8-K

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): September 23, 2002

CKE RESTAURANTS, INC.

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in charter)

Delaware (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	1-11313 (Commission File Number)	33-0602639 (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
3916 State Street, Ste. 300, Santa Barbara, CA (Address of principal executive offices)		93105 (Zip Code)

(805) 898-8408

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed, since last report.)

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Item 5.    Other Events and Regulation FD Disclosure.

On September 23, 2002, Andrew F. Puzder, the Chief Executive Officer of the Registrant, and Dennis J. Lacey, the Chief Financial Officer of the Registrant submitted to the SEC sworn statements pursuant to Securities and Exchange Commission Order No. 4-460.

Item 7.    Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(a)–(b) Not applicable.

(c)  Exhibits.

The following exhibits are filed herewith:

Exhibit Number	Description
99.1	Statement Under Oath of Chief Executive Officer, dated September 18, 2002
99.2	Statement Under Oath of Chief Financial Officer, dated September 18, 2002

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

	CKE RESTAURANTS, INC.
Date: September 18, 2002	/s/    DENNIS J. LACEY
	Dennis J. Lacey Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

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EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit Number	Description
99.1	Statement Under Oath of Chief Executive Officer, dated September 18, 2002
99.2	Statement Under Oath of Chief Financial Officer, dated September 18, 2002

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EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.1

Statement Under Oath of Principal Executive Officer

and Principal Financial Officer Regarding Facts and

Circumstances Relating to Exchange Act Filings

I, Andrew F. Puzder, state and attest that:

(1)  To the best of my knowledge, based upon a review of the covered reports of CKE Restaurants, Inc., and, except as corrected or supplemented in a subsequent covered report:

• no covered report contained an untrue statement of a material fact as of the end of the period covered by such report (or in the case of a report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials, as of the date on which it was filed); and

• no covered report omitted to state a material fact necessary to make the statements in the covered report, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading as of the end of the period covered by such report (or in the case of a report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials, as of the date on which it was filed).

(2)  I have reviewed the contents of this statement with the Company’s audit committee.

(3)  In this statement under oath, each of the following, if filed on or before the date of this statement, is a “covered report:”

• Report of CKE Restaurants, Inc. on Form 10-K for the year ended January 28, 2002;

• all reports on Form 10-Q, all reports on Form 8-K and all definitive proxy materials of CKE Restaurants, Inc. filed with the Commission subsequent to the filing of the Form 10-K identified above; and

• any amendments to any of the foregoing.

	Subscribed and sworn to before me this 18 day of September, 2002.
/s/    ANDREW F. PUZDER	/s/    N.M. BUCK
Andrew F. Puzder September 18, 2002	Notary Public
	My Commission Expires: 9/16/04

EX-99.2

Exhibit 99.2

Statement Under Oath of Principal Executive Officer

and Principal Financial Officer Regarding Facts and

Circumstances Relating to Exchange Act Filings

I, Dennis J. Lacey, state and attest that:

(1)  To the best of my knowledge, based upon a review of the covered reports of CKE Restaurants, Inc., and, except as corrected or supplemented in a subsequent covered report:

• no covered report contained an untrue statement of a material fact as of the end of the period covered by such report (or in the case of a report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials, as of the date on which it was filed); and

• no covered report omitted to state a material fact necessary to make the statements in the covered report, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading as of the end of the period covered by such report (or in the case of a report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials, as of the date on which it was filed).

(2)  I have reviewed the contents of this statement with the Company’s audit committee.

(3)  In this statement under oath, each of the following, if filed on or before the date of this statement, is a “covered report:”

• Report of CKE Restaurants, Inc. on Form 10-K for the year ended January 28, 2002;

• all reports on Form 10-Q, all reports on Form 8-K and all definitive proxy materials of CKE Restaurants, Inc. filed with the Commission subsequent to the filing of the Form 10-K identified above; and

• any amendments to any of the foregoing.

	Subscribed and sworn to before me this 18th day of September, 2002.
/s/  DENNIS J. LACEY	/s/  N.M. BUCK
Dennis J. Lacey September 18, 2002	Notary Public
	My Commission Expires: 9/16/04