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

Period Eight Same-Store Sales Results to be released on Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2008 after market close

CARPINTERIA, Calif., Sept. 10 // PRNewswire-FirstCall // -- CKE Restaurants, Inc. (NYSE: CKR) announced today that the company will release its fiscal second quarter results and period eight same-store sales results on Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2008, after market close. A conference call and webcast with management will be held at 6:00 a.m. PDT the following morning.

• What: CKE Restaurants, Inc. Second Quarter Conference Call and Webcast
• When: Sept. 18, 2008 at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time / 6:00 a.m. Pacific Time
• Where: Dial 617-614-3450 (passcode: 78187998) 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: 25167475) or go to http://www.ckr.com under Investors.

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, 1,923 Hardee's(R) restaurants.

SOURCE CKE Restaurants, Inc.

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