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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 * DOW STEPHEN M   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol CITRIX SYSTEMS INC [CTXS] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) __X__ Director _____ 10% Owner _____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O SEVIN ROSEN FUNDS, 13455 NOEL ROAD, SUITE 1670 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 01/26/2010 (Street) DALLAS, TX 75240 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) Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price Common Stock 01/26/2010   M   20,000 A $ 25.37 294,400 I (1) See Footnote Coomon Stock               13,332 D   Common Stock               163,050 I (2) See FootNote

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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

V

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Stock Option (Right To Buy)

$ 25.37

01/26/2010

M

20,000

06/01/2006

06/01/2010

Common Stock

20,000

$ 0

294,400

I (1)

See Footnote

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
DOW STEPHEN M C/O SEVIN ROSEN FUNDS 13455 NOEL ROAD, SUITE 1670 DALLAS, TX 75240	X

Signatures

John V. Jaggers, As Attorney-In-Fact		01/28/2010
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

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**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	Total common shares of 294,400 represents 286,900 of such common shares held by the Dow Family Trust (the "Dow Trust"). Stephen M. Dow ("Dow") is a trustee and beneficiary of the Dow Trust, and 7,500 of such common shares held by Dow Investments L.P. (the "Dow L.P."). Dow is a general partner of Dow L.P. and is deemed to have sole dispositive power over the shares with no pecuniary interest.
(2)	Total common shares of 163,050 represents 133,381 of such common shares held by Sevin Rosen Fund IX L.P. ("SRF IX"), 2,652 such common shares held by Sevin Rosen IX Affiliates Fund L.P. ("SRIX AFF") and 17 such common shares held by SRB Associates IX L.P. ("SRBIX"). Dow is a managing member of SRB Associates IX L.L.C., the general partner of SRBIX, the general partner of SRFIX and SRIX AFF. Dow disclaims beneficial owership of these shares except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein.

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