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Compensation Brief
Fiscal year 2025 · Filings through 2026-06-12

BUILD-A-BEAR Workshop (BBW)

Fiscal year 2025 executive and director compensation, incentive-plan design, equity activity, and governance — every figure in this brief is traceable to its exact location in the company’s SEC filing — the document, the section, the page, and the table, linked directly.

$3,396,235
Sharon John total, FY2025
25th
CEO pay percentile vs peers
CEO-to-median pay ratio
94.65%
Say-on-pay support, latest vote
Companies that benchmark against BBW
No companies currently name BBW as a compensation peer in their most recent disclosure.

This is the complete answer, not a partial one — the list is never padded.

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Summary Compensation Table — fiscal year 2025

Named executive officerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension / NQDCAll otherTotal
Sharon John$807,869$0$1,580,077$0$968,536$0$39,753$3,396,235
President and Chief Executive Officer
Voin Todorovic491,7770450,0210333,241026,9401,301,978
Chief Financial Officer
J. Christopher Hurt491,8770450,0210333,308025,0741,300,280
Chief Operations Officer
David Henderson481,9420450,0210325,318019,4671,276,747
Chief Revenue Officer
Yevgeny Fundler168,2690172,9750116,21301,182458,639
Chief Legal Officer and Secretary
Eric Fencl345,2860000014,770360,056
Former Chief Administrative Officer, General Counsel and Secretary

A dash means the company reported no figure in that column; 0 means it reported zero. Figures are as printed in the filing, without adjustment.

Three-year trend — total compensation per named executive

Named executive officerFY2025 totalFY2024 totalFY2023 totalΔ FY20242025
Sharon John$3,396,235
Voin Todorovic1,301,978
J. Christopher Hurt1,300,280
David Henderson1,276,747
Yevgeny Fundler458,639
Eric Fencl360,056

Prior-year totals as disclosed in the corresponding proxy; deltas are computed values with the derivation shown in the register.

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Equity transactions since the proxy statement was filed

No insider equity transactions reported since the proxy statement.

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Say-on-pay — recent advisory votes

Meeting yearMeeting dateForAgainstAbstainSupportOutcome
20262026-06-116,440,665364,143134,71694.65%Passed
20252025-06-127,536,532780,012311,52890.62%Passed
20242024-06-137,456,334648,440288,08392%Passed
20232023-06-088,630,521129,358312,75898.52%Passed
20222022-06-096,304,6422,819,973752,10569.09%Passed
20212021-06-106,038,498866,2592,059,59287.45%Passed

Rows are labeled by annual-meeting year, with the meeting date beside each; the vote held in a given year acts on the prior fiscal year's compensation.

Say-on-pay — history, company's computation

Meeting yearMeeting dateApproval — company's computation
20262026-06-1194.65%a
20252025-06-1290.62%b
20242024-06-1392%c

a. Voting standard not stated in the filing.

b. Voting standard not stated in the filing.

c. Voting standard not stated in the filing.

Approval percentages are the company's own reported computations under its own stated standard, not recomputed by Velarion. Where a company does not state a standard, none is assumed.

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Board fee structure and ownership guideline

Annual cash retainer$50,000
Annual equity retainer$90,000
Per board meeting fee
Committee chair fees (audit / comp / nom-gov)20,000 / 14,000 / 12,000
Stock ownership guideline$250,000
10b

Chief executive pay against the peer group

Most recent fiscal-year chief executive compensation at each disclosed peer, taken from that company's own proxy statement.

RankCompanyFYChief executiveSalaryStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentiveTotal
1BUILD-A-BEAR Workshop2025Sharon John$807,869$1,580,077$0$968,536$3,396,235

Each peer's compensation is from its most recently filed proxy; fiscal years differ by company. Each peer's figures come from its own filings; the subject company is highlighted. Peers whose chief executive compensation is outside our coverage universe are stated as such, never left blank.

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Source register

Each figure's location is given both for the eye (section · page · table · row · column) and for a script (table/row/column index and exact character span in the filed document). Any figure can be independently confirmed against the source.

#SupportsDocumentFiledAccessionLocation in document
1Section 01, Sharon JohnDEF 14A2026-04-300001437749-26-013976Section “Fiscal 2025 Summary Compensation Table” · page 26. As printed: 3,396,235. Filing ↗
2Section 01, Voin TodorovicDEF 14A2026-04-300001437749-26-013976Section “Fiscal 2025 Summary Compensation Table” · page 26. As printed: 1,301,978. Filing ↗machine: r11 · c24 · span 507847–507856
3Section 01, J. Christopher HurtDEF 14A2026-04-300001437749-26-013976Section “Fiscal 2025 Summary Compensation Table” · page 26. As printed: 1,300,280. Filing ↗machine: r7 · c24 · span 492880–492889
4Section 01, David HendersonDEF 14A2026-04-300001437749-26-013976Section “Fiscal 2025 Summary Compensation Table” · page 26. As printed: 1,276,747. Filing ↗machine: r15 · c24 · span 522873–522882
5Section 01, Yevgeny FundlerDEF 14A2026-04-300001437749-26-013976Section “Fiscal 2025 Summary Compensation Table” · page 26. As printed: 458,639. Filing ↗machine: r18 · c24 · span 534448–534455
6Section 01, Eric FenclDEF 14A2026-04-300001437749-26-013976Section “Fiscal 2025 Summary Compensation Table” · page 26. As printed: 360,056. Filing ↗
7Section 06, 2026 voteForm 8-K2026-06-120001437749-26-020370Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 94.65% (votes for as printed: 6,440,665). Filing ↗
8Section 06, 2025 voteForm 8-K2025-06-130001437749-25-020255Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 90.62% (votes for as printed: 7,536,532). Filing ↗
9Section 06, 2024 voteForm 8-K2024-06-140001437749-24-020268Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 92% (votes for as printed: 7,456,334). Filing ↗
10BUILD-A-BEAR Workshop (subject), Section 10b CEO totalDEF 14A2026-04-300001437749-26-013976CEO total compensation as printed in BUILD-A-BEAR Workshop's own proxy. As printed: 3,396,235. Filing ↗