payments

  161,931  151,557 

Less: current obligations under leases

  (31,537)  (39,917)

Long-term lease obligations

 $130,394  $111,640 

 

 

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As of November 2, 2019August 1, 2020, the Company hashad an additional executed leases that have had not yet commenced with operating lease liabilities of $0.8$0.1 million. These leases willThis lease is expected to commence in 2020 with a lease terms ranging from two to fiveterm of three years.

 

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4. Prepaid Expenses and Other Current Assets

 

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

 

 

November 2,

  

February 2,

  

November 3,

  

August 1,

 

February 1,

 

August 3,

 
 

2019

  

2019

  

2018

  

2020

  

2020

  

2019

 

Prepaid occupancy (1)

 $1,426  $5,497  $7,767  $206 $1,097 $1,634 
Prepaid income taxes $879   2,245   3,315  241 164 408 
Other $4,022   5,218   5,766 
Prepaid insurance 268 628 247 
Prepaid gift card fees 1,225 1,413 1,139 
Other (2)  3,460  3,815  3,461 
Total $6,327  $12,960  $16,848  $5,400 $7,117 $6,889 

 

 

(1)(1)

Prepaid occupancy consists of prepaid expenses related to non-lease components.

(2)Other consists primarily of prepaid expense related to IT maintenance contracts and software as a service.

 

 

5. Accrued Expenses

 

Accrued expenses consist of the following (in thousands):

 

 

November 2,

  

February 2,

  

November 3,

  

August 1,

 

February 1,

 

August 3,

 
 

2019

  

2019

  

2018

  

2020

  

2020

  

2019

 

Accrued wages, bonuses and related expenses

 $8,116  $5,453  $3,064  $13,411 $13,373 $6,093 

Sales tax payable

  1,360   1,286   1,203 
Sales and value added taxes payable 2,287 1,489 1,826 

Accrued rent and related expenses (1)

  491   3,233   3,007  114 726 642 

Current income taxes payable

  18   75   285   99  948  61 

Total

 $9,985  $10,047  $7,559  $15,911  $16,536  $8,622 

 

 

(1)(1)

Accrued rent and related expenses consist of accrued costs associated with non-lease components.

 

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6. Stock-based Compensation

 

On March April 14, 2017,2020, the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Build-A-Bear Workshop, Inc. (the “Company”) adopted, subject to stockholder approval, the Build-A-Bear Workshop, Inc. 20172020 Omnibus Incentive Plan (the “2017��2020 Incentive Plan”). On MayJune 11, 2017, 2020, at the Company’s 20172020 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”), the Company’s stockholders approved the 20172020 Incentive Plan. The 20172020 Incentive Plan, which is administered by the Compensation and Development Committee of the Board, permits the grant of stock options (including both incentive and non-qualified stock options), stock appreciation rights, restricted stock, cash and other stock-based awards, some of which may be performance-basedincluding restricted stock and restricted stock units, cash-based awards, and performance awards pursuant to the terms of the 20172020 Incentive Plan. The Board may amend, modify or terminate the 2017 Plan at any time, except as otherwise provided in the 2017 Plan. The 20172020 Incentive Plan will terminate on MarchApril 14, 2027, 2030, unless earlier terminated by the Board.

The number of shares of the Company’s common stock authorized for issuance under the 20172020 Incentive Plan is 1,000,000, plus shares of stock that remained available for issuance under the Build-A-Bear Workshop, Inc. 2017 Omnibus Incentive Plan (the “2017 Incentive Plan”) at the time the 2020 Incentive Plan was approved by the Company’s stockholders, and shares that are subject to outstanding awards made under the Company's Third Amended and Restated 2004 Stock2017 Incentive Plan that on or after March 21, 2017 April 14, 2020 may be forfeited, expire or be settled for cash.

In accordance with its terms, as of the date the 2020 Incentive Plan was approved by the Company’s stockholders, the 2017 Incentive was frozen and no further awards will be issued thereunder. Awards issued pursuant to the 2017 Incentive Plan

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that were outstanding as of the date of stockholder approval of the 2020 Incentive Plan will remain outstanding and will be administered in accordance with the terms of the 2017 Incentive Plan and applicable award agreements thereunder. All of the stock-based incentive compensation activity for the period ended August 1, 2020 and August 3, 2019 was under the 2017 Incentive Plan.

 

For the thirteen and thirty-nine weeks ended November 2,August 1, 2020 and August 3, 2019, selling,Selling, general and administrative expense included $0.4$0.5 million and $1.8$0.7 million, respectively, of stock-based compensation expense. Forexpense, and for the thirteen and thirty-ninetwenty-six weeks ended NovemberAugust 1, 2020 and August 3, 20182019, selling,Selling, general and administrative expense includes $0.9included $0.7 million and $2.6$1.5 million, respectively, of stock-based compensation expense. respectively. As of November 2, 2019August 1, 2020, there was $3.2was $2.0 million of total unrecognized compensation expense related to unvested restricted stock and option awards which is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 1.31.1 years.

 

The following table is a summary of the balances and activity for stock options for the thirty-ninetwenty-six weeks ended November 2, 2019August 1, 2020:

 

 

Options

  

Options

 
 

Shares

  Weighted Average Exercise Price  

Shares

  Weighted Average Exercise Price 

Outstanding, February 2, 2019

  950,678  $9.67 

Outstanding, February 1, 2020

 923,254  $9.76 

Granted

  -   -  0 0 

Exercised

  (5,980)  4.90  0 0 

Forfeited

  -   -  0 0 

Canceled or expired

  (20,983)  7.21   (98,415)  7.92 

Outstanding, November 2, 2019

  923,715  $9.76 
Outstanding, August 1, 2020  824,839 $9.98 

 

The following table is a summary of the balances and activity related to time-based and performance-based restricted stock for the thirty-ninetwenty-six weeks ended November 2, 2019August 1, 2020:

 

 

Time-Based Restricted Stock

  

Performance-Based Restricted Stock

  

Time-Based Restricted Stock

  

Performance-Based Restricted Stock

 
 

Shares

  Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value  

Shares

  Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value  

Shares

  Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value  

Shares

  Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value 

Outstanding, February 2, 2019

  379,778  $9.31   167,153  $8.73 

Outstanding, February 1, 2020

 453,403  $6.71  262,964  $7.59 

Granted

  319,831   5.64   95,811   5.61  398,681 2.15 0 0 

Vested

  (217,848)  9.76        (260,317) 6.98 (56,380) 8.85 

Forfeited

  (14,345)  6.15        0 0 0 0 

Canceled or expired

              0  0  (27,517)  8.85 

Outstanding, November 2, 2019

  467,416  $6.69   262,964  $7.59 
Outstanding, August 1, 2020  591,767 $3.52  179,067 $7.00 

 

The total fair value of shares vested during the thirty-ninetwenty-six weeks ended November 2,August 1, 2020 and August 3, 2019 and November 3, 2018 was $2.1$2.3 million and $2.2 million, respectively.

 

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In April 2019, the Company awarded three-year performance-based restricted stock subject to the achievement of pre-established consolidated pre-tax income growth objectives for fiscal 2019, 2020 and 2021. In 2018, the Company awarded three-year performance-based restricted stock subject to the achievement of pre-established consolidated total pre-tax income growth objectives for fiscal 2018, 2019 and 2020. In addition, the Company awarded three-year performance-based restricted stock subject to the achievement of pre-established consolidated revenue growth objectives for fiscal 2018, 2019 and 2020. In 2017, the Company awarded three-year performance-based restricted stock subject to the achievement of pre-established pre-tax income growth objectives for 2017, 2018 and 2019. The shares for all these awards if earned, have a payout opportunity ranging from 25% to 200% of the target number of shares.

The outstanding performance shares as of November 2, 2019August 1, 2020 consist of the following:

 

  Performance Shares 
     

Unearned shares subject to performance-based restrictions at target:

   

2017 - 2019 consolidated pre-tax income growth objectives

83,897 

2018 - 2020 consolidated total revenue growth objectives

  20,756 

2018 - 2020 consolidated pre-tax income growth objectives

  62,500 

2019 - 2021 consolidated pre-tax income growth objectives

  95,811 

Performance shares outstanding, November 2, 2019August 1, 2020

  262,964179,067 

 

 

7. Income Taxes

 

The Company's effective tax rate was 23.7%0.5% and 2.1%-7.6% for the thirteen and thirty-ninetwenty-six weeks ended November 2, 2019, August 1, 2020, respectively, compared to 39.3%-65.1% and 36.8%101.7% for the thirteen and thirty-ninetwenty-six weeks ended NovemberAugust 3, 2018, 2019, respectively. The 20192020 effective tax rate for the thirty-nine week period differsdiffered from the statutory rate of 21% primarily due to no tax benefit being recorded on the current period pretax loss as a full valuation allowance has now been recorded globally.  In addition, the first half of fiscal 2020 was impacted by the $3.3 million valuation allowance recorded on the beginning balance of the net deferred tax assets in certain foreign loss jurisdictions and the $0.2 million negative tax impact of equity awards.jurisdictions.  The 20182019 effective tax rate differed from the statutory rate of 21% primarily due to the jurisdictional mixvaluation allowance being recorded in certain foreign loss companies and the $0.2 million tax impact of earnings.equity awards vesting.

 

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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 2,August 1, 2020 and August 3, 2019 and November 3, 2018 (in thousands):

 

 

For the thirteen weeks ended November 2, 2019

  

For the thirteen weeks ended November 3, 2018

  

For the thirteen weeks ended August 1, 2020

  

For the thirteen weeks ended August 3, 2019

 
                                                             
 

Common

          

Retained

      

Common

          

Retained

      

Common

       

Retained

    

Common

       

Retained

   
 

stock

  

APIC (1)

  

AOCI (2)

  

earnings

  

Total

  

stock

  

APIC (1)

  

AOCI (2)

  

earnings

  

Total

  

stock

  

APIC (1)

  

AOCI (2)

  

earnings/(deficit)

  

Total

  

stock

  

APIC (1)

  

AOCI (2)

  

earnings/(deficit)

  

Total

 

Balance, beginning

 $152  $70,295  $(11,579) $29,637   88,505  $150  $67,383  $(12,015) $53,811  $109,329  $155  $71,491  $(11,909) $8,720  $68,457  $149  $69,550  $(12,123) $30,861  $88,437 
Share repurchase and retirement  -   -   -   -   -   (1)  (267)  -   (230)  (498)
Issuance of restricted/performance stock $1 $(1)     0 $3 $11     14 
Stock-based compensation  -   (340)  -   -   (340)  -   935   -   -   935    417     417   734     734 
Shares issued under employee stock plans  -   (1)  -   -   (1)  1   223   -   -   224 
Other comprehensive loss  -   -   (349)  -   (349)  -   -   (34)  -   (34)
Shares withheld in lieu of tax withholdings         -         0 
Other  -   1   1   (1)  1   -   -   -   -   0    (1) (1) 1 (1)         - 
Net loss  -   -   -   (5,873)  (5,873)  -   -   -   (6,064)  (6,064)
Other comprehensive income (loss)     (429)   (429)     544   544 
Net income (loss)           (13,909)  (13,909)           (1,224)  (1,224)

Balance, ending

 $152  $69,955  $(11,927) $23,763  $81,943  $150  $68,274  $(12,049) $47,517  $103,892  $156  $71,906  $(12,339) $(5,188) $54,535  $152  $70,295  $(11,579) $29,637  $88,505 

 

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

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

 

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The following table sets forth the changes in stockholders’ equity (in thousands) for the thirty-ninetwenty-six weeks ended November 2,August 1, 2020 and August 3, 2019 and November 3, 2018 (in thousands):

 

 

For the thirty-nine weeks ended November 2, 2019

  

For the thirty-nine weeks ended November 3, 2018

  

For the twenty-six weeks ended August 1, 2020

  

For the twenty-six weeks ended August 3, 2019

 
                                         
 

Common

          

Retained

      

Common

          

Retained

      

Common

       

Retained

    

Common

       

Retained

   
 

stock

  

APIC (1)

  

AOCI (2)

  

earnings

  

Total

  

stock

  

APIC (1)

  

AOCI (2)

  

earnings

  

Total

  

stock

  

APIC (1)

  

AOCI (2)

  

earnings/(deficit)

  

Total

  

stock

  

APIC (1)

  

AOCI (2)

  

earnings/(deficit)

  

Total

 

Balance, beginning

 $150  $69,088  $(12,018) $37,094  $94,314  $150  $66,843  $(10,800) $55,909  $112,102  $152  $70,633  $(12,079) $29,925  $88,631  $150  $69,088  $(12,018) $37,094  $94,314 
Adoption of new accounting standard  -   -   -   (7,430)  (7,430)  -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   (7,430)  (7,430)

Subtotal

 $150  $69,088  $(12,018) $29,664  $86,884  $150  $66,843  $(10,800) $55,909  $112,102  $152  $70,633  $(12,079) $29,925  $88,631  $150  $69,088  $(12,018) $29,664  $86,884 
Share repurchase and retirement  -   -   -   -   -   (2)  (1,058)  -   (867)  (1,927)

Issuance of restricted/performance stock

 4  495        499  2  (246)       (244)
Stock-based compensation  -   1,114   -   -   1,114   -   2,624   -   -   2,624     892        892     1,454        1,454 
Shares issued under employee stock plans  2   (248)  -   -   (246)  2   (154)  -   -   (152)

Shares withheld in lieu of tax withholdings

 (1) (114)       (115)             0 

Other

 1    (1)    0     (1) (1) 1  (1)
Other comprehensive income (loss)  -   -   92   -   92   -   -   (1,249)  -   (1,249)     (259)   (259)     440   440 
Other  -   1   -   -   1       19       (15)  4 
Net loss  -   -   -   (5,901)  (5,901)  -   -   -   (7,510)  (7,510)              (35,113)  (35,113)              (28)  (28)

Balance, ending

 $152  $69,955  $(11,927) $23,763  $81,943  $150  $68,274  $(12,049) $47,517  $103,892  $156  $71,906  $(12,339) $(5,188) $54,535  $152  $70,295  $(11,579) $29,637  $88,505 

 

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

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

 

In August 2017, the Company’s Board of Directors authorized a share repurchase program of up to $20.0 million. From the date of such authorization through November 2, 2019August 1, 2020, the Company hashad repurchased approximately 1.3 million shares at an average price of $8.75 per share for an aggregate amount of approximately $11.2 million, leaving approximately $8.8 million authorized under the program as of that date. The Company does not plan to utilize cash to resume share repurchases in fiscal 2020. In addition, the Company's ability to repurchase shares is limited by conditions set forth by its lender in its credit agreement, as described below.

 

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9. Income per Share

 

The following table sets forth the computation of basic and diluted net loss per share (in thousands, except share and per share data), in periods of net loss, no effect is given to the Company’s participating securities as they do not contractually participate in the losses of the Company:

 

 

Thirteen weeks ended

  

Thirty-nine weeks ended

  

Thirteen weeks ended

  

Twenty-six weeks ended

 
 

November 2,

  

November 3,

  

November 2,

  

November 3,

  

August 1,

 

August 3,

 

August 1,

 

August 3,

 
 

2019

  

2018

  

2019

  

2018

  

2020

  

2019

  

2020

  

2019

 

NUMERATOR:

                         

Net loss before allocation of earnings to participating securities

 $(5,873) $(6,064) $(5,901) $(7,510)

Net (loss) income before allocation of earnings to participating securities

 $(13,909) $(1,224) $(35,113) $(28)

Less: Earnings allocated to participating securities

  -   -   -   -   0   0   0   0 

Net loss

 $(5,873) $(6,064) $(5,901) $(7,510)

Net (loss) income

 $(13,909) $(1,224) $(35,113) $(28)
                 

DENOMINATOR:

                         

Weighted average number of common shares outstanding - basic

  14,752,307   14,590,614   14,697,592   14,597,255  14,999,786  14,726,678  14,936,541  14,669,626 

Dilutive effect of share-based awards:

  -   -   -   -   0   0   0   0 

Weighted average number of common shares outstanding - dilutive

  14,752,307   14,590,614   14,697,592   14,597,255   14,999,786   14,726,678   14,936,541   14,669,626 

Basic loss per common share attributable to Build-A-Bear Workshop, Inc. stockholders

 $(0.40) $(0.42) $(0.40) $(0.51)

Diluted loss per common share attributable to Build-A-Bear Workshop, Inc. stockholders

 $(0.40) $(0.42) $(0.40) $(0.51)
 
Basic (loss) income per common share attributable to Build-A-Bear Workshop, Inc. stockholders $(0.93) $(0.08) $(2.35) $(0.00)

Diluted (loss) income per common share attributable to Build-A-Bear Workshop, Inc. stockholders

 $(0.93) $(0.08) $(2.35) $(0.00)

 

In calculating the diluted income per share for the thirteen and thirty-ninetwenty-six weeks ended November 2, 2019August 1, 2020, options to purchase 923,715833,353 and 928,236 shares862,846 share of common stock, respectively, that were outstanding at the end of the period were not included in the computation of diluted income per share due to their anti-dilutive effect. For the thirteen and thirty-ninetwenty-six weeks ended NovemberAugust 3, 20182019, the number of options to purchase 924,628 and 927,448 shares of common sharesstock, respectively, that were excluded fromoutstanding at the calculationend of the period were 594,183 and 563,611 shares, respectively.not included in the computation of diluted income per share due to their anti-dilutive effect.

 

 

10. Comprehensive Income (Loss)

 

The difference between comprehensive income or loss and net income or loss results fromis 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 income (loss) balance at November 2,August 1, 2020 and August 3, 2019 and November 3, 2018 was comprised entirely of foreign currency translation. For the thirteen weeks ended November 2,August 1, 2020 and August 3, 2019 and November 3, 2018, there were nothe Company had 0 reclassifications out of accumulated other comprehensive loss.income (loss).

  

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11. Segment Information 

 

The Company’s operations are conducted through three operating segments consisting of direct-to-consumer (“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, China, Denmark, Ireland and the United Kingdom (“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 licensing the Company’s intellectual properties for third party use and wholesale activities. The international franchising segment includes the licensing activities of the Company’s franchise agreements with store locations in Europe (outside of the U.K., Ireland and Denmark), Asia, Australia, Mexico, the Middle East, Africa, and Mexico.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.

 

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

 

 

 

Direct-to-

   

International

    

Direct-to-

    

International

   
 

Consumer

  

Commercial

  

Franchising

  

Total

  

Consumer

  

Commercial

  

Franchising

  

Total

 

Thirteen weeks ended November 2, 2019

         

Thirteen weeks ended August 1, 2020

 

Net sales to external customers

  $ 66,575   $ 2,560   $ 1,249   $ 70,384  $39,339  $865  $149  $40,353 

Income (loss) before income taxes

 (8,578)  753  131  (7,694) 

(Loss) Income before income taxes

 (14,145) 239  (77) (13,983)
Capital expenditures 5,155  -  -  5,155  529  0  0  529 

Depreciation and amortization

 3,560  -  1  3,561  3,246  8  0  3,254 

Thirteen weeks ended November 3, 2018

         

Thirteen weeks ended August 3, 2019

 

Net sales to external customers

  $ 65,298   $ 2,171   $ 1,225   $ 68,694  $75,214  $3,193  $807  $79,214 

Income (loss) before income taxes

 (11,406)  1,054  360  (9,992) 
(Loss) Income before income taxes (1,900) 1,520  (362) (742)

Capital expenditures

 1,742  -  -  1,742  2,505  0  0  2,505 

Depreciation and amortization

 4,022  -  26  4,048  3,283  0  2  3,285 
  

Thirty-nine weeks ended November 2, 2019

         
Twenty-six weeks ended August 1, 2020 

Net sales to external customers

  $ 222,837   $ 8,507   $ 2,616   $ 233,960  $84,986  $1,198  $793  $86,977 

Income (loss) before income taxes

 (9,384)  3,488  (130)  (6,027) 

(Loss) Income before income taxes

 (32,515) 194  (326) (32,647)

Capital expenditures

 10,099  -  -  10,099  3,378  0  0  3,378 

Depreciation and amortization

 10,354  -  5  10,359  6,696  15  0  6,711 

Thirty-nine weeks ended November 3, 2018

         
Twenty-six weeks ended August 3, 2019 

Net sales to external customers

  $ 227,760   $ 4,245   $ 3,051   $ 235,056  $156,262  $5,947  $1,367  $163,576 

Income (loss) before income taxes

 (14,577)  1,705  981  (11,891)  (806) 2,735  (261) 1,668 

Capital expenditures

 8,853  -  -  8,853  4,945  0  0  4,945 

Depreciation and amortization

 12,159  1  26  12,186  6,793  0  4  6,797 

Total Assets as of:

          
November 2, 2019 (1) 281,365  7,508  7,804  $ 296,677 

November 3, 2018

 166,833  6,625  5,396  178,854 
August 1, 2020 253,684 6,852 7,727 $268,263 

August 3, 2019

 285,196  7,796  6,202  299,194 

 

For purposes of this table only:

(1) The increase in total assets when comparing November 2, 2019 to November 3, 2018 is mainly the result of the adoption of Topic 842 on leases effective February 3, 2019.

 

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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

              

North

         
 

America (1)

  

Europe (2)

  

Other (3)

  

Total

  

America (1)

  

Europe (2)

  

Other (3)

  

Total

 

Thirteen weeks ended November 2, 2019

                

Thirteen weeks ended August 1, 2020

         

Net sales to external customers

 $57,503  $11,557  $1,324  $70,384  $34,985  $5,141  $227  $40,353 

Thirteen weeks ended November 3, 2018

                

Thirteen weeks ended August 3, 2019

         

Net sales to external customers

 $56,440  $11,575  $679  $68,694  $68,456  $10,195  $563  $79,214 
                         

Thirty-nine weeks ended November 2, 2019

                
Twenty-six weeks ended August 1, 2020         

Net sales to external customers

 $198,900  $32,639  $2,421  $233,960  $74,636 $11,806 $535 $86,977 

Property and equipment, net

  60,481   5,462   11   65,954  53,735 4,350 0 58,085 

Thirty-nine weeks ended November 3, 2018

                
Twenty-six weeks ended August 3, 2019         

Net sales to external customers

 $198,372  $35,005  $1,679  $235,056  $141,397 $21,082 $1,097 $163,576 

Property and equipment, net

  64,249   9,075   19   73,343  59,008 5,170 13 64,191 

 

For purposes of this table only:

(1)(1)  North America includes corporately managed locations in the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico and franchise business in Mexico Rico.

(2)(2)  Europe includes corporately managed locations in the U.K., Ireland, Denmark and franchise businesses in Europe 

(3)(3)  Other includes franchise businesses outside of North America and Europe and includes a corporately-managed location in China 

 

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. On In November 27, 2019, the trial courtfirst-tier tribunal issued a ruling that duty was due on some, but not all, of the products at issue. Both the Company and the U.K. customs authority have appealed that ruling. The Company currently expects that the appeal on the matter will be heard by the upper tribunal sometime during the first half of calendar year 2021. The Company maintains a provision against the related receivable, based on a current evaluation of collectability, using the latest facts available in the dispute. As of November 2, 2019August 1, 2020, the Company had a gross receivable balance of $4.2$4.4 million and a reserve of $3.2$3.6 million, leaving a net receivable of $1.0$0.8 million. The Company is currently evaluating an appeal of the trial court's ruling and believes that the outcome of this dispute will not have a material adverse impact on theits results of operations, liquidity or financial positionposition.

13. Subsequent Events

On August 25, 2020, Build-A-Bear Workshop, Inc. entered into a Revolving Credit and Security Agreement among the Company, as borrowing agent; Build-A-Bear Retail Management, Inc., together with the Company, as borrowers; Build-A-Bear Workshop Franchise Holdings, Inc., Build-A-Bear Entertainment, LLC, Build-A-Bear Card Services LLC and Build-A-Bear Workshop Canada, Ltd.; the lenders party thereto; and PNC Bank, National Association, as agent for lenders.

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The agreement provides for a senior secured revolving loan in aggregate principal amount of up to $25,000,000 (subject to a borrowing base formula), which may be increased with the consent of the Company.lenders by an amount not to exceed $25,000,000, subject to the conditions set forth in the agreement. The borrowing base under the agreement is based on specified percentages of eligible credit card receivables, eligible inventory and, under certain circumstances, eligible foreign in-transit inventory and, in the discretion of the agent, eligible receivables. The credit agreement provides for swingline loans of up to $5,000,000 and the issuance of standby or commercial letters of credit of up to $5,000,000. Proceeds of the advances under the agreement may be used to (a) repay existing indebtedness owed to U.S. Bank National Association ("U.S. Bank"), (b) pay fees and expenses relating to the transactions contemplated by the credit agreement, and (c) fund ongoing working capital, capital expenditures, permitted acquisitions and general corporate purposes, in each case to the extent permitted under, and as defined in, the agreement. Revolving advances under the agreement will be secured (subject to permitted liens and certain other exceptions) by a first priority lien on substantially all of the personal property of the Company and all of its U.S. and Canadian subsidiaries, including certain receivables (including receivables from the sale of inventory and credit card receivables but excluding certain franchise receivables), equipment and fixtures, intellectual property, inventory and equity interests held by the borrowers and the guarantors in their respective domestic and foreign subsidiaries. The agreement includes a negative covenant with respect to granting a lien on the Company's Ohio warehouse.

Borrowings under the agreement bear interest at (a) a base rate determined under the agreement, or (b) the borrower’s option, at a rate based on LIBOR, plus in either case a margin based on the average undrawn availability as determined in accordance with the agreement. The agreement matures on August 25, 2025 (unless terminated earlier in accordance with the terms thereof) and requires compliance with conditions precedent that must be satisfied prior to any borrowing. The agreement also contains various representations, warranties and covenants that the Company considers customary.

The agreement requires the Company to comply with one financial covenant, specifically, that the Company maintain availability (as determined in accordance with the agreement) at all times equal to or greater than the greater of (a) 12.5% of the loan cap and (b) $3,125,000 (subject to increase upon exercise of the increase option). The “loan cap” is the lesser of (1) $25,000,000 less the outstanding amount of loans and letters of credit under the agreement and (2) the borrowing base from time to time under the agreement.The agreement also contains various information and reporting requirements and provides for various fees customary for an asset-based lending facility. The Company anticipates the annual costs of maintaining the agreement, including interest and fees, will be between $500,000 and $600,000. The agreement contains customary events of default, including without limitation events of default based on payment obligations, material inaccuracies of representations and warranties, covenant defaults, final judgments and orders, unenforceability of the agreement, material ERISA events, change in control, insolvency proceedings, and defaults under certain other obligations. An event of default may cause the applicable interest rate and fees to increase by 2% until such event of default has been cured, waived, or amended. The agreement contains typical negative covenants, including, among other things, that the borrower will not incur indebtedness except for permitted indebtedness or make any investments except for permitted investments, declare dividends or repurchase its stock except as permitted, acquire any subsidiaries except in connection with a permitted acquisition, or merge or consolidate with any other entity or acquire all or substantially all of the assets of any other company outside the ordinary course of business.

At the closing date of the agreement, the Company had 0 outstanding indebtedness under the agreement. An aggregate of slightly more than $10 million was available for borrowing under the agreement as of the closing date.

Additionally, on August 25, 2020, upon execution of the agreement with PNC Bank, the Company terminated its existing bank credit line with U.S. Bank, under the Company’s Fourth Amended and Restated Loan Agreement, as amended as of May 28, 2020. The former agreement with U.S. Bank provided for a maximum borrowing capacity of up to $10,000,000, subject to compliance with certain financial tests. The former credit agreement would have matured on September 30, 2020. At the time of termination, the Company did not have any outstanding borrowings under the agreement with U.S. Bank and was in compliance with the amended covenants set forth in the Former Credit Agreement. The Company’s outstanding $1.0 million letter of credit under the agreement with U.S. Bank will remain outstanding subject to cash collateralization provided by the Company to U.S. Bank.

As part of obtaining the new credit agreement, the Company incurred various issuance costs and fees. As previously stated, the Company had 0 outstanding borrowings at the beginning of the facility, therefore these costs and fees will be recorded as a deferred asset within the Other assets, net line item within the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets and be amortized over the length of the five year agreement.

 

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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 the Company’sour Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended February 2, 2019,1, 2020, as filed with the SEC, and include the following:

 

 

our business, operations and financial results have been and will continue to be negatively affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, which presents uncertainty relating to our anticipated duration and scope and whether there will a second wave or periods of increases in the number of COVID-19 cases in areas in which we operate, as well the restrictions imposed by federal, state, and local governments in response to the pandemic;

any sustained decline in general global economic conditions, caused by the COVID-19 pandemic or otherwise, could lead to disproportionately reduced consumer demand for our products, which represent relatively discretionary spending, and have an adverse effect on our liquidity and profitability;

we may not be able to operate our international corporately-managed locations profitably;

we depend upon the shopping malls and tourist locations in which we are located to attract guests to our stores and a decline in consumer traffic, or if such consumer traffic does not return to levels that we saw prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, could adversely affect our financial performance and profitability;

in connection with the reopening of our stores, we have modified our interactive shopping experience in order to comply with social distancing and sanitation practices.  These modifications could have a negative impact on the appeal of our interactive shopping experience and reduce guest traffic to our stores. In addition, we are continuing to assess the impacts that such measures have on individual store performance due to the decreased volume of guests that may be able to enjoy our interactive shopping experience, and such reduced guest volume could adversely impact our ability to operate our stores profitably;
we may experience store closures in shopping malls and tourist locations and other impacts to our business resulting from civil disturbances;
we believe the hands-on and interactive nature of our store and high touch service model result in guests forming an emotional connection with our brand, which in turn contributes to the success of our ecommerce platform; if we are not able to offer the same experience in the short and medium-term, it may adversely affect the value of our brand;
birthdays and other special occasions have historically been a key driver for store traffic, and our guests’ willingness to hold such events at our stores may adversely affect store performance and our overall profitability;
a significant part of our revenue and net income comes during the holiday selling season; if the COVID-19 pandemic adversely affects consumers spending during this year’s holiday season our financial condition and flexibility could be adversely affected;

if we are unable to generate interest in and demand for our interactive retail experience and products, including being able to adjust that experience consistent with our guests' expectations as the general retail economy emerges from the restrictions imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic, and to otherwise identify and respond to consumer preferences in a timely manner, our sales, financial condition and profitability could be adversely affected;

 

our merchandise is manufactured by foreign manufacturers and we transact business in various foreign countries, and the availability and costssome of our licensed products as well asare based on feature films with planned theatrical launches, given that the COVID-19 pandemic has negatively impacted theaters and delayed movie releases, the portion of our product pricing, maybusiness associated with these films could be negatively affected, by risks associated with international manufacturing and trade, tariffs and foreign currency fluctuations;

particularly during the holiday season;

if we aremay be unable to renew, renegotiate or replaceleverage the flexibility within our existing real estate portfolio to capitalize on future real estate opportunities over the near and intermediate term as our leases come up for renewal, and there may be other costs and risks relating to a brick and mortar retail store leases or enter into leases for new storesmodel such as a lack of available retail store sites on favorable terms or if we violate any of the terms of our current leases, our revenue and profitability could be harmed;

acceptable to us as a result;

consumer interests 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 key products and services;

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 such as the GDPR, the CCPA or the California Privacy Rights Act (if adopted), or expectations, we could be subject to liability as well as damage to our reputation;

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;

we are subject to risks associated with technology and digital operations;

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we may not be able to evolve our store locations over time to align with market trends, successfully diversify our store models and formats 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;

we rely on a few global supply chain vendors to supply substantially all of our merchandise, and significant price increases or any disruption in their ability to deliver merchandise could harm our ability to source products and supply inventory to our stores;

our company-owned distribution center which services the majority of our stores in North America and our third-party distribution center providers used in the western United States and Europe may experience disruptions in their ability to support our stores or may operate inefficiently;

     

our merchandise is manufactured by foreign manufacturers and 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, tariffs and foreign currency fluctuations;

if we are unable to effectively manage our international franchises, attract new franchisees or if the laws relating to our international franchises change, our growth and profitability could be adversely affected and we could be exposed to additional liability;

we may not be able to operate our international corporately-managed locations profitably;

we may fail to renew, register or otherwise protect our trademarks or other intellectual property and may be sued by third parties for infringement or, misappropriation of their proprietary rights, which could be costly, distract our management and personnel and which could 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;

our profitability could be adversely affected by fluctuations in petroleum products prices;

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our business may be adversely impacted at any time by a significant variety of competitive threats;

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 be unsuccessful in acquiring businesses or engaging in othervarious strategic transactions, which may negatively affect our financial condition and profitability;

fluctuations inthe duration of our operating results could reduceplan to not utilize cash to resume share repurchases while we continue to take measure to preserve our cash flow and weposition may be unable to repurchase shares at all or at the times or in the amounts we desire or the results ofnegatively impact our share repurchase program may not be as beneficial as we would like;

financial condition;

fluctuations in our quarterly results of operations could cause the price of our common stock to substantially decline;

the market price of our common stock is subject to volatility, which could in turn attract the interest of activist shareholders; and

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.

 

Overview

 

We are the only global company that offers an interactive “make your own stuffed animal” retail entertainment experience under the Build-A-Bear Workshop brand, in which guests participate in the stuffing, dressing, accessorizing and naming of their own teddy bears and other stuffed animals. As of November 2, 2019,August 1, 2020, we operated 371 had 359 corporately-managed stores globally and had 10478 internationally franchised stores operating internationally under the Build-A-Bear Workshop brand.brand, with select locations temporarily closed due to restrictions brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition to our stores, we sell products on our company-owned e-commerce sites, our franchisees sell through sites that they manage and franchisee sites and throughour third parties sell products on their sites under wholesale agreements.

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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 U.S., Canada, Puerto Rico, the U.K., Ireland, Denmark and China and two e-commerce sites;

 

Commercial – Transactions with other businesses, mainly comprised of wholesale product sales to third-party retailers and licensing our intellectual property, including entertainment properties, for third-party use; and

 

International franchising – Royalties as well as product and fixture sales from other international operations under franchise agreements.

 

Selected financial data attributable to each segment for the thirteen and thirty-ninetwenty-six weeks ended November 2,August 1, 2020 and August 3, 2019 and November 3, 2018 are set forth in the notes to our condensed consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

 

StrategyCOVID-19 Update

Our results of operations for the thirteen and twenty-six weeks ended August 1, 2020, were significantly impacted by the effects of COVID-19, reflected by the 60% fewer operating days in the second quarter driven by the significant impact of temporary store closures. As of August 1, 2020, we had reopened approximately 90% of our corporately-managed store locations, many with shortened hours of operations and lower traffic levels. This drove consumer spending to our e-commerce site, which were fully operational throughout the quarter, and which experienced significant digital demand. We expectembraced this trend and worked to improve consolidated salescapitalize and profit through the following key initiatives:

leverage our investments to become a more digitally-focused organization:

DevelopmentWe accelerated our omni-channel competencies of our experiential"Buy Online, Ship From Store" and "Buy Online, Pick Up In Store" allowing currently operating stores to serve as "mini distribution centers", an efficient shift given the ongoing challenges in traditional retail modeltraffic. Expanded omni-channel allows us to diversify and expandleverage the impact and reachgeographic proximity of our brand: We expect to continue to diversify our real estate portfolio to focus on places where families are increasingly going to shop or going for entertainment. We have been actively identifying and securing more tourist locations through both corporately-managed sites and third-party retail locations. We expect to continue to maintain the high level of lease optionality that we have achieved by planning and leveraging select natural lease events such as lease renewals or terminations. We are also actively working with a large retailer to expand our reach to a broader array of consumers. In addition, we expect to continue to enhance our capabilities and expand our eCommerce offerings to build on our eight consecutive quarters of growth through our web and mobile commerce sites. We believe that there is significant opportunity to develop products to reach key segments including our core family demographicstores as well as gift-giversavailable labor to help fulfill the continuing strong e-commerce demand;

We moved our National Teddy Bear Day event on September 9, 2020, which is a traditionally high traffic store event, to a primarily digital format featuring a live-streaming virtual-store event;
We introduced our new at-home "Party in a Box" offering available online for families that want to celebrate special occasions - from birthdays to thanking the hero in their lives - with a curated product collection that simulates the party activity that had previously been a store-exclusive.
We cancelled our highly popular annual in-store "Pay Your Age" promotion due to COVID-19 and the affinity/collector sector. In addition, we expect to continue to improvereplaced it with our online marketing programs to drive traffic to the site and leverage advanced data analysis capabilities to reduce cart abandonment and increase conversion rates of site traffic. We also expect to increase lifetime value of our Bonus Club loyalty members through enhanced segmentation models and improved marketing communications.first "NO LINE ONLINE Bear Building Sale!" event.

In response to COVID-19, we continued our disciplined expense management and cash preservation across all areas of the business by continuing compensation reductions for all employees including our executive officers, continuing the delay of payment of bonuses and 401(k) contribution plans, and continuing to limit capital expenditures to maintenance levels. During the quarter, the we completed a long-planned corporate reorganization that aligned key functions and leadership roles with our strategic plan allowing us to operate as a leaner simpler organization as a result of attrition and position eliminations.

During the quarter, due to our strong lease flexibility, we renegotiated approximately 95% of the leases within our store lease portfolio resulting in a combination of rent reductions, deferments, and abatements. After these negotiations, the we still maintain strong lease flexibility with over 70% of our leases still coming up for renewal in the next three years. In addition, these negotiations have increased the percentage of our leases with variable rent structures to one-third of our North American fleet, which is intended to increase flexibility in an environment with high sales volatility and provide a natural hedge against potential sales declines.

Our supply chain experienced no significant disruptions during the quarter and we were able to receive deliveries in a timely manner.

As disclosed in the “Liquidity and Capital Resources” section herein, as of August 1, 2020, we had total cash and cash equivalents of $25.3 million and no borrowings under our prior credit agreement. We believe that the above measures we have taken to increase and maintain our liquidity have provided us with sufficient cash flows to operate our business for at least the next 12 months.

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Leverage the power of our brand and intellectual properties to build margin accretive revenue streams: To meet the needs of our core consumer base (girls and boys ages 3 to 12) while systematically building secondary consumer segments (including collectors, gift-givers and teen-plus), we expect to continue to develop and expand offerings of successful intellectual properties balanced with core products and a comprehensive program of key licensed products. We expect to leverage the power of both our Build-A-Bear brand as well as our other intellectual properties to further develop our outbound licensed programs and expand these and other margin accretive revenue streams. We also expect to build the entertainment aspects of our business model as we continue to develop content to connect with consumers beyond our retail stores including Build-A-Bear Radio, online videos and other entertainment opportunities through recently completed deals to increase engagement, improve efficiency and lead to profitable growth.

Long-Term Profitability Improvement: We are focused on improving profitability through the execution of our stated strategies detailed above as well as disciplined expense management and on-going efforts in process and systems upgrades. While we continue to monitor consolidated comparable sales as an important metric in our business, we believe that total revenue growth and profitability improvement are more indicative of the progress in our business initiatives on a go forward basis.

The ultimate health and economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic remains highly uncertain, including the duration and severity of the COVID-19 outbreak, actions taken to contain its spread as well as its impact to consumer discretionary spending and the pace of economic recovery when the pandemic subsides. Therefore, we currently are not able to estimate the full impact of COVID-19 on our financial condition and future results of operations. In the near term, we expect that this situation will have an adverse effect on our reported results for the third fiscal quarter of 2020 and possibly beyond. We will continue to actively monitor the effects of COVID-19 on our business. Imposition of new shelter in place orders or quarantines resulting in periods of store closures, changes in consumer behaviors and reductions of consumer discretionary spending would require us to continue to evaluate our business assumptions and estimates. Such conditions would likely result in lower future net sales and cash flow, which could lead to impairment of our store and other assets, as well as increase the risks associated with excess inventory and bad debt. 

 

Retail Stores:

 

The table below sets forth the number of Build-A-Bear Workshop corporately-managed stores in North America, Europe and Asia for the periods presented:

 

 

Thirty-nine weeks ended

  

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November 2, 2019

  

November 3, 2018

  

August 1, 2020

  

August 3, 2019

 
 

North America

  

Europe

  

Asia

  

Total

  

North America

  

Europe

  

Asia

  

Total

  

North America

  

Europe

  

Asia

  

Total

  

North America

  

Europe

  

Asia

  

Total

 

Beginning of period

  311   59   1   371   294   59   1   354  316   55  1  372  311  59  1  371 

Opened

  16   1   -   17   27   1   -   28  1  - - 1 - - - - 

Closed

  (12)  (5)  -   (17)  (9)  (2)  -   (11)  (10)  (4)  -  (14)  (7)  (4)  -  (11)

End of period

  315   55   1   371   312   58   1   371   307   51   1   359   304   55   1   360 

 

During 2019, we will continue to make improvements to our aged store fleet by leveraging the Discovery format in conjunction with select natural lease events. As of November 2, 2019, 38%August 1, 2020, 40% of our store base was in an updated Discovery design.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. Current plansThe 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 traditional malls.

 

International Franchise Stores:

 

Our first franchisee location was opened in November 2003. All franchised stores have similar signage, store layout, merchandise characteristics and guest experience as our corporately-managed stores. As of November 2, 2019,August 1, 2020, we had nine master franchise agreements, which typically grant franchise rights for a particular country or group of countries, covering an aggregate of 13 countries.

 

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

 

  

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  November 2, 2019  November 3, 2018 

Beginning of period

  97   100 

Opened

  28   11 

Closed

  (21)  (17)

End of period

  104   94 

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  August 1, 2020  August 3, 2019 

Beginning of period

  92   97 
Opened  4   16 
Closed  (18)  (18)

End of period

  78   95 

 

As of August 1, 2020, 62 franchised stores were operating and 16 remained temporarily closed due to COVID-19. In the ordinary course of business, we anticipate signing additional master franchise agreements in the future and terminating other such agreements. We believe there is a total market potential for approximately 300 international stores outside of the United States,U.S., Canada, the U.K., Ireland and Denmark. We continuesource fixtures and other supplies for our franchisees from China which significantly reduces the capital and lowers the expenses required to expect franchisees to leverage theopen franchises. We are leveraging new formats that have been developed for our corporately-managed operationslocations such as concourses and sourcing changes that have significantly reduced the capital and expenses required to open stores. We expect to continue to develop market expansion through both new and existingshop-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 2,

  

November 3,

  

November 2,

  

November 3,

 
  

2019

  

2018

  

2019

  

2018

 

Revenues:

                

Net retail sales

  94.6%  95.0%  95.3%  96.9%

Commercial revenue

  3.6   3.2   3.6   1.8 

International franchising

  1.8   1.8   1.1   1.3 

Total revenues

  100   100   100.0   100.0 
                 

Costs and expenses:

                

Cost of merchandise sold - retail (1)

  60.5   64.5   56.9   58.9 

Cost of merchandise sold - commercial (1)

  55.2   35.6   45.7   43.4 

Cost of merchandise sold - international franchising (1)

  77.0   59.7   92.4   54.1 

Total cost of merchandise sold

  60.6   63.5   56.9   58.5 

Consolidated gross profit

  39.4   36.5   43.1   41.5 

Selling, general and administrative

  50.3   51.1   45.7   46.5 

Interest expense (income), net

  0.0   (0.0)  0.0   0.0 

Loss before income taxes

  (10.9)  (14.5)  (2.6)  (5.1)

Income tax benefit

  (2.6)  (5.7)  (0.1)  (1.9)

Net loss

  (8.3)  (8.8)  (2.5)  (3.2)
                 
Retail Gross Margin (2)  39.5%  35.5%  43.1%  41.1%

  

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August 1,

  

August 3,

  

August 1,

  

August 3,

 
  

2020

  

2019

  

2020

  

2019

 

Revenues:

                

Net retail sales

  97.5%  95.0%  97.7%  95.5%

Commercial revenue

  2.1   4.0   1.4   3.7 

International franchising

  0.4   1.0   0.9   0.8 

Total revenues

  100.0   100.0   100.0   100.0 
                 

Costs and expenses:

                

Cost of merchandise sold - retail (1)

  76.9   55.9   74.8   55.3 

Store asset impairment

  5.2   0.0   8.1   0.0 

Cost of merchandise sold - commercial (1)

  44.7   37.9   44.0   41.6 

Cost of merchandise sold - international franchising (1)

  87.2   125.9   48.5   106.5 

Total cost of merchandise sold

  81.3   55.9   82.1   55.2 

Consolidated gross profit

  18.7   44.2   17.9   44.8 

Selling, general and administrative

  53.3   45.1   55.5   43.7 

Interest (income) expense, net

  0.0   (0.0)  0.0   0.0 

(Loss) income before income taxes

  (34.7)  (0.9)  (37.5)  1.0 

Income tax (benefit)/expense

  (0.2)  0.6   2.8   1.0 

Net (loss) income

  (34.5)  (1.5)  (40.4)  (0.0)
                 

Retail Gross Margin (2)

  23.1%  44.1%  25.2%  44.7%

 

(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 net retail sales.commercial revenue. Cost of merchandise sold – commercialinternational franchising is expressed as a percentage of commercialinternational franchising revenue. Cost

(2)

Retail gross margin represents net retail sales less cost of merchandise sold – international franchising is expressed as a percentage of international franchising revenue.

(2)

Retail- retail; retail gross margin percentage represents net retail sales less cost of merchandise sold - retail; retail gross margin percentage represents retail gross margin divided by net retail sales.

 

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Total revenues. Consolidated revenues decreased  49.1%, in cluding a 48.9%  decrease  in North America, a 49.6% decrease in Europe, partially offset by a triple digit increase in consolidated e-commerce sales. 
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Total revenues. Consolidated revenues increased 2.5%, including a 1.9% increase in North America, a 0.2% decrease in Europe, and a double digit increase in consolidated e-commerce sales. 

Net retail sales for the thirteen weeks ended November 2, 2019August 1, 2020 were $66.6  $39.3 million, compared to $65.3$75.2 million for the thirteen weeks ended NovemberAugust 3, 2018,2019,increasedecrease of $1.3$35.9 million, or 2.0%.47.7% compared to the prior year period. The components of this increasedecrease are as follows (dollars in millions):

 

 

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Thirteen weeks ended

 
 

November 2, 2019

  

August 1, 2020

 
Impact from:       
Existing store and e-commerce sales $1.4  $(33,767)
New stores  2.1  513 
Store closures  (1.8) (1,654)
Gift card breakage (523)
Foreign currency translation  (0.5) (219)

Deferred revenue estimates, including breakage

  0.1 
 1.3 
Deferred revenue estimates  (227)

Total Change

 $(35,877)

 

The retail revenue increasedecrease was driven primarily by strong e-commerce growth and new shop-in-shops at select Walmartthe result of the continued temporary closure of our corporately-managed store locations which started in comparisonthe first quarter. These locations slowly reopened as the second quarter progressed, resulting in less overall operating days compared to the same period in the prior year third quarter.year.

 

Commercial revenue was $2.6$0.9 million for the thirteen weeks ended November 2, 2019August 1, 2020 compared to $2.2$3.2 million for the thirteen weeks ended NovemberAugust 3, 2018.2019. The $0.4$2.3 million increase includes wholesale merchandise and furniture/fixturedecrease is the result of decreased sales and outbound licensing fees, reflectingvolume from our commercial customers as a result of COVID-19, which we believe is principally because the resultsthird-party retail locations serviced by our commercial customers were either closed or operated under restrictions for a portion or all of our efforts to evolve the business model beyond traditional retail.second quarter.

 

International franchising revenue was $1.2$0.1 million for the thirteen weeks ended November 2, 2019August 1, 2020 compared to $1.2$0.8 million for the thirteen weeks ended NovemberAugust 3, 2018.2019. The $0.7 million decrease is primarily due to closures of franchise locations due to the COVID-19 pandemic and a reduction in new store openings resulting in a lack of inventory and fixture purposes to support these openings.

 

Retail gross margin. Retail gross margin dollars increased $3.1decreased $24.1 million to $26.3$9.1 million compared to the thirteen weeks ended NovemberAugust 3, 2018.2019. The retail gross margin rate increased 400decreased 2,099 basis points to 39.5% mainlyprimarily driven by fixed occupancy costs recorded through the end of the second quarter despite temporary store closures beginning on March 18, 2020, increased warehouse and distribution costs, both partially offset by an increase in merchandise margin expansionmargin.

Impairment of long-live assets, including right-of-use assets. As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, we experienced lower than projected revenues and leverageidentified indicators of impairment for our store fleet. We performed an undiscounted future cash flow analysis over the long-lived assets and right-of-use assets for the remaining useful life of the assets and determined that certain stores had long-lived and right-of-use assets with carrying values that exceeded their estimated undiscounted future cash flows. We estimated fair values of these long-lived assets based on occupancy costs.our discounted future cash flows or market rent assessments. Our analysis indicated that the carrying values of our long-lived assets exceeded their respective fair values. As a result, we recognized an impairment charge of $2.1 million for the thirteen weeks ended August 1, 2020. with approximately $1.2 million for right-of-use operating lease assets and $0.9 million for fixed assets including leasehold improvements, fixtures, furniture and fixtures, machinery and equipment, and construction-in-progress. These charges are recorded in Store asset impairment within the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations and Comprehensive (Loss) Income for the respective periods. These impairment charges were primarily driven by lower than projected revenues and the effect of store closures as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The majority of the impairment was recorded for assets associated with stores in North America. For the thirteen weeks ended August 3, 2019, we recorded no impairment charges.

 

Selling, general and administrative. Selling, general and administrative expenses were $35.4$21.5 million for the thirteen weeks ended November 2, 2019, an increaseAugust 1, 2020, a decrease of $0.3$14.2 million compared to the thirteen weeks ended NovemberAugust 3, 2018. Cost savings in advertising2019. The decline was primarily due to lower labor costs resulting from temporary store closures and foreign currency gains were offset by an increase in accrued incentive compensation.employee furloughs due to the COVID-19 pandemic, salary reductions, position eliminations, and reduced marketing costs.

 

Interest (income) expense, (income), net. Interest expense was $7,500$7,000 for the thirteen weeks ended November 2, 2019August 1, 2020 compared to interest income of $16,000 for$7,000 for the thirteen weeks ended NovemberAugust 3, 20182019.


 

Benefit/Provision for income taxes. The incomeIncome tax provision was a benefit was $1.8of less than $0.1 million with a tax rate of 23.7%0.5% for the thirteen weeks ended November 2, 2019August 1, 2020 as compared to a benefitincome tax expense of $3.9$0.5 million with a tax rate of 39.3%-65.1% for the thirteen weeks ended NovemberAugust 3, 2018.2019.  In the second quarter of fiscal 2018,2020, the effective tax rate differed from the statutory rate of 21% primarily due to no tax benefit being recorded on the jurisdictional mix of earnings.

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Thirty-nine weeks ended November 2, 2019 compared to thirty-nine weeks ended November 3, 2018

Total revenues. Consolidated revenues decreased 0.5%, includingcurrent period pretax loss as a 0.3% increase in North America, a 6.8% decrease in Europe, and a double digit increase in consolidated e-commerce sales. We believe that European results continue to reflect the impact of the ongoing uncertainty surrounding Brexit, as well as the May 2018 implementation of new privacy laws, which severely inhibited the Company’s ability to directly market to guests.

Net retail sales for the thirty-nine weeks ended November 2, 2019 were $222.8 million, compared to $227.8 million for the thirty-nine weeks ended November 3, 2018, a decrease of $4.9 million or 2.2%. The components of this decrease are as follows (dollars in millions):
  

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November 2, 2019

 
Impact from:    
Existing store and e-commerce sales $(6.7)
New stores  8.1 
Store closures  (5.3)
Foreign currency translation  (2.0)

Deferred revenue estimates, including breakage

  1.0 
  (4.9)

The retail business in the U.K. continues to be impacted due to a challenging retail environment brought on by Brexit and the May 2018 implementation of new privacy laws that have significantly inhibited our ability to build our contact database and market directly to our guests. In addition, the upcoming election and January Brexit deadline may cause additional uncertainty. As a part of our focused effort to mitigate some of the issues in the market, we recently implemented a new technology-based Bonus Club enrollment process that is compliant with the new European privacy regulations. Since then, we have seen significant growth in the opt-in rates of Bonus Club members which we believe will benefit the business on a go-forward basis.

Commercial revenue was $8.5 million for the thirty-nine weeks ended November 2, 2019 compared to $4.2 million for the thirty-nine weeks ended November 3, 2018. The $4.3 million increase includes wholesale merchandise and furniture/fixture sales and outbound licensing fees, reflecting the results of our efforts to evolve the business model beyond traditional retail.

International franchising revenue was $2.6 million for the thirty-nine weeks ended November 2, 2019 compared to $3.1 million for the thirty-nine weeks ended November 3, 2018. The $0.5 million decrease was driven mainly by the decline in franchise store sales and timing of fixture sales for new store openings.

Retail gross margin. Retail gross margin dollars increased $2.5 million to $96.1 million compared to the thirty-nine weeks ended November 3, 2018. The retail gross margin rate increased 200 basis points to 43.1% mainly driven by merchandise margin expansion and leverage on occupancy costs.

Selling, general and administrative. Selling, general and administrative expenses were $106.9 million for the thirty-nine weeks ended November 2, 2019, a decline of $2.4 million compared to the thirty-nine weeks ended November 3, 2018. The decrease was driven by a decrease in advertising and continued disciplined expense management and focus on controllable spend offset by an increase in accrued incentive compensation.

Interest expense (income), net. Interest expense was $21,000 for the thirty-nine weeks ended November 2, 2019 compared to $5,000 for the thirty-nine weeks ended November 3, 2018.

Provision for income taxes. The income tax provision was a benefit of $0.1 million with a tax rate of 2.1% for the thirty-nine weeks ended November 2, 2019, as compared to a benefit of $4.4 million with a tax rate of 36.8% for the thirty-nine weeks ended November 3, 2018 .full valuation allowance has now been recorded globally.  In the first thirty-nine weekssecond quarter of fiscal 2019,, the effective tax rate differed from the statutory rate of 21% primarily due to the valuation allowance being recorded in certain foreign loss jurisdictionscompanies.

Twenty-six weeks ended August 1, 2020 compared to twenty-six weeks ended August 3, 2019

Total revenues. Consolidated revenues decreased 46.8%, including a 47.2% decrease in North America and a 44.0% decrease in Europe, offset by a triple digit increase in consolidated e-commerce sales. 

Net retail sales for the twenty-six weeks ended August 1, 2020 were $85.0 million, compared to $156.3 million for the twenty-six weeks ended August 3, 2019, a decrease of $71.3 million, or 45.6%. The components of this decrease are as follows (dollars in millions):

  

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Impact from:

    

Existing store and e-commerce sales

 $(66,280)

New stores

  1,219 

Store closures

  (3,966)
Gift card breakage  (1,174)

Foreign currency translation

  (742)

Deferred revenue estimates

  (335)

Total Change

 $(71,278)

The retail revenue decrease was the result of the closure of all of our corporately managed stores beginning on March 18, 2020 with reopenings occurring throughout the second quarter resulting in less operating days over the first half of the fiscal year compared to the same period in prior year..

Commercial revenue was $1.2 million for the twenty-six weeks ended August 1, 2020 compared to $5.9 million for the twenty-six weeks ended August 3, 2019. The $4.7 million decrease is the result of decreased sales volume from our commercial customers as a result of COVID-19, which we believe is principally because the third-party retail locations serviced by our commercial customers were either closed or operated under restrictions for a portion of the first half of the fiscal year.

International franchising revenue was $0.8 million for the twenty-six weeks ended August 1, 2020 compared to $1.4 million for the twenty-six weeks ended August 3, 2019. The $0.6 million decrease is primarily due to closures of franchise locations due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Retail gross margin. Retail gross margin dollars decreased $48.4 million to $21.4 million compared to the twenty-six weeks ended August 3, 2019. The retail gross margin rate decreased 1,950 basis points primarily driven by fixed occupancy costs recorded during the year despite store closures as well as a deleverage of warehouse and distribution costs.

Impairment of long-live assets, including right-of-use assets. As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, we experienced lower than projected revenues and identified indicators of impairment for our store fleet. We performed undiscounted future cash flow analysis over the long-lived assets and right-of-use assets for the remaining useful life of the asset and determined that certain stores had long-lived and right-of-use assets with carrying values that exceeded their estimated undiscounted future cash flows. We estimated fair values of these long-lived assets based on our discounted future cash flows or market rent assessments. Our analysis indicated that the carrying values of our long-lived assets exceeded their respective fair values. For the twenty-six weeks ended August 1, 2020 we recognized impairment charges totaling $6.9 million, with approximately $3.6 million for right-of-use operating lease assets and $3.3 million for fixed assets including leasehold improvements, fixtures, furniture and fixtures, machinery and equipment, and construction-in-progress. These charges are recorded in Store asset impairment within the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations and Comprehensive (Loss) Income for the respective periods. These impairment charges were primarily driven by lower than projected revenues and the $0.2effect of temporary store closures

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as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The majority of the impairment was recorded for assets associated with stores in North America. For the twenty-six weeks ended August 3, 2019, impairment charges of $5.9 million negativeon right-of-use assets were recorded into retained earnings as a result of the adoption of ASC 842 Leases.

Selling, general and administrative. Selling, general and administrative expenses were $48.2 million for the twenty-six weeks ended August 1, 2020, a decrease of $23.3 million compared to the twenty-six weeks ended August 3, 2019. The decline was primarily due to lower labor costs resulting from temporary store closures, salary reductions and employee furloughs due to the COVID-19 pandemic, a corporate reorganization as well as a decrease in marketing spend and variable sales fees.

Interest (income) expense, net. Interest income was $4,000 for the twenty-six weeks ended August 1, 2020 compared to interest expense of $14,000 for the twenty-six weeks ended August 3, 2019.

Benefit/Provision for income taxes. Income tax impactexpense was $2.5 million with a tax rate of equity awards.-7.5% for the twenty-six weeks ended August 1, 2020 as compared to income tax expense of $1.7 million with a tax rate of 101.7% for the twenty-six weeks ended August 3, 2019. In the first thirty-nine weekshalf of fiscal 2018,2020, the effective tax rate differed from the statutory rate of 21% primarily due to no tax benefit being recorded on the current period pretax loss as a full valuation allowance has now been recorded globally. In addition, the first half of fiscal 2020 was impacted by the $3.3 million valuation allowance recorded on the beginning balance of the net deferred tax assets in certain jurisdictions. In the first half of fiscal 2019, the effective tax rate differed from the statutory rate of 21% primarily due to the jurisdictional mixvaluation allowance being recorded in certain foreign loss companies and the $0.2 million tax impact of earnings.equity awards vesting.

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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 (including as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and tariffs) and consumer spending patterns; (2) changes in store operations due to our continuing assessment of and response to the COVID-19 pandemic apart from its effect on the general economy, including temporary store closures or additional social distancing and sanitation practices recommended by federal, state or local authorities; (3) increases or decreases in our existing store and e-commerce sales; (3)(4) fluctuations in the profitability of our stores; (4)(5) the timing and frequency of the sales of licensed products tied to major theatrical releases, our marketing initiatives, including national media and other public relations events; (5)(6) changes in foreign currency exchange rates; (6)(7) the timing of ournew store openings, closings, relocations and closingsremodeling and related expenses; (7)(8) changes in consumer preferences; (8)(9) the effectiveness of our inventory management; (9)(10) the actions of our competitors or mall anchors and co-tenants; (10)(11) seasonal shopping patterns and holiday and vacation schedules; (12) disruptions in store operations due to civil unrest; and (11)(13) weather conditions.

 

The timing of store closures, relocations, remodels and openings (and reopenings) 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 have toy products which have sales that historically peak in relation to the holiday season as part of our revenue model, our sales are 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. We are also unable to assess whether the COVID-19 pandemic will significantly affect this trend during the upcoming holiday season. 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. For example, the 2014 fiscal fourth quarter had 14 weeks and the fiscal year transition period ended February 3, 2018 had five weeks.

 

Liquidity and Capital Resources

 

OurAs of August 1, 2020, we had a consolidated cash balance of $25.3 million and approximately 82% of this balance was domiciled within the United States. Historically, our cash requirements arehave been primarily for the relocation and remodeling of existing stores in our new design, opening of new stores, investments in information technology infrastructure and working capital. Over the past several years, we have met these requirements through capital generated from cash flow provided by operations. We have access to additional cash through our revolving line of credit that has been in place since 2000.

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

  

Thirty-nine weeks ended

 
  

November 2,

  

November 3,

 
  

2019

  

2018

 

Net cash used in operating activities

 $(1,563) $(9,027)

Net cash used in investing activities

  (10,099)  (8,769)

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities

  (245)  5,189 

Effect of exchange rates on cash

  180   (261)

Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents

 $(11,727) $(12,868)

Operating Activities. Cash provided from operating activities decreased $7.4 million for the thirty-nine weeks ended November 2, 2019, as compared to the thirty-nine weeks ended November 3, 2018. This decrease in cash from operating activities was primarily driven by an increase in inventory over last year to support upcoming product launches in conjunction with the decision to bring in inventory early in response to anticipated increases in tariffs. This decrease was offset by the increase in profitability, receivable collections, and the realization of prepaid expenses.

Investing Activities. Cash used in investing activities increased $1.3 million for the thirty-nine weeks ended November 2, 2019 as compared to the thirty-nine weeks ended November 3, 2018. This increase in cash from investing activities was primarily driven by cash used to open additional shop-in-shops within select Walmart stores.

 

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Financing Activities. Cash used in financing activities increased $5.4 million for the thirty-nine weeks ended November 2, 2019, as compared to the thirty-nine weeks ended November 3, 2018. This decrease in cash from financing activities was primarily driven by the draw on the credit line during the same period prior year that did not occur during the current year.

Capital Resources: As of November 2, 2019, we had a consolidated cash balance of $6.2 million and approximately 42% of this balance was domiciled within the United States. We also have a line of credit which we can use to finance capital expenditures and working capital needs throughout the year. On September 11, 2019,August 25, 2020, we entered into the twentieth amendment to this credita Revolving Credit and Security Agreement with PNC Bank, National Association, as agent. The agreement with our lender. Under the twentieth amendment, the bank line provides availabilityfor a senior secured revolving loan in aggregate principal amount of up to $20.0 million.$25,000,000 (subject to a borrowing base formula), which may be increased with the consent of the lenders by an amount not to exceed $25,000,000. Borrowings under the credit agreement are secured by our assets and a pledge of 66% of our ownership interest in certain of our foreign subsidiaries. The credit agreement expires on December 31, 2020 and contains various restrictions on indebtedness, liens, guarantees, redemptions, mergers, acquisitions or sale of assets, loans, transactions with affiliates and investments. The agreement limits the conditions under which the Company may declare dividends and repurchase shares. For example, we may not use the proceeds of the line of credit to repurchase shares. The commitment fee is 0.25% per annum and borrowings bear interest at (a) a base rate determined under the agreement, or (b) the borrower's option, at a rate based on LIBOR, plus 3.25%. Financialin either case a margin based on average undrawn availability as determined in accordance with the agreement. The agreement matures on August 25, 2025 (unless terminated earlier in accordance with its terms) and requires compliance with conditions precedent that must be satisfied prior to any borrowing. The agreement also contains various representations, warranties and covenants include maintaining minimum thresholdsthat we consider customary for cumulative earnings before interest, depreciation and amortization (“EBITDA”) foran asset-based credit facility. The agreement requires us to comply with one financial covenant, specifically, that we maintain availability (as determined in accordance with the third quarter of fiscal 2019 (as defined by the credit agreement), maintaining minimum liquidity at all times equal to or greater than the greater of (a) 12.5% of the loan cap and (b) $3,125,000 (subject to increase upon exercise of the increase option). The “loan cap” is the lesser of (1) $25,000,000 less the outstanding amount of loans and letters of credit under the agreement and (2) the borrowing base from time to time under the agreement.The agreement also contains various information and reporting requirements and provides for various fees customary for an asset-based lending facility. We anticipate the annual costs of maintaining the agreement, including interest and fees, will be between $500,000 and $600,000.  The agreement contains customary events of default, including without limitation events of default based on payment obligations, material inaccuracies of representations and warranties, covenant defaults, final judgments and orders, unenforceability of the agreement, material ERISA events, change in control, insolvency proceedings, and defaults under certain other obligations.

An event of default may cause the applicable interest rate and fees to increase by 2% until such event of default has been cured, waived, or amended. The agreement contains typical negative covenants, including, among other things, that the borrower will not incur indebtedness except for permitted indebtedness or make any investments except for permitted investments, declare dividends or repurchase its stock except as permitted, acquire any subsidiaries except in connection with a minimum fixed charge coverage ratio effective inpermitted acquisition, or merge or consolidate with any other entity or acquire all or substantially all of the fourth quarterassets of fiscal 2019 (as defined inany other company outside the ordinary course of business.

At the closing date of the credit agreement) and not exceeding a maximum funded debt to EBITDA ratioagreement, we had no outstanding indebtedness under the Credit Agreement. An aggregate of slightly more than $10 million was available for borrowing under the agreement as of the endclosing date.

Additionally, on August 25, 2020, upon execution of the fourth quarteragreement with PNC Bank, we terminated our existing bank credit line with U.S. Bank, under the Fourth Amended and Restated Loan Agreement, as amended as of fiscal 2019 (as definedMay 28, 2020. The former agreement with U.S. Bank provided for a maximum borrowing capacity of up to $10,000,000, subject to compliance with certain financial tests. The former credit agreement would have matured on September 30, 2020. At the time of termination, we did not have any outstanding borrowings under the agreement with U.S. Bank and was in compliance with the amended covenants set forth in the former credit agreement). The Company has aagreement. Our outstanding $1.0 million letter of credit against the line of credit at the end of the third quarter of fiscal 2019. As of the end of the third quarter of fiscal 2019: (i) we were in compliance with all covenants; (ii) there were no borrowings under the line of credit; and (iii) there was $19.0 million available for borrowing under the line of credit.agreement with U.S. Bank will remain outstanding subject to cash collateralization provided by us to U.S. Bank.

 

In fiscal 2019,addition to the foregoing, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, we expecthave taken other actions to spend a total of $12 to $14 million on capital expenditures. Capital spending through the thirty-nine weeks ended November 2, 2019 totaled $10.1 million, on trackpreserve and fortify our liquidity, including reducing and deferring various operating and other expenses, temporarily furloughing employees, position eliminations, or reducing employee salaries, engaging in discussions with our full year plans. Capital spendinglandlords to negotiate better lease terms, reducing planned capital expenditures, and entering into a new revolving credit facility. In addition, we do not plan to utilize our cash to repurchase shares in fiscal 20192020 in order to preserve our cash position. Our ability to repurchase shares is expected to primarily supportlimited by conditions set forth by our store activity, including both new stores and remodels, and investmentslender in information technology infrastructure.

our credit agreement, as described above. We believe that the above measures taken to increase and maintain our liquidity, including the new revolving credit agreement, together with cash generated from operations and borrowings under our credit agreement will be sufficient to fund our working capital and other cash flow requirements for at least the near future.next 12 months. We continue to explore other options to access alternative liquidity sources which may include various government assistance programs and monetization of existing assets, and we will continue to consider other actions to improve our cash position, including but not limited to implementing further Selling, general and administrative expense reductions and foregoing or delaying capital expenditures.

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

  

Twenty-six weeks ended

 
  

August 1,

  

August 3,

 
  

2020

  

2019

 

Net cash provided by operating activities

 $1,910  $1,349 

Net cash used in investing activities

  (3,378)  (4,945)

Net cash used in financing activities

  (114)  (244)

Effect of exchange rates on cash

  123   850 
Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents $(1,459) $(2,990)

Operating Activities. Cash provided by operating activities increased $0.6 million for the twenty-six weeks ended August 1, 2020, as compared to the twenty-six weeks ended August 3, 2019. This increase in cash from operating activities was primarily driven by a focus on working capital management resulting in less inventory purchases compared to the same period in the prior year, reduced marketing spend and the temporary extension of payment terms with vendors and landlords.

Investing Activities. Cash used in investing activities decreased $1.6 million for the twenty-six weeks ended August 1, 2020 as compared to the twenty-six weeks ended August 3, 2019. This decrease in cash from investing activities was primarily driven by reductions in planned capital expenditure as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Financing Activities. Cash used in financing activities decreased $0.1 million for the twenty-six weeks ended August 1, 2020, as compared to the twenty-six weeks ended August 3, 2019. This decrease in cash from financing activities was driven by less stock-based compensation vesting year-to-date in fiscal 2020 compared the same period in prior year resulting in the need for less shares withheld for taxes.

Capital Resources: As noted above, as of August 1, 2020, we had a consolidated cash balance of $25.3 million and approximately 82% of this balance was domiciled within the United States. On August 25, 2020, Build-A-Bear Workshop, Inc. entered into a Revolving Credit and Security Agreement with PNC Bank, National Association, as agent, unlocking additional capital resources for our use . Refer to foregoing sections for further discussion of this new facility.

Most of our retail stores are located within shopping malls and all are operated under leases classified as operating leases. Our credit agreement expiresleases in North America have shifted to shorter term leases to provide flexibility in aligning stores with market trends. 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 new 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 before the end of its initial 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 December 31, 2020.various matters, including rights of termination in some cases. Rents are invoiced monthly and paid in advance.

Our leases in the U.K. and Ireland typically have terms of ten years and generally contain a provision whereby every fifth year the rental rate can be adjusted to reflect the current market rates. The leases typically provide the lessee with the first right for renewal at the end of the lease. Real estate taxes also change according to government time schedules to reflect current market rental rates for the locations we lease. However, for fiscal 2020, business rates have been forgiven by the U.K. government through March 2021. Rents are invoiced monthly or quarterly and paid in advance.

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Capital spending through the twenty-six weeks ended August 1, 2020 totaled $3.4 million, which reflects previously committed investments in infrastructure to support our digital initiatives. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, we have reduced future planned capital expenditures in fiscal 2020 to maintenance levels.

 

In August 2017, our Board of Directors adopted a share repurchase program authorizing the repurchase of up to $20 million of our common stock. From the date of the program approval through November 2, 2019,August 1, 2020, we repurchased a total of 1.3 million shares at an average price of $8.75 per share for an aggregate amount of $11.2 million. As of November 2, 2019,Although we had $8.8 million of availability under the 2017 Share Repurchase Program. HoweverProgram as of May 2, 2020, currently we do not plan to utilize our cash to resume share repurchases in fiscal 2020. In addition, our ability to repurchase shares is limited by conditions set forth by our lender in our credit agreement.agreement, as described above.

 

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

 

None.

 

Inflation

 

We do not believe that inflation has had a material adverse impact on our business or operating results during the periods presented. We cannot provide assurance, however, that our business will not be affected by inflation in the future.

 

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 application of accounting policies, and the estimates inherently required therein, are reasonable. These accounting policies and estimates, including those related to inventory, 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.

 

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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, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on April 18, 2019,16, 2020, which includes audited consolidated financial statements for our 2019 and 2018 and 2017 fiscal years and the five weeks ended February 3, 2018. Except for changes resulting from the adoption of new accounting standards during the period, including the new lease standard (See footnote 3 to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements), thereyears. There have been no material changes to the critical accounting estimates disclosed in the 20182019 Form 10-K. 

 

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

 

See Note 1 to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements — Basis of Presentation — Recent Accounting Pronouncements – Adopted in the Current Year

 

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 Report on Form 10-K for the year ended February 2, 20191, 2020 as filed with the SEC on April 18, 2019.16, 2020.

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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 2, 2019,August 1, 2020, 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 the 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 hashave been no changes in our internal control over financial reporting during the quarter covered by this report that has materially affected, or is reasonably 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 Report on Form 10-K for the year ended February 2, 20191, 2020 as filed with the SEC on April 18, 2019.16, 2020.

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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)  (c) Total Number of Shares (or Units) Purchased as Part of Publicly Announced Plans or Programs (2)  (d) Maximum Number (or Approximate Dollar Value) of Shares (or Units) that May Yet Be Purchased Under the Plans or Programs (2) 

Aug. 4, 2019 - Aug. 31, 2019

  -   -   -  $8,795,529 

Sept. 1, 2019 - Oct. 5, 2019

  31   3.12   -   8,795,529 

Oct. 6, 2019 - Nov. 2, 2019

  99   3.82   -   8,795,529 

Total

  130  $3.65   -  $8,795,529 

Period

(a) Total Number of Shares (or Units) Purchased (1)(b) Average Price Paid Per Share (or Unit)(c) Total Number of Shares (or Units) Purchased as Part of Publicly Announced Plans or Programs (2)(d) Maximum Number (or Approximate Dollar Value) of Shares (or Units) that May Yet Be Purchased Under the Plans or Programs (2)
May 3, 2020 - May 30, 2020---$8,795,529
May 31, 2020 - July 4, 2020---8,795,529
July 5, 2020 - Aug. 1, 2020---8,795,529
Total---$8,795,529

 

(1)

Represents 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. 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 delivered to us in satisfaction ofon the tax withholding obligation of holders of restricted shares which vested duringdate the quarter. 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 transaction occurs.

(2)

In August 2017, the Board of Directors adopted a share repurchase program authorizing the repurchase of up to $20 million of our common stock. This program authorizes the Company to repurchase shares through September 30, 2020, 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. Although we had $8.8 million of availability under this program as of May 2, 2020, we do not plan to utilize our cash to resume share repurchases in fiscal 2020.  In addition, our ability to repurchase shares is limited by conditions set forth by our lender in our credit agreement, as described above.

 

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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 February 23, 2016 (incorporated by reference from Exhibit 3.1 of our Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on February 24, 2016)

 

 

 

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 Twentieth Amendment to Loan Documents betweenRevolving Credit and Security Agreement dated as of August 25, 2020 among the Company and Build-A-Bear Workshop,Retail Management, Inc., as borrowers; Build-A-Bear Workshop Franchise Holdings, Inc., Build-A-Bear Entertainment, LLC, Build-A-Bear Retail Management, Inc., and Build-A-Bear Card Services LLC and Build-A-Bear Workshop Canada, Ltd., as Borrowers,guarantors; the lenders party thereto; and U.S.PNC Bank, National Association, as Lender, entered into effective as of September 11, 2019agent for lenders (incorporated by reference from Exhibit 10.1 toof our Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on September 11, 2019)August 31, 2020).
10.2Build-A-Bear Workshop, Inc. 2020 Omnibus Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference from Exhibit 101 of our Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on June 12, 2020)
   

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

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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

104Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101)

* Management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement.

 

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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 12, 2019September 10, 2020

 

 

 

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/ Sharon JohnVoin Todorovic

 

 

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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