CKE Restaurants, Inc. to Present at the Citi Investment Research 5th Annual Small and Mid-Cap Conference

CARPINTERIA, Calif., March 12 // PRNewswire-FirstCall // -- CKE Restaurants, Inc. (NYSE: CKR) will be participating in the Citi Investment Research 5th Annual Small and Mid-Cap Conference on Mar. 19, 2008. Details about the conference and when CKE Restaurants will present are as follows:

       Citi Investment Research 5th Annual Small and Mid-Cap Conference



    When:              Mar. 17-19, 2008



    Where:             Four Seasons at Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas, NV.



    CKE Presentation:  Wednesday, Mar. 19 at 3:05 p.m. EDT. Ted Abajian, EVP

                       and CFO of CKE, will present. John Beisler, VP of

                       Investor Relations, will be in attendance.



    Webcast:           A live audio broadcast and copy of Mr. Abajian'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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