CKE Restaurants, Inc. Announces Second Quarter Fiscal Year 2008 Conference Call and Webcast

Period Eight Same-Store Sales Results to be released on Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2007 after market close

CARPINTERIA, Calif., Sept. 12 // PRNewswire-FirstCall // -- CKE Restaurants, Inc. (NYSE: CKR) announced today that the company will release its fiscal second quarter results and period eight same-store sales results on Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2007, after market close. A conference call and webcast with management will be held at 6:00 a.m. PDT the following morning.

    What:      CKE Restaurants, Inc. First Quarter Conference Call and Webcast

    When:      Sept. 20, 2007 at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time / 6:00 a.m. Pacific

               Time

    Where:     Dial 617-213-8858 (passcode: 21118747) or listen live over the

               Internet at http://www.ckr.com under Investors.

    Contact:   John Beisler, Investor Relations, CKE Restaurants, Inc.,

               805-745-7750

If you are unable to participate during the live event, a replay will be made available for one week beginning two hours after the end of the live call. To access the replay, dial 617-801-6888 (access code: 46989762) or go to http://www.ckr.com under Investors.

As of the end of its fiscal 2008 first quarter ended May 21, 2007, CKE Restaurants, Inc., through its subsidiaries, had a total of 3,022 franchised, licensed or company-operated restaurants in 43 states and in 13 countries, including 1,101 Carl's Jr. restaurants and 1,905 Hardee's restaurants.

SOURCE CKE Restaurants, Inc.

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