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    <div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">As
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 4, 2009</font></div>
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No. 333&#8722;____</font></div>
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STATES</font></div>
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AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font></div>
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D.C. 20549</font></div>
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S&#8722;8</font></div>
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STATEMENT</font></div>
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SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</font></div>
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RESTAURANTS, INC.</font></div>
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name of registrant as specified in its charter)</font></div>
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Carpinteria Avenue, Suite A, Carpinteria,
California&#160;&#160;93013</font></div>
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of principal executive offices)</font></div>
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AND RESTATED 1994 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN</font></div>
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title of the plan)</font></div>
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F. Puzder</font></div>
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Executive Officer</font></div>
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745-7500</font></div>
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address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent
for service)</font></div>
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Craig Carlson, Esq.</font></div>
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Yocca Carlson &amp; Rauth</font></div>
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Newport Center Drive, Suite 1600</font></div>
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by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, a
non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company.&#160;&#160;See the
definitions of &#8220;large accelerated filer,&#8221; &#8220;accelerated filer&#8221; and &#8220;smaller
reporting company&#8221; in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.</font></div>
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              <div align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Pursuant
      to Rule 416(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#8220;Securities
      Act&#8221;), also registered hereunder are an indeterminate number of shares
      which may become issuable under the CKE Restaurants, Inc. Amended and
      Restated 1994 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as such may be amended from
      time to time (the &#8220;Plan&#8221;) 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.</font></div>
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              <div align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">This
      amount represents the additional shares of Common Stock eligible to be
      issued under the Plan.&#160;&#160;An aggregate of 3,907,500 shares of
      Common Stock available for issuance under the Plan have previously been
      registered.&#160;&#160;Of this amount, 907,000 shares of Common Stock were
      registered on a registration statement on Form S-8 filed on November 3,
      1994 (Registration No. 33-56313), 2,000,000 shares of Common Stock were
      registered on a registration statement on Form S-8 filed on May 2, 2003
      (Registration No. 333-104957), and 1,000,500 shares of Common Stock were
      registered on a registration statement on Form S-8 filed on July 18, 2005
      (Registration No. 333-126681).</font></div>
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      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) of the Securities Act, using the average of the high and low
      prices reported by the New York Stock Exchange on February 26, 2009, which
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NOTE</font></div>
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registration statement (the &#8216;Registration Statement&#8221;) has been prepared in
accordance with General Instruction E to Form S-8 and relates to an increase of
1,500,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the &#8220;Common Stock&#8221;)
of CKE Restaurants, Inc. (the &#8220;Registrant&#8221;) available for issuance under the
Amended and Restated CKE Restaurants, Inc. 1994 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
(the &#8220;Plan&#8221;).</font></div>
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February 26, 2009, the Board of Directors of the Registrant approved and adopted
the Plan, which, among other things, increases the number of shares of Common
Stock available for issuance under the Plan from 3,907,500 to
5,407,500.</font></div>
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the 3,907,500 shares of Common Stock previously made available for issuance
under the Plan have been registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission
(the &#8220;SEC&#8221;) as follows:&#160;&#160;907,000 shares of Common Stock (adjusted to
reflect the Registrant&#8217;s stock split on January 22, 1997 and the Registrant&#8217;s
ten percent stock dividends on February 4, 1998 and January 11, 1999,
respectively) registered on a registration statement on Form S-8 filed on
November 3, 1994 (Registration No. 33-56313), 2,000,000 shares of Common Stock
registered on a registration statement on Form S-8 filed on May 2, 2003
(Registration No. 333-104957), and 1,000,500 shares of Common Stock registered
on a registration statement on Form S-8 filed on July 18, 2005 (Registration No.
333-126681).</font></div><br>
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I</font></div>
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permitted by the rules of the SEC, this Registration Statement omits the
information specified in Part I (Items 1 and 2) of Form S-8.&#160;&#160;The
documents containing the information specified in Part I will be delivered to
the participants<font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">&#160;</font>in
the Plan as required by Rule 428(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the &#8220;Securities Act&#8221;).&#160;&#160;Such documents are not being filed with the
SEC as part of this Registration Statement.</font></div><br>
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following documents filed by the Registrant with the SEC pursuant to the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#8220;Exchange Act&#8221;), are
incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement:</font></div>
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      Registrant&#8217;s Annual Report on Form&#160;10-K for the fiscal year ended
      January 28, 2008, filed with the SEC on March 26,
  2008;</font></div>
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      Registrant&#8217;s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarterly periods
      ended May 19, 2008, August 11, 2008 and November 3, 2008, filed with the
      SEC on June 25, 2008, September 17, 2008 and December 10, 2008,
      respectively;</font></div>
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      Registrant&#8217;s Current Reports on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on February
      7, 2008, March 13, 2008, March 28, 2008, March 31, 2008, April 25, 2008,
      June 2, 2008, June 30, 2008, July 24, 2008, August 21, 2008, September 9,
      2008, September 19, 2008, October 3, 2008, November 17, 2008, December 15,
      2008, December 22, 2008, January 5, 2009, January 9, 2009, and February 6,
      2009 (other than the Current Reports or portions thereof furnished under
      Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 of Form 8-K);
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      description of the Common Stock, contained in the Registrant&#8217;s
      registration statement on Form 8-A12B filed on April 8, 1994, including
      any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such
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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.&#160;&#160;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.&#160;&#160;Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be
deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this
Registration Statement.</font></div>
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Registrant&#8217;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.&#160;&#160;The
Registrant&#8217;s bylaws 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.</font></div>
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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&#8217; 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.</font></div>
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      Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant&#8217;s Form S-4 Registrant Statement Number
      33-52523.</font></div>
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      of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation, as filed with the Delaware
      Secretary of State on December 9, 1997, incorporated herein by reference
      to Exhibit 3.2 to the Registrant&#8217;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
      fiscal year ended January 26, 1998.</font></div>
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      Certificate of Designation of Series A Junior Participating Preferred
      Stock attached thereto as Exhibit A, the Form of Rights Certificate
      attached thereto as Exhibit B, and the Summary of Rights to Purchase
      Preferred Stock attached thereto as Exhibit C), incorporated herein by
      reference to Exhibit 4.1 of Form 8-A filed with the SEC on January 5,
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file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
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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.&#160;&#160;Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in
volume of securities offered (if registered) and any deviation from the low and
high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of
prospectus filed with the SEC pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the
changes in volume and price represent no more than 20 percent change in the
maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the &#8220;Calculation of Registration
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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.</font></div>
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paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) above 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 SEC by the
Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are
incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement.</font></div>
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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 <font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-STYLE: italic">bona fide</font> offering
thereof.</font></div>
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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.</font></div>
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undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant&#8217;s annual
report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and,
where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan&#8217;s annual report
pursuant to 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 <font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-STYLE: italic">bona fide</font> offering
thereof.</font></div>
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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 SEC such indemnification is against public
policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore,
unenforceable.&#160;&#160;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.</font></div>
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to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, 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 the&#160;4th day of&#160;March,
2009.</font></div>
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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 of 1933, as amended, and to file the same, with exhibits thereto,
and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
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
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to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement
has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date
indicated.</font></div>
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                                                  <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt">&#160;</div>
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                                                  <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt">&#160;</div>
                                                  <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt">&#160;</div>
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                                                  <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt">&#160;</div>
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                                                  <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt">&#160;</div>
                                                  <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt">&#160;</div>
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                                                  <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="left">&#160;</div>
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                                                  <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt">&#160;</div>
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                                                  <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt">&#160;</div>
                                                  <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt">&#160;</div>
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                                                  <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt">&#160;</div>
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                                                  <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt">&#160;</div>
                                                  <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt">&#160;</div>
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                                                  <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt">&#160;</div>
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                                                  <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt">&#160;</div>
                                                  <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt">&#160;</div>
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                                                  <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt">&#160;</div>
                                                  <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt">&#160;</div>
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                                                  <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt">&#160;</div>
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                                                  <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center">&#160;</div>
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                                                  <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt">&#160;</div>
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                                                <td valign="top" width="22%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center">
                                                  <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt">&#160;</div>
                                                  <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt">&#160;</div>
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                                                  <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt">&#160;</div>
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                                                  <div>&#160;</div>
                                                  <div>&#160;</div>
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                                                  <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center">&#160;</div>
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                                                  <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Daniel
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                                                <td valign="top" width="30%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center">
                                                  <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt">&#160;</div>
                                                  <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt">&#160;</div>
                                                  <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Director</font></div>
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                                                <td valign="top" width="22%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center">
                                                  <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt">&#160;</div>
                                                  <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt">&#160;</div>
                                                  <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">March
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                                                  <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt">&#160;</div>
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                                              <tr>
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                                                <td valign="top" width="30%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center">
                                                  <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt">&#160;</div>
                                                  <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt">&#160;</div>
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                                                <td valign="top" width="22%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center">
                                                  <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt">&#160;</div>
                                                  <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt">&#160;</div>
                                                  <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">March
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                                                  <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt">&#160;</div>
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                                              </tr>
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                                                  <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt">&#160;</div>
                                                  <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt">&#160;</div>
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                                                  <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Jerold
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                                                <td valign="top" width="30%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center">
                                                  <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt">&#160;</div>
                                                  <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt">&#160;</div>
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                                                <td valign="top" width="22%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center">
                                                  <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt">&#160;</div>
                                                  <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt">&#160;</div>
                                                  <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">March
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                                                  <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt">&#160;</div>
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                                              <tr>
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                                                  <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt">&#160;</div>
                                                  <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt">&#160;</div>
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                                                  <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Frank
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                                                </td>
                                                <td valign="top" width="30%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center">
                                                  <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt">&#160;</div>
                                                  <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt">&#160;</div>
                                                  <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Director</font></div>
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                                                <td valign="top" width="22%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center">
                                                  <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt">&#160;</div>
                                                  <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt">&#160;</div>
                                                  <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">March
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                                              </tr>
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      Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant&#8217;s Form S-4 Registrant Statement Number
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      Secretary of State on December 9, 1997, incorporated herein by reference
      to Exhibit 3.2 to the Registrant&#8217;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
      fiscal year ended January 26, 1998.</font></div>
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      of the Registrant, as amended through September 4, 2008, incorporated
      herein by reference to Exhibit 3.3 to the Registrant&#8217;s Quarterly Report on
      Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended August 11,
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      Agreement, dated as of January 5, 2009, by and between the Registrant and
      Mellon Investor Services LLC, as Rights Agent (including the Form of
      Certificate of Designation of Series A Junior Participating Preferred
      Stock attached thereto as Exhibit A, the Form of Rights Certificate
      attached thereto as Exhibit B, and the Summary of Rights to Purchase
      Preferred Stock attached thereto as Exhibit C), incorporated herein by
      reference to Exhibit 4.1 of Form 8-A filed with the SEC on January 5,
      2009.</font></div>
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              <div align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Certificate
      of Designation of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock (included
      in Exhibit 4.1).</font></div>
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Rauth.</font></div>
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s8_espp.htm
As
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 4, 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
      of Incorporation)
(I.R.S.
      Employer Identification No.)
6307
Carpinteria Avenue, Suite A, Carpinteria,
California  93013
(Address
of principal executive offices)
______________________
AMENDED
AND RESTATED 1994 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
(Full
title of the plan)
______________________
Andrew
F. Puzder
Chief
Executive Officer
6307
Carpinteria Avenue, Suite A,
Carpinteria,
California  93013
(805)
745-7500
(Name,
address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent
for service)
______________________
Copies
to:
C.
Craig Carlson, Esq.
Stradling
Yocca Carlson & Rauth
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, 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.
Large
accelerated filer
__                                                                Accelerated
filer
X
Non-accelerated
filer
__                                                                Smaller
reporting company __
(Do not
check if a smaller reporting company)
CALCULATION
OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title
      of securities to be registered
Amount
      to be registered
(1)(2)
Proposed
      maximum offering price per
share
(3)
Proposed
      maximum aggregate offering price
(3)
Amount
      of registration fee
Common
      Stock, $0.01 par value
1,500,000
      shares
$6.95
$10,425,000
$409.70
(1)
Pursuant
      to Rule 416(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities
      Act"), also registered hereunder are an indeterminate number of shares
      which may become issuable under the CKE Restaurants, Inc. Amended and
      Restated 1994 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as such may be amended from
      time to time (the "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)
This
      amount represents the additional shares of Common Stock eligible to be
      issued under the Plan.  An aggregate of 3,907,500 shares of
      Common Stock available for issuance under the Plan have previously been
      registered.  Of this amount, 907,000 shares of Common Stock were
      registered on a registration statement on Form S-8 filed on November 3,
      1994 (Registration No. 33-56313), 2,000,000 shares of Common Stock were
      registered on a registration statement on Form S-8 filed on May 2, 2003
      (Registration No. 333-104957), and 1,000,500 shares of Common Stock were
      registered on a registration statement on Form S-8 filed on July 18, 2005
      (Registration No. 333-126681).
(3)
In
      accordance with Rule 457(h) of the Securities Act, 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) of the Securities Act, using the average of the high and low
      prices reported by the New York Stock Exchange on February 26, 2009, which
      was $6.95 per share.
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
1,500,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the "Common Stock")
of CKE Restaurants, Inc. (the "Registrant") available for issuance under the
Amended and Restated CKE Restaurants, Inc. 1994 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
(the "Plan").
On
February 26, 2009, the Board of Directors of the Registrant approved and adopted
the Plan, which, among other things, increases the number of shares of Common
Stock available for issuance under the Plan from 3,907,500 to
5,407,500.
Each of
the 3,907,500 shares of Common Stock previously made available for issuance
under the Plan have been registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission
(the "SEC") as follows:  907,000 shares of Common Stock (adjusted to
reflect the Registrant's stock split on January 22, 1997 and the Registrant's
ten percent stock dividends on February 4, 1998 and January 11, 1999,
respectively) registered on a registration statement on Form S-8 filed on
November 3, 1994 (Registration No. 33-56313), 2,000,000 shares of Common Stock
registered on a registration statement on Form S-8 filed on May 2, 2003
(Registration No. 333-104957), and 1,000,500 shares of Common Stock registered
on a registration statement on Form S-8 filed on July 18, 2005 (Registration No.
333-126681).
PART
I
INFORMATION
REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
As
permitted by the rules of the SEC, this Registration Statement omits the
information specified in Part I (Items 1 and 2) of Form S-8.  The
documents containing the information specified in Part I will be delivered to
the participants
in
the Plan as required by Rule 428(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the "Securities Act").  Such documents are not being filed with the
SEC as part of this Registration Statement.
PART
II
INFORMATION
REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item
3.  Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The
following documents filed by the Registrant with the SEC 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 28, 2008, filed with the SEC on March 26,
  2008;
(b)
The
      Registrant's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarterly periods
      ended May 19, 2008, August 11, 2008 and November 3, 2008, filed with the
      SEC on June 25, 2008, September 17, 2008 and December 10, 2008,
      respectively;
(c)
The
      Registrant's Current Reports on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on February
      7, 2008, March 13, 2008, March 28, 2008, March 31, 2008, April 25, 2008,
      June 2, 2008, June 30, 2008, July 24, 2008, August 21, 2008, September 9,
      2008, September 19, 2008, October 3, 2008, November 17, 2008, December 15,
      2008, December 22, 2008, January 5, 2009, January 9, 2009, and February 6,
      2009 (other than the Current Reports or portions thereof furnished under
      Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 of Form 8-K);
and
(d)
The
      description of the Common Stock, contained in the Registrant'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.
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.
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 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 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 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
3.1
Certificate
      of Incorporation of the Registrant, incorporated herein by reference to
      Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant's Form S-4 Registrant Statement Number
      33-52523.
3.2
Certificate
      of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation, as filed with the Delaware
      Secretary of State on December 9, 1997, 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.
3.3
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.
4.1
Rights
      Agreement, dated as of January 5, 2009, by and between the Registrant and
      Mellon Investor Services LLC, as Rights Agent (including the Form of
      Certificate of Designation of Series A Junior Participating Preferred
      Stock attached thereto as Exhibit A, the Form of Rights Certificate
      attached thereto as Exhibit B, and the Summary of Rights to Purchase
      Preferred Stock attached thereto as Exhibit C), incorporated herein by
      reference to Exhibit 4.1 of Form 8-A filed with the SEC on January 5,
      2009.
4.2
Certificate
      of Designation of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock (included
      in Exhibit 4.1).
5.1
Opinion
      of Stradling Yocca Carlson &
Rauth.
23.1
Consent
      of KPMG LLP, independent registered public accounting
  firm.
23.2
Consent
      of Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth (included in Exhibit
      5.1).
24.1
Power
      of Attorney (included on the signature
page).
Item
9.  Undertakings.
(a)           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;
(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.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in
volume of securities offered (if registered) and any deviation from the low and
high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of
prospectus filed with the SEC pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the
changes in volume and price represent no more than 20 percent change in the
maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration
Fee" table in the effective 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) above 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 SEC 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)           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 (and,
where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report
pursuant to 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)           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 SEC 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.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, 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 the 4th day of March,
2009.
CKE
      RESTAURANTS, INC.
By:
/s/ Theodore
      Abajian
Theodore
      Abajian
Executive
      Vice President and Chief Financial
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 of 1933, as amended, and to file the same, with exhibits thereto,
and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
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 of 1933, 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 and Director
(Principal
      Executive Officer)
March
      4, 2009
/s/ Theodore Abajian
Theodore
      Abajian
Executive
      Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
(Principal
      Financial Officer)
March
      4, 2009
/s/ Reese Stewart
Reese
      Stewart
Senior
      Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer
(Principal
      Accounting Officer)
March
      4, 2009
/s/ Byron
      Allumbaugh
Byron
      Allumbaugh
Chairman
      of the Board
March
      4, 2009
/s/ Peter Churm
Peter
      Churm
Director
March
      4, 2009
/s/ Matthew
      Goldfarb
Matthew
      Goldfarb
Director
March
      4, 2009
/s/ Carl L. Karcher
Carl
      L. Karcher
Director
March
      4, 2009
Signature
Title
Date
/s/Janet E.
      Kerr
Janet E. Kerr
Director
March 4, 2009
/s/ Daniel D. Lane
Daniel
      D. (Ron) Lane
Director
March
      4, 2009
/s/ Daniel E. Ponder, Jr.
Daniel
      E. Ponder, Jr.
Director
March
      4, 2009
/s/ Jerold H. Rubinstein
Jerold
      H. Rubinstein
Director
March
      4, 2009
/s/ Frank P. Willey
Frank
      P. Willey
Director
March
      4, 2009
EXHIBIT
INDEX
Number
Description
3.1
Certificate
      of Incorporation of the Registrant, incorporated herein by reference to
      Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant's Form S-4 Registrant Statement Number
      33-52523.
3.2
Certificate
      of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation, as filed with the Delaware
      Secretary of State on December 9, 1997, 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.
3.3
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.
4.1
Rights
      Agreement, dated as of January 5, 2009, by and between the Registrant and
      Mellon Investor Services LLC, as Rights Agent (including the Form of
      Certificate of Designation of Series A Junior Participating Preferred
      Stock attached thereto as Exhibit A, the Form of Rights Certificate
      attached thereto as Exhibit B, and the Summary of Rights to Purchase
      Preferred Stock attached thereto as Exhibit C), incorporated herein by
      reference to Exhibit 4.1 of Form 8-A filed with the SEC on January 5,
      2009.
4.2
Certificate
      of Designation of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock (included
      in Exhibit 4.1).
5.1
Opinion
      of Stradling Yocca Carlson &
Rauth.
23.1
Consent
      of KPMG LLP, independent registered public accounting
  firm.
23.2
Consent
      of Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth (included in Exhibit
      5.1).
24.1
Power
      of Attorney (included on the signature
page).