CKE Restaurants, Inc. to Present at the Cowen and Company Sixth Annual Consumer Conference

CARPINTERIA, Calif., Jan. 9 // PRNewswire-FirstCall // -- CKE Restaurants, Inc. (NYSE: CKR) will be participating in the Cowen and Company Sixth Annual Consumer Conference on Jan. 16, 2008. Details about the conference and when CKE Restaurants will present are as follows:

              Cowen and Company Sixth Annual Consumer Conference



    When:              Jan. 15-16, 2008



    Where:             The Westin New York at Times Square, New York, NY.



    CKE Presentation:  Wednesday, Jan. 16 at 2:00 p.m. EST. Andy Puzder,

                       President and CEO of CKE, will present. Ted Abajian,

                       EVP and CFO of CKE and John Beisler, VP of Investor

                       Relations, will be in attendance.



    Webcast:           An audio broadcast and copy of Mr. Puzder's

                       presentation will be made available at

                       http://www.ckr.com under Investors/Presentations.

As of the end of its fiscal 2008 third quarter ended Nov. 5, 2007, CKE Restaurants, Inc., through its subsidiaries, had a total of 3,052 franchised, licensed or company-operated restaurants in 42 states and in 13 countries, including 1,121 Carl's Jr. (R) restaurants and 1,915 Hardee's(R) restaurants.

SOURCE CKE Restaurants, Inc.

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