In conjunction with CKE Restaurants, Inc.’s (NYSE: CKR) Fourth
Quarter and Fiscal Year End earnings release, the public is invited to listen to the Company’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.

What: CKE Restaurants, Inc. Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year End
Earnings Release Conference Call

When: 11:00 a.m. EST
April 24, 2001

Where: http://www.videonewswire.com/CKR/042401/ Please go to Web site
at least 15 minutes prior to the broadcast to download and
install any necessary software.

How: Live over the Internet — Simply log on to the Web address
above

Contact: Investors/Analysts: Loren Pannier, 714.778.7109,
lpannier@ckr.com
Hardee’s: Sharon Hamilton, 252.450.8978, shamilton@ckr.com
Carl’s Jr.: Narina Singh, 714.774.5796 ext. 1261,
nsingh@ckr.com

CKE Restaurants, Inc., through its subsidiaries, franchisees and licensees, operates more than 3,700 quick-service
restaurants, including 980 Carl’s Jr. restaurants located in 13 Western states and Mexico; 2,657 Hardee’s
restaurants in 37 states and 11 foreign countries; and 125 Taco Bueno restaurants in Texas and Oklahoma.

If you are unable to listen to the live Webcast, the call will be archived on the Company’s Web site www.ckr.com
until May 1, 2001. To access the replay, click on the “CKE Restaurants Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year End
Earnings Release Conference Call” button in the Financial section.
(Minimum requirements to listen to broadcast: The RealPlayer 8 Basic software, downloadable free from
www.real.com/products/player/index.html, and at least a 14.4kbs connection to the Internet. If you experience
problems listening to the broadcast, send an email to webmaster@vdat.com.)

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