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

CARPINTERIA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--CKE Restaurants, Inc. (NYSE: CKR) announced today that the company will release its fiscal fourth quarter and year end fiscal 2009 results on Wednesday, Mar. 25, 2009, 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. Conference Call and Webcast

When:	Mar. 26, 2009 at 9:00 a.m. EDT / 6:00 a.m. PDT

Where:

Dial 617-614-3671 (passcode: 97271184) or 

listen live over the Internet at 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: 61460603) or go to www.ckr.com under Investors.

As of the end of its fiscal 2009 third quarter ended Nov. 3, 2008, CKE Restaurants, Inc., through its subsidiaries, had a total of 3,110 franchised, licensed or company-operated restaurants in 42 states and in 14 countries, including 1,185 Carl's Jr.® restaurants and 1,912 Hardee's® restaurants.

Source: CKE Restaurants, Inc.

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