CKE Restaurants, Inc. Announces Third Quarter Cash Dividend of $0.04 Per Share of Common Stock

6 October 2005

CKE Restaurants,
Inc. (NYSE: CKR) announced that on October 4, 2005, its Board of Directors
declared a third quarter dividend of $0.04 per share of common stock to be
paid on November 28, 2005 to its stockholders of record at the close of
business on November 7, 2005. The Company had 59,531,941 shares of common
stock issued and outstanding as of September 9, 2005.
As of the end of its fiscal second quarter on August 15, 2005, CKE
Restaurants, Inc., through its subsidiaries, had a total of 3,165 franchised
or company-owned restaurants in 43 states and in 12 countries, including 1,020
Carl's Jr. restaurants, 2,029 Hardee's restaurants and 100 La Salsa Fresh
Mexican Grill(R) restaurants.

SAFE HARBOR DISCLOSURE
Matters discussed in this news release contain forward-looking statements
relating to future plans and developments, financial goals and operating
performance that are based on management's current beliefs and assumptions.
Such statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that are often
difficult to predict and beyond our control. Factors that could cause the
Company's results to differ materially from those described include, but are
not limited to, whether or not restaurants will be closed and the number of
restaurant closures, consumers' concerns or adverse publicity regarding the
Company's products, effectiveness of operating and product initiatives and
advertising and promotional efforts (particularly at the Hardee's brand),
changes in economic conditions or prevailing interest rates, changes in the
price or availability of commodities, availability and cost of energy,
workers' compensation, employee health insurance costs and general liability
premiums and claims experience, changes in the Company's suppliers' abilities
to provide quality and timely products to the Company, delays in opening new
restaurants or completing remodels, severe weather conditions, the operational
and financial success of the Company's franchisees, franchisees' willingness
to participate in our strategy, availability of financing for the Company and
its franchisees, unfavorable outcomes on litigation, changes in accounting
policies and practices, new legislation or government regulation (including
environmental laws), the availability of suitable locations and terms for the
sites designed for development, and other factors as discussed in the
Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made. The
Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-
looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or
otherwise, except as required by law or the rules of the New York Stock
Exchange.