CKE Restaurants, Inc. to Present at the Citi Investment Research 5th Annual Small and Mid-Cap Conference

CARPINTERIA, Calif., March 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- CKE Restaurants, Inc. (NYSE:CKR) will be participating in the Citi Investment Research 5th Annual Small and Mid-Cap Conference on Mar. 19, 2008. Details about the conference and when CKE Restaurants will present are as follows:

Citi Investment Research 5th Annual Small and Mid-Cap Conference

When: Mar. 17-19, 2008

Where: Four Seasons at Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas, NV.

CKE Presentation: Wednesday, Mar. 19 at 3:05 p.m. EDT. Ted Abajian, EVP
and 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 2008 third quarter ended Nov. 5, 2007, CKE Restaurants, Inc., through its subsidiaries, had a total of 3,052 franchised, licensed or company-operated restaurants in 42 states and in 13 countries, including 1,121 Carl's Jr.(R) restaurants and 1,915 Hardee's(R) restaurants.

First Call Analyst:
FCMN Contact:

Source: CKE Restaurants, Inc.

CONTACT: John Beisler, Vice President, Investor Relations of CKE
Restaurants, Inc., +1-805-745-7750, jbeisler@ckr.com

Web site: http://www.carlsjr.com/
http://www.ckr.com/

2008-03-12 18:14:31 0311335 PRNEWSWIRE