As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 22, 2010

Registration No. 033-52519

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO

FORM S-3

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 jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
6307 Carpinteria Ave., Ste. A, Carpinteria, California (805) 745-7500	93013
(Address and Telephone number of Principal Executive Offices)	(Zip Code)

Andrew F. Puzder
Chief Executive Officer
CKE Restaurants, Inc.
6307 Carpinteria Ave., Ste. A
Carpinteria, California 93013
(805) 745-7500

(Name, Address and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: Not applicable, as this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Form S-3 will deregister the registered but unsold securities under the registration statement.

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DEREGISTRATION OF SECURITIES

This Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Form S-3 relates to the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 033-52519), of CKE Restaurants, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Registrant”), which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and became effective on March 7, 1994 (the “Registration Statement”). The Registration Statement was a $75,000,000 universal shelf offering registration statement.

On July 12, 2010, pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of April 18, 2010, by and among Columbia Lake Acquisition Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Parent”), Columbia Lake Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation and a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub”), and the Registrant, Merger Sub merged with and into the Registrant, with the Registrant continuing as the surviving corporation (the “Merger”). As a result of the Merger, the offering pursuant to the Registration Statement has been terminated. The Registrant hereby removes from registration the securities of the Registrant registered but unsold under the Registration Statement.

SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Rule 478 thereunder, the Registrant has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Carpinteria, State of California, on July 22, 2010.

CKE RESTAURANTS, INC.
By:	/s/ Andrew F. Puzder
	Name:	Andrew F. Puzder
	Title:	Chief Executive Officer

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

Signature	Title	Date
/s/ Andrew F. Puzder Andrew F. Puzder	Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer)	July 22, 2010
/s/ Theodore Abajian Theodore Abajian	Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer)	July 22, 2010
/s/ Reese Stewart Reese Stewart	Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer (Principal Accounting Officer)	July 22, 2010
/s/ Peter P. Copses Peter P. Copses	Chairman of the Board	July 22, 2010
/s/ Lance A. Milken Lance A. Milken	Director	July 22, 2010