CKE Restaurants, Inc. to Present at the Bear Stearns 14th Annual Retail, Restaurant & Consumer Conference

CARPINTERIA, Calif., Feb. 27 // PRNewswire-FirstCall // -- CKE Restaurants, Inc. (NYSE: CKR) will be participating in the Bear Stearns 14th Annual Retail, Restaurant & Consumer Conference on Mar. 5, 2008. Details about the conference and when CKE Restaurants will present are as follows:

      Bear Stearns 14th Annual Retail, Restaurant & Consumer Conference



    When:              Mar. 4-6, 2008

    Where:             Bear Stearns Headquarters, 383 Madison Avenue, New

                       York, NY.

    CKE Presentation:  Wednesday, Mar. 5 at 3:00 p.m. EST. Andrew Puzder,

                       President & CEO of CKE, will present. Ted Abajian, EVP

                       and CFO, and John Beisler, VP of Investor Relations,

                       will be in attendance.

    Webcast:           A live 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.

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