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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">As
Filed With the Securities and Exchange Commission on June&nbsp;29, 2007
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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Registration No.&nbsp;333-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington. D.C. 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>CKE RESTAURANTS, INC.</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><I>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</I></DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Delaware</B><BR>
<I>(State or other jurisdiction of <BR>
incorporation or organization)</I>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>33-0602639</B><BR>
<I>(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)</I></TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>6307 Carpinteria Avenue, Suite&nbsp;A, Carpinteria, CA 93013</B><BR>
<I>(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)</I>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>CKE RESTAURANTS, INC. 2005 OMNIBUS INCENTIVE COMPENSATION PLAN</B><BR>
<I>(Full title of the plans)</I>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>Andrew F. Puzder<BR>
President and Chief Executive Officer<BR>
CKE Restaurants, Inc.<BR>
6307 Carpinteria Avenue, Suite&nbsp;A, Carpinteria, CA 93013</B><BR>
<I>(Name and address of agent for service)</I>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>(805)&nbsp;745-7500</B><BR>
<I>(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)</I>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">Copies to:<BR>
C. Craig Carlson, Esq.<BR>
Stradling Yocca Carlson &#038; Rauth, a Professional Corporation<BR>
660 Newport Center Drive, Suite&nbsp;1600, Newport Beach, California 92660<BR>
(949)&nbsp;725-4000
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B>
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    <TD nowrap align="center">Registered<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">(1)</sup></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center">Offering Price<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">(2)</SUP></TD>
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                    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Common Stock, $.01 par value<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">(3)</SUP></DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">3,000,000&nbsp;shares</TD>
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<TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$21.22</TD>
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<TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$1,955</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Pursuant to Rule&nbsp;416(a), also registered hereunder are an indeterminate number of
shares which may become issuable under the CKE Restaurants, Inc. 2005 Omnibus Incentive
Compensation Plan, by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or any other
similar transaction without receipt of consideration which results in an increase in the
number of the outstanding shares of Common Stock.</TD>
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    <TD>In accordance with Rule&nbsp;457(h), the aggregate offering price for shares of Common
Stock registered hereby is estimated, solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee,
on the basis of the price of securities of the same class, as determined in accordance with
Rule&nbsp;457(c), using the average of the high and low prices reported by the New York Stock
Exchange for the Common Stock on June&nbsp;25, 2007, which was $21.22 per share.</TD>
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    <TD>Shares available for issuance under the CKE Restaurants, Inc.
2005 Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan.</TD>
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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#000">PART I</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#001">PART II INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#002">Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#003">Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#004">Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#005">Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#006">Item&nbsp;7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#007">Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#008">Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#009">SIGNATURES</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#010">EXHIBIT INDEX</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="a31493exv5w1.htm">EXHIBIT 5.1</A></TD></TR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>PART I</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In accordance with Rule 428(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities
Act&#148;), the documents containing the information called for by Part&nbsp;I of Form S-8 will be sent or
given to individuals who participate in the CKE Restaurants, Inc. 2005 Omnibus Incentive
Compensation Plan, and are not being filed with or included in this Form S-8.
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>PART II<BR>
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><U><B>2005 Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan</B></U>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This registration statement relates to the 2005 Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan (the &#147;2005
Plan&#148;). Initially, an aggregate of 2,500,000 shares of common stock were registered on this form
on July&nbsp;18, 2005 (Reg. No.&nbsp;333-126681). On June&nbsp;11, 2007, following our Board of Directors&#146;
approval on April&nbsp;17, 2007, our stockholders approved an amendment to the 2005 Plan increasing the
number of shares reserved for issuance thereunder by 3,000,000 shares. Therefore, this
registration statement covers the current increase of 3,000,000 shares under the 2005 Plan,
bringing the total number of authorized shares thereunder to 5,500,000.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents filed or to be filed by CKE Restaurants, Inc. (the &#147;Company&#148;) with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;), are incorporated by reference in this Registration
Statement:
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(a)</TD>
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    <TD>The Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January&nbsp;29,
2007, as filed with the Commission on March&nbsp;30, 2007;</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(b)</TD>
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    <TD>The Company&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the
fiscal quarter ended May&nbsp;21, 2007, as filed with the Commission
on June&nbsp;28, 2007;</TD>
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    <TD>The Company&#146;s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on April&nbsp;4, 2007, April&nbsp;5,
2007, April&nbsp;23, 2007, May&nbsp;31, 2007, June&nbsp;1, 2007, and
June&nbsp;15, 2007;</TD>
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    <TD>The Company&#146;s Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule&nbsp;14A filed on May&nbsp;16, 2007,
as amended by the Supplement to Proxy Statement filed on May&nbsp;31, 2007; and</TD>
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    <TD>The description of the Company&#146;s Common Stock, par value $.01 per share (the
&#147;Common Stock&#148;), contained in the Company&#146;s Registration Statement on Form 8-A12B filed
on April&nbsp;8, 1994, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating
such description.</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Information furnished to the Commission under Item&nbsp;2.02 or Item&nbsp;7.01 in Current Reports on
Form 8-K, and any exhibit relating to such information, filed prior to, on or subsequent to the
date of this Registration Statement is not incorporated by reference into this prospectus.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 and
15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that
all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all of such securities then remaining
unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be a
part hereof from the date of filing of such documents, except as to any portion of any future
annual or quarterly report to stockholders or document that is not deemed filed under such
provisions. For the purposes of this Registration Statement, any statement in a document
incorporated by reference shall be deemed to be modified or superseded to the extent that a
statement contained in this Registration Statement modifies or supersedes a statement in such
document. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or
superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The contents of the Company&#146;s Registration Statements on Form S-8 (Registration Nos.
333-126681, 333-104957, 333-83666, 333-76884, 333-41266, 333-83601, 333-12399, 333-12401,
2-86142-01, 33-31190-01, 33-53089-01, 33-56313, and 33-55337) are incorporated herein by reference.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company&#146;s Certificate of Incorporation limits, to the maximum extent permitted by Delaware
law, the personal liability of directors for monetary damages for breach of their fiduciary duties
as a director. The Company&#146;s Bylaws provide that the Company shall indemnify its officers and
directors and may indemnify its employees and other agents to the fullest extent permitted by
Delaware Law.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law provides that a corporation may indemnify
any person made a party to an action (other than an action by or in the right of the corporation)
by reason of the fact that he or she was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation
or was serving at the request of the corporation against expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees),
judgments, fines, and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him or her in
connection with such action if he or she acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably
believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the corporation and, with respect to
any criminal action (other than an action by or in the right of the corporation), has no reasonable
cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following exhibits are filed as part of this Registration Statement:
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">CKE Restaurants, Inc. 2005 Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan as
amended (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;10.1 to the
Company&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K, filed with the
Commission on June&nbsp;15, 2007).</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5.1
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</DIV></TD>
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</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Stradling Yocca Carlson &#038; Rauth, a Professional Corporation
(included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1).</TD>
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    <TD>To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being
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    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>To reflect in the prospectus any facts or
events arising after the effective date of the Registration Statement
(or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which,
individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the
information set forth in the Registration Statement; and</TD>
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    <TD>To include any material information with
respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the
Registration Statement or any material change to such information in
the Registration Statement.</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Provided, however</I>, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) of this section do not apply if
the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by these paragraphs is
contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant
to Section&nbsp;13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement.
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    <TD>That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new
registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(3)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>To remove from registration by means of a post-effective
amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the
termination of the offering.</TD>
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    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><U>Item&nbsp;512(b) of Regulation&nbsp;S-K</U>. The undersigned registrant hereby
undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act,
each filing of the registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section
15(d) of the Exchange Act that is incorporated by reference in the Registration
Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities
offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bona fide offering thereof.</TD>
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    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(c)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><U>Item&nbsp;512(h) of Regulation&nbsp;S-K</U>. Insofar as indemnification for
liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers
and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or
otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such
indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is,
therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such
liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a
director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of
any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling
person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless
in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent,
submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification
by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed
by the final adjudication of such issue.</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Company certifies that it has
reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has
duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of Carpinteria, State of California, on
the 27th&nbsp;day of June, 2007.
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    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">CKE RESTAURANTS, INC.<BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ Andrew F. Puzder
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Andrew F. Puzder&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">President and Chief Executive Officer&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B>
</DIV>



<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;We, the undersigned directors and officers of CKE Restaurants, Inc., do hereby make,
constitute and appoint Andrew F. Puzder and Theodore Abajian, and each of them acting individually,
our true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with power to act without any other and with full
power of substitution, to do any and all acts and things in our name and behalf in our capacities
as directors and officers, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to
this Registration Statement, or any related Registration Statement that is to be effective upon
filing pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, and to file the same, with exhibits
thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Commission, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing requisite or necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all
intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that
each of said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or
cause to be done by virtue hereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been
signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Andrew F. Puzder
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Andrew F. Puzder
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">President and Chief Executive
Officer (Principal
Executive Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">June&nbsp;27, 2007</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Theodore Abajian
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Theodore Abajian
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">June&nbsp;27, 2007</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Byron Allumbaugh
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Byron Allumbaugh
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Chairman of the Board
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">June&nbsp;27, 2007&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Frank P. Willey
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Frank P. Willey
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">June&nbsp;27, 2007&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Matthew Goldfarb
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Matthew Goldfarb
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">June&nbsp;27, 2007&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Peter Churm
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Peter Churm
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">June&nbsp;27, 2007&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Title</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Janet E. Kerr
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Janet E. Kerr
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">June&nbsp;27, 2007&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Daniel D. Lane
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Daniel D. Lane
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">June&nbsp;27, 2007&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Carl L. Karcher
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Carl L. Karcher
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">June&nbsp;27, 2007&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Jerold H. Rubinstein
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Jerold H. Rubinstein
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">June&nbsp;27, 2007&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Daniel E. Ponder, Jr.
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Daniel E. Ponder, Jr.
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">June&nbsp;27, 2007&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">CKE Restaurants, Inc. 2005 Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan as
amended (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;10.1 to the
Company&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K, filed with the
Commission on June&nbsp;15, 2007).</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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Table of Contents
As
Filed With the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 29, 2007
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington. D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
CKE RESTAURANTS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
33-0602639
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
6307 Carpinteria Avenue, Suite A, Carpinteria, CA 93013
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
CKE RESTAURANTS, INC. 2005 OMNIBUS INCENTIVE COMPENSATION PLAN
(Full title of the plans)
Andrew F. Puzder
President and Chief Executive Officer
CKE Restaurants, Inc.
6307 Carpinteria Avenue, Suite A, Carpinteria, CA 93013
(Name and address of agent for service)
(805) 745-7500
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies to:
C. Craig Carlson, Esq.
Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth, a Professional Corporation
660 Newport Center Drive, Suite 1600, Newport Beach, California 92660
(949) 725-4000
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed Maximum
Proposed
Title of Securities
Amount To Be
Offering Price Per
Maximum Aggregate
Amount of
To Be Registered
Registered
(1)
Share
(2)
Offering Price
(2)
Registration Fee
Common Stock, $.01 par value
(3)
3,000,000 shares
$21.22
$63,660,000
$1,955
(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416(a), also registered hereunder are an indeterminate number of
shares which may become issuable under the CKE Restaurants, Inc. 2005 Omnibus Incentive
Compensation Plan, by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or any other
similar transaction without receipt of consideration which results in an increase in the
number of the outstanding shares of Common Stock.
(2)
In accordance with Rule 457(h), the aggregate offering price for shares of Common
Stock registered hereby is estimated, solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee,
on the basis of the price of securities of the same class, as determined in accordance with
Rule 457(c), using the average of the high and low prices reported by the New York Stock
Exchange for the Common Stock on June 25, 2007, which was $21.22 per share.
(3)
Shares available for issuance under the CKE Restaurants, Inc.
2005 Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan.
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PART I
PART II INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Item 8. Exhibits.
Item 9. Undertakings.
SIGNATURES
EXHIBIT INDEX
EXHIBIT 5.1
EXHIBIT 23.1
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PART I
In accordance with Rule 428(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities
Act"), the documents containing the information called for by Part I of Form S-8 will be sent or
given to individuals who participate in the CKE Restaurants, Inc. 2005 Omnibus Incentive
Compensation Plan, and are not being filed with or included in this Form S-8.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
2005 Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan
This registration statement relates to the 2005 Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan (the "2005
Plan"). Initially, an aggregate of 2,500,000 shares of common stock were registered on this form
on July 18, 2005 (Reg. No. 333-126681). On June 11, 2007, following our Board of Directors'
approval on April 17, 2007, our stockholders approved an amendment to the 2005 Plan increasing the
number of shares reserved for issuance thereunder by 3,000,000 shares. Therefore, this
registration statement covers the current increase of 3,000,000 shares under the 2005 Plan,
bringing the total number of authorized shares thereunder to 5,500,000.
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents filed or to be filed by CKE Restaurants, Inc. (the "Company") with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), are incorporated by reference in this Registration
Statement:
(a)
The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 29,
2007, as filed with the Commission on March 30, 2007;
(b)
The Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the
fiscal quarter ended May 21, 2007, as filed with the Commission
on June 28, 2007;
(c)
The Company's Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on April 4, 2007, April 5,
2007, April 23, 2007, May 31, 2007, June 1, 2007, and
June 15, 2007;
(d)
The Company's Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed on May 16, 2007,
as amended by the Supplement to Proxy Statement filed on May 31, 2007; and
(e)
The description of the Company's Common Stock, par value $.01 per share (the
"Common Stock"), contained in the Company's Registration Statement on Form 8-A12B filed
on April 8, 1994, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating
such description.
Information furnished to the Commission under Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 in Current Reports on
Form 8-K, and any exhibit relating to such information, filed prior to, on or subsequent to the
date of this Registration Statement is not incorporated by reference into this prospectus.
All documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and
15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that
all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all of such securities then remaining
unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be a
part hereof from the date of filing of such documents, except as to any portion of any future
annual or quarterly report to stockholders or document that is not deemed filed under such
provisions. For the purposes of this Registration Statement, any statement in a document
incorporated by reference shall be deemed to be modified or superseded to the extent that a
statement contained in this Registration Statement modifies or supersedes a statement in such
document. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or
superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
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The contents of the Company's Registration Statements on Form S-8 (Registration Nos.
333-126681, 333-104957, 333-83666, 333-76884, 333-41266, 333-83601, 333-12399, 333-12401,
2-86142-01, 33-31190-01, 33-53089-01, 33-56313, and 33-55337) are incorporated herein by reference.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
Not applicable.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not applicable.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
The Company's Certificate of Incorporation limits, to the maximum extent permitted by Delaware
law, the personal liability of directors for monetary damages for breach of their fiduciary duties
as a director. The Company's Bylaws provide that the Company shall indemnify its officers and
directors and may indemnify its employees and other agents to the fullest extent permitted by
Delaware Law.
Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law provides that a corporation may indemnify
any person made a party to an action (other than an action by or in the right of the corporation)
by reason of the fact that he or she was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation
or was serving at the request of the corporation against expenses (including attorneys' fees),
judgments, fines, and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him or her in
connection with such action if he or she acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably
believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the corporation and, with respect to
any criminal action (other than an action by or in the right of the corporation), has no reasonable
cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
The following exhibits are filed as part of this Registration Statement:
Number
Description
4.1
CKE Restaurants, Inc. 2005 Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan as
amended (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the
Company's Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the
Commission on June 15, 2007).
5.1
Opinion of Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth, a Professional Corporation.
23.1
Consent of independent registered public accounting firm.
23.2
Consent of Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth, a Professional Corporation
(included in Exhibit 5.1).
24.1
Power of Attorney (included on the signature page).
Item 9. Undertakings.
(a)
Item 512(a) of Regulation S-K
. The undersigned registrant hereby
undertakes:
(1)
To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being
made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:
(i)
To include any prospectus required by Section
10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
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(ii)
To reflect in the prospectus any facts or
events arising after the effective date of the Registration Statement
(or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which,
individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the
information set forth in the Registration Statement; and
(iii)
To include any material information with
respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the
Registration Statement or any material change to such information in
the Registration Statement.
Provided, however
, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) of this section do not apply if
the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by these paragraphs is
contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant
to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement.
(2)
That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new
registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.
(3)
To remove from registration by means of a post-effective
amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the
termination of the offering.
(b)
Item 512(b) of Regulation S-K
. The undersigned registrant hereby
undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act,
each filing of the registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section
15(d) of the Exchange Act that is incorporated by reference in the Registration
Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities
offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(c)
Item 512(h) of Regulation S-K
. Insofar as indemnification for
liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers
and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or
otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such
indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is,
therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such
liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a
director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of
any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling
person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless
in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent,
submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification
by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed
by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Company certifies that it has
reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has
duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of Carpinteria, State of California, on
the 27th day of June, 2007.
CKE RESTAURANTS, INC.
By:
/s/ Andrew F. Puzder
Andrew F. Puzder
President and Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
We, the undersigned directors and officers of CKE Restaurants, Inc., do hereby make,
constitute and appoint Andrew F. Puzder and Theodore Abajian, and each of them acting individually,
our true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with power to act without any other and with full
power of substitution, to do any and all acts and things in our name and behalf in our capacities
as directors and officers, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to
this Registration Statement, or any related Registration Statement that is to be effective upon
filing pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, and to file the same, with exhibits
thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Commission, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing requisite or necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all
intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that
each of said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or
cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been
signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Andrew F. Puzder
Andrew F. Puzder
President and Chief Executive
Officer (Principal
Executive Officer)
June 27, 2007
/s/ Theodore Abajian
Theodore Abajian
Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)
June 27, 2007
/s/ Byron Allumbaugh
Byron Allumbaugh
Chairman of the Board
June 27, 2007
/s/ Frank P. Willey
Frank P. Willey
Director
June 27, 2007
/s/ Matthew Goldfarb
Matthew Goldfarb
Director
June 27, 2007
/s/ Peter Churm
Peter Churm
Director
June 27, 2007
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Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Janet E. Kerr
Janet E. Kerr
Director
June 27, 2007
/s/ Daniel D. Lane
Daniel D. Lane
Director
June 27, 2007
/s/ Carl L. Karcher
Carl L. Karcher
Director
June 27, 2007
/s/ Jerold H. Rubinstein
Jerold H. Rubinstein
Director
June 27, 2007
/s/ Daniel E. Ponder, Jr.
Daniel E. Ponder, Jr.
Director
June 27, 2007
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Number
Description
4.1
CKE Restaurants, Inc. 2005 Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan as
amended (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the
Company's Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the
Commission on June 15, 2007).
5.1
Opinion of Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth, a Professional Corporation.
23.1
Consent of independent registered public accounting firm.
23.2
Consent of Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth, a Professional Corporation
(included in Exhibit 5.1).
24.1
Power of Attorney (included on the signature page).