Citrix : Initial Statement of Beneficial Ownership

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 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *

2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (MM/DD/YYYY)

3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol

Sherman J Donald

3/4/2020

CITRIX SYSTEMS INC [CTXS]

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

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

25 FIRST STREET, 2ND FLOOR

__X__ Director

_____ 10% Owner

_____ Officer (give title below)

_____ Other (specify below)

(Street)

5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(MM/DD/YYYY)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)

CAMBRIDGE, MA 02141

_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

2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned

3. Ownership Form: Direct

4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership

(Instr. 4)

(Instr. 4)

(D) or Indirect (I)

(Instr. 5)

(Instr. 5)

Common Stock

0

D

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

1. Title of Derivate Security

2. Date Exercisable and

3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative

4. Conversion or Exercise

5. Ownership Form of

6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership

(Instr. 4)

Expiration Date

Security

Price of Derivative Security

Derivative Security: Direct

(Instr. 5)

(MM/DD/YYYY)

(Instr. 4)

(D) or Indirect (I)

(Instr. 5)

Date

Expiration

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Exercisable

Date

Explanation of Responses:

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address

Relationships

Director

10% OwnerOfficerOther

Sherman J Donald

25 FIRST STREET

X

2ND FLOOR

CAMBRIDGE, MA 02141

Signatures

/s/ Shelly L. Shaw, Attorney-in-Fact for J. Donald Sherman

3/13/2020

**Signature of Reporting Person

Date

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CITRIX SYSTEMS, INC.

POWER OF ATTORNEY

Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of Antonio G. Gomes, Robert N. Feldman, Shelly L. Shaw and Matthew W. Ruderman signing singly, the undersigned 's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

1. execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as an officer and/or director of Citrix Systems, Inc. (the "Company"), Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;
2. execute and submit for and on behalf of the undersigned Form ID and authentication documents to obtain United States Securities and Exchange Commission filing codes for access to file on EDGAR and take any other action required for access to submit Forms 3, 4, or 5 with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority;
3. do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5, complete and execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and file such form with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and
4. take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall conta

in such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.

The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exer cise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is t he Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 20th day of February, 2020.

Signature: /s/ JD Sherman

Print Name: JD Sherman

Citrix Systems, Inc.

Power of Attorney