Edgar Filing: CITRIX SYSTEMS INC

Ownership Submission

FORM 4

Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN 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 ^*

Sartorius Carlos

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

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

_____ Director	_____ 10% Owner
__X__ Officer (give title below)	_____ Other (specify below)
EVP, Sales & Services

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

C/O CITRIX SYSTEMS, INC., 851 WEST CYPRESS CREEK ROAD

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
02/13/2017

(Street)

FORT LAUDERDALE, FL 33309

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

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 Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
1.Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price		6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Common Stock	02/13/2017		A		3,326 ⁽¹⁾	A	$ 78.78	69,919 ⁽²⁾	D
Common Stock	02/13/2017		F		942 ⁽³⁾	D	$ 78.78	68,977	D
Common Stock	02/13/2017		A		30,318 ⁽⁴⁾	A	$ 78.78	99,295	D
Common Stock	02/13/2017		F		11,351 ⁽³⁾	D	$ 78.78	87,944	D

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

1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities
(Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security
(Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)

Code

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Sartorius Carlos C/O CITRIX SYSTEMS, INC. 851 WEST CYPRESS CREEK ROAD FORT LAUDERDALE, FL 33309			EVP, Sales & Services

Signatures

/s/Antonio G. Gomes, Attorney-in-Fact for Carlos Sartorius		02/15/2017
^**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(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)	These shares of common stock were issued pursuant to an award of performance-based restricted stock units granted on March 28, 2014, which vested based upon satisfaction of certain performance criteria for the performance period ending on December 31, 2016.
(2)	Includes 25 shares acquired under the Citrix Systems, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan on December 7, 2016.
(3)	Represents the withholding of shares received upon the vesting of restricted stock units to cover the associated tax obligations.
(4)	These shares of common stock were issued pursuant to an award of performance-based restricted stock units granted October 1, 2015, which vested based upon satisfaction of certain performance criteria for the performance period ending on December 31, 2016.
Remarks: Each of the reporting person's outstanding restricted stock units were adjusted as a result of the January 31, 2017 distribution by the Issuer to its stockholders of all of the outstanding shares of the common stock of GetGo, Inc. and subsequent merger of GetGo, Inc. with LogMeIn, Inc. The amount of securities beneficially owned following reported transactions, which includes outstanding restricted stock units, is shown on this Form 4 on a post-adjustment basis.

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