1 AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON AUGUST 12, 1996 REGISTRATION NO. 333-05305 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 ------------------------ POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO FORM S-4 REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 ------------------------ CKE RESTAURANTS, INC. (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter) DELAWARE 5812 33-0602639 (State or Other Jurisdiction of (Primary Standard Industrial (I.R.S. Employer Incorporation or Organization) Classification Code Number) Identification Number) 1200 NORTH HARBOR BOULEVARD ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA 92801 (714) 774-5796 (Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Registrant's Principal Executive Offices) JOSEPH N. STEIN 1200 NORTH HARBOR BOULEVARD ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA 92801 (714) 774-5796 (Name, Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent For Service) COPIES TO: C. CRAIG CARLSON, ESQ. RICHARD G. BROWN, ESQ. J. MICHAEL VAUGHN, ESQ. BRIAN G. LLOYD, ESQ. STRADLING, YOCCA, CARLSON & RAUTH KIMBALL, PARR, WADDOUPS, BROWN & GEE 660 NEWPORT CENTER DRIVE, SUITE 1600 185 SOUTH STATE STREET, SUITE 1300 NEWPORT BEACH, CALIFORNIA 92660 SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH 84147 APPROXIMATE DATE OF COMMENCEMENT OF PROPOSED SALE OF THE SECURITIES TO THE PUBLIC: As promptly as practicable after this Registration Statement becomes effective and the effective time of the proposed merger of a wholly-owned subsidiary of Registrant with and into Summit Family Restaurants Inc. ("Summit"), as described in the Agreement and Plan of Merger and Reorganization, dated as of November 30, 1995, as amended, attached as Appendix A to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus forming a part of this Registration Statement. If the securities being registered on this form are being offered in connection with the formation of a holding company and there is compliance with General Instruction G, check the following box. [ ] ------------------------ - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 DEREGISTRATION OF SECURITIES Pursuant to Item 512(a)(3) of Regulation S-K, the Registrant is filing this Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to Registration Statement to remove from registration all securities registered pursuant to the Registration Statement that remain unsold as of the date of filing of this Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to Registration Statement. Accordingly: (1) the offering is hereby terminated; and (2) the Registrant hereby removes from registration 567,054 shares of Common Stock, representing all securities which remain unsold as of the date of filing of this Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to Registration Statement. 3 SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Anaheim, State of California on August 12, 1996. CKE RESTAURANTS, INC. By: /s/ ROBERT A. WILSON --------------------------------- Robert A. Wilson, Vice President and General Counsel Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated. SIGNATURE TITLE DATE - ---------------------------------------- ------------------------------- ---------------- * Chairman of the Board and August 12, 1996 - ---------------------------------------- Chief Executive Officer William P. Foley II (Principal Executive Officer) * Chief Financial Officer August 12, 1996 - ---------------------------------------- (Principal Financial Officer) Joseph N. Stein * Controller August 12, 1996 - ---------------------------------------- (Principal Accounting Officer) John C. Fuller * Director August 12, 1996 - ---------------------------------------- Peter Churm * Director August 12, 1996 - ---------------------------------------- Carl L. Karcher * Director August 12, 1996 - ---------------------------------------- Carl N. Karcher * Vice Chairman of the Board August 12, 1996 - ---------------------------------------- Daniel D. (Ron) Lane * Director August 12, 1996 - ---------------------------------------- Frank P. Willey * Director August 12, 1996 - ---------------------------------------- W. Howard Lester *By: /s/ ROBERT A. WILSON ----------------------------------- Robert A. Wilson Attorney-in-fact