CKE Restaurants, Inc. to Participate at the RBC Capital Markets Consumer Conference

Carpinteria, Calif., // PRNewswire-FirstCall // -- CKE Restaurants, Inc. (NYSE: CKR) will participate in the RBC Capital Markets Consumer Conference on Oct. 3, 2008. Details about the conference and when CKE Restaurants will hold an open investor session are as follows:

                   RBC Capital Markets Consumer Conference



    When:          Oct. 2-3, 2008

    Where:         Grand Hyatt New York, New York, NY.

    CKE Session:   Friday, Oct. 3, at 8:30 a.m. EDT. Andrew Puzder, President

                   & CEO and Ted Abajian, EVP & CFO of CKE, will be present

                   for investor questions. John Beisler, VP of Investor

                   Relations, will also be in attendance.

    Webcast:       A live audio broadcast of the investor session and copy of

                   the company's investor presentation used in conjunction

                   with the session will be made available at

                   http://www.ckr.com under Investors/Presentations.

                          

As of the end of its fiscal 2009 second quarter, CKE Restaurants, Inc., through its subsidiaries, had a total of 3,100 franchised, licensed or company-operated restaurants in 42 states and in 14 countries, including 1,170 Carl's Jr. (R) restaurants and 1,917 Hardee's(R) restaurants.

SOURCE CKE Restaurants, Inc.

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