Edgar Filing: CITRIX SYSTEMS INC

Ownership Submission

FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person ^*

Â ELLIOTT ASSOCIATES, L.P.

2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
07/28/2015

3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
CITRIX SYSTEMS INC [CTXS]

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

40 WEST 57TH STREET, 30TH FLOOR

4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

_____ Director	_____ 10% Owner
_____ Officer (give title below)	__X__ Other (specify below)
See Explanation of Responses

5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)

(Street)

NEW YORK,Â NYÂ 10019

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Common Stock, $.001 par value ⁽¹⁾	1,880,160	D	Â

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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares	4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security		6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Notional Principal Amount Derivative Agreement ⁽¹⁾	Â ⁽²⁾	03/30/2016	Common Stock, $.001 par value	756,541	$ ⁽²⁾	D	Â
Notional Principal Amount Derivative Agreement ⁽¹⁾	Â ⁽²⁾	06/01/2016	Common Stock, $.001 par value	1,439,539	$ ⁽²⁾	D	Â

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
ELLIOTT ASSOCIATES, L.P. 40 WEST 57TH STREET, 30TH FLOOR NEW YORK,Â NYÂ 10019	Â	Â	Â	See Explanation of Responses

Signatures

/s/ Elliot Greenberg, Vice President of Braxton Associates, Inc., as General Partner of Elliott Capital Advisors, L.P., as General Partner, of Elliott Associates, L.P.		08/07/2015
^**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	This Form 3 is filed by Elliott Associates, L.P. (the "Reporting Person"). For purposes of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Reporting Person may be deemed to be a director by deputization by virtue of its right to appoint a director to the board of directors of the Issuer. The Reporting Person disclaims beneficial ownership of the securities reported herein except to the extent of its pecuniary interest therein.
(2)	Notional principal amount derivative agreement (the "Derivative Agreement") in the form of cash settled swaps entered into by the Reporting Person at strike prices ranging from 63.3103 to 69.7100. The Derivative Agreement provides the Reporting Person with economic results that are comparable to the economic results of ownership payable on each settlement date applicable to the expiration or earlier termination of such Derivative Agreement, but do not provide it with the power to vote or direct the voting or dispose of or direct the disposition of the shares of Common Stock that are the subject of the Derivative Agreements (such shares, the "Subject Shares"). The Reporting Person disclaims beneficial ownership in the Subject Shares. The counterparties to the Derivative Agreements are unaffiliated third party financial institutions.

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