CKE Restaurants, Inc. Announces Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year-End 2008 Conference Call and Webcast

CARPINTERIA, Calif., March 20 // PRNewswire-FirstCall // -- CKE Restaurants, Inc. (NYSE: CKR) announced today that the company will release its fiscal fourth quarter and year-end fiscal 2008 results on Wednesday, Mar. 26, 2008, after market close. A summary press release will be issued and its Report on Form 10-K, for the fiscal year ended January 28, 2008, will be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. A conference call and webcast with management will be held at 6:00 a.m. PDT the following morning.

    What:     CKE Restaurants, Inc. Conference Call and Webcast

    When:     Mar. 27, 2008 at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time / 6:00 a.m. Pacific Time

    Where:    Dial 617-614-3945 (passcode: 64663163) 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: 23339632) or go to http://www.ckr.com under Investors.

As 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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