CKE Restaurants, Inc.
announces results for the 12- and 28-weeks ended August 13, 2001.

Hardee’s is working on a new recipe for success—blending its reputation for
Southern hospitality with a Midwestern headquarters. This month, Hardee’s Food Systems, Inc. opens its new
headquarters in the Firstar Plaza located in downtown St. Louis.

CKE Restaurants, Inc. announces the results for the 12 and 52 weeks ended January 29, 2001.

CKE Restaurants, Inc. has
amended its senior credit facility, effective April 13, 2001.

The public is invited to listen to CKE’s conference call that will be
broadcast live over the Internet on Tuesday, April 24, 2001 at 11 a.m. EST with Andrew F. Puzder, president and
chief executive officer of CKE Restaurants, Inc.

On Sunday, February 25, the Hardee’s
biscuit debuts in a broadcast advertising campaign featuring the new tagline, “Come on Home.”

CKE Restaurants, Inc. has amended its senior credit facility effective January 29, 2001, including an extension of the waivers of non-compliance of certain of the financial covenants associated with this credit facility until April 30, 2001.

Hardee’s Food Systems, Inc. announced today that it has awarded its national creative advertising account to Cliff Freeman & Partners.

Debbie Lewis, of Iowa City, is the national grand prize winner in Hardee’s “Fantasy of a Lifetime Instant Win Game.”

Hardee’s Food Systems, Inc. announced July 14 the promotion of Noah Griggs, a 19-year veteran of Hardee’s, to executive vice president of operations for the restaurant company.

Preparations are underway for the nation’s largest all-cash king mackerel fishing tournament.

CKE Restaurants, Inc. , parent of Hardee’s Food Systems, Inc., has sold an additional 121 Hardee’s restaurants to franchisees in two separate transactions for approximately $37 million.

CKE Restaurants, Inc. announces that Andrew F. Puzder, 49, has been named chief executive officer and president of its Hardee’s Food Systems, Inc. subsidiary.

Hardee’s is using musical superstars to sing the praises of its restaurants in a lively new broadcast advertising campaign that begins March 7.

Hardee’s Food Systems, Inc. announced December 2 that it has selected Johnson/Ukropina Creative Marketing as its new national creative agency.