CKE Restaurants, Inc. to Present at the Oppenheimer 8th Annual Consumer Growth and Gaming, Lodging & Leisure Conference

CARPINTERIA, Calif., July 1 // PRNewswire-FirstCall // -- CKE Restaurants, Inc. (NYSE: CKR) will be participating in the Oppenheimer 8th Annual Consumer Growth and Gaming, Lodging & Leisure Conference on July 9, 2008. Details about the conference and when CKE Restaurants will present are as follows:

    Oppenheimer 8th Annual Consumer Growth and Gaming, Lodging & Leisure

Conference



    When:             July 8-10, 2008



    Where:            Four Seasons Hotel, Boston, MA.



    CKE Presentation: Wednesday, July 9 at 9:40 a.m. EDT. Ted Abajian, EVP &

                      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 2009 first quarter ended May 19, 2008, CKE Restaurants, Inc., through its subsidiaries, had a total of 3,101 franchised, licensed or company-operated restaurants in 42 states and in 13 countries, including 1,162 Carl's Jr. (R) restaurants and 1,923 Hardee's(R) restaurants.

SOURCE CKE Restaurants, Inc.

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