EX-4.1.1 3 a89687exv4w1w1.htm EXHIBIT 4.1.1 exv4w1w1
 

EXHIBIT 4.1.1

Amendment to CKE Restaurants, Inc.
1994 Employee Stock Purchase Plan

       Section 3 of the CKE Restaurants, Inc. 1994 Employee Stock Purchase Plan is hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows:

       3.     Administration. The Plan shall be administered by the Board or, in the discretion of the Board, by the Committee which shall consist of not less than two persons to be appointed by, and to serve at the pleasure of, the Board. No member of the Board or Committee who is not an Employee shall be eligible to participate in the Plan. An aggregate of 2,907,000 shares of Common Stock shall be subject to the Plan, provided that such number shall be automatically adjusted to reflect any stock split, reverse stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization, merger, consolidation, combination, reclassification or similar corporate change. The Board or the Committee shall have full authority to construe, interpret, apply and administer the Plan and to establish and amend such rules and procedures as it deems necessary or appropriate from time to time for the proper administration of the Plan. In addition, the Board or the Committee may engage or hire such persons, including without limitation, the Broker, to provide administrative, recordkeeping and other similar services in connection with its administration of the Plan, as it may deem necessary or appropriate from time to time. The members of the Board and the Committee and the officers of the Company shall be entitled to rely upon all certificates and reports made by such persons, including the Broker, and upon all opinions given by any legal counsel or investment adviser selected or approved by the Board or the Committee. The members of the Board and the Committee and the officers of the Company shall be fully protected in respect of any action taken or suffered to be taken by them in good faith in reliance upon any such certificates, reports, opinions or other advice of any such person, and all action so taken or suffered shall be conclusive upon each of them and upon all Participants. The Company shall indemnify each member of the Board and the Committee and any other officer or employee of the Company who is designated to carry out any responsibilities under the Plan for any liability arising out of or connected with his or her duties hereunder, except such liability as may arise from such person’s gross negligence or willful misconduct.