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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">As
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July&nbsp;16, 2009
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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Registration No.&nbsp;333-<u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u>
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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: 1pt"><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>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>33-0602639</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><I>(State or other jurisdiction of</I>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>6307 Carpinteria Avenue, Suite&nbsp;A, Carpinteria, CA 93013</B></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><I>(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)</I></DIV>


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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>CKE RESTAURANTS, INC. 2005 OMNIBUS INCENTIVE COMPENSATION PLAN</B></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><I>(Full title of the plan)</I></DIV>


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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Andrew F. Puzder<BR>
CKE Restaurants, Inc.<BR>
Chief Executive Officer<BR>
6307 Carpinteria Avenue, Suite&nbsp;A, Carpinteria, CA 93013</B></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><I>(Name and address of agent for service)</I></DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>(805)&nbsp;745-7500</B></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><I>(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)</I></DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>Copy 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</B></DIV>


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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer,
a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company.
See the definitions of &#147;large
accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer&#148; and &#147;smaller reporting company&#148; in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):</DIV>


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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B></DIV>

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                    <TD valign="top" ALIGN="CENTER" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Common Stock, $0.01 par value
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    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">675,000 shares
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<TD align="right" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$8.79</TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">5,933,250</TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">331.08</TD>
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    <TD> Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
&#147;Securities Act&#148;), this registration statement also covers an indeterminate number of shares
of common stock of CKE Restaurants, Inc. (the &#147;Registrant&#148;) that may become issuable under the
CKE Restaurants, Inc. 2005 Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan, as such may be amended from
time to time (the &#147;2005 Plan&#148;) 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 the Registrant&#146;s common stock, par value $0.01 per
share (the &#147;Common Stock&#148;).</TD>
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    <TD> This amount represents the additional shares of Common Stock eligible to be issued
under the 2005 Plan. An aggregate of 5,500,000 shares of Common Stock available for issuance
under the 2005 Plan have previously been registered. Of this amount, 2,500,000 shares of
Common Stock were registered on a registration statement on Form S-8 filed on July&nbsp;18, 2005
(Registration No.&nbsp;333-126681) and 3,000,000 shares of Common Stock were registered on a
registration statement on Form S-8 filed on June&nbsp;29, 2007 (Registration No.&nbsp;333-144225).</TD>
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    <TD> In accordance with Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act, the aggregate offering
price for shares of the Common Stock registered hereby is estimated, solely for purposes of
calculating the registration fee, on the basis of the price of the Common Stock, as determined
in accordance with Rule 457(c) under the Securities Act, using the average of the high and low
prices reported by the New York Stock Exchange for the Common Stock on July&nbsp;13, 2009, which
was $8.79 per share.</TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px"><A href="#105">Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</A></DIV></TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This registration statement (the &#147;Registration Statement&#148;) has been prepared in accordance
with General Instruction E to Form S-8 and relates to an increase of 675,000 shares of common
stock, par value $0.01 per share (the &#147;Common Stock&#148;) of CKE Restaurants, Inc. (the &#147;Registrant&#148;)
available for issuance under the CKE Restaurants, Inc. 2005 Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan, as
such may be amended from time to time (the &#147;2005 Plan&#148;).
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;On March&nbsp;31, 2009, the Board of Directors of the Registrant approved and adopted amendments to
the 2005 Plan, which, among other things, increase the number of shares of Common Stock available
for issuance under the 2005 Plan by 675,000 shares from 5,500,000 shares to 6,175,000 shares. The
amendments were approved by the Registrant&#146;s stockholders at the Registrant&#146;s 2009 Annual Meeting
of Stockholders, which was held on June&nbsp;25, 2009.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Each of the 5,500,000 shares of Common Stock previously made available for issuance under the
2005 Plan have been registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) as
follows: 2,500,000 shares of Common Stock were registered on a registration statement on Form S-8
filed with the Commission on July&nbsp;18, 2005 (Registration No.&nbsp;333-126681) and 3,000,000 shares of
Common Stock were registered on a registration statement on Form S-8 filed with the Commission on
June&nbsp;29, 2007 (Registration No.&nbsp;333-144225).
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>PART I<BR><BR style="font-size: 18pt">
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</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 (the &#147;2005 Plan&#148;), and are not being filed with or included in this Registration
Statement.
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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 the Registrant with the Commission 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>the Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January
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    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(b)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>the Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended May
18, 2009, as filed with the Commission on June&nbsp;24, 2009;</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(c)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>the Registrant&#146;s Current Reports on Form 8-K, as filed with the Commission on
February&nbsp;6, 2009, March&nbsp;4, 2009, March&nbsp;27, 2009, April&nbsp;2, 2009, May&nbsp;29, 2009, June&nbsp;25,
2009, June&nbsp;29, 2009 and June&nbsp;30, 2009;</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(d)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>the Registrant&#146;s Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule&nbsp;14A, as filed with the
Commission on May&nbsp;14, 2009, as supplemented by the Definitive Additional Materials on
Schedule&nbsp;14A, as filed with the Commission on May&nbsp;18, 2009; and</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(e)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>the description of the Common Stock contained in the Registrant&#146;s Registration
Statement on Form 8-A12B as filed with the Commission on April&nbsp;8, 1994, including any
amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>
</DIV>

<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 Registration
Statement.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant 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.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The contents of the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statements on Form S-8 (Registration Nos.
333-144225 and 333-126681) 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>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
</DIV>
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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>
</DIV>


<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>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant&#146;s certificate of incorporation, as amended, 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.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant&#146;s bylaws, as amended, provide that the Registrant 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(a) of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the &#147;DGCL&#148;) provides that a Delaware
corporation may indemnify any person who was or is, or is threatened to be made, a party to any
threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal,
administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of such corporation), by
reason of the fact that such person was an officer, director, employee or agent of such
corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such person as an officer, director, employee
or agent of another corporation or enterprise. The indemnity may include expenses (including
attorneys&#146; fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred
by such person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding, provided that such person acted
in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the
corporation&#146;s best interests and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no
reasonable cause to believe that his or her conduct was illegal. With respect to derivative
actions, Section 145(b) of the DGCL provides in relevant part that a corporation may indemnify any
person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or
completed action or suit by or in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor
by reason of the fact that such person was or is a director, officer, employee or agent of such
corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such corporation as a director, officer,
employee or agent of another corporation or enterprise against expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees)
actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection with the defense or settlement of such
action or suit if the person acted in good faith and in a manner the person reasonably believed to
be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation and except that no indemnification
shall be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been
adjudged to be liable to the corporation unless and only to the extent that the Court of Chancery
or the court in which such action or suit was brought shall determine upon application that,
despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, such person
is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the Court of Chancery or
such other court shall deem proper. Section 145(c) of the DGCL provides that where an officer or
director is successful on the merits or otherwise in the defense of any action referred to above,
the corporation must indemnify him or her against the expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees) which
such officer or director has actually and reasonably incurred.
</DIV>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;7. Exemptions from Registration Claimed.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
</DIV>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;See Exhibit&nbsp;Index below.
</DIV>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings.</B>
</DIV>


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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(a)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><U>Item&nbsp;512(a) of Regulation&nbsp;S-K</U>. The undersigned registrant hereby
undertakes:</TD>
</TR>

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</TABLE>
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt">
<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt">

<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="6%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(1)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being
made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt">
<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt">

<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="10%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(i)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>To include any prospectus required by Section
10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="10%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(ii)</TD>
    <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>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="10%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(iii)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <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>
</TR>

</TABLE>
</DIV>

<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.
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt">
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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="6%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(2)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <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>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="6%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <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>
</TR>

</TABLE>
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt">
<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt">

<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(b)</TD>
    <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>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <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>
</TR>

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


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Registrant 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 this 15th day of July, 2009.
</DIV>

<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="font-size: 10pt">
<TR>
    <TD width="48%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<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">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.
</DIV>
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    <TD width="40%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="40%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="14%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Signature</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Title</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Date</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 10pt"><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<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">Chief Executive Officer<BR>
(Principal Executive Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">July&nbsp;15, 2009</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <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/ 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
<BR>(Principal Financial Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">July&nbsp;15, 2009</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <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/ Reese Stewart
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Reese Stewart
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Senior Vice President and
Chief Accounting Officer
<BR>(Principal Accounting
Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">July&nbsp;15, 2009</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <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/ 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&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">July&nbsp;15, 2009</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <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/ 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">Vice Chairman of the Board&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">July&nbsp;15, 2009</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <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/ 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">July&nbsp;15, 2009</TD>
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    <TD width="40%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="40%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="14%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Signature</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Title</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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<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">July&nbsp;15, 2009</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">July&nbsp;15, 2009</TD>
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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">July&nbsp;15, 2009</TD>
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    <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">July&nbsp;15, 2009</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">July&nbsp;15, 2009</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">July&nbsp;15, 2009</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant, incorporated herein by
reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to the Registrant&#146;s Form&nbsp;S-4 Registration
Statement, as filed with the Commission on March&nbsp;7, 1994.</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation, incorporated
herein by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.2 to the Registrant&#146;s Annual Report
on Form&nbsp;10-K for the fiscal year ended January&nbsp;26, 1998, as filed with
the Commission on April&nbsp;24, 1998.</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.3
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Bylaws of the Registrant, as amended through September&nbsp;4, 2008,
incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.3 to the Registrant&#146;s
Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended August&nbsp;11,
2008, as filed with the Commission on September&nbsp;17, 2008.</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.4
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Rights Agreement, dated as of January&nbsp;5, 2009, by and between the
Registrant and Mellon Investor Services, LLC, incorporated herein by
reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4.1 to the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on
Form&nbsp;8-A (File Number 001-11313), as filed with the SEC on January&nbsp;5,
2009.</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Stradling Yocca Carlson &#038; Rauth, a Professional Corporation.</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of independent registered public accounting firm.</TD>
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    <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 align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney (included on the signature page).</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">CKE Restaurants, Inc. 2005 Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan, as
amended, incorporated herein by reference to Appendix&nbsp;A to the
Registrant&#146;s Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule&nbsp;14A, as filed with
the Commission on May&nbsp;14, 2009.</TD>
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As
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 16, 2009
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
33-0602639
(State or other jurisdiction of
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
incorporation or organization)
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 plan)
Andrew F. Puzder
CKE Restaurants, Inc.
Chief Executive Officer
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)
Copy 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
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer,
a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company.
See the definitions of "large
accelerated filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):
Large accelerated filer
o
Accelerated filer
þ
Non-accelerated filer
o
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
Smaller reporting company
o
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)(2)
Share
(3)
Offering Price
(3)
Registration Fee
Common Stock, $0.01 par value
675,000 shares
$8.79
$
5,933,250
$
331.08
(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"Securities Act"), this registration statement also covers an indeterminate number of shares
of common stock of CKE Restaurants, Inc. (the "Registrant") that may become issuable under the
CKE Restaurants, Inc. 2005 Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan, as such may be amended from
time to time (the "2005 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 the Registrant's common stock, par value $0.01 per
share (the "Common Stock").
(2)
This amount represents the additional shares of Common Stock eligible to be issued
under the 2005 Plan. An aggregate of 5,500,000 shares of Common Stock available for issuance
under the 2005 Plan have previously been registered. Of this amount, 2,500,000 shares of
Common Stock were registered on a registration statement on Form S-8 filed on July 18, 2005
(Registration No. 333-126681) and 3,000,000 shares of Common Stock were registered on a
registration statement on Form S-8 filed on June 29, 2007 (Registration No. 333-144225).
(2)
In accordance with Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act, the aggregate offering
price for shares of the Common Stock registered hereby is estimated, solely for purposes of
calculating the registration fee, on the basis of the price of the Common Stock, as determined
in accordance with Rule 457(c) under the Securities Act, using the average of the high and low
prices reported by the New York Stock Exchange for the Common Stock on July 13, 2009, which
was $8.79 per share.
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
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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EXPLANATORY NOTE
This registration statement (the "Registration Statement") has been prepared in accordance
with General Instruction E to Form S-8 and relates to an increase of 675,000 shares of common
stock, par value $0.01 per share (the "Common Stock") of CKE Restaurants, Inc. (the "Registrant")
available for issuance under the CKE Restaurants, Inc. 2005 Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan, as
such may be amended from time to time (the "2005 Plan").
On March 31, 2009, the Board of Directors of the Registrant approved and adopted amendments to
the 2005 Plan, which, among other things, increase the number of shares of Common Stock available
for issuance under the 2005 Plan by 675,000 shares from 5,500,000 shares to 6,175,000 shares. The
amendments were approved by the Registrant's stockholders at the Registrant's 2009 Annual Meeting
of Stockholders, which was held on June 25, 2009.
Each of the 5,500,000 shares of Common Stock previously made available for issuance under the
2005 Plan have been registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") as
follows: 2,500,000 shares of Common Stock were registered on a registration statement on Form S-8
filed with the Commission on July 18, 2005 (Registration No. 333-126681) and 3,000,000 shares of
Common Stock were registered on a registration statement on Form S-8 filed with the Commission on
June 29, 2007 (Registration No. 333-144225).
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PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
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 (the "2005 Plan"), and are not being filed with or included in this Registration
Statement.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents filed or to be filed by the Registrant with 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 Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January
26, 2009, as filed with the Commission on March 25, 2009;
(b)
the Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended May
18, 2009, as filed with the Commission on June 24, 2009;
(c)
the Registrant's Current Reports on Form 8-K, as filed with the Commission on
February 6, 2009, March 4, 2009, March 27, 2009, April 2, 2009, May 29, 2009, June 25,
2009, June 29, 2009 and June 30, 2009;
(d)
the Registrant's Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A, as filed with the
Commission on May 14, 2009, as supplemented by the Definitive Additional Materials on
Schedule 14A, as filed with the Commission on May 18, 2009; and
(e)
the description of the Common Stock contained in the Registrant's Registration
Statement on Form 8-A12B as filed with the Commission 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 Registration
Statement.
All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant 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.
The contents of the Registrant's Registration Statements on Form S-8 (Registration Nos.
333-144225 and 333-126681) are incorporated herein by reference.
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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 Registrant's certificate of incorporation, as amended, 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 Registrant's bylaws, as amended, provide that the Registrant shall indemnify its officers
and directors, and may indemnify its employees and other agents, to the fullest extent permitted by
Delaware law.
Section 145(a) of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the "DGCL") provides that a Delaware
corporation may indemnify any person who was or is, or is threatened to be made, a party to any
threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal,
administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of such corporation), by
reason of the fact that such person was an officer, director, employee or agent of such
corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such person as an officer, director, employee
or agent of another corporation or enterprise. The indemnity may include expenses (including
attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred
by such person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding, provided that such person acted
in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the
corporation's best interests and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no
reasonable cause to believe that his or her conduct was illegal. With respect to derivative
actions, Section 145(b) of the DGCL provides in relevant part that a corporation may indemnify any
person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or
completed action or suit by or in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor
by reason of the fact that such person was or is a director, officer, employee or agent of such
corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such corporation as a director, officer,
employee or agent of another corporation or enterprise against expenses (including attorneys' fees)
actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection with the defense or settlement of such
action or suit if the person acted in good faith and in a manner the person reasonably believed to
be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation and except that no indemnification
shall be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been
adjudged to be liable to the corporation unless and only to the extent that the Court of Chancery
or the court in which such action or suit was brought shall determine upon application that,
despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, such person
is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the Court of Chancery or
such other court shall deem proper. Section 145(c) of the DGCL provides that where an officer or
director is successful on the merits or otherwise in the defense of any action referred to above,
the corporation must indemnify him or her against the expenses (including attorneys' fees) which
such officer or director has actually and reasonably incurred.
Item 7. Exemptions from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
See Exhibit Index below.
Item 9. Undertakings.
(a)
Item 512(a) of Regulation S-K
. The undersigned registrant hereby
undertakes:
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(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;
(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 Registrant 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 this 15th day of July, 2009.
CKE RESTAURANTS, INC.
By:
/s/ Andrew F. Puzder
Andrew F. Puzder
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
Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)
July 15, 2009
/s/ Theodore Abajian
Theodore Abajian
Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)
July 15, 2009
/s/ Reese Stewart
Reese Stewart
Senior Vice President and
Chief Accounting Officer
(Principal Accounting
Officer)
July 15, 2009
/s/ Byron Allumbaugh
Byron Allumbaugh
Chairman of the Board
July 15, 2009
/s/ Frank P. Willey
Frank P. Willey
Vice Chairman of the Board
July 15, 2009
/s/ Matthew Goldfarb
Matthew Goldfarb
Director
July 15, 2009
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Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Peter Churm
Peter Churm
Director
July 15, 2009
/s/ Janet E. Kerr
Janet E. Kerr
Director
July 15, 2009
/s/ Daniel D. Lane
Daniel D. Lane
Director
July 15, 2009
/s/ Carl L. Karcher
Carl L. Karcher
Director
July 15, 2009
/s/ Jerold H. Rubinstein
Jerold H. Rubinstein
Director
July 15, 2009
/s/ Daniel E. Ponder, Jr.
Daniel E. Ponder, Jr.
Director
July 15, 2009
Table of Contents
EXHIBIT INDEX
Number
Description
4.1
Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant, incorporated herein by
reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant's Form S-4 Registration
Statement, as filed with the Commission on March 7, 1994.
4.2
Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation, incorporated
herein by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Registrant's Annual Report
on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 26, 1998, as filed with
the Commission on April 24, 1998.
4.3
Bylaws of the Registrant, as amended through September 4, 2008,
incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.3 to the Registrant's
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended August 11,
2008, as filed with the Commission on September 17, 2008.
4.4
Rights Agreement, dated as of January 5, 2009, by and between the
Registrant and Mellon Investor Services, LLC, incorporated herein by
reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on
Form 8-A (File Number 001-11313), as filed with the SEC on January 5,
2009.
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).
99.1
CKE Restaurants, Inc. 2005 Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan, as
amended, incorporated herein by reference to Appendix A to the
Registrant's Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A, as filed with
the Commission on May 14, 2009.