CKE Restaurants, Inc. Announces First Quarter Fiscal Year 2009 Conference Call and Webcast

Period Five Same-Store Sales Results to be released on Wednesday, June 25, 2008 after market close

CARPINTERIA, Calif., June 18 // PRNewswire-FirstCall // -- CKE Restaurants, Inc. (NYSE: CKR) announced today that the company will release its fiscal first quarter results and period five same-store sales results on Wednesday, June 25, 2008, after market close. A conference call and webcast with management will be held at 6:00 a.m. PDT the following morning.
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What: CKE Restaurants, Inc. First Quarter Conference Call and Webcast
When: June 26, 2008 at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time / 6:00 a.m. Pacific Time
Where: Dial 617-847-8704 (passcode: 99329408) 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: 97599369) or go to http://www.ckr.com under Investors.

As of the fourth fiscal quarter ended Jan. 28, 2008, CKE Restaurants, Inc., through its subsidiaries, had a total of 3,083 franchised or company-operated restaurants in 42 states and in 13 countries, including 1,141 Carl's Jr. (R) restaurants, 1,926 Hardee's(R) restaurants.

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