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Citrix Systems
Annual Report 2005

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Companies with a strong sense of purpose are able to evolve and 

reinvent themselves. Sometimes, evolution leads to an inflection 

point—a confluence of vision, innovation, and execution.

We’ve spent the last three years driving Citrix toward such an  

inflection point.

Our focus? To profoundly enhance our customers’ access  

experience while making Citrix a great place to  

work for thousands of talented people. 

Your company is now poised for  

sustainable growth.

Mark Templeton
President and Chief Executive Officer

Dear fellow shareholders:

The Citrix way is to never give up, to face challenges with courage, and to remain true to our 
founding vision: making access to information simple and easy for everyone. 

The lessons we’ve learned have made us stronger. They have taught us to question the status 
quo, to never be satisfied, and to restlessly seek what could be. These lessons taught us to 
imagine the future we want, to plan for it, and to make it happen. 

Along the way, we’ve overcome significant challenges. Four years ago, we faced the bursting of 
the dot-com bubble, the aftermath of 9/11, the slowing growth of IT budgets, and a very difficult 
world economy. Our annual revenues declined from $592 million in 2001 to $527 million in 2002. 

In spite of these challenges, we set our sights on achieving annual revenues above $1 billion. We 
are on track to achieve this goal in 2006. 

At the time, we knew we needed a broader product portfolio, expanded routes to the customer, 
greater brand visibility, simplification of internal processes, teamwork across global organizations, 
and a stronger, deeper management team. We asked all employees to redouble their focus on 
execution. We re-affirmed to our partners that Citrix would continue to be their best business. 
We offered our customers multiple products that would allow them to invest more in growing 
their business while spending less running it. And we asked you, our shareholders, for your trust 
and your commitment to the long-term view. 

Since 2002, we’ve invested nearly $1 billion in research, development and strategic acquisitions. 
We built Citrix into a leading brand for access. We added over 1,500 talented people across 
every organization in the company. We’ve pruned, tuned, expanded, and re-energized our 
partner network. Through it all, we’ve never wavered from our high ethical standards. And, we’ve 
demonstrated solid results. 

Financially, 2005 was another record year for Citrix. We delivered $909 million in revenues, up  
23 percent over 2004, and non-GAAP1 diluted EPS of $1.17 for the year, up 26 percent. Deferred 
revenue grew to $286 million at the end of 2005, and cash flow from operations increased from 
$265 million to $293 million. Your company has never been on a stronger financial foundation.

These results demonstrate excellent execution against our strategy to offer a complete access 
platform that brings measurable, compelling business value to customers, to diversify our product 
revenue streams, and to maintain operational discipline and strong profitability.

Solid financial results tell only part of the story. Over the past three years, we’ve transformed 
Citrix. I believe this is how an inflection point begins, as a confluence of clear vision, investment  
in innovation, and excellence in execution.

1  GAAP diluted EPS for the same period was $0.93. For a reconciliation of non-GAAP to GAAP measures, see page 68 of the annual report.

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Vision

Information is the lifeblood of any enterprise. But, no matter how much information is stored in 
enterprise applications, it’s useless if it can’t be accessed precisely when and where it’s needed. 
This is Citrix’s unique point of view. We believe that delivering the “best access experience” 
maximizes the value of business information, magnifies individual productivity, and reduces the 
operational friction that inhibits business agility. 

The best access experience is one that most users probably never even notice. It just works.  
It hides the true complexity going on behind the scenes. At the same time, it provides an IT 
organization complete control over access performance, costs, and security. And, a best access 
experience gives our customers the agility they need to seize business opportunity when it’s 
there. This point of view sets Citrix apart, giving us the ability to tap an enormous market for 
access infrastructure. 

We are defining the access infrastructure market within a strategy of “adjacency.” The power of 
this strategy allows us to offer customers a bridge from the products we offer today to the inno-
vative solutions we’ll offer tomorrow. For example, Citrix Presentation Server’s #1 market share  
in client-server application virtualization is allowing us to efficiently introduce Citrix NetScaler  
web application optimization systems, giving customers all the benefits they associate with  
Citrix now for web applications. And, as we move into the adjacent market for desktop applica-
tion streaming, only Citrix will offer customers the industry’s first complete application delivery 
system, enabling IT administrators to deliver client-server, web and desktop applications with  
the best performance, security and cost.

The access infrastructure market includes many customer segments. Some are unique— 
like real-time collaboration and on-demand assistance—which we’ve entered with our Citrix 
GoToMeeting and Citrix GoToAssist online services. Some are highly tuned to the access needs 
of a prosumer or small business who we serve with Citrix GoToMyPC and Citrix Access 
Essentials, respectively. Other customer segments are at the fringes of security, of networking, 
and of systems management markets, requiring customers to assemble their access systems 
with “piece-parts” from many suppliers. Our vision is to consolidate these customer segments 
and provide a complete system that incorporates all of these technologies into a Citrix Access 
Platform for every organization.

“  There are those in the world who think of Citrix as ‘The Presentation Server 
Company.’ Fact is, we are now much more than that. Our job is to turn this 
perception around and prove that Citrix is ‘The Access Company.’ ”

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Taken together, these access infrastructure market segments are significantly outgrowing overall 
IT spending, as well as many other infrastructure software markets. By our estimates, the access 
infrastructure market will exceed $22 billion by the end of 2007. I believe we have a strong posi-
tion to lead this market. 

Innovation

We have been aggressive with our investments in the Company because we see enormous 
opportunity for growth. These investments will continue to drive significant cash flow from 
operations, giving us the ability to invest in our market strategy and meet our goal of generating 
top-quartile profit margins. 

We’re investing in innovation in its broadest definition—in our branding, in our routes to market,  
in our selling processes, and in access technologies. 

For example, we imagined the ability to login once and move among access devices and multiple 
locations securely, and without business interruption. So we invented it. In 2004, we introduced 
Citrix SmoothRoamingTM, built on innovative Citrix technologies. In 2005, we took it even further 
with the strategic acquisition of Net6, Inc. which added the Citrix Access Gateway, a universal 
SSL VPN appliance, to our product line. Today, the Citrix Access Gateway, working with Citrix 
Password Manager and Citrix Presentation Server, makes SmoothRoaming an unparalleled  
Citrix innovation.

There are those in the world who think of Citrix as “The Presentation Server Company.” Fact is, 
we are now much more than that. Our job is to turn this perception around and prove that Citrix 
is “The Access Company.” We have leveraged our unique vision and financial strength to build  
a fast-growing product portfolio. Now we are leveraging our partner relationships and customer 
presence to build a long-term position in the computing stack. We must continue to be aggressive.

Over the last two years, we have invested over $600 million in strategic acquisitions of Expertcity, 
Net6, NetScaler and Teros. Their value is leveraged through cultural alignment, strategic fit, intelli-
gent integration and strong execution. 

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“  We have been aggressive with our investments in the Company 
because we see enormous opportunity for growth. ”

Online Services Products. Growing to $100 million in 2005 revenue, our Online Services products 
now serve over a million users of GoToMyPC desktop access, GoToAssist online support, and 
GoToMeeting web collaboration. The potential of software as a service—especially to reach the 
small-to-mid-market customer—is exciting. Our Online Services team brings us competencies, 
technologies, and talent to tap that potential. We believe we have what it takes to sustain rapid 
growth in this business over the next several years. 

Gateways Products. Our Gateways products significantly outperformed our expectations,  
delivering $13 million in 2005 revenue. In market share, our Access Gateway soared from zero  
to #5 in unit shipments. In Gartner’s SSL VPN Magic Quadrant, Citrix was one of only three  
companies that improved its position, landing us on the threshold of the Leaders quadrant and 
strengthening our position as a Visionary. Our goal is to exit 2006 clearly positioned in the 
Leaders quadrant. 

Our Voice Office and Application Gateway combo, which delivers voice and data applications to 
IP screen phones, is gaining tremendous traction with go-to-market partners Cisco, Avaya and 
Nortel. It’s a leading product in its category and our first solution in the voice-over-IP market.

Application Networking Products. Our Application Networking products allow web applications 
to be delivered cost-effectively, at high performance, and securely. Virtually all of the top Internet 
companies, including the five largest sites in the world, are delivered by our NetScaler products. 
Over 500 enterprise customers are doing the same thing with their line-of-business web 
applications. In November, we acquired the market leader for web application firewalls, adding 
application-layer protection for the web applications we deliver. Technical leadership, combined 
with strong business execution, has fueled tremendous growth, with revenues growing over  
100 percent in 2005.

We will continue to be aggressive, using the same disciplined and strategic approach to acquisi-
tions. They accelerate our business strategy, allow us to more rapidly meet customer needs, add 
expertise in new technical domains, and further expand our management capacity.

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Access Management Products. Our flagship product line continues to be the pace-setter for 
innovation in application virtualization—where applications can be located and accessed in 
completely different physical locations. Last year, we released Presentation Server 4.0. With  
over 50 new features, unprecedented scalability and breakthrough application compatibility,  
it’s becoming a “must-have” for providing virtualized access to enterprise resources. Customer 
uptake has been impressive.

Innovation will continue to be essential to growth for this product line. As we make the platform 
transition to Microsoft’s upcoming version of Windows Server code-named “Longhorn,” we’re 
innovating in a range of application virtualization technologies we call “Constellation.” We’re 
building exciting new technologies for system health monitoring, autonomic load management, 
policy-based session recording and extreme graphics acceleration, to highlight a few. Extreme 
graphics acceleration—Project Pictor—is being developed in collaboration with one of our 
strategic customers. We’re enabling one of the world’s largest aircraft manufacturers to build 
their next-generation airplane in an entirely new way. Sixty sub-contractors at more than 70 
global sites are able to collaborate in a “virtual team workspace” on the revolutionary aircraft 
design. Constellation technologies will be rolled out over the next couple years as new products 
and Citrix Presentation Server enhancements.

Revenue Mix Reflects Product Diversity

8% 

20% 

72% 

FY 2002

Presentation Server & Other

License Updates

Technical Services

7% 

11% 

8% 

38% 

36% 

FY 2005

Presentation Server

License Updates

Technical Services

Online Services

Access Suite & New Products

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“  Our objective is to be #1 or #2 in every access market segment in which we 
compete. Each of our 10 products already holds the #1 market share position  
or is a fast-grower in its market. ”

We’re innovating at a rapid rate to extend our lead in the access infrastructure market long into 
the future. Our objective is to be #1 or #2 in every access market segment in which we compete. 
Each of our 10 products already holds the #1 market share position or is a fast-grower in its 
market. We’ve earned leadership positions in application and desktop virtualization, web applica-
tion optimization, web application security, SSL VPN gateways, on-demand assistance, online 
collaboration and IP telephony markets. 

More than ever, customers are consolidating relationships around fewer, strategic vendors.  
Our 100-percent focus on access allows us to be a single, strategic partner for their on-demand 
access infrastructure. 

Execution

Market leaders see a customer need before anyone else. They create and deliver innovative 
technologies that customers want. Then, they execute and get results. 

In addition to vision and innovation, Citrix has a long tradition of excellence in execution. Our 
financial performance over the past three years speaks to the premium we place on execution–
growing revenue 12, 26, and 23 percent in 2003, 2004 and 2005, respectively. Getting results 
remains at the very core of our culture. Our culture is based on a simple operating model that 
creates great employee and customer value, which ultimately leads to greater shareholder value. 
In other words, we create a best place to work for talented people who have a passion for mak-
ing customers successful.

I see this passion reflected every day in our relentless execution that results in customer 
success—in spite of the dramatic changes in technology, business economics, and globalization 
our customers are facing.

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“  We believe that delivering the ‘best access experience’ maximizes the 
value of business information, magnifies individual productivity, and 
reduces the operational friction that inhibits business agility. ”

The county council in the U.K. that’s saving £2m a year. The mobile operator in Thailand that 
now deploys applications in 30 minutes instead of seven days and saves over $1 million a year  
in IT costs. The private healthcare provider in Ireland saving over ¤350,000 every year. The  
U.S.-based provider of legal billing software that used online meetings to increase sales by  
20 percent, or $500,000 a year...

The Indian auto manufacturer saving 20 percent on IT costs. The petroleum company in Africa 
that cut hardware costs by two-thirds. The international leader in workforce management solutions 
that used on-demand assistance to cut problem-resolution times for its software in half, saving 
an estimated 11,000 support-engineer labor hours per year. The Japanese logistics service 
provider saving 70 percent of application deployment costs… 

The world’s largest health club chain that can now open 15 new gyms in only two days and has 
cut IT costs in half. The U.S. state using application optimization to cut network consumption  
by 80 percent—saving millions of dollars in hardware costs. The Germany-based software com-
pany saving 35 percent in IT costs and increasing productivity 35 percent. The Australian travel 
agency that now opens up a new office in half the time, and for 40 percent less cost, than it 
used to take…

The Canadian bank cutting IT costs in half and saving more than $40 million over five years. The 
online catalog that now serves up its pages without a 20-second delay, having expanded net-
work capacity by more than half while saving more than $300,000 on no-longer-needed servers. 
The Las Vegas resort that offers concierge services through hotel phones so guests can sample 
shows, order tickets, make dinner reservations, and so on, just by touching options on the tele-
phone screens. The software provider in Massachusetts that tripled sales through online product 
demonstrations…

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Because of Citrix, these organizations are better prepared for change—to seize new business 
opportunities, to comply with government regulations, and even respond to natural disasters 
more effectively. We enable them to exploit the promise of new technologies instead of being 
overwhelmed by them.

We are seeing an increasing need for secure, on-demand access, driven by the need to get 
closer to customers and partners; more organizations reaching the breaking point with the cost 
of IT complexity; the exploding opportunity for secure access using the low-cost connectivity  
of the Internet; the elevated need for controlled access to meet new regulatory requirements; 
heightened work-life balance concerns; and industries in the midst of heavy consolidation.

On-demand access is a fundamental component of all these business needs. And that explains 
why the overall access infrastructure market is growing so rapidly.

Inflection

Last December, we celebrated our 10th anniversary as a public company. On December 8, 1995, 
when Citrix joined the NASDAQ market, we were a six-year old start-up with 80 employees and 
$14.6 million in revenues. Today, we have 40 times more employees and over 60 times more 
revenues than in 1995. I’ve never been more excited about Citrix’s future than right now. The power 
of on-demand access is clearly building to an inflection point—and Citrix is leading the way.

Business inflection points don’t come along very often. When they do, new market leaders are 
created, customers see entirely new possibilities, employees get new opportunities, and share-
holders enjoy increasing returns.

The Citrix board, management team, employees and I thank you for your continuing support.

Mark Templeton 
President and Chief Executive Officer

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Citrix Products for Access On-Demand 

HIGH-GROWTH OPPORTUNITIES

PRODUCT

Application Delivery 

Citrix Presentation Server™  

Citrix® NetScaler® System 

is the market-leading application virtualization solution, enabling client-server apps to be  

centrally deployed and managed while providing easy, secure, instant access for any user  

anywhere—ensuring the best cost, security, availability, and performance.

is a line of integrated network appliances that optimize the delivery of web apps—improving 

performance up to 15x, increasing security, and potentially doubling web server capacity  

at half the cost.

Access Security & Control 

Citrix Access Gateway™  

is a line of universal SSL VPN appliances that provide a secure, always-on, single point-of- 

Citrix Password Manager™  

is a market-leading single sign-on solution, efficiently accessing all password-protected  

access to all applications and protocols. 

applications with one logon.

Citrix® Application Firewall 

is the market-leading web application security solution, protecting web apps from the growing 

number of application-layer attacks, and also protecting against identity theft by securing 

corporate information and customer data.

Collaboration & Support 

Citrix® GoToMeeting™  

is one of the fastest-growing collaboration solutions, an easy, secure, cost-effective, and  

Citrix® GoToAssist™  

fast way to meet, train, and collaborate online.

is a market-leading remote technical support solution that enables support staff to view,   

control, and trouble-shoot user desktops, increasing user satisfaction and productivity  

while lowering support costs.

Remote PC Access 

Citrix® GoToMyPC® 

is the market-leading remote desktop access solution, a simple way to provide secure,  

encrypted remote access to PC desktops from any Internet-connected computer. 

IP Telephony 

Citrix® Voice Office  

is a market-leading voice application delivery solution, a suite of IP telephony applications  

that provide user-friendly communications tools for employees on their IP telephones and PCs. 

Voice office is delivered from the Citrix Application Gateway™ appliance and is compatible with  

IP Communications Systems from Avaya, Cisco, and Nortel.

Small Businesses and Individuals 

Citrix Access Essentials™  

is an application virtualization solution for small businesses, bringing secure remote access and 

simple centralized management of information resources to organizations with up to 75 users.

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Application Delivery 

Citrix Presentation Server™  

Access Security & Control 

Citrix Access Gateway™  

Citrix® NetScaler® System 

Citrix Password Manager™  

Citrix® Application Firewall 

Collaboration & Support 

Citrix® GoToMeeting™  

Citrix® GoToAssist™  

DESCRIPTION

is the market-leading application virtualization solution, enabling client-server apps to be  
centrally deployed and managed while providing easy, secure, instant access for any user  
anywhere—ensuring the best cost, security, availability, and performance.

is a line of integrated network appliances that optimize the delivery of web apps—improving 
performance up to 15x, increasing security, and potentially doubling web server capacity  
at half the cost.

is a line of universal SSL VPN appliances that provide a secure, always-on, single point-of- 
access to all applications and protocols. 

is a market-leading single sign-on solution, efficiently accessing all password-protected  
applications with one logon.

is the market-leading web application security solution, protecting web apps from the growing 
number of application-layer attacks, and also protecting against identity theft by securing 
corporate information and customer data.

is one of the fastest-growing collaboration solutions, an easy, secure, cost-effective, and  
fast way to meet, train, and collaborate online.

is a market-leading remote technical support solution that enables support staff to view,   
control, and trouble-shoot user desktops, increasing user satisfaction and productivity  
while lowering support costs.

Remote PC Access 

Citrix® GoToMyPC® 

is the market-leading remote desktop access solution, a simple way to provide secure,  
encrypted remote access to PC desktops from any Internet-connected computer. 

IP Telephony 

Citrix® Voice Office  

is a market-leading voice application delivery solution, a suite of IP telephony applications  
that provide user-friendly communications tools for employees on their IP telephones and PCs. 
Voice office is delivered from the Citrix Application Gateway™ appliance and is compatible with  
IP Communications Systems from Avaya, Cisco, and Nortel.

Small Businesses and Individuals 

Citrix Access Essentials™  

is an application virtualization solution for small businesses, bringing secure remote access and 
simple centralized management of information resources to organizations with up to 75 users.

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An Access Platform Tailored for Every Business

Each Citrix product solves a particular access pain point for customers. Citrix products also comple-
ment each other, along with offerings from our ecosystem of more than 2,000 technology partners,  
and can be flexibly combined to create a complete, end-to-end system for enabling access on demand. 
The platform bridges five key elements in the information-supply chain, pictured and described below:

Real-time
Collaboration

Application
Delivery

Operations
Support
Systems

Universal
Endpoint

Access
Security &
Control

Universal Endpoint. Provide a single and consistent access point for all users, regardless of location, 
device, network, or the information resources that are being accessed.

Access Security & Control. Control the first mile of access from the user to the door of the datacenter, 
while maximizing both security and access at the same time.

Application Delivery. Enable IT to deliver access to any app with the fastest performance, highest 
security, and lowest cost.

•  Virtualize client-server apps. Run and manage apps in a secure datacenter, while making them 

accessible with any device from anywhere.

•  Optimize web apps. Accelerate, secure, and increase the availability of your web apps, all while 

offloading your backend servers.

•  Stream desktop apps. Deliver apps on demand to end-user PCs, combining the power of local 

performance with the efficiency of centralized control and maintenance.

Real-Time Collaboration. Ensure easy, cost-effective online collaboration and remote user support 
while reducing travel demands and costs.

Operations Support Systems (OSS). Observe, manage, monitor, measure, and control all aspects  
of information access, allowing IT services to be delivered as a utility—much like telco services, where 
the dial-tone is always there, operator assistance is easy, and bills are accurate.

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Citrix Systems, Inc.
Selected Consolidated Financial Data

The following selected consolidated financial data should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and 
notes thereto and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” appearing elsewhere 
in this Annual Report.

(In thousands, except per share data)

 2005

 2004

 2003

 2002

 2001

Year Ended December 31,

Consolidated Statements of Income Data:
Net revenues
Cost of revenues (a)

Gross margin
Operating expenses:
  Research and development
  Sales, marketing and support
  General and administrative
  Amortization of other intangible assets (b)
In-process research and development

  Total operating expenses

Income from operations
Interest income
Interest expense
Other (expense) income, net

Income before income taxes
Income taxes

Net income

$  908,722
57,964

$  741,157
26,423

$  588,625
31,072

$  527,448
29,841

$  591,629
41,451

850,758

714,734

557,553

497,607

550,178

108,687
393,420
125,538
11,622
7,000

646,267

204,491
23,614
(2,229)
(368)

225,508
59,168

86,357
337,566
106,516
6,204
19,100

64,443
252,749
85,672
300
—

68,923
235,393
88,946
485
—

67,699
224,108
85,212
37,228
2,580

555,743

403,164

393,747

416,827

158,991
14,274
(11,586)
2,754

164,433
32,887

154,389
21,120
(18,280)
3,458

160,687
33,744

103,860
30,943
(18,163)
(3,483)

113,157
19,237

133,351
42,006
(20,553)
(2,253)

152,551
47,291

$  166,340

$  131,546

$  126,943

$ 

$ 

93,920

$  105,260

0.52

$ 

0.54

Diluted earnings per share

$ 

0.93

$ 

0.75

$ 

0.74

Diluted weighted-average shares outstanding (c)

178,036

174,734

171,447

179,359

194,498

December 31,

(In thousands)

 2005

 2004

 2003

 2002

 2001

Consolidated Balance Sheet Data:
Total assets
Current portion of long-term debt
Long-term debt, capital lease obligations, put  
  warrants and common stock subject to repurchase
Stockholders’ equity

$ 1,681,656
—

$ 1,286,084
—

$ 1,344,939
351,423

$ 1,161,531
—

$ 1,208,230
—

31,000
1,203,480

—
924,905

—
706,798

350,024
614,590

362,768
647,330

(a)   Cost of revenues includes amortization of core and product technology of $16.8 million, $6.1 million, $11.0 million, $10.8 million and $11.6 million 

in 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002 and 2001, respectively.

(b)   On  January  1,  2002  the  Company  adopted  Statement  of  Financial  Accounting  Standards  (“SFAS”)  No. 142,  Goodwill  and  Other  Intangible 

Assets. Pursuant to SFAS No. 142, the Company ceased amortizing goodwill.

(c)   The Company’s diluted weighted-average shares outstanding primarily fluctuates based on the level of stock repurchases made under the Company’s 
stock repurchase program and shares issued in connection with its acquisitions. See Notes 3 and 7 to the Company’s consolidated financial 
statements.

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Citrix Systems, Inc.
Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

OVERVIEW

We design, develop and market technology solutions that enable on-demand access to information and applications. We market and 
license our products through multiple channels such as value-added resellers, channel distributors, system integrators, independent 
software vendors, our websites and original equipment manufacturers.

ACQUISITIONS

2005 Acquisitions

During  2005,  we  acquired  all  of  the  issued  and  outstanding  capital  stock  of  two  privately  held  companies,  NetScaler,  Inc.  and 
Teros, Inc., or the 2005 Acquisitions, for a total of $172.6 million in cash, approximately 6.6 million shares of our common stock 
valued at approximately $154.8 million and estimated direct transaction costs of $6.6 million. As of December 31, 2005, there were 
outstanding  commitments  for  the  issuance  of  shares  of  our  common  stock  related  to  the  purchase  consideration  for  the  2005 
Acquisitions of approximately $0.3 million, which was recorded as an accrued expense in our consolidated balance sheet. We also 
assumed approximately $20.6 million in unvested stock-based compensation upon the closing of the transaction that was accounted 
for  in  accordance  with  Financial  Accounting  Standards  Board,  or  FASB,  Interpretation,  or  FIN,  No.  44,  Accounting  for  Certain 
Transactions Involving Stock Compensation (an Interpretation of APB Opinion No. 2) and was recorded as deferred compensation 
in our consolidated balance sheet. The assumed awards had an excess of fair value over intrinsic value of approximately $0.5 million, 
which is reflected in the total consideration for the transactions. The 2005 Acquisitions are intended to further extend our leadership 
in application delivery solutions. The results of operations of the acquired companies are included as part of our results beginning 
after their dates of acquisition and revenues from the acquired products are included in our Product License revenue and Technical 
Services  revenue  in  our  consolidated  statements  of  income.  The  sources  of  funds  for  consideration  paid  in  these  transactions 
consisted of available cash and investments, borrowings on our senior revolving credit facility, or the Credit Facility, and shares of our 
authorized common stock. See Note 8 to our consolidated financial statements for more information regarding our Credit Facility.

Under the purchase method of accounting, the purchase price for each of the 2005 Acquisitions was allocated to the acquired 
company’s net tangible and intangible assets based on their estimated fair values as of the date of the completion of each 2005 
Acquisition. The allocation of the total purchase price is summarized below (in thousands):

Purchase Price Allocation

Asset Life

Current assets
Property and equipment
In-process research and development
Intangible assets
Goodwill
Other assets

  Total assets acquired
Current liabilities
Long-term liabilities

  Total liabilities assumed

  Net assets acquired, including direct transaction costs

Various

3–6 years
Indefinite

$  22,931
2,352
7,000
76,018
234,704
13,650

356,655
21,144
1,167

22,311

$  334,344

Current assets and current liabilities acquired in connection with the 2005 Acquisitions consisted mainly of cash, accounts receivable, 
inventory, deferred revenues and other accrued expenses. Other assets consisted primarily of deferred tax assets and long-term 
deposits. Long-term liabilities assumed as part of the 2005 Acquisitions consisted primarily of the long-term portion of deferred 
revenues and deferred tax liabilities. In connection with the purchase price allocation, we have estimated the fair value of the support, 
maintenance, product delivery and training obligations we assumed from the 2005 Acquisitions. The estimated fair value of these 
obligations was determined by utilizing a cost build-up approach plus a normal profit margin. We did not include any costs associated 
with selling efforts, research and development or the related fulfillment margins on these costs as they were not deemed to represent 
a legal obligation at the time of the respective acquisitions.

Intangible assets acquired in the 2005 Acquisitions are comprised of core technologies, customer relationships, trade name and 
covenants not to compete. The valuation of product technology was based on the estimated discounted future cash flows associated 
with the 2005 Acquisitions existing products. The value of customer relationships was determined based on the 2005 Acquisitions 

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estimated future discounted cash flows of the relationships in place after considering historical and expected buying patterns of 
customers, expected cash flows from current customers, the duration of support contracts and the application of charges of other 
contributory assets. The valuation of the trade name for the 2005 Acquisitions was determined based on assigning a royalty rate to 
the revenue stream that was expected from the products using the trade name. The pre-tax royalty rate was applied to the product 
revenue and discounted to a present value. The value of the covenants not to compete was determined by using a discounted 
income approach that considered the value of the agreements in place adjusted for competition, among other things. The goodwill 
recorded in relation to the 2005 Acquisitions was assigned to the Americas segment and is not deductible for tax purposes.

2004 Acquisitions

During 2004, we acquired all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of two privately held companies, Net6, Inc, a leader in 
providing secure access gateways and Expertcity.com, Inc., a leader in Web-based desktop access as well as a leader in Web-based 
meeting  and  customer  assistance  services,  together,  the  2004  Acquisitions.  The  consideration  for  the  2004  Acquisitions  was 
approximately $291.0 million comprised of approximately $161.8 million in cash, $6.1 million of direct transaction costs and approx-
imately 5.8 million shares of our common stock valued at approximately $124.8 million. The common stock valued at $124.8 million 
included $118.0 million related to the initial purchase price and the remaining balance is primarily related to additional common stock 
earned by the former stockholders of Expertcity.com, Inc. upon the achievement of certain revenue and other financial milestones 
during 2004 pursuant to the applicable merger agreement, which was issued in March 2005. The fair value of the common stock 
earned  as  additional  purchase  price  consideration  was  recorded  as  goodwill  on  the  date  earned.  In  connection  with  the  2004 
Acquisitions, we allocated $195.1 million to goodwill, $38.7 million to core and product technology and $32.4 million to other intangible 
assets. We assigned $31.7 million of the goodwill to our Americas segment and $163.4 million of the goodwill to our Online Services 
division. The sources of funds for consideration paid in these transactions consisted of available cash and investments and our 
authorized common stock. There is no additional contingent consideration related to these acquisitions.

In-Process Research and Development

We expensed purchased in-process research and development, or IPR&D, of approximately $7.0 million related to the 2005 Acquisitions 
and $19.1 million related to the 2004 Acquisitions immediately upon the closing of the acquisitions. For more information regarding 
the  IPR&D  acquired  from  acquisitions,  see  “Management’s  Discussion  and  Analysis  of  Financial  Condition  and  Results  of 
Operations—Results of Operations” and Note 3 to our consolidated financial statements.

CRITICAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES AND ESTIMATES

Our discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations are based upon our consolidated financial statements, 
which have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States. The preparation of 
these  financial  statements  requires  us  to  make  estimates  and  judgments  that  affect  the  reported  amounts  of  assets,  liabilities, 
revenues and expenses, and related disclosure of contingent liabilities. We base these estimates on our historical experience and 
on various other assumptions that we believe to be reasonable under the circumstances, and these estimates form the basis for our 
judgments concerning the carrying values of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. We periodically 
evaluate these estimates and judgments based on available information and experience. Actual results could differ from our estimates 
under  different  assumptions  and  conditions.  If  actual  results  significantly  differ  from  our  estimates,  our  financial  condition  and 
results of operations could be materially impacted.

We believe that the accounting policies described below are critical to understanding our business, results of operations and financial 
condition  because  they  involve  more  significant  judgments  and  estimates  used  in  the  preparation  of  our  consolidated  financial 
statements. An accounting policy is deemed to be critical if it requires an accounting estimate to be made based on assumptions 
about matters that are highly uncertain at the time the estimate is made, and if different estimates that could have been used, or 
changes in the accounting estimates that are reasonably likely to occur periodically, could materially impact our consolidated financial 
statements. We have discussed the development, selection and application of our critical accounting policies with the audit com-
mittee of our board of directors and our independent auditors, and our audit committee has reviewed our disclosure relating to our 
critical accounting policies in this “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.”

Other significant accounting policies, primarily those with lower levels of uncertainty than those discussed below, are also important 
to  understanding  our  consolidated  financial  statements.  The  notes  to  our  consolidated  financial  statements  contain  additional 
information related to our accounting policies and should be read in conjunction with this discussion.

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Citrix Systems, Inc.
Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations 
(Continued) 

Revenue Recognition.  The accounting related to revenue recognition in the software industry is complex and affected by interpretations 
of the rules and an understanding of industry practices, both of which are subject to change. As a result, revenue recognition accounting 
rules require us to make significant judgments. In addition, our judgment is required in assessing the probability of collection, which 
is generally based on evaluation of customer-specific information, historical collection experience and economic market conditions. 
If market conditions decline, or if the financial condition of our distributors or customers deteriorate, we may be unable to determine 
that collectibility is probable, and we could be required to defer the recognition of revenue until we receive customer payments.

We  sell  our  Access  Suite  products  bundled  with  an  initial  subscription  for  license  updates  that  provide  the  end-user  with  free 
enhancements  and  upgrades  to  the  licensed  product  on  a  when  and  if  available  basis.  Customers  may  also  elect  to  purchase 
technical support, product training or consulting services. We allocate revenue to license updates and any other undelivered elements 
of the arrangement based on vendor specific objective evidence, or VSOE, of fair value of each element and such amounts are 
deferred until the applicable delivery criteria and other revenue recognition criteria have been met. The balance of the revenue, net of 
any discounts inherent in the arrangement, is allocated to the delivered product using the residual method and recognized at the outset 
of  the  arrangement  as  the  licenses  are  delivered.  If  we  cannot  objectively  determine  the  fair  value  of  each  undelivered  element 
based on VSOE, we defer revenue recognition until all elements are delivered, all services have been performed, or until fair value can 
be objectively determined. We must apply judgment in determining all elements of the arrangement and in determining the VSOE 
of fair value for each element, considering the price charged for each product or applicable renewal rates for license updates.

In the normal course of business, we do not permit product returns, but we do provide most of our distributors and value-added 
resellers  with  stock  balancing  and  price  protection  rights.  In  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  our  warranties,  we  also  provide 
end-users of our products the right to replacement products, as applicable. Stock balancing rights permit distributors to return 
products to us up to the forty-fifth day of the fiscal quarter, subject to ordering an equal dollar amount of our other products prior 
to the last day of the same fiscal quarter. Price protection rights require that we grant retroactive price adjustments for inventories 
of  our  products  held  by  distributors  or  resellers  if  we  lower  our  prices  for  such  products.  We  establish  provisions  for  estimated 
returns for stock balancing and price protection rights, as well as other sales allowances, concurrently with the recognition of revenue. 
The provisions are established based upon consideration of a variety of factors, including, among other things, recent and historical 
return rates for both specific products and distributors, estimated distributor inventory levels by product, the impact of any new 
product releases and projected economic conditions. Actual product returns for stock balancing and price protection provisions 
incurred are, however, dependent upon future events, including the amount of stock balancing activity by our distributors and the 
level of distributor inventories at the time of any price adjustments. We continually monitor the factors that influence the pricing of 
our products and distributor inventory levels and make adjustments to these provisions when we believe actual returns and other 
allowances could differ from established reserves. Our ability to recognize revenue upon shipment to our distributors is predicated 
on our ability to reliably estimate future stock balancing returns. If actual experience or changes in market condition impairs our 
ability to estimate returns, we would be required to defer the recognition of revenue until the delivery of the product to the end-user. 
Allowances for estimated product returns amounted to approximately $2.3 million at December 31, 2005 and December 31, 2004. 
We  have  not  reduced  and  have  no  current  plans  to  reduce  our  prices  for  inventory  currently  held  by  distributors  or  resellers. 
Accordingly, there were no reserves required for price protection at December 31, 2005 and December 31, 2004. We also record 
reductions  to  revenue  for  customer  programs  and  incentive  offerings  including  volume-based  incentives,  at  the  time  the  sale  is 
recorded. If market conditions were to decline, we could take actions to increase our customer incentive offerings, which could 
result in an incremental reduction to our revenue at the time the incentive is offered.

Core and Product Technology Assets.  We review acquired core and product technology assets for impairment on a periodic basis 
by comparing the estimated net realizable value to the unamortized cost of the technology. We have acquired our core and product 
technology assets from our business combinations and other third party agreements. The recoverability of these technologies is 
primarily dependent upon our ability to commercialize products utilizing these technologies. The estimated net realizable value of the 
purchased technology is based on the estimated undiscounted future cash flows derived from such technology. Our assumptions 
about future revenues and expenses require significant judgment associated with the forecast of the performance of our products. 
Actual revenues and costs could vary significantly from these forecasted amounts. As of December 31, 2005, the estimated undiscounted 
future cash flows expected from core and product technology assets from these acquisitions is sufficient to recover their carrying 
value. If these products are not ultimately accepted by our customers and distributors, and there is no alternative future use for the 
technology, we could determine that some or all of their remaining $81.7 million carrying value is impaired. In the event of impairment, 
we would record an impairment charge to earnings that could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations.

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Goodwill.  At December 31, 2005, we had $592.0 million in goodwill primarily related to our 2005 Acquisitions, 2004 Acquisitions 
and our acquisition of Sequoia Software Corporation. The goodwill recorded in relation to these acquisitions is not deductible for 
tax purposes. We operate in a single market consisting of the design, development, marketing and support of access infrastructure 
software, hardware and services. Our revenues are derived from sales in the Americas region, Europe, the Middle East and Africa, 
or EMEA region, and the Asia-Pacific region and from our Online Services division. These three geographic regions and the Online 
Services division constitute our reportable segments. See Note 12 to our consolidated financial statements for additional information 
regarding our reportable segments. We evaluate goodwill along these segments, which represent our reporting units. Substantially 
all of our goodwill at December 31, 2005 was associated with our Americas and Online Services reportable segments. Excluding 
goodwill, we have no intangible assets deemed to have indefinite lives.

We use judgment in assessing goodwill for impairment. Goodwill is reviewed for impairment annually, or sooner if events or changes 
in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount could exceed fair value. Fair values are based on discounted cash flows using 
a discount rate determined by our management to be consistent with industry discount rates and the risks inherent in our current 
business model. In accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards, or SFAS, No. 142, Goodwill and Other Intangible 
Assets,  we  completed  the  required  annual  impairment  tests  of  goodwill  as  of  December  31,  2005.  There  were  no  impairment 
charges  recorded  as  a  result  of  our  annual  impairment  tests.  Due  to  uncertain  market  conditions  and  potential  changes  in  our 
strategy, product portfolio or reportable segments, it is possible that the forecasts we use to support our goodwill could change in 
the future, which could result in non-cash charges that would adversely affect our results of operations and financial condition.

Current and Deferred Tax Assets.  We are required to estimate our income taxes in each of the jurisdictions in which we operate as 
part of the process of preparing our consolidated financial statements. At December 31, 2005, the Company has approximately 
$75.6 million in net deferred tax assets. SFAS No. 109, Accounting for Income Taxes, requires a valuation allowance to reduce the 
deferred tax assets reported if, based on the weight of the evidence, it is not more likely than not that some portion or all of the 
deferred tax assets will be realized. We review deferred tax assets periodically for recoverability and make estimates and judgments 
regarding  the  expected  geographic  sources  of  taxable  income,  gains  from  investments,  as  well  as  tax  planning  strategies  in 
assessing the need for a valuation allowance. At December 31, 2005, we determined that a valuation allowance of approximately 
$1.3 million relating to foreign tax credit carryovers was necessary to reduce our deferred tax assets to the amount that will more 
likely than not be realized. If the estimates and assumptions used in our determination change in the future, we could be required to 
revise our estimates of the valuation allowances against our deferred tax assets and adjust our provisions for additional income taxes.

In the ordinary course of global business, there are transactions for which the ultimate tax outcome is uncertain, thus judgment is 
required in determining the worldwide provision for income taxes. We provide for income taxes on transactions based on our estimate 
of the probable liability. We adjust our provision as appropriate for changes that impact our underlying judgments. Changes that 
impact provision estimates include such items as jurisdictional interpretations on tax filing positions based on the results of tax audits 
and general tax authority rulings. Due to the evolving nature of tax rules combined with the large number of jurisdictions in which we 
operate, it is possible that our estimates of our tax liability and the realizability of our deferred tax assets could change in the future, 
which may result in additional tax liabilities and adversely affect our results of operations, financial condition and cash flows.

STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION DISCLOSURES

Our  stock-based  compensation  program  is  a  broad  based,  long-term  retention  program  that  is  intended  to  attract  and  reward 
talented employees and align stockholder and employee interest. The number and frequency of our stock-based awards are based 
on competitive practices, our operating results, the number of shares available for grant under our shareholder approved plans and 
other factors. All employees are eligible to participate in our stock-based compensation program.

SFAS No. 123, Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation, as amended by SFAS No. 148, Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation—
Transition and Disclosure, defines a fair value method of accounting for issuance of stock options and other equity instruments.

Under the fair value method, compensation cost is measured at the grant date based on the fair value of the award and is recognized 
over the service period, which is usually the vesting period. Pursuant to SFAS No. 123, companies are not required to adopt the 
fair value method of accounting for employee stock-based transactions. Companies are permitted to account for such transactions 
under Accounting Principles Board, or APB, Opinion No. 25, Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees, but are required to disclose 
in a note to the consolidated financial statements pro forma net income and per share amounts as if a company had applied the 
methods prescribed by SFAS No. 123.

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Citrix Systems, Inc.
Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations 
(Continued) 

As  of  December  31,  2005,  we  had  two  stock-based  compensation  plans  under  which  we  granted  stock  options  and  shares  of 
non-vested stock. In addition, we assumed stock-based employee compensation plans in our 2004 and 2005 Acquisitions, but no 
additional awards will be granted under these assumed plans. We are currently granting stock-based awards from our 2005 Equity 
Incentive  Plan  and  our  2005  Employee  Stock  Purchase  Plan.  Our  Board  of  Directors  has  provided  that  no  new  awards  will  be 
granted  under  our  other  plans;  however,  awards  previously  granted  under  these  plans  and  still  outstanding  will  continue  to  be 
subject to all the terms and conditions of such plans, as applicable. We typically grant stock options for a fixed number of shares 
to employees and non-employee directors with an exercise price equal to or above the fair value of the shares at the date of grant. 
As discussed in Note 2 to our consolidated financial statements, we apply the intrinsic value method under APB Opinion No. 25 
and related interpretations in accounting for our plans except for certain unvested awards assumed as part of our acquisitions, 
which were accounted for in accordance with FIN No. 44. Stock-based compensation cost has been reflected in net income for 
the amounts related to the awards assumed as part of 2005 and 2004 Acquisitions, which had an exercise price below market 
value on the date of grant and non-vested stock-based awards granted as part of an overall retention program related to our 2005 
Acquisitions. The impact of our fixed stock-based compensation plans and our stock purchase plan on our consolidated financial 
statements from the use of options is reflected in the calculation of earnings per share in the form of dilution.

In December 2004, the FASB issued SFAS No. 123R, Share-Based Payment. SFAS No. 123R requires companies to expense the 
value of employee stock options and similar awards. SFAS No. 123R is effective as of the beginning of the fiscal year that begins 
after June 15, 2005 (January 1, 2006 for us). As of the effective date, we will be required to expense all awards granted, modified, 
cancelled or repurchased as well as the portion of prior awards for which the requisite service has not been rendered, based on 
the  grant-date  fair  value  of  those  awards  as  calculated  for  pro  forma  disclosures  under  SFAS  No. 123.  SFAS  No. 123R  permits 
public companies to adopt its requirements using one of two methods: the “modified prospective” method in which compensation 
cost is recognized beginning with the effective date (a) based on the requirements of SFAS No. 123R for all share-based payments 
granted after the effective date and (b) based on the requirements of SFAS No. 123R for all awards granted to employees prior to 
the  effective  date  of  SFAS  No. 123R  that  remain  unvested  on  the  effective  date;  or  the  “modified  retrospective”  method  which 
includes the requirements of the modified prospective method described above, but also permits companies to restate either all 
prior periods presented or all prior interim periods of the year of adoption based on the amounts previously recognized under SFAS 
No. 123 for purposes of pro forma disclosures.

We  plan  to  adopt  SFAS  No. 123R  using  the  modified  prospective  method.  We  believe  that  the  adoption  of  SFAS  No. 123R’s  fair 
value  method  will  have  a  material  adverse  impact  on  our  reported  results  of  operations.  We  currently  estimate  that  our  2006 
expense related to the fair value of options outstanding, as of December 31, 2005, will approximate the amount of SFAS No. 123 
expense that we reported for 2005 as disclosed in Note 2 to our consolidated financial statements. The full impact that the adop-
tion of SFAS No. 123R will have on our reported results of operations in 2006 will depend on the levels of share-based payments 
granted during 2006 as well as changes in our stock price and the assumptions utilized in determining the fair value of our stock 
awards. Had we adopted SFAS No. 123R in prior periods, we believe that the impact of the adoption of that standard would have 
approximated  the  impact  of  SFAS  No. 123  as  disclosed  in  Note  2  to  our  consolidated  financial  statements.  SFAS  No. 123R  also 
requires that the benefits of tax deductions in excess of recognized compensation cost be reported as a financing cash flow, rather 
than as an operating cash flow as previously required under SFAS No. 95. Accordingly, this requirement will reduce net operating 
cash flows and increase net financing cash flows in periods after adoption. While we cannot estimate what those amounts will be 
in the future because they depend, among other things, on when employees exercise stock options, the amount of operating cash 
flows recognized in prior periods for such excess tax deductions were $38.3 million in 2005, $20.9 million in 2004 and $10.3 million 
in  2003.  In  addition,  upon  adoption  of  SFAS  No. 123R,  we  will  also  be  required  to  reverse  the  deferred  compensation  currently 
recorded in our consolidated balance sheet. The reversal of the deferred compensation will be offset by a decrease in our additional 
paid-in capital and will have no impact on our total stockholders’ equity.

The following table provides information about stock-based awards granted in 2005 and 2004 for employees, non-employee directors 
and  for  certain  executive  officers.  The  stock-based  award  data  for  listed  officers  relates  to  our  Named  Executive  Officers.  The 
“Named Executive Officers” for the year ended December 31, 2005, consist of our chief executive officer and the four other most 
highly compensated executive officers who earned total annual salary and bonus in excess of $100,000 in 2005. For 2004, the 

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“Named Executive Officers” consist of our chief executive officer and the four other most highly compensated executive officers 
who earned total annual salary and bonus in excess of $100,000 in 2004. Named Executive Officers for both years presented were 
employees as of the respective year end.

Year Ended 
December 31,

2005

2004

Net grants to all employees, non-employee directors and executive officers as a percent of outstanding shares (1) (2)

2.17%

1.73%

Grants to Named Executive Officers as a percent of outstanding shares(2)

Grants to Named Executive Officers as a percent of total awards granted

Cumulative awards held by Named Executive Officers as a percent of total options outstanding (3)

0.25%

0.17%

7.33%

4.83%

10.68%

9.66%

(1)   Net grants represent total stock-based awards granted during the period net of stock-based awards forfeited during the period.
(2)   Calculation is based on outstanding shares of common stock as of the beginning of the respective period.
(3)   Calculation is based on total stock-based awards outstanding as of the end of the respective period.

The following table presents our stock-based compensation award activity from December 31, 2003 through December 31, 2005 
(in thousands, except weighted-average exercise price). Some amounts may not add due to rounding.

Balance at December 31, 2003
Granted at market value
Granted below market value
Exercised
Forfeited/cancelled
Additional shares reserved

Balance at December 31, 2004

Granted above market value
Granted at market value
Granted below market value
Exercised
Forfeited/cancelled
New plans (1)
Plan retirement (2)

Balance at December 31, 2005

Awards Outstanding

Awards Available 
for Grant

Number  
of Shares

Weighted-Average 
Exercise Price

37,025
(5,638)
(52)
—
2,491
9,046

42,872

(76)
(4,758)
(961)
—
2,101
11,136
(42,862)

7,452

38,222
5,638
52
(4,492)
(2,491)
N/A

36,928

76
4,758
961
(6,231)
(2,101)
N/A
N/A

34,391

$ 24.56
20.97
3.86
13.06
25.14
N/A

25.20

32.81
23.76
2.58
15.12
30.86
N/A
N/A

25.86

(1)   Represents shares available for grant under our 2005 Equity Incentive Plan, 2005 Employee Stock Purchase Plan and the NetScaler Plan. No additional awards 

will be granted from the NetScaler Plan.

(2)   Represents shares no longer available for grant due the resolution of our Board of Directors that upon stockholder approval of the 2005 Equity Incentive Plan and 
the 2005 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, no new awards will be granted under our Amended and Restated 1995 Stock Option Plan, the Second Amended and 
Restated 2000 Director and Officer Stock Option and Incentive Plan, the Amended and Restated 1995 Non-Employee Director Stock Option Plan and the Third 
Amended and Restated 1995 Employee Stock Purchase Plan.

A summary of our in-the-money and out-of-the-money stock-based awards information as of December 31, 2005 is as follows (in 
thousands, except weighted-average exercise price). Out-of-the-money awards are those awards with an exercise price equal to 
or above the closing price of $28.73 per share for our common stock at December 31, 2005.

In-the-money
Out-of-the-money

Shares

16,576
7,827

  Total stock-based awards outstanding

24,403

Exercisable

Unexercisable

Total

Weighted-Average 
Exercise Price

$18.94
49.28

28.67

Shares

9,987
1

9,988

Weighted-Average 
Exercise Price

$19.02
35.15

19.02

Shares

26,563
7,828

34,391

Weighted-Average 
Exercise Price

$18.97
49.28

25.86

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Citrix Systems, Inc.
Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations 
(Continued)

The following table provides information with regard to our stock-based award grants during 2005 to the 2005 Named Executive 
Officers:

Mark Templeton

John Burris

David Henshall

David Friedman

Stefan Sjostrom

Individual Grants (1)

Number of Securities 
Underlying Awards Grant (#)

Exercise Price  
($/share)

100,000
100,000

37,500
37,500

30,000
30,000
15,000

20,000
20,000

17,500
17,500

$ 22.50
$ 23.83

$ 22.50
$ 23.83

$ 22.50
$ 23.83
$ 27.96

$ 22.50
$ 23.83

$ 22.50
$ 23.83

Expiration Date

April 28, 2010
July 28, 2010

April 28, 2010
July 28, 2010

April 28, 2010
July 28, 2010
November 20, 2010

April 28, 2010
July 28, 2010

April 28, 2010
July 28, 2010

(1)   These stock-based awards vest over 3 years at a rate of 33.3% of the shares underlying the option one year from the date of the grant and at a rate of 2.78%, 

monthly, thereafter.

The following table presents certain information regarding option exercises for 2005 and outstanding options held by 2005 Named 
Executive Officers as of December 31, 2005:

Shares Acquired
on Exercise (#)

Value
Realized ($) (1)

Number of Securities  
Underlying Unexercised Options 
at December 31, 2005 (#)

Values of Unexercised  
In-the-Money Options  
at December 31, 2005 ($)

Exercisable

Unexercisable

Exercisable

Unexercisable (2)

Mark Templeton
David Henshall
John Burris
David Friedman
Stefan Sjostrom

50,000
25,000
118,325
50,000
76,244

$  525,000
$  303,390
$ 1,443,540
$  989,147
$  880,548

2,071,250
135,557
396,499
77,864
219,945

281,250
174,443
140,302
102,136
73,874

$ 17,895,782
$  1,760,865
$  1,304,128
$  1,351,877
740,406
$ 

$ 2,152,578
$ 1,549,285
$ 1,146,580
$ 1,300,998
$  706,943

(1)   The amounts disclosed in this column were calculated based on the difference between the fair market value of our common stock on the date of exercise and 
the exercise price of the options in accordance with regulations promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and 
do not reflect amounts actually received by the named officers.

(2)   Value is based on the difference between the option exercise price and the fair market value at December 31, 2005 ($28.73 per share), multiplied by the number 

of shares underlying the option.

For further information regarding our stock option plans, see “Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters 
and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities—Stock-Based Compensation Plan Information” and Note 6 to our consolidated financial 
statements.

The following discussion relating to the individual financial statement captions, our overall financial performance, operations and 
financial position should be read in conjunction with the factors and events described in “Management’s Discussion and Analysis 
of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” which could impact our future performance and financial position.

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RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

The following table sets forth our consolidated statements of income data and presentation of that data as a percentage of change 
from period-to-period.

(In thousands)

Revenues:
  Product licenses
  License updates
  Online services
  Technical services

  Total net revenues

Cost of revenues:
  Cost of product license revenues
  Cost of services revenues
  Amortization of core and product technology

  Total cost of revenues

Gross margin
Operating expenses:
  Research and development
  Sales, marketing and support
  General and administrative
  Amortization of other intangible assets
In-process research and development

  Total operating expenses

Income from operations
Interest income
Interest expense
Write-off of deferred debt issuance costs
Other (expense) income, net

Income before income taxes
Income taxes

Net income

*not meaningful.

Revenues

Year Ended December 31,

2005

2004

2003

2005 
Compared to
2004

2004 
Compared to
2003

$ 409,435
331,102
99,097
69,088

$ 369,826
271,547
44,101
55,683

$ 374,403
168,793
—
45,429

908,722

741,157

588,625

14,404
26,794
16,766

57,964

3,824
16,472
6,127

26,423

13,555
6,481
11,036

31,072

850,758

714,734

557,553

108,687
393,420
125,538
11,622
7,000

646,267

204,491
23,614
(2,229)
—
(368)

225,508
59,168

86,357
337,566
106,516
6,204
19,100

555,743

158,991
14,274
(4,367)
(7,219)
2,754

164,433
32,887

64,443
252,749
85,672
300
—

403,164

154,389
21,120
(18,280)
—
3,458

160,687
33,744

$ 166,340

$ 131,546

$ 126,943

10.7%
21.9
124.7
24.1

22.6

276.7
62.7
173.6

119.4

19.0

25.9
16.5
17.9
87.3
(63.4)

16.3

28.6
65.4
(49.0)
*
(113.4)

37.1
79.9

26.5

(1.2)%
60.9
*
22.6

25.9

(71.8)
154.2
(44.5)

(15.0)

28.2

34.0
33.6
24.3
*
*

37.8

3.0
(32.4)
(76.1)
*
(20.4)

2.3
(2.5)

3.6

Our operations consist of the design, development, marketing and support of access products and services that enable on-demand 
access to information and applications for our customers, which include individual consumers and professionals, small businesses 
and enterprises.

Net  revenues  include  the  following  categories:  Product  Licenses,  License  Updates,  Online  Services  and  Technical  Services. 
Product Licenses primarily represents fees related to the licensing of our Access Suite products, Citrix NetScaler products and our 
Citrix Access Gateway products. These revenues are reflected net of sales allowances and provisions for stock balancing return 
rights. In addition, we offer incentive programs to our channel distributors and value-added resellers to stimulate demand for our 
products. Revenues associated with these programs are partially offset by these incentives to our channel distributors and value-
added resellers. Our Presentation Server product accounted for approximately 84.6% of our Product License revenue for the year 
ended  December  31,  2005,  93.3%  of  our  Product  License  revenue  for  the  year  ended  December  31,  2004  and  97.6%  of  our 
Product License revenue for the year ended December 31, 2003. The decrease in our Presentation Server product as a percent of 
our Product License revenue when comparing the year ended December 31, 2005 to the year ended December 31, 2004 is due 
to an increase in sales of our Citrix NetScaler products, our Access Suite and our Citrix Access Gateway products. During 2006, 
we expect our Presentation Server product to continue to decrease as a percent of our Product License revenue due to expected 
increases in sales of our Citrix NetScaler products, our Access Suite and our Citrix Access Gateway products. License Updates 
consist of fees related to our Subscription Advantage program that are recognized ratably over the term of the contract, which is 
typically 12 to 24 months. Subscription Advantage  is an  annual renewable program that provides subscribers with  automatic 

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(Continued)

delivery of software upgrades, enhancements and maintenance releases when and if they become available during the term of the 
subscription. Online Services revenues consist primarily of fees related to online service agreements and are recognized ratably 
over the contract term. Technical Services revenues are comprised of fees from technical support services which are recognized 
ratably over the contract term, as well as, revenues from product training and certification, and consulting services revenue related 
to implementation of our products, which is recognized as the services are provided.

(In thousands)

Revenues:
  Product licenses
  License updates
  Online services
  Technical services

  Total net revenues

Year Ended December 31,

2005

2004

2003

2005  
Compared to
2004

2004 
Compared to
2003

$ 409,435
331,102
99,097
69,088

$ 369,826
271,547
44,101
55,683

$ 374,403
168,793
—
45,429

$ 908,722

$ 741,157

$ 588,625

$  39,609
59,555
54,996
13,405

$ 167,565

$ 

(4,577)
102,754
44,101
10,254

$ 152,532

Net revenues increased $167.6 million during 2005 compared to 2004. Product License revenue increased $39.6 million during 2005 
primarily due to increased sales of our new Citrix NetScaler products acquired in our 2005 Acquisitions, increased sales of our Access 
Suite  and  increased  sales  of  our  Citrix  Access  Gateway  products,  acquired  in  our  2004  Acquisitions.  License  Updates  revenue 
increased $59.6 million during 2005 primarily due to a larger base of subscribers and increasing renewals related to our Subscription 
Advantage program. Online Services revenue increased $55.0 million during 2005 primarily due to continued acceptance of new and 
existing products of our Online Services division. Technical Services revenue increased $13.4 million during 2005 primarily due to 
increased sales of consulting services related to implementation of our products and, to a lesser extent, services related to our new Citrix 
NetScaler products. During 2006, we currently expect Product License revenue to increase due to an expected increase in revenue from 
sales of our Citrix NetScaler products and our Citrix Access Gateway products. We also currently expect modest revenue growth 
from  our  Access  Suite  products  in  2006.  In  addition,  we  anticipate  that  Subscription  Advantage  will  continue  to  be  of  strategic 
importance to our business in 2006 because it fosters long-term customer relationships and gives us improved visibility and predict-
ability due to the recurring nature of this revenue stream. Online Services revenues are also currently expected to increase in 2006.

Net revenues increased $152.5 million during 2004 compared to 2003. Product License revenue decreased $4.6 million during 2004 
primarily due to a weakness in our packaged product sales which are typically purchased by medium and small-sized businesses. 
License Updates revenue increased $102.8 million during 2004 primarily due to a larger base of subscribers and increasing renewal 
rates related to our Subscription Advantage program. Online Services revenue increased $44.1 million during 2004 primarily due to 
the  addition  of  the  Online  Services  division  resulting  from  our  February  2004  Expertcity  acquisition.  Technical  services  revenue 
increased $10.2 million during 2004 primarily due to increased sales of consulting services related to implementation of our products.

Deferred revenues are primarily comprised of License Updates revenue from our Subscription Advantage product, Online Services 
revenues from annual service agreements for our Online Services division and Technical Services revenues related to our support 
services and consulting contracts. Deferred revenues increased approximately $60.9 million compared to December 31, 2004 primarily 
due to increased renewals of Subscription Advantage, and increased sales of our online service agreements and, to a lesser extent, 
sales of services related to our new Citrix NetScaler Products. We expect deferred revenue to increase in 2006 due primarily to expected 
increases in both annual contract adoptions for Online Services division’s products and increased Subscription Advantage renewals.

International  and  Segment  Revenues.  International  revenues  (sales  outside  of  the  United  States)  accounted  for  approximately 
50.0% of our net revenues for the year ended December 31, 2005, 53.2% of our net revenues for the year ended December 31, 
2004, and 54.6% of our net revenues for the year ended December 31, 2003. The decrease in international revenue as a percent 
of  net  revenues  for  the  year  ended  December  31,  2005  compared  to  the  year  ended  December  31,  2004  is  primarily  due  to 
increased sales performance in the United States and increased sales performance and growth in our Online Services division, 
which is comprised primarily of domestic revenues.

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An analysis of our reportable segment net revenue is presented below:

(In thousands)

Americas (1)
EMEA (2)
Asia-Pacific
Online Services division

Year Ended December 31,

2005

2004

2003

$ 397,233
334,900
77,492
99,097

$ 335,436
293,690
67,930
44,101

$ 291,470
243,890
53,265
—

  Consolidated net revenues

$ 908,722

$ 741,157

$ 588,625

(1)   Our Americas segment is comprised of the United States, Canada and Latin America.
(2)   Defined as Europe, Middle East and Africa.

*Not meaningful.

Revenue Growth
2004 to 2005

Revenue Growth
2003 to 2004

18.4%
14.0
14.1
124.7

22.6

15.1%
20.4
27.5
*

25.9

With respect to our segment revenues, the increase in net revenues during 2005 as compared to 2004 was due primarily to the 
factors  mentioned  above  across  the  Americas,  EMEA  and  Asia-Pacific  segments.  Revenues  from  our  Online  Services  division 
increased $55.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2005 compared to the year ended December 31, 2004 primarily due to 
growth resulting from continued acceptance of new and existing products in our Online Services division and, to a lesser extent, 
the full year impact in 2005 of our Expertcity acquisition. The increase in net revenues during 2004 as compared to 2003 was due 
primarily to the factors mentioned above across all geographic segments. For additional information on our acquisitions, please  
see “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Acquisitions” and Note 3 to our 
consolidated financial statements and for more information on our international revenues, please refer to Note 12 to our consolidated 
financial statements.

Cost of Revenues

(In thousands)

Year Ended December 31,

2005

2004

2003

Cost of product license revenues
Cost of services revenues
Amortization of core and product technology

$  14,404
26,794
16,766

$  3,824
16,472
6,127

$  13,555
6,481
11,036

  Total cost of revenues

$  57,964

$  26,423

$  31,072

2005  
Compared to
2004

$10,580
10,322
10,639

$31,541

2004  
Compared to
2003

$(9,731)
9,991
(4,909)

$(4,649)

Cost of product license revenues consists primarily of hardware, product media and duplication, manuals, packaging materials, 
shipping  expense,  server  capacity  costs  and  royalties.  Cost  of  services  revenue  consists  primarily  of  compensation  and  other 
personnel-related costs of providing technical support, consulting, as well as our online services. Also included in cost of revenues 
is amortization of core and product technology. Cost of product licenses revenues increased $10.6 million in 2005 as compared to 
2004 due primarily to sales of our Citrix NetScaler products, and sales of our Citrix Access Gateway products both of which contain 
hardware components that have a higher cost than our other software products. Cost of services revenues increased $10.3 million 
in 2005 compared to 2004 primarily due to increased sales in our Online Services division due to continued acceptance of our new 
and existing online products and, to a lesser extent, due to increased sales of consulting and technical support services related to 
our Access Suite products and sales of services related to our new Citrix NetScaler products. Amortization of core and product 
technology increased $10.6 million in 2005 as compared to 2004 primarily due to amortization related to core and product technology 
acquired in acquisitions. The increase in amortization of core and product technology was partially offset by other core and product 
technology assets becoming fully amortized during the year. For more information regarding the acquisitions, see “Management’s 
Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Acquisitions” and Note 3 to our consolidated financial 
statements. We anticipate that in 2006, cost of product license revenues will increase as compared to current levels as we currently 
expect sales of our Citrix NetScaler products and Citrix Access Gateway products to increase. Our Citrix NetScaler products and 
Citrix Access Gateway products have a higher cost of revenues than our software license products due to their hardware component. 
In addition, in 2006, we expect our cost of services revenues to increase due to increased sales of our online services products 
and an increase in technical support costs as we increase our customer base, have more frequent product releases and more 
complex  products.  Our  reported  total  cost  of  revenues  is  also  expected  to  increase  due  to  increased  compensation  expense 
related to our adoption of SFAS No. 123R.

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(Continued)

Cost of product licenses revenues decreased $9.7 million in 2004 as compared to 2003 due primarily to a decrease in royalties 
due to the expiration of certain license agreements. Cost of services revenues increased $10.0 million in 2004 compared to 2003 
primarily due to the addition of our Online Services division resulting from the February 2004 Expertcity acquisition. Amortization 
of core and product technology decreased $4.9 million in 2004 as compared to 2003 primarily due to the reclassification of certain 
intangible tax assets related to a 2001 acquisition from a product technology intangible asset to goodwill resulting in an approximately 
$7.2 million reduction in amortization expense partially offset by an increase in amortization expense related to core and product 
technology intangible assets acquired in the Expertcity acquisition.

Gross Margin

Gross margin as a percent of revenue was 93.6% for 2005, 96.4% for 2004 and 94.7% for 2003. The decrease in gross margin as 
a percentage of net revenue in 2005 compared to 2004 was primarily due to the increase in cost of revenues as discussed above. 
We currently expect our gross margin to decrease slightly in 2006 due to the factors discussed above under Cost of Revenues.

Operating Expenses

Our  results  of  operations  are  subject  to  fluctuations  in  foreign  currency  exchange  rates.  In  order  to  minimize  the  impact  on  our 
operating results, we generally initiate our hedging of currency exchange risks one year in advance of anticipated foreign currency 
expenses. As a result of this practice, foreign currency denominated expenses will be higher in the current year if the dollar was 
weak in the prior year. If the dollar is strong in the current year, most of the benefits will be reflected in our operating costs. There 
is a risk that there will be fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates beyond the one year time frame for which we hedge our 
risk. Because the dollar was weak in 2004, operating expenses were generally higher in 2005, although there is some moderating 
impact due to a stronger dollar since April 2005.

Research and Development Expenses

(In thousands)

Year Ended December 31,

2005

2004

2003

2005  
Compared to
2004

2004 
Compared to
2003

Research and development

$ 108,687

$  86,357

$  64,443

$ 22,330

$ 21,914

Research and development expenses consisted primarily of personnel-related costs. We expensed substantially all development 
costs included in the research and development of our products and new functionality added to our existing products as incurred 
except for certain core technologies with alternative future uses. Research and development expenses increased approximately 
$22.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2005 compared to the year ended December 31, 2004 primarily due to an increase 
in staffing and related personnel costs due to the Net6 and the 2005 Acquisitions, and to a lesser extent, due to increased staffing 
and personnel costs related to our Access Suite of products. We currently expect research and development expenses to increase 
moderately in 2006 due to the full year impact of our 2005 Acquisitions, due to continued investments in our business including the 
hiring of personnel, and additional compensation expense related to the adoption of SFAS No. 123R.

Research and development expenses increased approximately $21.9 million during 2004 as compared to 2003 primarily due to 
increased headcount and related personnel costs, as well as an increase in staffing and associated personnel costs related to our 
Expertcity acquisition.

Sales, Marketing and Support Expenses

(In thousands)

Year Ended December 31,

2005

2004

2003

2005  
Compared to
2004

2004 
Compared to
2003

Sales, marketing and support

$ 393,420

$3 37,566

$ 252,749

$ 55,854

$ 84,817

Sales, marketing and support expenses consisted primarily of personnel-related costs, including sales commissions, and the costs of 
marketing programs aimed at increasing revenue, such as advertising, trade shows, public relations and other market development 
programs. Sales, marketing and support expenses increased approximately $55.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2005 
compared to the year ended December 31, 2004 primarily due to an increase in headcount and the associated increase in salaries, 
commissions and other variable compensation and employee related expenses, as well as an increase in staffing and related personnel 
costs due to the 2005 Acquisitions and, to a lesser extent, the full year impact of our 2004 Acquisitions. Additionally, we increased 
our utilization of personnel for revenue generating activities for the year ended December 31, 2005 as compared to the year ended 

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December 31, 2004, which is reflected as cost of service revenues rather than sales, marketing and support expenses. In 2006, 
we  currently  expect  sales,  marketing  and  support  expenses  to  increase  moderately  due  to  the  full  year  impact  of  our  2005 
Acquisitions, increased compensation costs as we continue to make investments in our business and hire personnel, as well as, 
additional compensation costs related to the adoption of SFAS No. 123R.

Sales, marketing and support expenses increased approximately $84.8 million during 2004 as compared to 2003, primarily due to 
the hiring of additional sales personnel and related personnel costs and increases in commissions and other variable compensation 
costs due to the achievement of targeted sales goals and an increase in staffing and associated personnel costs related to the 
Expertcity acquisition. In addition, there was an increase in marketing program costs resulting from our worldwide brand awareness 
and advertising campaign and from the marketing of services related to our Online Services division, which were introduced in the 
first quarter of 2004. These increases were partially offset by an increase in the allocation of certain revenue generating services 
expenses from operating expense to cost of services revenues.

General and Administrative Expenses

(In thousands)

General and administrative

Year Ended December 31,

2005

2004

2003

2005  
Compared to
2004

2004 
Compared to
2003

$ 125,538

$ 106,516

$ 85,672

$ 19,022

$ 20,844

General and administrative expenses consisted primarily of personnel-related costs and expenses related to outside consultants 
assisting  with  regulatory  compliance  and  information  systems,  as  well  as,  auditing  and  legal  fees.  General  and  administrative 
expenses increased approximately $19.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2005 compared to the year ended December 31, 
2004, primarily due to an increase in headcount, associated salaries and employee related expenses, an increase in staffing and 
employee related expenses due to the 2005 Acquisitions and, to a lesser extent the full year impact of our 2004 Acquisitions. We 
currently expect general and administrative expenses to increase in 2006 primarily due to the full year impact of our 2005 Acquisitions 
and due to additional compensation costs related to the adoption of SFAS No. 123R.

General  and  administrative  expenses  increased  approximately  $20.8  million  during  2004  as  compared  to  2003  primarily  due  to  
an increase in external consulting and services associated with regulatory compliance requirements and information systems, an 
increase in headcount and related personnel costs as well as an increase in staffing and associated personnel costs related to the 
Expertcity acquisition.

Amortization of Other Intangible Assets

(In thousands)

Year Ended December 31,

2005

2004

2003

2005  
Compared to
2004

2004 
Compared to
2003

Amortization of other intangible assets

$  11,622

$  6,204

$ 

300

  $  5,418

  $    5,904

Amortization  of  other  intangible  assets  increased  approximately  $5.4  million  in  2005  as  compared  to  2004  primarily  due  to  an 
increase in amortization expense related to certain acquired finite-lived intangible assets. As of December 31, 2005, we had unamortized 
other  identified  intangible  assets  with  estimable  useful  lives  in  the  net  amount  of  $55.6  million.  Amortization  of  other  intangible 
assets increased approximately $5.9 million in 2004 as compared to 2003 primarily due to an increase in amortization expense 
related  to  intangible  assets  acquired  in  the  Expertcity  acquisition.  We  currently  expect  amortization  expense  to  increase  during 
2006 as a result of our acquisitions. For more information regarding our acquisitions see, “Management’s Discussion and Analysis 
of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Acquisitions” and Note 3 to our consolidated financial statements.

In-Process Research and Development

(In thousands)

Year Ended December 31,

2005

2004

2003

2005  
Compared to
2004

2004 
Compared to
2003

In-process research and development

$  7,000

$  19,100

$ 

—

$(12,100)

$ 19,100

In 2005, $7.0 million of the purchase price paid for our 2005 Acquisitions was allocated to IPR&D, and in 2004, $19.1 million of the 
purchase price paid for our 2004 Acquisitions was allocated to IPR&D. The amounts allocated to IPR&D in our acquisitions had not 
yet reached technological feasibility, had no alternative future use and were written-off at the date of the acquisitions in accordance 

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(Continued)

with FASB Interpretation No. 4, Applicability of FASB Statement No. 2 to Business Combinations Accounted for by the Purchase 
Method. For more information regarding the acquisitions, see “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and 
Results of Operations—Acquisitions” and Note 3 to our consolidated financial statements.

Our efforts with respect to the acquired technologies currently consist of design and development that may be required to support 
the release of the technologies into updated versions of existing service offerings and potentially new product and service offerings 
related to our Citrix NetScaler products, Citrix Access Gateway products and our Online services. We currently expect that we will 
successfully develop new products or services utilizing the acquired in-process technology, but there can be no assurance that 
commercial viability of future product or service offerings will be achieved. Furthermore, future developments in the software industry, 
changes in technology, changes in other products and offerings or other developments may cause us to alter or abandon product 
plans. Failure to complete the development of projects in their entirety, or in a timely manner, could have a material adverse impact 
on our financial condition and results of operations.

The fair value assigned to IPR&D was based on valuations prepared using methodologies and valuation techniques consistent with 
those used by independent appraisers. All fair values were determined using the income approach, which includes estimating the 
revenue and expenses associated with a project’s sales cycle and by estimating the amount of after-tax cash flows attributable to 
the  projects.  The  future  cash  flows  were  discounted  to  present  value  utilizing  an  appropriate  risk-adjusted  rate  of  return,  which 
ranged from 17% to 25%. The rate of return included a factor that takes into account the uncertainty surrounding the successful 
development of the IPR&D.

Interest Income

(In thousands)

Interest income

Year Ended December 31,

2005

2004

2003

2005  
Compared to
2004

2004 
Compared to
2003

$ 23,614

$ 14,274

$ 21,120

$  9,340

$  (6,846)

Interest  income  increased  approximately  $9.3  million  during  2005  as  compared  to  2004  due  to  higher  interest  rates  earned  on 
overall higher average cash, cash equivalent and investment balances that resulted primarily from cash from operations, increased 
proceeds received from employee stock-based compensation plans, partially offset by increased spending on stock repurchases 
and acquisitions. Interest income decreased approximately $6.8 million during 2004 as compared to 2003 due to lower levels of 
cash and investments held in 2004 that resulted from the maturity of AAA-zero coupon corporate securities of $195.4 million in 
March 2004, the payment of approximately $355.7 million for the redemption of our convertible subordinated debentures in March 
2004 and our payment of approximately $161.8 million in cash for our 2004 Acquisitions. For more information see “Management’s 
Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Acquisitions” and “—Liquidity and Capital Resources” 
and Notes 3, 7 and 8 to our consolidated financial statements.

Interest Expense

(In thousands)

Interest expense

Year Ended December 31,

2005

2004

2003

2005  
Compared to
2004

2004 
Compared to
2003

$  2,229

$  4,367

$ 18,280

$ (2,138)

$ (13,913)

Interest  expense  decreased  approximately  $2.1  million  during  2005  compared  to  2004  primarily  due  to  the  redemption  of  our 
convertible subordinated debentures on March 22, 2004. This decrease was partially offset by interest expense incurred in 2005 
related  to  amounts  drawn  during  the  year  on  our  Credit  Facility  and  our  term  loan  facility,  or  the  Term  Loan.  Interest  expense 
decreased $13.9 million during 2004 compared to 2003 primarily due to the redemption of our convertible subordinated deben-
tures on March 22, 2004. For more information see “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of 
Operations—Liquidity and Capital Resources” and Note 8 to our consolidated financial statements.

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Write-Off of Deferred Debt Issuance Costs

(In thousands)

Write-off of deferred debt issuance costs

Year Ended December 31,

2005

$  —

2004

$ 7,219

2003

$     —

2005  
Compared to
2004

2004 
Compared to
2003

$ (7,219)

$ 7,219

In 2004, we incurred a charge of approximately $7.2 million for our remaining prepaid issuance costs as a result of the redemption 
of our convertible subordinated debentures. For more information on our convertible subordinated debentures see “Management’s 
Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Liquidity and Capital Resources” and Note 8 to our 
consolidated financial statements.

Other (Expense) Income, Net

(In thousands)

Other (expense) income, net

Year Ended December 31,

2005

$ (368)

2004

$ 2,754

2003

$ 3,458

2005  
Compared to
2004

2004 
Compared to
2003

$ (3,122)

$  (704)

Other (expense) income, net is primarily comprised of remeasurement and foreign currency transaction gains (losses), other-than-
temporary declines in the value of our equity investments and realized gains (losses) on the sale of available-for-sale investments. 
The  $3.1  million  decrease  in  other  (expense)  income,  net  during  2005  compared  to  2004  was  due  primarily  to  losses  on  the 
remeasurement  of  our  foreign  currency  transactions  partially  offset  by  realized  gains  on  the  sale  of  certain  of  our  investments. 
Other (expense) income, net remained relatively constant during 2004 compared to 2003.

Income Taxes

On October 22, 2004, the American Jobs Creation Act, or the AJCA, was signed into law. The AJCA provided for an 85% dividends 
received deduction on dividend distributions of foreign earnings to a U.S. taxpayer, if certain conditions are met. During the second 
quarter of fiscal 2005, we completed our evaluation of the effects of the repatriation provision of the AJCA and our Chief Executive 
Officer and Board of Directors approved our dividend reinvestment plan, or DRP, under the AJCA. During 2005, we repatriated 
approximately $503.0 million of certain foreign earnings, of which $500.0 million qualified for the 85% dividends received deduction. 
During 2005, we recorded an estimated tax provision of approximately $24.4 million related to the repatriation. Additionally, during 
2005, we recorded the reversal of approximately $8.8 million for income taxes on certain foreign earnings for which a deferred tax 
liability had been previously recorded.

We maintain certain operational and administrative processes in overseas subsidiaries and our foreign earnings are taxed at lower 
foreign tax rates. Other than through the one-time repatriation provision within the AJCA completed during 2005, we do not expect to 
remit earnings from our foreign subsidiaries. Accordingly, since 2000 we have not provided for deferred taxes on foreign earnings.

In 2005, our effective tax rate increased to 26% from 20% in 2004, primarily due to the tax impact of the dividend repatriated under 
the  AJCA.  In  2004,  our  effective  tax  rate  decreased  to  20%  from  21%  in  2003,  primarily  due  to  an  increase  in  annual  taxable 
income in our geographic locations that are taxed at a lower rate. Our effective tax rate may fluctuate throughout 2006 based on a 
number of factors including variations in estimated taxable income in our geographic locations, completed and potential acquisitions, 
changes in statutory tax rates and the tax effects of SFAS No. 123R, among others.

LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES

During 2005, we generated positive operating cash flows of $293.1 million. These cash flows related primarily to net income of 
$166.3 million, adjusted for, among other things, tax benefits from the exercise of non-statutory stock options and disqualifying 
dispositions of incentive stock options of $38.3 million, non-cash charges, including depreciation and amortization of $50.4 million, 
the write-off of in-process research and development associated with the 2005 Acquisitions of $7.0 million, provision for product 
returns of $6.0 million, amortization of deferred stock-based compensation of $4.3 million and an aggregate increase in cash flow 
from our operating assets and liabilities of $34.6 million partially offset by a deferred income tax benefit of $14.3 million. Our investing 
activities provided $160.3 million of cash consisting primarily of the net proceeds, after reinvestment, from sales and maturities of 
our available-for-sale investments of $355.0 million partially offset by cash paid for the 2005 Acquisitions, net of cash acquired, 
of $168.3 million and the expenditure of $26.4 million for the purchase of property and equipment. Our financing activities used 

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(Continued)

cash of $42.9 million related to $174.4 million of cash paid under our stock repurchase programs partially offset by $101.6 million 
in proceeds received from employee stock compensation plans and $29.9 million in net proceeds from our Credit Facility and Term 
Loan, net of financing fees.

During 2004, we generated positive operating cash flows of $265.3 million. These cash flows related primarily to net income of 
$131.5  million,  adjusted  for,  among  other  things,  tax  benefits  from  the  exercise  of  non-statutory  stock  options  and  disqualifying 
dispositions of incentive stock options of $20.9 million, non-cash charges, including depreciation and amortization of $33.6 million, 
the  write-off  of  in-process  research  and  development  associated  with  our  2004  Acquisitions  of  $19.1  million,  the  write-off  of 
deferred debt issuance costs on our convertible subordinated debentures of $7.2 million, provision for product returns of $6.7 million, 
the accretion of original issue discount and amortization of financing costs of $4.3 million and an aggregate increase in cash flow 
from our operating assets and liabilities of $42.5 million. Our investing activities provided $39.3 million of cash consisting primarily 
of  the  net  proceeds,  after  reinvestment,  from  sales  and  maturities  of  our  available-for-sale  and  held-to-maturity  investments  of 
$221.3 million partially offset by cash paid for the 2004 Acquisitions, net of cash acquired, of $140.8 million, the expenditure 
of  $24.4  million  for  the  purchase  of  property  and  equipment  and  cash  paid  for  licensing  agreements  and  core  technology  of 
$16.8 million. Our financing activities used cash of $414.1 million related to $355.7 million of cash paid for the redemption of our 
convertible  subordinated  debentures  and  $121.9  million  of  cash  paid  under  our  stock  repurchase  programs  partially  offset  by 
$63.5 million in proceeds received from employee stock compensation plans.

Cash and Investments

(In thousands)

Cash and investments

Year Ended December 31,

2005

2004

2005  
Compared to
2004

$ 554,221

$ 417,115

$ 137,106

As  of  December  31,  2005,  we  had  $554.2  million  in  cash  and  investments  compared  to  $417.1  million  at  December  31,  2004. 
Additionally,  at  December  31,  2005,  we  had  $63.7  million  of  restricted  cash  equivalents  and  investments,  see  “Restricted  Cash 
Equivalents and Investments” below. The $137.1 million increase in cash and investments as compared to December 31, 2004, is 
primarily  due  to  the  release  of  restricted  cash  as  collateral  due  to  the  termination  of  our  credit  default  contracts,  an  increase  in 
proceeds received from exercises of instruments under our employee stock-based compensation plans and net proceeds received 
from  our  Term  Loan  of  $29.9  million  partially  offset  by  an  increase  in  cash  paid  under  our  stock  repurchase  programs  and  an 
increase  in  cash  spent  for  our  2005  Acquisitions.  In  addition,  in  2004,  we  redeemed  our  convertible  subordinated  debentures 
which reduced our average cash balances held in 2004. We generally invest our cash and cash equivalents in investment grade, 
highly liquid securities to allow for flexibility in the event of immediate cash needs. Our short and long-term investments primarily 
consist  of  interest-bearing  securities.  See  “Management’s  Discussion  and  Analysis  of  Financial  Condition  and  Results  of 
Operations—Liquidity  and  Capital  Resources—Convertible  Subordinated  Debentures”  and  Notes  3  and  8  to  our  consolidated 
financial statements for further information.

Restricted Cash Equivalents and Investments

(In thousands)

Year Ended December 31,

2005

2004

2005  
Compared to
2004

Restricted cash equivalents and investments

$  63,728

$ 149,051

$ (85,323)

As  of  December  31,  2005,  we  had  $63.7  million  in  restricted  cash  equivalents  and  investments  compared  to  $149.1  million  at 
December 31, 2004. The decrease in restricted cash and investments is primarily due to the termination of our credit default 
contracts and the release of the previously restricted collateral related to those contracts. As of December 31, 2005, restricted cash 
equivalents and investments are primarily comprised of approximately $62.8 million in investment securities and cash equivalents 
pledged as collateral for specified obligations under our synthetic lease arrangement. As of December 31, 2004 restricted cash 
was primarily comprised of approximately $86.3 million in investment securities that were pledged as collateral for certain of our 
credit default contracts and interest rate swap agreements and amounts related to our synthetic lease of approximately $62.8 million. 
We maintain the ability to manage the composition of the restricted cash equivalents and investments within certain limits and to 
withdraw and use excess investment earnings from the pledged collateral for operating purposes. For further information regarding 
our synthetic lease, credit default contracts and interest rate swaps, see Notes 10 and 13 to our consolidated financial statements.

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Accounts Receivable, Net

(In thousands)

Accounts receivable
Allowance for returns
Allowance for doubtful accounts

Accounts receivable, net

Year Ended December 31,

2005

$ 146,397
(2,332)
(2,050)

2004

$ 113,315
(2,273)
(2,643)

$ 142,015

$ 108,399

2005 
Compared to
2004

$ 33,082
(59)
593

$ 33,616

At December 31, 2005, we had approximately $142.0 million in accounts receivable, net of allowances. The $33.6 million increase 
in accounts receivable as compared to 2004 was primarily due to an increase in sales, particularly in the last month of the year and 
increases related to the 2005 Acquisitions. Our allowance for returns was $2.3 million at December 31, 2005 and December 31, 
2004. The activity in our allowance for returns was comprised of $6.6 million in credits issued for stock balancing rights during 
2005 offset by $6.6 million of provisions for returns recorded during 2005. Our allowance for doubtful accounts was $2.1 million at 
December 31, 2005 compared to $2.6 million at December 31, 2004. The decrease of $0.5 million was comprised of $1.4 million 
of uncollectible accounts written-off, net of recoveries, partially offset by $0.7 million of provisions for doubtful accounts associated 
with accounts receivable acquired in our 2005 Acquisitions and an additional $0.1 million of provisions for doubtful accounts recorded 
during the year. From time to time, we could maintain individually significant accounts receivable balances from our distributors or 
customers, which are comprised of large business enterprises, governments and small and medium-sized businesses. If the financial 
condition of our distributors or customers deteriorates, our operating results could be adversely affected. At December 31, 2005 
and 2004, no distributor or customer accounted for more than 10% of our accounts receivable. For more information regarding 
significant customers see Note 12 to our consolidated financial statements.

Credit Facility and Term Loan

Effective on August 9, 2005, we entered into a Credit Facility, with a group of financial institutions, or the Lenders. The Credit Facility 
provides for a five-year revolving line of credit in the aggregate amount of $100.0 million, subject to continued covenant compliance. 
A portion of the revolving line of credit (i) in the aggregate amount of $25.0 million may be available for issuances of letters of credit 
and (ii) in the aggregate amount of $15.0 million may be available for swing line loans. The Credit Facility currently bears interest at 
the London Interbank Offered Rate or LIBOR plus 0.5% and adjusts in the future in the range of 0.5% to 1.25% above LIBOR based 
on the level of our total debt and our adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, or EBITDA. In addition, we 
are required to pay a quarterly facility fee ranging from 0.125% to 0.25% based on the aggregate amount available under the Credit 
Facility and the level of our total debt and adjusted EBITDA. During the third quarter of 2005, we borrowed and repaid $75 million 
on the Credit Facility. The amount borrowed was used to partially fund the cash portion of the purchase price of our 2005 Acquisitions. 
For  more  information  related  to  the  2005  Acquisitions  and  our  long-term  debt,  see  “Management’s  Discussion  and  Analysis  of 
Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Acquisitions” and “—Liquidity and Capital Resources” and Notes 3 and 8 to our 
consolidated financial statements. At December 31, 2005, there were no amounts outstanding under the Credit Facility.

Effective on August 9, 2005, our subsidiary entered into the Term Loan, with the Lenders. The Term Loan provides for an eighteen-month 
single-draw term loan facility in the aggregate amount of $100.0 million. The Term Loan currently bears interest at LIBOR plus 0.5% 
and adjusts in the future in the range of 0.5% to 1.25% above LIBOR based on the level of our total debt and adjusted EBITDA. In 
addition, we are required to pay a quarterly facility fee ranging from 0.125% to 0.25% based on the aggregate amount of the Term 
Loan and the level of our subsidiary’s total debt and adjusted EBITDA. We used the proceeds from the Term Loan Agreement to 
partially fund the repatriation of certain of our foreign earnings in connection with the AJCA. For more information related to our 
long-term debt and the AJCA, see Notes 8 and 11 of our consolidated financial statements and “Management’s Discussion and 
Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Results of Operations.” During 2005, we repaid $69.0 million of the amount 
outstanding on the Term Loan. As of December 31, 2005, $31.0 million is outstanding under the Term Loan. In February 2006, we 
paid in full all amounts outstanding under the Term Loan.

The Lenders are entitled to accelerate repayment of outstanding loans under the Credit Facility, if any, upon the occurrence of any 
various events of default, which include, among other events, as applicable, failure to pay when due any principal, interest or other 
amounts in respect of the loans, our breach of any representations and warranties (subject, in some cases, to various grace periods) 
or violations of any covenants under the loan documents, default under any of our other significant indebtedness, if any, a bankruptcy 

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Citrix Systems, Inc.
Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations 
(Continued)

or insolvency event with respect to us, the rendering of a material judgment against us, material adverse developments with respect 
to our ERISA plans or certain changes in our control.

Under the Credit Facility, we must comply with various financial and non-financial covenants. The financial covenants consist of a 
minimum interest coverage ratio and a maximum consolidated leverage ratio. The primary non-financial covenants limit our ability 
to pay dividends (other than pursuant to the DRP), conduct certain mergers or acquisitions, make certain investments and loans, 
incur future indebtedness or liens, alter our capital structure and sell stock or assets.

Convertible Subordinated Debentures

In March 1999, we sold $850 million principal amount at maturity of our zero coupon convertible subordinated debentures, or the 
Debentures,  due  March  22,  2019,  in  a  private  placement.  The  Debentures  were  priced  with  a  yield  to  maturity  of  5.25%  and 
resulted  in  net  proceeds  to  us  of  approximately  $291.9  million,  net  of  original  issue  discount  and  net  of  debt  issuance  costs  of 
approximately $9.6 million. On March 22, 2004, we redeemed the outstanding Debentures for an aggregate redemption price of 
approximately $355.7 million. We used the proceeds from our held-to-maturity investments that matured on March 22, 2004 and 
cash on hand to fund the redemption. At the date of redemption, we incurred a charge for the associated deferred debt issuance 
costs of approximately $7.2 million.

Stock Repurchase Program

Our Board of Directors has authorized an ongoing stock repurchase program with a total repurchase authority granted to us of 
$1.0  billion,  of  which  $200.0  million  was  authorized  in  February  2006  and  $200.0  million  was  authorized  in  February  2005,  the 
objective of which is to improve shareholders’ return. At December 31, 2005, approximately $67.6 million was available to repurchase 
common stock pursuant to the stock repurchase program. All shares repurchased are recorded as treasury stock.

We are authorized to make open market purchases of our common stock using general corporate funds. Additionally, we enter 
into structured stock repurchase arrangements with large financial institutions using general corporate funds as part of our stock 
repurchase program in order to lower the average cost to acquire shares. These programs include terms that require us to make 
up-front payments to the counterparty financial institution and result in the receipt of stock during and/or at the end of the agreement 
or depending on market conditions, the receipt of either stock or cash at the maturity of the agreement.

We expended an aggregate of $174.3 million during 2005 and $121.9 million during 2004, net of premiums received, under all stock 
repurchase transactions. During 2005, we took delivery of a total of 7,356,617 shares of outstanding common stock with an average 
per share price of $23.51 and during 2004, we took delivery of a total of 4,458,740 shares of outstanding common stock with an 
average per share price of $18.77. Some of these shares were received pursuant to prepaid programs. Since inception of our stock 
repurchase program, the average cost of shares acquired was $17.40 per share compared to an average close price during open 
trading windows of $20.58 per share. In addition, a significant portion of the funds used to repurchase stock was funded by proceeds 
from employee stock option exercises and the related tax benefit. We remain committed to our ongoing stock repurchase program. 
As of December 31, 2005, we have remaining prepaid notional amounts of approximately $54.5 million under our stock repurchase 
agreements. As the total shares to be received for the open repurchase agreements at December 31, 2005 is not determinable until the 
contracts mature in 2006, the above price per share amounts exclude the remaining shares to be received subject to the agreements.

CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS AND OFF-BALANCE SHEET ARRANGEMENT

Contractual Obligations

We have certain contractual obligations that are recorded as liabilities in our consolidated financial statements. Other items, such 
as operating lease obligations, are not recognized as liabilities in our consolidated financial statements, but are required to be 
disclosed in the notes to our consolidated financial statements.

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The following table summarizes our significant contractual obligations at December 31, 2005 and the future periods in which such 
obligations are expected to be settled in cash. Additional details regarding these obligations are provided in the notes to our 
consolidated financial statements (in thousands):

Operating lease obligations
Synthetic lease obligations
Term loan (1)
Interest payments on term loan(1)

  Total contractual obligations (2)

Payments Due by Period

Less Than 
1 Year

$ 19,560
3,142
—
1,433

$ 24,135

1–3 
Years

$ 23,660
6,417
31,000
159

$ 61,236

4–5 
Years

$ 12,506
983
—
—

$ 13,489

More Than 
5 Years

$ 25,819
—
—
—

$ 25,819

Total

$  81,545
10,542
31,000
1,592

$ 124,679

(1)   The Term Loan was paid in full in February 2006 and we incurred approximately $0.2 million in interest payments related to the Term Loan in 2006.
(2)   Total contractual obligations do not include agreements where our commitment is variable in nature or where cancellation without payment provisions exist.

As of December 31, 2005, we did not have any individually material capital lease obligations, purchase obligations, or other material 
long-term commitments reflected on our consolidated balance sheets.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement

During 2002, we became a party to a synthetic lease arrangement totaling approximately $61.0 million for our corporate headquarters 
office space in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The synthetic lease represents a form of off-balance sheet financing under which an unrelated 
third party lessor funded 100% of the costs of acquiring the property and leases the asset to us. The synthetic lease qualifies as 
an operating lease for accounting purposes and as a financing lease for tax purposes. We do not include the property or the lease 
debt as an asset or a liability on our accompanying consolidated balance sheets. Consequently, payments made pursuant to the 
lease are recorded as operating expenses in our consolidated statements of income. We entered into the synthetic lease in order 
to lease our headquarters properties under more favorable terms than under our previous lease arrangements. We do not materially 
rely on off-balance sheet arrangements for our liquidity or as capital resources. For information regarding cash outflows associated 
with our lease payments see “Contractual Obligations.”

The initial term of the synthetic lease is seven years. Upon approval by the lessor, we can renew the lease twice for additional two-year 
periods. The lease payments vary based on LIBOR, plus a margin. At any time during the lease term, we have the option to sublease 
the  property  and  upon  thirty  days’  written  notice,  we  have  the  option  to  purchase  the  property  for  an  amount  representing  the 
original property cost and transaction fees of approximately $61.0 million plus any lease breakage costs and outstanding amounts 
owed. Upon at least 180 days notice prior to the termination of the initial lease term, we have the option to remarket the property 
for sale to a third party. If we choose not to purchase the property at the end of the lease term, we have guaranteed a residual value 
to the lessor of approximately $51.9 million and possession of the buildings will be returned to the lessor. On a periodic basis, we 
evaluate the property for indications of permanent impairment. If an evaluation were to indicate that the fair value of the property 
were to decline below $51.9 million, we would be responsible for the difference under our residual value guarantee, which could 
have a material adverse effect on our results of operations and financial condition.

The  synthetic  lease  includes  certain  financial  covenants  including  a  requirement  for  us  to  maintain  a  restricted  cash,  cash 
equivalent or investment balance of approximately $62.8 million as collateral, which is classified as restricted cash equivalents and 
investments in our accompanying consolidated balance sheets. We maintain the ability to manage the composition of restricted 
investments  within  certain  limits  and  to  withdraw  and  use  excess  investment  earnings  from  the  pledged  collateral  for  operating 
purposes. Additionally, we must maintain a minimum net cash and investment balance of $100.0 million, excluding our collateral-
ized investments, equity investments and outstanding debt as of the end of each fiscal quarter. As of December 31, 2005, we had 
approximately $422.9 million in cash and investments in excess of this required level. The synthetic lease includes non-financial 
covenants,  including  the  maintenance  of  the  property  and  adequate  insurance,  prompt  delivery  of  financial  statements  to  the 
administrative agent of the lessor and prompt payment of taxes associated with the property. As of December 31, 2005, we were 
in compliance with all material provisions of the arrangement.

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Citrix Systems, Inc.
Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations 
(Continued)

In January 2003, the FASB issued FASB Interpretation, or FIN, No. 46, Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities, which addresses 
the consolidation of variable interest entities in which an enterprise absorbs a majority of the entity’s expected losses, receives a 
majority of the entity’s expected residual returns, or both, as a result of ownership, contractual or other financial interests in the 
entity. In December 2003, the FASB issued FIN No. 46 (revised), which replaced FIN No. 46. FIN No. 46 (revised) was effective 
immediately  for  certain  disclosure  requirements  and  variable  interest  entities  referred  to  as  special-purpose  entities  for  periods 
ending after December 15, 2003 and for other types of entities for financial statements for periods ending after March 15, 2004. 
We  determined  that  we  are  not  required  to  consolidate  the  lessor,  the  leased  facility  or  the  related  debt  associated  with  our 
synthetic  lease  in  accordance  with  FIN  No.  46  (revised).  Accordingly,  there  was  no  impact  on  our  financial  position,  results  of 
operations or cash flows from adoption. However, if the lessor were to change its ownership of the property or significantly change 
its ownership of other properties that it currently holds, we could be required to consolidate the entity, the leased facility and the 
debt in a future period.

Commitments

Capital expenditures were $26.4 million during 2005, $24.4 million during 2004 and $11.1 million during 2003. During 2005, capital 
expenditures were primarily related to computer equipment purchases associated with our research and development activities, 
software purchases related to improving our internal infrastructure and leasehold improvements. Over the next 12 months, we currently 
expect capital expenditures to increase due to the planned implementation of certain systems to streamline business operations 
and enhance management reporting capabilities.

During 2002 and 2001, we took actions to consolidate certain of our offices, including the exit of certain leased office space and 
the abandonment of certain leasehold improvements. Lease obligations related to these existing operating leases continue to 2025 
with a total remaining obligation at December 31, 2005 of approximately $18.9 million, of which $1.8 million was accrued for as of 
December 31, 2005, and is reflected in accrued expenses and other liabilities in our consolidated financial statements. In calculating 
this accrual, we made estimates, based on market information, including the estimated vacancy periods and sublease rates and 
opportunities. We periodically re-evaluate our estimates; and if actual circumstances prove to be materially worse than management 
has estimated, the total charges for these vacant facilities could be significantly higher.

Historically, significant portions of our cash inflows were generated by our operations. We currently expect this trend to continue 
throughout 2006. We believe that our existing cash and investments together with cash flows expected from operations will 
be sufficient to meet expected operating and capital expenditure requirements for the next 12 months. We continue to search for suitable 
acquisition candidates and could acquire or make investments in companies we believe are related to our strategic objectives. We 
could from time to time seek to raise additional funds through the issuance of debt or equity securities for larger acquisitions.

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Citrix Systems, Inc.
Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

The following discussion about our market risk includes “forward-looking statements” that involve risks and uncertainties. Actual 
results could differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements. The analysis methods we used to assess and 
mitigate risk discussed below should not be considered projections of future events, gains or losses.

We  are  exposed  to  financial  market  risks,  including  changes  in  foreign  currency  exchange  rates  and  interest  rates  that  could 
adversely affect our results of operations or financial condition. To mitigate foreign currency risk, we utilize derivative financial instru-
ments. The counterparties to our derivative instruments are major financial institutions. All of the potential changes noted below are 
based on sensitivity analyses performed on our financial position as of December 31, 2005. Actual results could differ materially.

Discussions of our accounting policies for derivatives and hedging activities are included in Notes 2 and 13 to our consolidated 
financial statements.

Exposure to Exchange Rates

A substantial majority of our overseas expense and capital purchasing activities are transacted in local currencies, including Euros, 
British pounds sterling, Australian dollars, Japanese yen, Swiss francs, Canadian dollars and Hong Kong dollars. To reduce exposure 
to reduction in U.S. dollar value and the volatility of future cash flows caused by changes in currency exchange rates, we have estab-
lished a hedging program. We use foreign currency forward contracts to hedge certain forecasted foreign currency expenditures. 
Our hedging program significantly reduces, but does not entirely eliminate, the impact of currency exchange rate movements.

At December 31, 2005 and 2004, we had in place foreign currency forward sale contracts with a notional amount of $81.7 million 
and  $39.0  million,  respectively,  and  foreign  currency  forward  purchase  contracts  with  a  notional  amount  of  $191.5  million  and 
$165.0 million, respectively. At December 31, 2005 and 2004, these contracts had an aggregate fair liability value of $5.1 million 
and at December 31, 2004 these contracts had an aggregate fair asset value of $8.0 million. Based on a hypothetical 10% appre-
ciation  of  the  U.S.  dollar  from  December  31,  2005  market  rates,  the  fair  value  of  our  foreign  currency  forward  contracts  would 
increase the liability by $10.6 million. Conversely, a hypothetical 10% depreciation of the U.S. dollar from December 31, 2005 market 
rates  would  increase  the  fair  value  of  our  foreign  currency  forward  contracts  by  $10.6  million,  resulting  in  a  net  asset  position. 
Foreign operating costs in these hypothetical movements would move in the opposite direction. This calculation assumes that each 
exchange rate would change in the same direction relative to the U.S. dollar. In addition to the direct effects of changes in exchange 
rates quantified above, changes in exchange rates could also change the dollar value of sales and affect the volume of sales as 
competitors’ products become more or less attractive. We do not anticipate any material adverse impact to our consolidated financial 
position, results of operations, or cash flows as a result of these foreign exchange forward contracts.

Exposure to Interest Rates

We have interest rate exposures resulting from our interest-based available-for-sale securities. We maintain available-for-sale investments 
in debt securities, which limits the amount of credit exposure to any one issuer or type of instrument. The securities in our investment 
portfolio are not leveraged. The securities classified as available-for-sale are subject to interest rate risk. The modeling technique 
used measures the change in fair values arising from an immediate hypothetical shift in market interest rates and assumes that 
ending fair values include principal plus accrued interest and reinvestment income. If market interest rates were to increase by 100 basis 
points from December 31, 2005 and 2004 levels, the fair value of the available-for-sale portfolio would decline by approximately 
$0.2 million and $0.3 million, respectively. These amounts are determined by considering the impact of the hypothetical interest 
rate movements on our available-for-sale investment portfolios. This analysis does not consider the effect of credit risk as a result of 
the reduced level of overall economic activity that could exist in such an environment. During the third quarter of 2005, we have 
terminated all of our interest rate swap agreements due to the sale of the underlying available-for-sale investments. For more infor-
mation see Notes 4 and 13 to our consolidated financial statements.

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Citrix Systems, Inc.
Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk 
(Continued)

During 2005, our subsidiary entered into the Credit Facility and the Term Loan. Accordingly, we could be exposed to market risk from 
changes in interest rates on our long-term debt. This exposure relates to our $100.0 million Credit Facility and our $100.0 million 
Term Loan. Borrowings under the Credit Facility currently bear interest at variable rates based on LIBOR plus 0.5% and adjusts in 
the future in the range of 0.5% to 1.25% above LIBOR based on our level of total debt and our adjusted earnings before interest, 
taxes, depreciation and amortization or EBITDA. A hypothetical 1% interest rate change would not have any current impact on our 
results of operations as we have no amounts outstanding on the Credit Facility as of December 31, 2005. As of December 31, 
2005, we had $31.0 million outstanding under the Term Loan. Borrowings under the Term Loan currently bear interest at variable 
rates based on LIBOR plus 0.5% and adjusts in the future in the range of 0.5% to 1.25% above LIBOR based on our subsidiary’s 
level of total debt and adjusted EBITDA. Pursuant to the terms of the Term Loan agreement, we have the ability to elect a rate of 
interest for periods of one, three or six months. As of December 31, 2005, we had set the interest rate on the Term Loan through 
the date of repayment. The Term Loan was paid in full in February 2006.

In April 2002, we entered into a synthetic lease with a substantive lessor totaling approximately $61.0 million related to office space 
utilized for our corporate headquarters. Payments under this synthetic lease are indexed to a variable interest rate (LIBOR plus a 
margin). Based upon our interest rate exposure under this synthetic lease at December 31, 2005, a 100 basis point change in the 
current interest rate would have an immaterial effect on our financial position and results of operations. In addition to interest rate 
exposure, if the fair value of our headquarters building in Fort Lauderdale, Florida were to significantly decline, there could be a 
material adverse effect on our results of operations and financial condition.

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Controls and Procedures

EVALUATION OF DISCLOSURE CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

As of December 31, 2005, the Company’s management, with the participation of the Company’s President and Chief Executive 
Officer  and  the  Company’s  Vice  President  and  Chief  Financial  Officer,  evaluated  the  effectiveness  of  the  Company’s  disclosure 
controls and procedures pursuant to Rule 13a-15(b) promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the 
“Exchange  Act”).  Based  upon  that  evaluation,  the  Company’s  President  and  Chief  Executive  Officer  and  the  Company’s  Vice 
President and Chief Financial Officer concluded that, as of December 31, 2005, the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures 
were effective in ensuring that material information required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports that it files or submits 
under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Securities and 
Exchange Commission’s rules and forms, including ensuring that such material information is accumulated and communicated to 
the Company’s management, including the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer and the Company’s Vice President 
and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

CHANGES IN INTERNAL CONTROL OVER FINANCIAL REPORTING

During  the  quarter  ended  December  31,  2005,  there  were  no  changes  in  our  internal  control  over  financial  reporting  that  have 
materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting except as described below.

During  the  fourth  quarter  of  2005,  we  continued  to  improve  and  enhance  our  financial  reporting  systems  by  implementing  our 
existing SAP system, our information system for enterprise resource planning, at our Online Services division. The implementation was 
not made in response to any deficiency in our internal control over financial reporting; however, we believe that the implementation 
has enhanced our system of internal control over financial reporting.

MANAGEMENT’S ANNUAL REPORT ON INTERNAL CONTROL OVER FINANCIAL REPORTING

Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting as such term 
is  defined  in  Exchange  Act  Rule  13a-15(f).  Our  internal  control  system  was  designed  to  provide  reasonable  assurance  to  our 
management and board of directors regarding the preparation and fair presentation of published financial statements. All internal 
control systems, no matter how well designed have inherent limitations. Therefore, even those systems determined to be effective 
can  provide  only  reasonable  assurance  with  respect  to  financial  statement  preparation  and  presentation.  Our  management 
assessed the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2005. In making this assessment, our 
management used the criteria set forth by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (“COSO”) in 
Internal Control—Integrated Framework (the COSO criteria).

We have excluded NetScaler, Inc., or NetScaler, from our assessment of and conclusion on the effectiveness of internal control over 
financial reporting as of December 31, 2005 because it was acquired by us in a purchase business combination on August 15, 
2005. Total assets and net assets acquired (excluding $281.0 million of goodwill and other intangible assets recorded in connection 
with the acquisition) were both approximately 2% of our consolidated total assets and consolidated net assets as of December 31, 
2005, and NetScaler’s net revenues for the period we owned it were approximately 2% of our consolidated net revenues for the 
year  ended  December  31,  2005.  NetScaler’s  net  loss,  for  the  period  we  owned  it,  reduced  our  consolidated  net  income  by 
approximately 7% for the year ended December 31, 2005. Based on our assessment we believe that, as of December 31, 2005, 
our internal control over financial reporting is effective based on those criteria. Our management’s assessment of the effectiveness 
or our internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2005 has been audited by Ernst & Young LLP, an independent 
registered public accounting firm, as stated in their report which appears below.

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

Board of Directors and Stockholders 
Citrix Systems, Inc. 

We have audited management’s assessment, included in the accompanying Management’s Annual Report on Internal Control 
Over Financial Reporting, that Citrix Systems, Inc. maintained effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 
2005,  based  on  criteria  established  in  Internal  Control—Integrated  Framework  issued  by  the  Committee  of  Sponsoring 
Organizations of the Treadway Commission (the COSO criteria). Citrix Systems, Inc.’s management is responsible for maintain-
ing effective internal control over financial reporting and for its assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial 
reporting. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on management’s assessment and an opinion on the effectiveness of the 
company’s internal control over financial reporting based on our audit. 

We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). 
Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether effective internal 
control  over  financial  reporting  was  maintained  in  all  material  respects.  Our  audit  included  obtaining  an  understanding  of 
internal control over financial reporting, evaluating management’s assessment, testing and evaluating the design and operating 
effectiveness of internal control, and performing such other procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances. We 
believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion. 

A company’s internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reli-
ability  of  financial  reporting  and  the  preparation  of  financial  statements  for  external  purposes  in  accordance  with  generally 
accepted accounting principles. A company’s internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures 
that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispo-
sitions of the assets of the company; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit 
preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expen-
ditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the company; 
and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition 
of the company’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements. 

Because  of  its  inherent  limitations,  internal  control  over  financial  reporting  may  not  prevent  or  detect  misstatements.  Also, 
projections  of  any  evaluation  of  effectiveness  to  future  periods  are  subject  to  the  risk  that  controls  may  become  inadequate 
because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.

As indicated in the accompanying Management’s Annual Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting, management’s 
assessment of and conclusion on the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting did not include the internal con-
trols of NetScaler, Inc., which was acquired during the third quarter of 2005 and is included in the 2005 consolidated financial 
statements of Citrix Systems, Inc. Net assets acquired (excluding $281.0 million of goodwill and other intangible assets recorded 
in connection with the acquisition) were approximately 1% of the Company’s consolidated assets as of December 31, 2005, 
and net revenues were approximately 2% of consolidated net revenues for the year ended December 31, 2005. Our audit of 
internal  control  over  financial  reporting  of  Citrix  Systems,  Inc.  also  did  not  include  an  evaluation  of  the  internal  control  over 
financial reporting of NetScaler. 

In our opinion, management’s assessment that Citrix Systems, Inc. maintained effective internal control over financial reporting 
as of December 31, 2005, is fairly stated, in all material respects, based on the COSO criteria. Also, in our opinion, Citrix Systems, 
Inc. maintained, in all material respects, effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2005, based on 
the COSO criteria. 

We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), 
the consolidated balance sheets of Citrix Systems, Inc. as of December 31, 2005 and 2004, and the related consolidated state-
ments of income, stockholders’ equity and comprehensive income, and cash flows for each of the three years in the period 
ended December 31, 2005 and our report dated March 9, 2006 expressed an unqualified opinion thereon. 

Certified Public Accountants 

West Palm Beach, Florida 
March 9, 2006

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

Board of Directors and Stockholders 
Citrix Systems, Inc.

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Citrix Systems, Inc. as of December 31, 2005 and 2004, 
and the related consolidated statements of income, stockholders’ equity and comprehensive income, and cash flows for each 
of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2005. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s 
management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits. 

We  conducted  our  audits  in  accordance  with  the  standards  of  the  Public  Company  Accounting  Oversight  Board  (United 
States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial 
statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts 
and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant 
estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits 
provide a reasonable basis for our opinion. 

In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial posi-
tion of Citrix Systems, Inc. at December 31, 2005 and 2004, and the consolidated results of its operations and its cash flows 
for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2005, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting 
principles. 

We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), 
the effectiveness of Citrix Systems, Inc.’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2005, based on criteria 
established in Internal Control—Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway 
Commission and our report dated March 9, 2006 expressed an unqualified opinion thereon.

West Palm Beach, Florida 
March 9, 2006

Certified Public Accountants 

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Citrix Systems, Inc.
Consolidated Balance Sheets

(In thousands, except par value)

ASSETS
Current assets:
  Cash and cash equivalents
  Short-term investments
  Accounts receivable, net of allowances of $4,382 and $4,916 in 2005  

  and 2004, respectively
Inventories, net

  Prepaid expenses and other current assets
  Current portion of deferred tax assets, net

  Total current assets

Restricted cash equivalents and investments
Long-term investments
Property and equipment, net
Goodwill, net
Other intangible assets, net
Long-term portion of deferred tax assets, net
Other assets

LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Current liabilities:
  Accounts payable
  Accrued expenses

Income taxes payable

  Current portion of deferred revenues

  Total current liabilities

Long-term portion of deferred revenues
Long-term debt
Other liabilities
Commitments and contingencies
Stockholders’ equity:
  Preferred stock at $.01 par value: 5,000 shares authorized;  

  none issued and outstanding

  Common stock at $.001 par value: 1,000,000 shares authorized;  

  226,573 and 212,991 shares issued at 2005 and 2004, respectively

  Additional paid-in capital
  Deferred compensation
  Retained earnings
  Accumulated other comprehensive (loss) income

  Less—common stock in treasury, at cost (49,965 and 42,608 shares  

in 2005 and 2004, respectively)

  Total stockholders’ equity

See accompanying notes.

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December 31,

 2005

2004

$  484,035
18,900

$ 

73,485
159,656

142,015
3,933
31,164
46,410

726,457
63,728
51,286
73,727
591,994
137,333
29,158
7,973

108,399
783
40,376
43,881

426,580
149,051
183,974
69,281
361,452
87,172
—
8,574

$ 1,681,656

$ 1,286,084

$ 

33,495
125,029
1,329
266,223

426,076
19,803
31,000
1,297

$ 

17,554
111,535
2,198
210,872

342,159
14,271
—
4,749

—

—

226
1,189,460
(18,873)
944,626
(4,463)

2,110,976

(907,496)

1,203,480

213
872,659
(1,063)
778,286
7,489

1,657,584

(732,679)

924,905

$ 1,681,656

$ 1,286,084

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Consolidated Statements of Income

(In thousands, except per share information)

Revenues:
  Product licenses
  License updates
  Online services
  Technical services

  Total net revenues

Cost of revenues:
  Cost of product license revenues
  Cost of services revenues
  Amortization of core and product technology

  Total cost of revenues

Gross margin
Operating expenses:
  Research and development
  Sales, marketing and support
  General and administrative
  Amortization of other intangible assets
In-process research and development

  Total operating expenses

Income from operations
Interest income
Interest expense
Write-off of deferred debt issuance costs
Other (expense) income, net

Income before income taxes
Income taxes

Net income

Earnings per share:
  Basic

  Diluted

Weighted-average shares outstanding:
  Basic

  Diluted

See accompanying notes.

Year Ended December 31,

2005

2004

2003

$ 409,435
331,102
99,097
69,088

$ 369,826
271,547
44,101
55,683

$ 374,403
168,793
—
45,429

908,722

741,157

588,625

14,404
26,794
16,766

57,964

3,824
16,472
6,127

26,423

13,555
6,481
11,036

31,072

850,758

714,734

557,553

108,687
393,420
125,538
11,622
7,000

646,267

204,491
23,614
(2,229)
—
(368)

225,508
59,168

86,357
337,566
106,516
6,204
19,100

555,743

158,991
14,274
(4,367)
(7,219)
2,754

164,433
32,887

64,443
252,749
85,672
300
—

403,164

154,389
21,120
(18,280)
—
3,458

160,687
33,744

$ 166,340

$ 131,546

$ 126,943

$ 

$ 

0.97

0.93

$ 

$ 

0.78

0.75

$ 

$ 

0.77

0.74

172,221

178,036

168,868

174,734

165,323

171,447

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Citrix Systems, Inc.
Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity and Comprehensive Income

Common Stock

Shares

197,426
4,723
473
—
—
—
—
—
—

—
—
—

202,622
4,492

299
5,578
—
—
—
—

—
—
—

212,991
6,231
449
6,817
—
85
—
—

—
—
—
—

Amount

$ 197
5
—
—
—
—
—
—
—

—
—
—

203*
4

—
6
—
—
—
—

—
—
—

213
6
—
7
—
—
—
—

—
—
—
—

Additional
Paid-In Capital

$  595,959
54,984
3,434
10,289
655
7,340
33,195
9,135
(14,878)

—
—
—

700,111*
58,673

4,786
124,416
20,875
1,088
15,782
(53,072)

—
—
—

872,659
94,194
7,392
154,259
38,336
22,071
54,963
(54,496)

—
82
—
—

Accumulated

Other

Comprehensive

Income (Loss)

Retained

Earnings

Deferred

Stockholders’

Comprehensive

Compensation

Shares

Amount

Total

Income

Common Stock

to Treasury

$ 519,797

$  3,833

$ 

(29,290)

$ (505,196)

$  614,590

(200)

(8,659)

(2,517)

(140,354)

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

126,943

3,672

305

—

131,546

(164)

(156)

—

(11,485)

(467)

—

—

166,340

646,740

7,810

(38,150)*

(648,066)*

(1,063)

(4,458)

(84,613)

778,286

7,489*

(1,063)

(42,608)

(732,679)

(17,810)

(7,357)

(174,817)

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

Total

Equity

54,989

3,434

10,289

655

4,823

(107,159)

9,135

(14,878)

3,672

305

126,943

706,798

58,677

4,786

124,422

20,875

25

(68,831)

(53,072)

(164)

(156)

131,546

924,905*

94,200

7,392

154,266

38,336

4,261

(119,854)

(54,496)

82

(467)

166,340

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

$  3,672

305

126,943

$ 130,920

$ 

(164)

(156)

131,546

$ 131,226

(11,485)

$  (11,485)

(467)

166,340

$ 154,388

226,573

$ 226

$ 1,189,460

$ 944,626

$  (4,463)

$ (18,873)

(49,965)

$ (907,496)

$ 1,203,480

(In thousands)

Balance at December 31, 2002
Exercise of stock options
Common stock issued under employee stock purchase plan
Tax benefit from employer stock plans
Proceeds from sale of put warrants
Put warrant obligations, net of expired put warrants
Repurchase of common stock
Common stock subject to repurchase
Cash paid in advance for share repurchase contract
Unrealized gain on forward contracts and interest rate swap, net of  

reclassification adjustments and net of tax

Unrealized gain on available-for-sale securities, net of tax
Net income

Total comprehensive income

Balance at December 31, 2003
Exercise of stock options
Common stock issued under employee stock  
  purchase plan
Common stock issued for acquisition
Tax benefit from employer stock plans
Deferred compensation
Repurchase of common stock
Cash paid in advance for share repurchase contracts
Unrealized loss on forward contracts and interest rate swaps, net of  

reclassification adjustments and net of taxes

Unrealized loss on available-for-sale securities, net of tax
Net income

Total comprehensive income

Balance at December 31, 2004
Exercise of stock options
Common stock issued under employee stock purchase plan
Common stock issued for acquisitions
Tax benefit from employer stock plans
Non-vested stock and deferred compensation
Repurchase of common stock
Cash paid in advance for share repurchase contracts
Unrealized loss on forward contracts and interest rate swaps, net of  

reclassification adjustments and net of taxes

Charge for compensation expense on non-employee stock options
Unrealized loss on available-for-sale securities, net of tax
Net income

Total comprehensive income

Balance at December 31, 2005

*Amounts do not add due to rounding.

See accompanying notes.

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(In thousands)

Balance at December 31, 2002

Exercise of stock options

Common stock issued under employee stock purchase plan

Tax benefit from employer stock plans

Proceeds from sale of put warrants

Put warrant obligations, net of expired put warrants

Repurchase of common stock

Common stock subject to repurchase

Cash paid in advance for share repurchase contract

Unrealized gain on forward contracts and interest rate swap, net of  

reclassification adjustments and net of tax

Unrealized gain on available-for-sale securities, net of tax

Net income

Total comprehensive income

Balance at December 31, 2003

Exercise of stock options

Common stock issued under employee stock  

  purchase plan

Common stock issued for acquisition

Tax benefit from employer stock plans

Deferred compensation

Repurchase of common stock

Cash paid in advance for share repurchase contracts

Unrealized loss on forward contracts and interest rate swaps, net of  

reclassification adjustments and net of taxes

Unrealized loss on available-for-sale securities, net of tax

Net income

Total comprehensive income

Balance at December 31, 2004

Exercise of stock options

Common stock issued under employee stock purchase plan

Common stock issued for acquisitions

Tax benefit from employer stock plans

Non-vested stock and deferred compensation

Repurchase of common stock

Cash paid in advance for share repurchase contracts

Unrealized loss on forward contracts and interest rate swaps, net of  

reclassification adjustments and net of taxes

Charge for compensation expense on non-employee stock options

Unrealized loss on available-for-sale securities, net of tax

Net income

Total comprehensive income

Balance at December 31, 2005

*Amounts do not add due to rounding.

See accompanying notes.

Common Stock

Additional

Amount

Paid-In Capital

$ 197

$  595,959

Shares

197,426

4,723

473

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

85

—

—

—

—

—

—

203*

202,622

4,492

299

5,578

212,991

213

6,231

449

6,817

5

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

4

—

6

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

6

—

7

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

54,984

3,434

10,289

655

7,340

33,195

9,135

(14,878)

—

—

—

700,111*

58,673

4,786

124,416

20,875

1,088

15,782

(53,072)

872,659

94,194

7,392

154,259

38,336

22,071

54,963

(54,496)

—

—

—

—

82

—

—

Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Income (Loss)

Deferred
Compensation

$  3,833
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—

3,672
305
—

7,810
—

—
—
—
—
—
—

(164)
(156)
—

7,489*
—
—
—
—
—
—
—

(11,485)
—
(467)
—

$ 

—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—

—
—
—

—
—

—
—
—
(1,063)
—
—

—
—
—

(1,063)
—
—
—
—
(17,810)
—
—

—
—
—
—

Retained
Earnings

$ 519,797
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—

—
—
126,943

646,740
—

—
—
—
—
—
—

—
—
131,546

778,286
—
—
—
—
—
—
—

—
—
—
166,340

Common Stock
to Treasury

Shares

(29,290)
—
—
—
—
(200)
(8,659)
—
—

—
—
—

Amount

$ (505,196)
—
—
—
—
(2,517)
(140,354)
—
—

—
—
—

(38,150)*

(648,066)*

—

—

—
—
—
—
(4,458)
—

—
—
—

(42,608)
—
—
—
—
—
(7,357)
—

—
—
—
—

—
—
—
—
(84,613)
—

—
—
—

(732,679)
—
—
—
—
—
(174,817)
—

—
—
—
—

Total
Stockholders’
Equity

$  614,590
54,989
3,434
10,289
655
4,823
(107,159)
9,135
(14,878)

3,672
305
126,943

706,798
58,677

4,786
124,422
20,875
25
(68,831)
(53,072)

(164)
(156)
131,546

924,905*
94,200
7,392
154,266
38,336
4,261
(119,854)
(54,496)

(11,485)
82
(467)
166,340

226,573

$ 226

$ 1,189,460

$ 944,626

$  (4,463)

$ (18,873)

(49,965)

$ (907,496)

$ 1,203,480

Total
Comprehensive
Income

$  3,672
305
126,943

$ 130,920

$ 

(164)
(156)
131,546

$ 131,226

$  (11,485)

(467)
166,340

$ 154,388

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Citrix Systems, Inc.
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

(In thousands)

Operating activities
Net income
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
  Amortization of intangible assets
  Depreciation and amortization of property and equipment
  Amortization of deferred stock-based compensation
  Accretion of original issue discount and amortization of financing cost
  Write-off of deferred debt issuance costs
In-process research and development

  Provision for doubtful accounts
  Provision for product returns
  Provision for (reduction of) inventory reserves
  Deferred income tax provision (benefit)
  Tax benefit related to the exercise of non-statutory stock options and  

  disqualified dispositions of incentive stock options

  Realized gains on investments
  Other non-cash items

Year Ended December 31,

2005

2004

2003

$ 166,340

$ 131,546

$ 126,943

28,388
21,970
4,261
483
—
7,000
146
5,954
383
(14,348)

38,336
(658)
333

12,331
21,247
—
4,318
7,219
19,100
1,108
6,663
428
(2,360)

20,875
—
349

11,336
23,000
—
18,237
—
—
522
3,825
(4)
1,343

10,289
(1,978)
1,009

  Total adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by  

  operating activities

92,248

91,278

67,579

Changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of effects of acquisitions:
  Accounts receivable

Inventories

  Prepaid expenses and other current assets
  Other assets
  Deferred tax assets, net
  Accounts payable
  Accrued expenses
Income tax payable

  Deferred revenues
  Other liabilities

  Total changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of effects  

  of acquisitions

Net cash provided by operating activities
Investing activities
Purchases of available-for-sale investments
Proceeds from sales of available-for-sale investments
Proceeds from maturities of available-for-sale investments
Proceeds from maturities of held-to-maturity investments
Purchases of property and equipment
Payment for termination of interest rate swaps
Cash paid for acquisitions, net of cash acquired
Cash paid for licensing agreements and core technology

(28,424)
(1,707)
2,482
234
2,111
12,052
(3,206)
(868)
54,864
(2,983)

(25,312)
(80)
9,252
(456)
12,249
(1,467)
6,533
(3,303)
54,118
(9,077)

(22,340)
851
(5,264)
6,119
(731)
3,078
12,671
4,706
61,084
735

34,555

42,457

60,909

293,143

265,281

255,431

(183,245)
396,580
141,652
—
(26,377)
—
(168,347)
—

(192,745)
161,846
56,867
195,350
(24,412)
—
(140,788)
(16,784)

(381,107)
196,524
109,252
—
(11,063)
(1,572)
—
(1,358)

Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities

160,263

39,334

(89,324)

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(In thousands)

Financing activities
Proceeds from issuance of common stock
Cash paid to repurchase convertible subordinated debentures
Cash paid under stock repurchase programs
Proceeds from sale of put warrants
Proceeds from term loan and revolving credit facility
Payments on term loan and revolving credit facility
Cash paid for financing fees
Other

Net cash used in financing activities

Change in cash and cash equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year

Cash and cash equivalents at end of year

Supplemental cash flow information (in thousands)
Non-cash investing activity—Increase (decrease) in restricted cash  
  equivalents and investments

Non-cash financing activity—Fair value of stock issued in connection  
  with acquisitions

Cash paid for income taxes

Cash paid for interest

See accompanying notes.

Year Ended December 31,

2005

2004

2003

$ 101,592
—
(174,350)
—
175,000
(144,000)
(1,098)
—

$  63,463
(355,659)
(121,903)
—
—
—
—
—

$  58,423
—
(124,554)
655
—
—
—
(12)

(42,856)

(414,099)

(65,488)

410,550
73,485

(109,484)
182,969

100,619
82,350

$ 484,035

$  73,485

$ 182,969

$  (85,323)

$  2,591

$  (25,646)

$ 154,266

$ 124,422

$ 

—

$  33,755

$  2,623

$  10,331

$ 

927

$ 

559

$  2,976

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Citrix Systems, Inc.
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

1. ORGANIZATION

Citrix Systems, Inc. (“Citrix” or the “Company”), is a Delaware corporation founded on April 17, 1989. The Company designs, 
develops and markets technology solutions that enable on-demand access to information and applications. The Company markets 
and  licenses  its  products  through  multiple  channels  such  as  value-added  resellers,  channel  distributors,  system  integrators, 
independent software vendors, its websites and original equipment manufacturers.

2. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Consolidation Policy

The  consolidated  financial  statements  of  the  Company  include  the  accounts  of  its  wholly-owned  subsidiaries  in  the  Americas, 
Europe, the Middle East and Africa (“EMEA”) and Asia-Pacific. All significant transactions and balances between the Company and 
its subsidiaries have been eliminated in consolidation.

Cash and Cash Equivalents

Cash  and  cash  equivalents  at  December  31,  2005  and  2004  consist  of  marketable  securities,  which  are  primarily  commercial 
paper, money market funds, corporate securities, government securities and municipal securities with initial or remaining contractual 
maturities when purchased of three months or less. The Company minimizes its credit risk associated with cash and cash equivalents 
by investing primarily in investment grade, highly liquid instruments.

Restricted Cash Equivalents and Investments

Restricted cash equivalents and investments at December 31, 2005 and 2004 are primarily comprised of $62.8 million in investment 
securities and cash equivalents pledged as collateral for specified obligations under the Company’s synthetic lease arrangement. In addi-
tion, at December 31, 2004 approximately $86.3 million in investment securities were pledged as collateral for certain of the Company’s 
credit default contracts and interest rate swaps. The Company held no credit default contracts at December 31, 2005. The Company 
maintains the ability to manage the composition of the restricted cash equivalents and investments within certain limits and to withdraw 
and use excess investment earnings from the restricted collateral for operating purposes. For further information, see Notes 10 and 13.

Investments

Short and long-term investments at December 31, 2005 and 2004 primarily consist of corporate securities, government securities 
and municipal securities. Investments classified as available-for-sale are stated at fair value with unrealized gains and losses, net of 
taxes, reported in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss). Investments classified as held-to-maturity are stated at amortized 
cost. In accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (“SFAS”) No. 95, Statement of Cash Flows, the Company 
classifies available-for-sale securities, including its investments in auction rate securities that are available to meet the Company’s 
current operational needs, as short-term. The Company does not recognize changes in the fair value of its investments in income 
unless a decline in value is considered other-than-temporary.

The Company minimizes its credit risk associated with investments by investing primarily in investment grade, highly liquid securities. 
The Company’s policy is designed to limit exposure to any one issuer depending on credit quality. Periodic evaluations of the relative 
credit standing of those issuers are considered in the Company’s investment strategy. The Company uses information provided by 
third parties to adjust the carrying value of certain of its investments and derivative instruments to fair value at the end of each 
period.  Fair  values  are  based  on  valuation  models  that  use  market  quotes  and,  for  certain  investments,  assumptions  as  to  the 
creditworthiness of the entities issuing those underlying investments.

Accounts Receivable

Substantially all of the Company’s accounts receivable are due from value-added resellers and distributors of computer software. 
Collateral is not required. Product returns are provided for in the consolidated financial statements and have historically been within 
management’s expectations. The Company also maintains allowances for doubtful accounts for estimated losses resulting from 
the  inability  of  the  Company’s  customers  to  make  payments.  The  Company  periodically  reviews  these  estimated  allowances, 
including an analysis of the customers’ payment history and creditworthiness. The allowance for doubtful accounts was $2.1 million 
and $2.6 million as of December 31, 2005 and 2004, respectively. If the financial condition of a significant distributor or customer 
were to deteriorate, the Company’s operating results could be adversely affected. No distributor or customer accounted for more 
than 10% of gross accounts receivable at December 31, 2005 or 2004.

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Inventory

Inventories are stated at the lower of cost or market consistently on a first-in, first-out basis and primarily consist of finished goods. 
When necessary, a provision has been made to reduce obsolete or excess inventories to market.

Property and Equipment

Property and equipment is stated at cost. Depreciation is computed using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives 
of the assets, which is generally three years for computer equipment, software, office equipment and furniture, the lesser of the 
lease term or five years for leasehold improvements, which is the estimated useful life, seven years for the Company’s enterprise 
resource planning system and 40 years for buildings. Depreciation expense was $22.0 million, $21.2 million and $23.0 million for 
2005, 2004 and 2003, respectively.

During 2005, the Company retired $8.0 million in property and equipment that were no longer in use. At the time of retirement, the 
remaining net book value of these assets was immaterial and no asset retirement obligations were associated with them. In 2004 
retirements were not material.

Property and equipment consist of the following:

(In thousands)

Buildings
Computer equipment
Software
Equipment and furniture
Leasehold improvements
Land

Less accumulated depreciation and amortization

Long-Lived Assets

December 31,

2005

$  17,781
66,594
53,479
19,401
39,075
9,062

205,392
(131,665)

2004

$  17,781
57,628
47,799
18,143
35,759
9,062

186,172
(116,891)

$  73,727

$  69,281

The Company reviews for impairment of long-lived assets and certain identifiable intangible assets to be held and used whenever 
events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of such assets may not be fully recoverable. Determination 
of recoverability is based on an estimate of undiscounted future cash flows resulting from the use of the asset and its eventual 
disposition. Measurement of an impairment loss is based on the fair value of the asset compared to its carrying value. Long-lived 
assets and certain identifiable intangible assets to be disposed of are reported at the lower of carrying amount or fair value less 
costs to sell. During 2005, 2004 and 2003, the Company did not recognize any impairment charges associated with its long-lived 
or intangible assets.

Software Developed or Obtained for Internal Use

The Company accounts for internal use software pursuant to the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants Statement of 
Position (“SOP”) No. 98-1, Accounting for the Costs of Computer Software Developed or Obtained for Internal Use. Pursuant to 
SOP No. 98-1, the Company capitalizes external direct costs of materials and services used in the project and internal costs such 
as payroll and benefits of those employees directly associated with the development of the software. The amount of costs capitalized 
in 2005 and 2004 relating to internal use software were $7.2 million and $6.6 million, respectively, consisting of purchased software 
and services provided by external vendors. These costs are being amortized over the estimated useful life of the software, which 
is generally three to seven years, and are included in property and equipment in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets.

Goodwill

The Company accounts for goodwill in accordance with SFAS No. 142, Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets. SFAS No. 142, requires 
that goodwill and certain intangible assets are not amortized, but are subject to an annual impairment test. At December 31, 2005 
and 2004, the Company had $592.0 million and $361.5 million of goodwill, respectively. There was no impairment of goodwill as a 
result of the annual impairment tests completed during the fourth quarters of 2005 and 2004. Excluding goodwill, the Company 

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Citrix Systems, Inc.
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

has no intangible assets deemed to have indefinite lives. Substantially all of the Company’s goodwill at December 31, 2005 and 
December 31, 2004 was associated with the Americas and Online Services reportable segments. See Note 3 for acquisitions and 
Note 12 for segment information.

Intangible Assets

The Company has intangible assets with finite lives that are recorded at cost, less accumulated amortization. Amortization is computed 
over the estimated useful lives of the respective assets, generally three to seven years, except for patents, which are amortized over 
their  remaining  life  or  10  years.  In  accordance  with  SFAS  No.  86,  Accounting  for  the  Costs  of  Computer  Software  to  be  Sold, 
Leased or Otherwise Marketed, the Company records acquired core and product technology at net realizable value and reviews 
this technology for impairment on a periodic basis by comparing the estimated net realizable value to the unamortized cost of the 
technology. There has been no impairment of these assets for any of the periods presented.

Intangible assets consist of the following (in thousands):

December 31, 2005

December 31, 2004

Gross Carrying 
Amount

Accumulated 
Amortization

Weighted-
Average Life

Gross Carrying 
Amount

Accumulated 
Amortization

Weighted-
Average Life

Core and product technologies
Other

  Total

$ 165,975
81,254

$ 247,229

$  84,255
25,641

5.27 years
4.88 years

$ 109,896

5.14 years

$ 125,248
43,432

$ 168,680

$ 67,488
14,020

$ 81,508

5.14 years
4.45 years

4.96 years

Amortization of core and product technology was $16.8 million, $6.1 million and $11.0 million for 2005, 2004 and 2003, respectively. 
Amortization of other intangible assets, which consists primarily of customer relationships, trade names, covenants not to compete and 
patents was $11.6 million, $6.2 million and $0.3 million for 2005, 2004 and 2003, respectively. Estimated future annual amortization 
expense is as follows (in thousands):

Year ending December 31,
  2006 
  2007 
  2008 
  2009 
  2010 

$33,747
28,689
25,674
21,063
18,000

During 2004, the Company reclassified certain acquired intangible assets to goodwill to adjust the purchase price allocation resulting 
from a 2001 acquisition. The adjustment resulted in a $4.4 million reduction of amortization expense, net of related tax effect of 
$2.8 million in 2004.

Software Development Costs

SFAS No. 86 requires certain software development costs to be capitalized upon the establishment of technological feasibility. The 
establishment of technological feasibility and the ongoing assessment of the recoverability of these costs requires considerable 
judgment by management with respect to certain external factors such as anticipated future revenue, estimated economic life, and 
changes in software and hardware technologies. Software development costs incurred beyond the establishment of technological 
feasibility have not been significant.

Revenue Recognition

The Company markets and licenses products primarily through multiple channels such as value-added resellers, channel distributors, 
system integrators, independent software vendors, its websites and original equipment manufacturers. The Company’s product 
licenses are generally perpetual. The Company also separately sells license updates and services, which may include product training, 
technical support and consulting services, as well as online services.

The  Company’s  packaged  products  are  typically  purchased  by  medium  and  small-sized  businesses  with  a  minimal  number  of 
locations. In these cases, the product license is delivered with the packaged product. Electronic license arrangements are used 
with more complex multi-server environments typically found in larger business enterprises that deploy the Company’s products 
on a department or enterprise-wide basis, which could require differences in product features and functionality at various customer 
locations. Once the Company receives a product license agreement and purchase order, “software activation keys” that enable the 

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feature configuration ordered by the end-user are delivered. Products may be delivered indirectly by a channel distributor or original 
equipment manufacturers via download from the Company’s website or directly to the end-user by the Company. The Company’s 
appliance  products  are  integrated  with  software  that  is  essential  to  the  functionality  of  the  equipment.  The  Company  provides 
unspecified software upgrades and enhancements related to the appliances through its maintenance contracts. Accordingly, for 
these appliances, the Company accounts for revenue in accordance with SOP No. 97-2, Software Revenue Recognition, and all 
related interpretations, as described in detail below.

Revenue is recognized when it is earned. The Company’s revenue recognition policies are in compliance with SOP 97-2, Software 
Revenue Recognition (as amended by SOP 98-4 and SOP 98-9) and related interpretations. The Company’s appliance products 
are integrated with software that is essential to the functionality of the equipment and the Company provides unspecified software 
upgrades and enhancements related to the appliances through its maintenance contracts. Accordingly, for these appliances, the 
Company accounts for revenue in accordance with SOP 97-2. In addition, the Company’s online services revenue is recognized in 
accordance with Emerging Issues Task Force (“EITF”) No. 00-3, Application of AICPA Statement of Position 97-2 to Arrangements 
That Include the Right to Use Software Stored on Another Entity’s Hardware. The Company recognizes revenue when all of the 
following criteria are met: persuasive evidence of the arrangement exists; delivery has occurred and the Company has no remaining 
obligations; the fee is fixed or determinable; and collectibility is probable. The Company defines these four criteria as follows:

• 

• 

• 

• 

 Persuasive  evidence  of  the  arrangement  exists.  The  Company  recognizes  revenue  on  packaged  products  and  appliances 
upon shipment to distributors and resellers. For packaged product and appliance sales, it is the Company’s customary prac-
tice to require a purchase order from distributors and resellers who have previously negotiated a master packaged product 
distribution or resale agreement. For electronic and paper license arrangements, the Company typically requires a purchase 
order from the distributor, reseller or end-user (depending on the arrangement) and an executed product license agreement 
from the end-user. For technical support, product training and consulting services, the Company requires a purchase order 
and an executed agreement. For online services, the Company requires the customer or the reseller to electronically accept 
the terms of an online services agreement or execute a contract and generally submit a purchase order.

 Delivery has occurred and the Company has no remaining obligations. For product license and appliance sales, the Company’s 
standard delivery method is free-on-board shipping point. Consequently, it considers delivery of packaged products to have 
occurred when the products are shipped pursuant to an agreement and purchase order. The Company considers delivery of 
licenses under electronic licensing agreements to have occurred when the related products are shipped and the end-user has 
been electronically provided the software activation keys that allow the end-user to take immediate possession of the product. 
For product training and consulting services, the Company fulfills its obligation when the services are performed. For license 
updates, technical support and online services, the Company assumes that its obligation is satisfied ratably over the respective 
terms of the agreements, which are typically 12 to 24 months.

 The fee is fixed or determinable. In the normal course of business, the Company does not provide customers the right to a 
refund of any portion of their license fees or extended payment terms. The Company sells license updates and services, which 
includes technical support, product training and consulting services, and online services separately and it determines vendor 
specific objective evidence (“VSOE”) of fair value by the price charged for each product when sold separately or applicable 
renewal rates.

 Collectibility is probable. The Company determines collectibility on a customer-by-customer basis and generally does not require 
collateral. The Company typically sells product licenses and license updates to distributors or resellers for whom there are 
histories of successful collection. New customers are subject to a credit review process that evaluates their financial position 
and ultimately their ability to pay. Customers are also subject to an ongoing credit review process. If the Company determines 
from the outset of an arrangement that collectibility is not probable, revenue recognition is deferred until customer payment is 
received and the other parameters of revenue recognition described above have been achieved. Management’s judgment 
is required in assessing the probability of collection, which is generally based on evaluation of customer-specific information, 
historical experience and economic market conditions.

Net revenues include the following categories: Product Licenses, License Updates, Online Services and Technical Services. Product 
Licenses primarily represent fees related to the licensing of the Company’s products. These revenues are reflected net of sales 
allowances and provisions for stock balancing return rights. License Updates consist of fees related to the Subscription Advantage 
program that are recognized ratably over the term of the contract, which is typically 12–24 months. Subscription Advantage is a 

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Citrix Systems, Inc.
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

renewable  program  that  provides  subscribers  with  automatic  delivery  of  software  upgrades,  enhancements  and  maintenance 
releases  when  and  if  they  become  available  during  the  term  of  subscription.  Online  Services  revenues  consist  primarily  of  fees 
related to online service agreements and are recognized ratably over the contract term. Technical Services revenues are comprised 
of fees from technical support services which are recognized ratably over the contract term as well as revenues from product training 
and certification, and consulting services revenue related to implementation of the Company’s products, which is recognized as 
the services are provided.

The  Company  licenses  its  products  bundled  with  an  initial  subscription  for  license  updates  that  provide  the  end-user  with  free 
enhancements and upgrades to the licensed product on a when and if available basis. Customers may also elect to purchase technical 
support,  product  training  or  consulting  services.  The  Company  allocates  revenue  to  license  updates  and  any  other  undelivered 
elements  of  the  arrangement  based  on  VSOE  of  fair  value  of  each  element  and  such  amounts  are  deferred  until  the  applicable 
delivery  criteria  and  other  revenue  recognition  criteria  described  above  have  been  met.  The  balance  of  the  revenue,  net  of  any 
discounts inherent in the arrangement, is allocated to the delivered product using the residual method and recognized at the outset of 
the arrangement as the product licenses are delivered. If management cannot objectively determine the fair value of each undelivered 
element based on VSOE, revenue recognition is deferred until all elements are delivered, all services have been performed, or until 
fair value can be objectively determined.

In the normal course of business, the Company does not permit product returns, but it does provide most of its distributors and 
value-added resellers with stock balancing and price protection rights. Stock balancing rights permit distributors to return products to 
the Company by the forty-fifth day of the fiscal quarter, subject to ordering an equal dollar amount of the Company’s other products 
prior to the last day of the same fiscal quarter. Price protection rights require that the Company grant retroactive price adjustments 
for inventories of products held by distributors or resellers if it lowers prices for such products. The Company establishes provisions 
for estimated returns for stock balancing and price protection rights, as well as other sales allowances, concurrently with the recognition 
of revenue. The provisions are established based upon consideration of a variety of factors, including, among other things, recent 
and historical return rates for both specific products and distributors, estimated distributor inventory levels by product, the impact 
of any new product releases and projected economic conditions. Actual product returns for stock balancing and price protection 
provisions incurred are, however, dependent upon future events, including the amount of stock balancing activity by distributors 
and the level of distributor inventories at the time of any price adjustments. The Company continually monitors the factors that influence 
the pricing of its products and distributor inventory levels and makes adjustments to these provisions when it believes actual returns and 
other allowances could differ from established reserves. The Company’s ability to recognize revenue upon shipment to distributors 
is predicated on its ability to reliably estimate future stock balancing returns. If actual experience or changes in market condition 
impairs the Company’s ability to estimate returns, it would be required to defer the recognition of revenue until the delivery of the 
product to the end-user. Allowances for estimated product returns amounted to approximately $2.3 million at December 31, 2005 
and December 31, 2004. The Company has not reduced and has no current plans to reduce its prices for inventory currently held by 
distributors or resellers. Accordingly, there were no reserves required for price protection at December 31, 2005 and December 31, 2004. 
The Company also records estimated reductions to revenue for customer programs and incentive offerings including volume-based 
incentives. If market conditions were to decline, the Company could take actions to increase its customer incentive offerings, which 
could result in an incremental reduction to revenue at the time the incentive is offered.

Product Concentration

The  Company  derives  a  substantial  portion  of  its  revenues  from  its  Citrix  Presentation  Server  product  and  anticipates  that  this 
product and future derivative products and product lines based upon this technology will continue to constitute a majority of its 
revenue. The Company could experience declines in demand for products, whether as a result of general economic conditions, new 
competitive product releases, price competition, lack of success of its strategic partners, technological change or other factors.

Cost of Revenues

Cost of product license revenues consists primarily of hardware, product media and duplication, manuals, packaging materials, 
shipping expense, server capacity costs and royalties. In addition, the Company is a party to licensing agreements with various 
entities, which give the Company the right to use certain software code in its products or in the development of future products in 
exchange for the payment of a fixed fee or certain amounts based upon the sales of the related product. The licensing agreements 
generally have terms ranging from one to five years, and generally include renewal options. However, some agreements may be 
perpetual unless expressly terminated. Royalties and other costs related to these agreements are included in cost of revenues. Cost 

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of services revenue consists primarily of compensation and other personnel-related costs of providing technical support and consulting, 
as well as, the Company’s online services. Also included in cost of revenues is amortization of acquired core and product technology.

Foreign Currency

The functional currency of each of the Company’s wholly-owned foreign subsidiaries is the U.S. dollar. Monetary assets and liabilities 
of the subsidiaries are remeasured into U.S. dollars at year-end exchange rates, and revenues and expenses are remeasured at average 
rates prevailing during the year. Remeasurement and foreign  currency transaction (losses) gains of approximately $(0.3)  million, 
$1.7 million and $2.4 million for the years ended December 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003, respectively, are included in other (expense) 
income, net, in the accompanying consolidated statements of income.

Derivatives and Hedging Activities

In accordance with SFAS No. 133, Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities, and its related interpretations and 
amendments, the Company records derivatives as either assets or liabilities on the balance sheet and measures those instruments 
at fair value. For derivatives that are designated as and qualify as effective cash flow hedges, the portion of gain or loss on the 
derivative instrument effective at offsetting changes in the hedged item is reported as a component of accumulated other compre-
hensive income (loss) and reclassified into earnings as operating income (expense) when the hedged transaction affects earnings. 
For derivative instruments that are designated as and qualify as effective fair value hedges, the gain or loss on the derivative instrument 
as well as the offsetting gain or loss on the hedged item attributable to the hedged risk is recognized in current earnings as interest 
income (expense) during the period of the change in fair values. Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments are adjusted to 
fair value through earnings as other (expense) income in the period the changes in fair value occur. The application of the provisions 
of SFAS No. 133 could impact the volatility of earnings.

The Company formally documents all relationships between hedging instruments and hedged items, as well as its risk-management 
objective and strategy for undertaking various hedge transactions. This process includes attributing all derivatives that are designated 
as cash flow hedges to floating rate assets or liabilities or forecasted transactions and attributing all derivatives that are designated as 
fair value hedges to fixed rate assets or liabilities. The Company also formally assesses, both at the inception of the hedge and on 
an ongoing basis, whether each derivative is highly effective in offsetting changes in cash flows or fair value of the hedged item. 
Fluctuations in the value of the derivative instruments are generally offset by changes in the hedged item; however, if it is deter-
mined that a derivative is not highly effective as a hedge or if a derivative ceases to be a highly effective hedge, the Company will 
discontinue hedge accounting prospectively for the affected derivative.

Advertising Expense

The Company expenses advertising costs as incurred. The Company has cooperative advertising agreements with certain distributors 
and  resellers  whereby  the  Company  will  reimburse  distributors  and  resellers  for  qualified  advertising  of  Citrix  products.  The 
Company  also  has  advertising  agreements  with,  and  purchases  advertising  from,  online  media  providers  to  advertise  its  online 
services products. Reimbursement is made once the distributor, reseller or provider provides substantiation of qualified expenditures. 
The Company estimates the impact of these expenses and recognizes them at the time of product sales as a component of sales, 
marketing and support expenses in the accompanying consolidated statements of income. The Company recognized advertising 
expenses of approximately $38.8 million, $35.2 million and $13.5 million, during the years ended December 31, 2005, 2004 and 
2003, respectively.

Income Taxes

The Company estimates income taxes based on rates in effect in each of the jurisdictions in which it operates. Deferred income tax 
assets and liabilities are determined based upon differences between the financial statement and income tax bases of assets and 
liabilities using enacted tax rates in effect for the year in which the differences are expected to reverse. The realization of deferred 
tax assets is based on historical tax positions and expectations about future taxable income. Valuation allowances are recorded 
related to deferred tax assets based on the “not more likely than not” criteria of SFAS No. 109, Accounting for Income Taxes.

Use of Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States requires 
management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the consolidated financial statements and 
accompanying notes. Significant estimates made by management include the provision for doubtful accounts receivable, provision 

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Citrix Systems, Inc.
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

for  estimated  returns  for  stock  balancing  and  price  protection  rights,  as  well  as  other  sales  allowances,  the  valuation  of  the 
Company’s goodwill, net realizable value of core and product technology, the provision for vacant facility costs, the provision for 
income taxes and the amortization and depreciation periods for intangible and long-lived assets. While the Company believes that 
such estimates are fair when considered in conjunction with the consolidated financial position and results of operations taken as 
a whole, the actual amounts of such estimates, when known, will vary from these estimates.

Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation

SFAS No. 123, Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation, as amended by SFAS No. 148, Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation—
Transition and Disclosure, defines a fair value method of accounting for issuance of stock options and other equity instruments. Under 
the fair value method, compensation cost is measured at the grant date based on the fair value of the award and is recognized over 
the service period, which is usually the vesting period. Pursuant to SFAS No. 123, companies are not required to adopt the fair value 
method of accounting for employee stock-based transactions. Companies are permitted to account for such transactions under 
Accounting Principles Board (“APB”) Opinion No. 25, Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees, but are required to disclose in a note 
to the consolidated financial statements pro forma net income and per share amounts as if a company had applied the fair methods 
prescribed by SFAS No. 123. The Company applies APB Opinion No. 25 and related interpretations in accounting for its plans, stock 
awards granted to employees and non-employee directors and has complied with the disclosure requirements of SFAS No. 123.

The  Company  recorded  deferred  stock-based  compensation  expense  related  to  shares  issuable  for  unvested  stock-based 
compensation awards assumed as part of its acquisitions. The unvested awards assumed were accounted for in accordance with 
Financial  Accounting  Standards  Board  (“FASB”)  Interpretation  No.  44,  Accounting  for  Certain  Transactions  Involving  Stock 
Compensation (an Interpretation of APB Opinion No. 25). All stock awards granted under the Company’s stock-based compensation 
plans, excluding those awards assumed in acquisitions, have an exercise or purchase price equal to or above market value of the 
underlying common stock on the date of grant. Had compensation cost for the grants issued at an exercise price equal to or above 
market value under the Company’s stock-based compensation plans been determined based on the fair value at the grant dates for 
grants under those plans consistent with the fair value method of SFAS No. 123, the Company’s cash flows would have remained 
unchanged; however, net income and earnings per share would have been reduced to the pro forma amounts indicated below:

(In thousands, except per share information)

 2005

 2004

2003

Net income:
  As reported

$ 166,340

$ 131,546

$ 126,943

  Add: Total stock-based employee compensation included in net income  

  as reported, net of related tax effects

2,744

—

—

  Deduct: Total stock-based employee compensation expense determined  
  under fair value based method for all awards, net of related tax effects

  Pro forma

Basic earnings per share:
  As reported

  Pro forma

Diluted earnings per share:
  As reported

  Pro forma

(37,881)

$ 131,203

$ 

$ 

$ 

$ 

0.97

0.76

0.93

0.74

(48,043)

$  83,503

$ 

$ 

$ 

$ 

0.78

0.49

0.75

0.48

(87,645)

$  39,298

$ 

$ 

$ 

$ 

0.77

0.24

0.74

0.23

For purposes of the pro forma calculations, the fair value of each award is estimated on the date of the grant using the Black-Scholes 
option-pricing model, assuming no expected dividends and the following assumptions:

Expected volatility factors
Approximate risk free interest rates
Expected lives

2005 Grants

2004 Grants

2003 Grants

0.31–0.35
3.7%–4.4%
3.32 years

0.38–0.49
3.0%–3.5%
3.32–4.76 years

0.57–0.68
2.5%–3.0%
4.70–4.75 years

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The determination of the fair value of all awards is based on the above assumptions. Because additional grants are expected to 
be  made  each  year  and  forfeitures  will  occur  when  employees  leave  the  Company,  the  above  pro  forma  disclosures  are  not 
representative of pro forma effects on reported net income (loss) for future years. See Note 6 for more information regarding the 
Company’s stock-based compensation plans.

In December 2004, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued SFAS No. 123R, Share-Based Payment, which is a revision 
of  SFAS  No. 123,  Accounting  for  Stock-Based  Compensation.  SFAS  No. 123R  supersedes  APB  Opinion  No.  25,  Accounting  for 
Stock Issued to Employees, and amends SFAS No. 95, Statement of Cash Flows. SFAS No. 123R requires companies to expense 
the value of employee stock options and similar awards. SFAS No. 123R is effective as of the beginning of the fiscal year that begins 
after  June  15,  2005  (January  1,  2006  for  the  Company).  As  of  the  effective  date,  the  Company  will  be  required  to  expense  all 
awards granted, modified, cancelled or repurchased as well as the portion of prior awards for which the requisite service has not 
been rendered, based on the grant-date fair value of those awards as calculated for pro forma disclosures under SFAS No. 123. 
SFAS No. 123R permits public companies to adopt its requirements using one of two adoption methods: the “modified prospective” 
method in which compensation cost is recognized beginning with the effective date (a) based on the requirements of SFAS No. 123R 
for all share-based payments granted after the effective date and (b) based on the requirements of SFAS No. 123R for all awards 
granted  to  employees  prior  to  the  effective  date  of  SFAS  No. 123R  that  remain  unvested  on  the  effective  date;  or  the  “modified 
retrospective”  method  which  includes  the  requirements  of  the  modified  prospective  method  described  above,  but  also  permits 
companies to restate either all prior periods presented or all prior interim periods of the year of adoption based on amounts previously 
recognized under SFAS No. 123’s pro forma disclosures.

The Company plans to adopt SFAS No. 123R using the modified prospective method. The Company believes that the adoption of 
SFAS No. 123R’s fair value method will have a material adverse impact on its reported results of operations. The Company currently 
estimates its 2006 expense related to the fair value of options outstanding, as of December 31, 2005 will approximate the amount 
of SFAS No. 123 expense that it reported in 2005 as disclosed above. The full impact that the adoption of SFAS No. 123R will have 
on the Company’s reported results of operations in 2006 will depend on the levels of share-based payments granted in the future 
as  well  as  changes  in  the  Company’s  stock  price  and  the  assumptions  that  are  utilized  in  determining  the  fair  value  of  a  stock 
award. Had we adopted SFAS No. 123R in prior periods, the Company believes that the impact of the adoption of that standard 
would have approximated the impact of SFAS No. 123 as described above in the disclosure of pro forma net income and earnings 
per share. SFAS No. 123R also requires the benefits of tax deductions in excess of recognized compensation cost be reported as 
a financing cash flow, rather than as an operating cash flow as previously required under SFAS No. 95. This requirement will reduce 
net operating cash flows and increase net financing cash flows in periods after adoption. While the Company cannot estimate what 
those amounts will be in the future because they depend on, among other things, when employees exercise stock options, the 
amount of operating cash flows recognized in prior periods for such excess tax deductions were $38.3 million, $20.9 million and 
$10.3  million  in  2005,  2004  and  2003,  respectively.  In  addition,  upon  adoption  of  SFAS  No. 123R,  the  Company  will  also  be 
required to reverse the deferred compensation currently recorded in its accompanying consolidated balance sheet. The reversal of 
the deferred compensation will be offset by a decrease in the Company’s additional paid-in capital and will have no impact on the 
Company’s total stockholders’ equity.

Earnings Per Share

Basic earnings per share is calculated by dividing income available to shareholders by the weighted-average number of common 
shares outstanding during each period. Diluted earnings per share is computed using the weighted-average number of common and 
dilutive common share equivalents outstanding during the period. Dilutive common share equivalents consist of shares issuable 
upon  the  exercise  of  certain  stock  options  (calculated  using  the  treasury  stock  method).  Certain  shares  under  the  Company’s 
stock-based compensation programs were excluded from the computation of diluted earnings per share due to their anti-dilutive 
effect for the respective periods in which they were outstanding. The reconciliation of the numerator and denominator of the earnings 
per share calculation is presented in Note 14.

Reclassifications

Certain reclassifications of the prior years’ financial statements have been made to conform to the current year’s presentation.

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Citrix Systems, Inc.
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

3. ACQUISITIONS

2005 Acquisitions

During 2005, the Company acquired all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of two privately held companies, NetScaler, Inc. 
and Teros, Inc., (the “2005 Acquisitions”) for a total of $172.6 million in cash, approximately 6.6 million shares of the Company’s 
common stock valued at approximately $154.8 million and estimated direct transaction costs of $6.6 million. As of December 31, 
2005, there were outstanding commitments for the issuance of shares of the Company’s common stock related to the purchase 
consideration for the 2005 Acquisitions of approximately $0.3 million, which was recorded as an accrued expense in the accompany-
ing consolidated balance sheet. The Company also assumed approximately $20.6 million in unvested stock-based compensation 
upon the closing of the NetScaler transaction that was accounted for in accordance with FASB Interpretation No. 44, Accounting 
for  Certain  Transactions  Involving  Stock  Compensation  (an  Interpretation  of  APB  Opinion  No.  2)  and  was  recorded  as  deferred 
compensation in the accompanying consolidated balance sheet. The assumed awards had an excess of fair value over intrinsic 
value of approximately $0.5 million, which is reflected in the total consideration for the transaction. The 2005 Acquisitions are intended 
to further extend the Company’s position in application delivery solutions. The results of operations of the acquired companies are 
included  as  part  of  the  Company’s  results  beginning  after  their  respective  dates  of  acquisition  and  revenues  from  the  acquired 
products are included in the Company’s Product License revenue and Technical Services revenue in the accompanying consolidated 
statements of income. The sources of funds for consideration paid in these transactions consisted of available cash and investments, 
borrowings  under  the  Company’s  senior  revolving  credit  facility,  (the  “Credit  Facility”)  and  shares  of  the  Company’s  authorized 
common stock. See Note 8 for more information regarding the Credit Facility.

Under the purchase method of accounting, the purchase price for each of the 2005 Acquisitions was allocated to the acquired 
company’s net tangible and intangible assets based on their estimated fair values as of the date of the completion of the respective 
acquisitions. The allocation of the total purchase price is summarized below (in thousands):

Current assets
Property and equipment
In-process research and development
Intangible assets
Goodwill
Other assets

  Total assets acquired
Current liabilities
Long-term liabilities

  Total liabilities assumed

  Net assets acquired, including direct transaction costs

Asset Life

Various

3–6 years
Indefinite

Purchase  
Price Allocation

$  22,931
2,352
7,000
76,018
234,704
13,650

356,655
21,144
1,167

22,311

$ 334,344

Current assets and current liabilities acquired in connection with the 2005 Acquisitions consisted mainly of cash, accounts receivable, 
inventory, deferred revenues and other accrued expenses. Other assets consisted primarily of deferred tax assets and long-term 
deposits. Long-term liabilities assumed as part of the 2005 Acquisitions consisted primarily of the long-term portion of deferred 
revenues and deferred tax liabilities. In connection with the purchase price allocation, the Company has estimated the fair value of 
the support, maintenance, product delivery and training obligations it assumed from the 2005 Acquisitions. The determination of 
the  fair  value  of  these  obligations  was  based  on  estimates  and  assumptions  provided  by  the  management  of  the  companies 
acquired. The estimated fair value of these obligations was determined by utilizing a cost build-up approach plus a normal profit 
margin. The Company did not include any costs associated with selling efforts, research and development or the related fulfillment 
margins on these costs as they were not deemed to represent a legal obligation at the time of the acquisition. The $234.7 million 
of goodwill related to the 2005 Acquisitions was assigned to the Americas segment. See Note 12 for segment information. The 
goodwill recorded in relation to the 2005 Acquisitions is not deductible for tax purposes.

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Identifiable intangible assets purchased in the acquisitions and their weighted-average lives are as follows (in thousands):

Core technologies
Customer relationships
Trade name
Covenants not to compete

  Total

2004 Acquisitions

Asset Life

6 years
5 years
6 years
3 years

$ 40,227
17,000
14,091
4,700

$ 76,018

During 2004, the Company acquired all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of two privately held companies, Net6, Inc, a 
leader in providing secure access gateways and Expertcity.com, Inc., a leader in Web-based desktop access as well as a leader 
in  Web-based  meeting  and  customer  assistance  services,  combined,  the  “2004  Acquisitions.”  The  consideration  for  the  2004 
Acquisitions was approximately $291.0 million comprised of approximately $161.8 million in cash, $6.1 million of direct transaction 
costs and approximately 5.8 million shares of the Company’s common stock valued at approximately $124.8 million. The common 
stock valued at $124.8 million included $118.0 million related to the initial purchase price and the remaining balance is primarily 
related to additional common stock earned by Expertcity.com, Inc., upon the achievement of certain revenue and other financial 
milestones during 2004 pursuant to the applicable merger agreement, which were issued in March 2005. The fair value of the common 
stock earned as additional purchase price consideration was recorded as goodwill on the date earned. In connection with the 2004 
Acquisitions, the Company allocated $195.1 million to goodwill, $38.7 million to core and product technology and $32.4 million to other 
intangible assets. The Company assigned $31.7 million of the goodwill to its Americas segment and $163.4 million of the goodwill to its 
Online Services division. The sources of funds for consideration paid in these transactions consisted of available cash and investments 
and the Company’s authorized common stock. There is no additional contingent consideration related to the transactions.

Purchase Accounting for Acquisitions

The fair values used in determining the purchase price allocation for certain intangible assets for the Company’s acquisitions were based 
on estimated discounted future cash flows, royalty rates and historical data, among other information. Purchased in-process research 
and development (“IPR&D”) of $7.0 million was expensed immediately upon the closing of the 2005 Acquisitions and a total $19.1 million 
was expensed immediately upon closing of the 2004 Acquisitions in accordance with FASB Interpretation No. 4, Applicability of FASB 
Statement No. 2 to Business Combinations Accounted for by the Purchase Method, due to the fact that it pertains to technology that 
was not currently technologically feasible, meaning it had not reached the working model stage, did not contain all of the major func-
tions planned for the product, was not ready for initial customer testing and had no alternative future use. The fair value assigned 
to in-process research and development was determined using the income approach, which includes estimating the revenue and 
expenses associated with a project’s sales cycle and by estimating the amount of after-tax cash flows attributable to the projects. The 
future cash flows were discounted to present value utilizing an appropriate risk-adjusted rate of return, which ranged from 17% to 25%. 
The rate of return included a factor that takes into account the uncertainty surrounding the successful development of the IPR&D.

The results of operations of the acquisitions are included in the Company’s results of operations beginning after their respective 
acquisition dates. The following unaudited pro forma information combines the consolidated results of operations of Citrix and the 
companies it acquired as if the acquisitions had occurred at the beginning of fiscal year 2004 (in thousands, except per share data):

Revenues
Income from operations
Net income
  Per share—basic
  Per share—diluted

December 31,

2005

$ 934,039
169,186
142,349
0.81
0.78

2004

$ 770,339
89,522
85,290
0.48
0.47

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Citrix Systems, Inc.
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

4. CASH AND INVESTMENTS

Cash and cash equivalents and investments consist of the following:

(In thousands)

Cash and cash equivalents:
  Commercial paper
  Money market funds
  Cash
  Corporate securities
  Government securities
  Municipal securities

  Total

Reported as:
  Cash and cash equivalents

  Restricted cash equivalents and investments

Short-term investments:
  Corporate securities
  Municipal securities
  Government securities

  Total

Reported as:
  Short-term investments

  Restricted cash equivalents and investments

Long-term investments:
  Corporate securities
  Government securities (1)
  Other

  Total

Reported as:
  Long-term investments

  Restricted cash equivalents and investments

(1)  Includes investments in both United States and foreign government securities.

December 31,

2005

2004

$ 385,873
74,097
38,333
20,211
18,317
2,976

$ 539,807

$ 484,035

$  55,772

$ 

—
18,900
7,956

$  26,856

$  18,900

$  7,956

$  50,000
—
1,286

$  51,286

$  51,286

$ 

—

$ 

—
34,902
36,019
3,577
6,837
4,896

$  86,231

$  73,485

$  12,746

$ 112,632
69,485
25,828

$ 207,945

$ 159,656

$  48,289

$ 167,910
103,699
381

$ 271,990

$ 183,974

$  88,016

The  Company  previously  had  corporate  securities  classified  as  held-to-maturity  investments  that  matured  on  March  22,  2004. 
Upon  maturity,  the  Company  received  $195.4  million  in  proceeds,  all  of  which  was  used  in  2004  to  redeem  a  portion  of  the 
Company’s  convertible  subordinated  debentures.  At  December  31,  2005  and  December  31,  2004,  the  Company  held  no 
investments classified as held-to-maturity.

The  Company’s  investments  are  classified  as  available-for-sale  and  are  recorded  at  fair  value.  During  2005,  the  Company  sold 
$193.9  million  of  fixed  rate  available-for-sale  investments.  Simultaneous  with  the  sale  of  the  investments,  the  Company  also 
terminated the related interest rate swaps. The realized  net  gain related to sale of  the  investments  and the termination  of the 
interest rate swaps was not material. Gross realized gains on sales of securities during 2004 and 2003 were not material. Gross 
realized losses on sales of securities during 2005, 2004 and 2003 were not material. At December 31, 2005, the average original 
contractual maturity of the Company’s short-term available-for-sale investments was approximately four months. The Company’s 
long-term  available-for-sale  investments  at  December  31,  2005  included  $50.0  million  of  investments  with  original  contractual 
maturities ranging from four to five years. The average remaining maturities of the Company’s short and long-term available-for-sale 
investments, including restricted investments, at December 31, 2005 were three months and 24 months, respectively. In addition, 
included in short-term available-for-sale investments are auction rate securities of $18.9 million that generally reset every seven 
to 28 days. The Company also owns $1.3 million in equity investments not due at a single maturity date classified as long-term 
investments.

The Company has investments in two instruments with an aggregate face value of $50.0 million that include structured credit risk 
features related to certain referenced entities. Under the terms of these debt instruments, the Company assumes the default risk, 
above a certain threshold, of a portfolio of specific referenced issuers in exchange for a fixed yield that is added to the London 

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Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”)-based yield on the underlying debt instrument. In the event of default by any of the underlying 
referenced issuers above specified amounts, the Company will pay the counterparty an amount equivalent to its loss, not to exceed 
the face value of the instrument. The primary risk associated with these investments is the default risk of the underlying issuers. 
The credit ratings of these instruments are equivalent to the likelihood of an event of default under “AAA” or “AA” rated individual 
securities. The purpose of these instruments is to provide additional yield on certain of the Company’s available-for-sale invest-
ments. These instruments mature in November 2007 and February 2008. To date there have been no credit events for the underly-
ing referenced entities resulting in losses to the Company. The Company separately accounts for changes in the fair value of the 
investments and as of December 31, 2005 and 2004, there was no material change in fair value.

The change in net unrealized securities gains (losses) recognized in other comprehensive income includes unrealized gains (losses) 
that arose from changes in market value of specifically identified securities that were held during the period and gains (losses) that 
were previously unrealized, but have been recognized in current period net income due to sales or maturities of available-for-sale 
securities.  This  reclassification  has  no  effect  on  total  comprehensive  income  or  stockholders’  equity  and  was  immaterial  for  all 
periods presented. The unrealized gain (loss) associated with each individual category of cash and investments was not significant 
for either of the periods presented.

5. ACCRUED EXPENSES

Accrued expenses consist of the following:

(In thousands)

Accrued compensation and employee benefits
Accrued cooperative advertising and marketing programs
Accrued taxes
Other

December 31,

2005

$  39,473
14,539
36,487
34,530

$ 125,029

2004

$  29,734
14,699
34,852
32,250

$ 111,535

6. EMPLOYEE STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION AND BENEFIT PLANS

Stock-Based Compensation Plans

As of December 31, 2005, the Company had two stock-based compensation plans under which it was granting stock options and 
shares of non-vested stock. The Company is currently granting stock-based awards from its 2005 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2005 
Plan”) and 2005 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the “2005 ESPP”). The Company’s Board of Directors has provided that no new 
awards will be granted under the Company’s previous stock plans, including the Company’s Amended and Restated 1995 Stock 
Plan, Second Amended and Restated 2000 Director and Officer Stock Option and Incentive Plan and Second Amended, Restated 
1995 Non-Employee Director Stock Option Plan and Third Amended and Restated 1995 Employee Stock Purchase Plan. Awards 
previously granted under these plans and still outstanding, however, typically expire ten years from the date of grant and will continue 
to be subject to all the terms and conditions of such plans, as applicable.

The 2005 Plan was originally adopted by the Board on March 24, 2005 and approved by the Company’s stockholders in May 2005. 
Under the terms of the 2005 Plan, the Company is authorized to grant incentive stock options (“ISOs”), non-qualified stock options 
(“NSOs”),  non-vested  stock,  non-vested  stock  units,  stock  appreciation  rights  (“SARs”),  performance  units  and  to  make  stock 
awards to full and part-time employees of the Company and its subsidiaries or affiliates, where legally eligible to participate, as well 
as consultants and non-employee directors of the Company. The 2005 Plan provides for the issuance of a maximum of 10,100,000 
shares of common stock. Under the 2005 Plan, ISOs must be granted at exercise prices no less than fair market value on the date 
of grant, except for ISOs granted to employees who own more than 10% of the Company’s combined voting power, for which the 
exercise prices must be no less than 110% of the market value at the date of grant. NSOs and SARs must be granted at no less 
than market value on the date of grant, or in the case of SARs in tandem with options, at the exercise price of the related option. 
Non-vested stock awards may be granted at prices no less than the minimum legal consideration required. All options are exercisable 
upon vesting. Typically, under the 2005 Plan the Company grants five-year options that vest over three years at a rate of 33.3% of 
the shares underlying the option one year from date of grant and at a rate of 2.78% monthly thereafter.

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Citrix Systems, Inc.
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

In addition, the Company assumed stock-based employee compensation plans in its 2005 and 2004 Acquisitions, but no additional 
awards will be granted under these assumed plans.

A summary of the status and activity of the Company’s fixed option awards is as follows:

Year Ended December 31,

2005

2004

2003

Shares

36,928,162
4,673,347
75,864
960,697
(6,230,836)
(2,101,397)

34,305,837

24,397,758

Weighted- 
Average 
Exercise Price

$ 25.20
23.70
32.81
2.58
15.12
30.86

25.86

28.67

$  6.80

3.61

21.30

Shares

38,221,590
5,637,687
—
51,546
(4,491,795)
(2,490,866)

36,928,162

25,525,048

Weighted- 
Average 
Exercise Price

$ 24.56
20.97
—
3.86
13.06
25.14

25.20

28.62

$  7.26

—

21.55

Shares

41,220,517
5,574,808
348,500
—
(4,722,911)
(4,199,324)

38,221,590

25,044,225

Weighted- 
Average  
Exercise Price

$ 24.51
16.19
12.00
—
11.64
28.14

24.56

28.76

$  8.68

6.71

—

Outstanding at beginning of year
  Granted at market value
  Granted above market value
  Granted below market value (1)
  Exercised
  Forfeited

Outstanding at end of year

Options exercisable at end of year

Weighted-average fair value of options  
  granted during the year at market value
Weighted-average fair value of options  
  granted during the year above market value
Weighted-average fair value of options  
  granted during the year below market value

(1)  Granted below market value represents option assumed in our 2005 Acquisitions.

Information about stock options outstanding as of December 31, 2005 is as follows:

Range of  
Exercise Prices

$  0.24  to  $    9.38
$10.26  to  $  15.25
$15.34  to  $  17.55
$17.66  to  $  20.88
$20.94  to  $  22.81
$22.94  to  $  24.38
$24.39  to  $  26.10
$26.13  to  $  35.01
$35.49  to  $  56.00
$64.06  to  $104.00

Options 
Outstanding at 
December 31, 2005

Weighted-Average 
Remaining 
Contractual Life

Weighted-
Average 
Exercise Price

Options  
Exercisable at 
December 31, 2005

Weighted- 
Average 
Exercise Price

Options Outstanding

3,111,250
3,225,678
3,058,090
4,030,522
4,109,076
3,940,421
4,060,543
2,914,263
3,384,744
2,471,250

34,305,837

6.94
5.93
3.92
4.99
4.39
4.38
3.88
4.57
5.04
4.12

4.79

$   5.32
$ 13.34
$ 16.42
$ 19.24
$ 22.28
$ 23.84
$ 25.36
$ 30.05
$ 39.47
$ 77.03

$ 25.86

1,783,858
2,272,196
2,462,009
2,711,699
1,949,316
1,474,738
3,440,208
2,448,500
3,383,984
2,471,250

24,397,758

$   6.60
$ 13.59
$ 16.19
$ 19.28
$ 22.24
$ 23.97
$ 25.40
$ 30.49
$ 39.47
$ 77.03

$ 28.67

As part of the Company’s 2005 Acquisitions, the Company assumed 25,179 shares of non-vested stock held by certain NetScaler 
employees. The non-vested stock assumed vests monthly based on service through October 2007 dependent upon the remaining 
vesting period at the time of the acquisition. As part of an overall retention program, the Company also assumed $2.8 million worth of 
non-vested stock units and granted 60,000 shares of non-vested stock to certain employees retained from the 2005 Acquisitions. Of the 
non-vested stock granted, 45,000 shares vest 50% on the first anniversary of the grant date and 50% on the second anniversary of the 
grant date, the remaining 15,000 non-vested shares granted, vest 50% on the first anniversary of the grant date and 50% eighteen months 
from the grant date. The unvested stock units vest 33.33% six, twelve and eighteen months from the date of grant. The number of shares 
that will be issued on each vest date is dependent upon the Company’s stock price over the five consecutive trading days prior to the 
vesting date; provided, however that the number of shares issued pursuant to the non-vested stock units will not exceed 280,000 shares.

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The following table summarizes the Company’s non-vested stock activity for the year ended December 31, 2005:

Outstanding at the beginning of the year
  Granted
  Exercised
  Forfeited

Outstanding at the end of year

Exercisable at end of year

Stock Purchase Plan

Year Ended December 31, 2005

Number of Shares

Weighted-Average 
Grant-Date Fair Value

—
85,179
—
—

85,179

5,194

$  —
26.52
—
—

$ 26.52

$ 23.46

The 2005 ESPP was originally adopted by the Board on March 24, 2005 and approved by the Company’s stockholders in May 
2005. The 2005 ESPP replaced the Company’s Third Amended and Restated 1995 Employee Stock Purchase Plan under which 
no more shares may be granted. Under the 2005 ESPP, all full-time and certain part-time employees of the Company are eligible 
to  receive  options  to  purchase  common  stock  of  the  Company  twice  per  year  at  the  end  of  a  six  month  payment  period  (a 
“Payment Period”). During each Payment Period, eligible employees who so elect may authorize payroll deductions in an amount 
no less than 1% nor greater than 10% of his or her base pay for each payroll period in the Payment Period. At the end of each 
Payment Period, the accumulated deductions are used to purchase shares of common stock from the Company up to a maximum 
of 12,000 shares for any one employee during a Payment Period. Shares are purchased at a price equal to 85% of the fair market 
value of the Company’s common stock on the last business day of a Payment Period. Employees who, after exercising their rights 
to purchase shares of common stock under the ESPP, would own shares of 5% or more of the voting power of the Company’s 
common  stock,  are  ineligible  to  participate  under  the  2005  ESPP.  The  2005  ESPP  provides  for  the  issuance  of  a  maximum  of 
10,000,000 shares of common stock. As of December 31, 2005, no shares have been issued under this plan.

Benefit Plan

The Company maintains a 401(k) benefit plan (the “Plan”) allowing eligible U.S.-based employees to contribute up to 60% of their 
annual compensation, limited to an annual maximum amount as set periodically by the Internal Revenue Service. The Company, at 
its discretion, may contribute up to $0.50 of each dollar of employee contribution, limited to a maximum of 6% of the employee’s 
annual compensation. The Company’s matching contributions were $2.8 million, $2.3 million and $2.0 million in 2005, 2004 and 
2003, respectively. The Company’s contributions vest over a four-year period at 25% per year.

7. CAPITAL STOCK

Common Stock

The Company has reserved for future issuance 41,758,088 shares of common stock for the exercise of stock awards outstanding 
or available for grant pursuant to its stock-based compensation plans.

Stock Repurchase Programs

The Company’s Board of Directors has authorized an ongoing stock repurchase program with a total repurchase authority granted to 
the Company of $1.2 billion, of which $200.0 million was authorized in February 2006 and $200.0 million was authorized in February 
2005, the objective of which is to improve shareholders’ return. At December 31, 2005, approximately $67.6 million was available 
to repurchase common stock pursuant to the stock repurchase program. All shares repurchased are recorded as treasury stock.

The Company is authorized to make open market purchases of its common stock using general corporate funds. Additionally, from 
time to time, the Company has entered into structured stock repurchase arrangements with large financial institutions using general 
corporate funds in order to lower the average cost to acquire shares. These programs include terms that require the Company to 
make upfront payments to the counterparty financial institution and result in the receipt of stock during or at the end of the period 
of the agreement or the receipt of either stock or cash at the maturity of the agreement, depending on market conditions.

The Company expended an aggregate of $174.3 million, $121.9 million and $123.9 million during 2005, 2004 and 2003, respectively, 
net of premiums received, under all stock repurchase transactions. During 2005, the Company took delivery of a total of 7,356,617 
shares of outstanding common stock with an average per share price of $23.51; and during 2004, the Company took delivery of a 

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Citrix Systems, Inc.
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

total  of  4,458,740  shares  of  outstanding  common  stock  with  an  average  per  share  price  of  $18.77.  Some  of  these  shares  were 
received pursuant to prepaid programs. Since the inception of the stock repurchase program, the average cost of shares acquired 
was $17.40 per share compared to an average closing price during open trading windows of $20.58 per share. In addition, a significant 
portion of the funds used to repurchase stock was funded by proceeds from employee stock option exercises and the related tax 
benefit.  As  of  December  31,  2005,  the  Company  has  remaining  prepaid  notional  amounts  of  approximately  $54.5  million  under 
structured stock repurchase agreements. Due to the fact that the total shares to be received for the open repurchase agreements 
at  December  31,  2005  is  not  determinable  until  the  contracts  mature  in  2006,  the  above  price  per  share  amounts  exclude  the 
remaining shares to be received subject to the agreements.

Preferred Stock

The Company is authorized to issue 5,000,000 shares of preferred stock, $0.01 par value per share. The Company has no present 
plans to issue such shares.

8. LONG-TERM DEBT

Credit Facility

Effective on August 9, 2005, the Company entered into a Credit Facility with a group of financial institutions (the “Lenders”). The Credit 
Facility provides for a five-year revolving line of credit in the aggregate amount of $100.0 million, subject to continued covenant 
compliance. A portion of the revolving line of credit (i) in the aggregate amount of $25.0 million may be available for issuances of 
letters of credit and (ii) in the aggregate amount of $15.0 million may be available for swing line loans. The Credit Facility currently 
bears interest at the LIBOR plus 0.5% and adjusts in the range of 0.5% to 1.25% above LIBOR based on the level of the Company’s 
total debt and its adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (“EBITDA”) as defined in the agreement. 
In addition, the Company is required to pay a quarterly facility fee ranging from 0.125% to 0.25% based on the aggregate amount 
available under the Credit Facility and the level of the Company’s total debt and its adjusted EBITDA. Borrowings under the Credit 
Facility are guaranteed by the Company and certain of the Company’s United States and foreign subsidiaries, which guarantees 
are  secured  by  a  pledge  of  shares  of  certain  foreign  subsidiaries.  During  2005,  the  Company  borrowed  and  repaid  $75  million 
under the Credit Facility. The weighted-average interest rate for the period that amounts were outstanding under the Credit Facility 
was 4.3%. As of December 31, 2005, there were no amounts outstanding under the Credit Facility.

Term Loan

Effective  on  August  9,  2005,  a  subsidiary  of  the  Company  entered  into  a  term  loan  facility  (the  “Term  Loan”)  with  a  group  of 
Lenders. The Term Loan provides for an eighteen-month single-draw term loan facility in the aggregate amount of $100.0 million. 
The Term Loan currently bears interest at LIBOR plus 0.5% and adjusts in the future in the range of 0.5% to 1.25% above LIBOR 
based on the level of the subsidiary’s total debt and its adjusted EBITDA, as described in the agreement. Borrowings under the 
Term Loan are guaranteed by the Company and certain of its United States and foreign subsidiaries, which guarantees are secured 
by a pledge of shares of certain foreign subsidiaries. In addition, the Company is required to pay a quarterly facility fee ranging from 
0.125% to 0.25% based on the aggregate amount of the Term Loan and the level of the Company’s total debt and its adjusted 
EBITDA. The weighted-average interest rate on the Term Loan was 4.5% as of December 31, 2005. As of December 31, 2005, 
$31.0 million remained outstanding under the Term Loan. The Term Loan was paid in full in February 2006.

The  Company  incurred  $1.7  million  in  interest  expense  on  its  long-term  borrowings  in  2005.  The  Credit  Facility  and  Term  Loan 
contain customary default provisions, and the Company must comply with various financial and non-financial covenants. The financial 
covenants  consist  of  a  minimum  interest  coverage  ratio  and  a  maximum  consolidated  leverage  ratio.  The  primary  non-financial 
covenants limit the Company’s ability to pay dividends (other than pursuant to the Dividend Reinvestment Plan, (“DRP”), which is 
discussed in Note 11), conduct certain mergers or acquisitions, make certain investments and loans, incur future indebtedness or 
liens, alter the Company’s capital structure or sell stock or assets, subject to certain limits. As of December 31, 2005, the Company 
was in compliance with all covenants under the Credit Facility and the Term Loan.

Convertible Subordinated Debentures

In March 1999, the Company sold $850 million principal amount at maturity of its zero coupon convertible subordinated debentures 
(the “Debentures”) due March 22, 2019, in a private placement. The Debentures were priced with a yield to maturity of 5.25% and 
resulted in net proceeds to the Company of approximately $291.9 million, net of original issue discount and net of debt issuance 
costs of approximately $9.6 million. On March 22, 2004, the Company redeemed the outstanding Debentures for approximately 

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$355.7 million. The Company used the proceeds from its held-to-maturity investments that matured on March 22, 2004 and cash 
on  hand  to  fund  the  redemption.  At  the  date  of  redemption,  the  Company  incurred  a  charge  for  the  write-off  of  the  remaining 
deferred debt issuance costs of approximately $7.2 million.

9. FAIR VALUES OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

The carrying value of cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, accounts payable and accrued expenses approximate their 
fair value due to the short maturity of these items. The Company’s investments classified as available-for-sale securities, including 
restricted investments, are carried at fair value on the accompanying consolidated balance sheets based primarily on quoted market 
prices for such financial instruments. The Company’s Term Loan carrying value approximates fair value due to its market rate of 
interest. The aggregate fair value of the Company’s available-for-sale investments was $76.9 million and $479.6 million at December 31, 
2005 and 2004, respectively.

10. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

The Company leases certain office space and equipment under various operating leases. In addition to rent, the leases require the 
Company to pay for taxes, insurance, maintenance and other operating expenses. Certain of these leases contain stated escalation 
clauses while others contain renewal options. The Company recognizes rent expense on a straight-line basis over the term of the 
lease, excluding renewal periods, unless renewal of the lease is reasonably assured.

Rental expense for the years ended December 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003 totaled approximately $21.2 million, $18.0 million and 
$16.4 million, respectively. Sublease income for the years ended December 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003 was approximately $0.8 million, 
$1.6  million  and  $2.0  million,  respectively.  Lease  commitments  under  non-cancelable  operating  leases  with  initial  or  remaining 
terms in excess of one year and sublease income associated with non-cancelable subleases, including estimated future payments 
under the Company’s synthetic lease arrangement, are as follows:

(In thousands)

Years ending December 31,
  2006
  2007
  2008
  2009
  2010
  Thereafter

Operating Leases

Sublease Income

$ 22,702
17,142
12,935
9,027
4,462
25,819

$ 92,087

$ 1,236
1,267
1,299
1,319
585
561

$ 6,267

During 2002, the Company became a party to a synthetic lease arrangement totaling approximately $61.0 million for its corporate 
headquarters office space in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The synthetic lease represents a form of off-balance sheet financing under 
which an unrelated third party lessor funded 100% of the costs of acquiring the property and leases the asset to the Company. 
The  synthetic  lease  qualifies  as  an  operating  lease  for  accounting  purposes  and  as  a  financing  lease  for  tax  purposes.  The 
Company  does  not  include  the  property  or  the  related  lease  debt  as  an  asset  or  a  liability  in  its  consolidated  balance  sheets. 
Consequently, payments made pursuant to the lease are recorded as operating expenses in the Company’s consolidated statements 
of income. The Company entered into the synthetic lease in order to lease its headquarters properties under more favorable terms 
than under its previous lease arrangements.

The initial term of the synthetic lease is seven years. Upon approval by the lessor, the Company can renew the lease twice for additional 
two-year periods. The lease payments vary based on LIBOR plus a margin. At any time during the lease term, the Company has the 
option to sublease the property and upon thirty-days’ written notice, the Company has the option to purchase the property for an 
amount representing the original property cost and transaction fees of approximately $61.0 million plus any lease breakage costs and 
outstanding amounts owed. Upon at least 180 days notice prior to the termination of the initial lease term, the Company has the option 
to remarket the property for sale to a third party. If the Company chooses not to purchase the property at the end of the lease term, 
it has guaranteed a residual value to the lessor of approximately $51.9 million and possession of the buildings will be returned to 
the lessor. On a periodic basis, the Company evaluates the property for indicators of impairment. If an evaluation were to indicate 
that fair value of the building were to decline below $51.9 million, the Company would be responsible for the difference under its 
residual value guarantee, which could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s results of operations and financial condition.

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Citrix Systems, Inc.
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

The synthetic lease includes certain financial covenants including a requirement for the Company to maintain a pledged balance of 
approximately $62.8 million in cash and/or investment securities as collateral. This amount is included in restricted cash equivalents 
and investments in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets. The Company maintains the ability to manage the composition 
of the restricted investments within certain limits and to withdraw and use excess investment earnings from the restricted collateral 
for  operating  purposes.  Additionally,  the  Company  must  maintain  a  minimum  cash  and  investment  balance  of  $100.0  million, 
excluding the Company’s collateralized investments, equity investments and outstanding debt as of the end of each fiscal quarter. 
As of December 31, 2005, the Company had approximately $422.9 million in cash and investments in excess of this required level. 
The synthetic lease includes non-financial covenants, including the maintenance of the property and adequate insurance, prompt 
delivery  of  financial  statements  to  the  lender  of  the  lessor  and  prompt  payment  of  taxes  associated  with  the  property.  As  of 
December 31, 2005, the Company was in compliance with all material provisions of the arrangement.

In January 2003, the FASB issued FASB Interpretation (“FIN”) No. 46, Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities, which addresses the 
consolidation of variable interest entities in which an enterprise absorbs a majority of the entity’s expected losses, receives a majority 
of the entity’s expected residual returns, or both, as a result of ownership, contractual or other financial interests in the entity. In 
December  2003,  the  FASB  issued  FIN  No.  46  (revised).  FIN  No.  46  (revised)  was  effective  immediately  for  certain  disclosure 
requirements and variable interest entities referred to as special-purpose entities for periods ending after December 15, 2003 and for 
all types of entities for financial statements for periods ending after March 15, 2004. The Company determined that it was not required 
to consolidate the lessor, the leased facility or the related debt upon the adoption of FIN No. 46 (revised). Accordingly, there was no 
impact on its financial position, results of operations or cash flows from adoption. However, if the lessor were to change its ownership 
of the property or significantly change its ownership of other properties that it currently holds, the Company could be required to 
consolidate the entity, the leased facility and the debt in a future period.

During 2002 and 2001, the Company took actions to consolidate certain of its offices, including the exit of certain leased office 
space  and  the  abandonment  of  certain  leasehold  improvements.  Lease  obligations  related  to  these  existing  operating  leases 
continue to 2025 with a total remaining obligation at December 31, 2005 of approximately $18.9 million, of which $1.8 million was 
accrued for as of December 31, 2005, and is reflected in accrued expenses and other liabilities in the accompanying consolidated 
balance sheets. In calculating this accrual, the Company made estimates, based on market information, including the estimated 
vacancy  periods  and  sublease  rates  and  opportunities.  The  Company  periodically  re-evaluates  its  estimates  and  if  actual 
circumstances prove to be materially worse than management has estimated, the total charges for these vacant facilities could be 
significantly higher.

11. INCOME TAXES

The United States and foreign components of income before income taxes are as follows:

(In thousands)

United States
Foreign

  Total

The components of the provision for income taxes are as follows:

(In thousands)

Current:
  Federal
  Foreign
  State

  Total current

Deferred

  Total provision for income taxes

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2005

$  59,492
166,016

$ 225,508

2004

$  29,017
135,416

$ 164,433

2003

$  45,820
114,867

$ 160,687

2005

2004

2003

$  52,181
16,118
5,217

73,516
(14,348)

$  23,763
8,974
2,510

35,247
(2,360)

$  20,887
5,435
6,079

32,401
1,343

$  59,168

$  32,887

$  33,744

 
 
The significant components of the Company’s deferred tax assets and liabilities consisted of the following:

(In thousands)

Deferred tax assets:
  Accruals and reserves
  Depreciation and amortization
  Tax credits
  Net operating losses
  Other
  Valuation allowance

  Total deferred tax assets

Deferred tax liabilities:
  Acquired technology
  Depreciation and amortization
  Prepaid expenses
  Foreign earnings

  Total deferred tax liabilities

  Total net deferred tax assets

December 31,

2005

2004

$  9,838
—
30,268
69,619
1,184
(1,332)

$  6,422
2,663
25,547
22,684
4,265
(1,332)

109,577

60,249

(29,154)
(265)
(4,590)
—

(34,009)

(10,712)
—
—
(8,753)

(19,465)

$  75,568

$ 40,784

SFAS No. 109, Accounting for Income Taxes, requires a valuation allowance to reduce the deferred tax assets reported if it is not 
more likely than not that some portion or all of the deferred tax assets will be realized. At December 31, 2005, the Company has 
recorded a valuation allowance of approximately $1.3 million relating to deferred tax assets for foreign tax credit carryovers.

During the years ended December 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003, the Company recognized tax benefits related to the exercise of 
employee stock options in the amount of $38.3 million, $20.9 million and $10.3 million, respectively. These benefits were recorded 
to additional paid-in capital. At December 31, 2005, the Company had approximately $9.9 million of additional U.S. net operating 
loss carryforwards resulting from stock options, a substantial portion of which begins to expire in 2020. The Company will record 
the benefit of the net operating loss carryforwards generated from the exercise of employee stock options in the period that the net 
operating loss carryforwards are utilized.

At December 31, 2005, the Company had $176.8 million of remaining net operating loss carryforwards from acquisitions. The 
utilization of these net operating loss carryforwards are limited in any one year pursuant to Internal Revenue Code Section 382 and 
begin to expire in 2020.

At December 31, 2005, the Company had research and development tax credit carryforwards of approximately $12.6 million that 
expire beginning in 2008. The Company had foreign tax credit carryforwards of approximately $17.7 million at December 31, 2005 
that expire beginning in 2009. Additionally, the Company has utilized its remaining alternative minimum tax credit carryforwards at 
December 31, 2005.

A reconciliation of the Company’s effective tax rate to the statutory federal rate is as follows:

Year Ended December 31,

Federal statutory taxes
State income taxes, net of federal tax benefit
Foreign operations
Permanent differences
Tax credits
AJCA dividend
Other
Change in valuation allowance

2005

35.0%
4.4
(19.5)
2.4
(2.4)
6.9
(0.6)
—

26.2%

2004

35.0%
4.5
(27.0)
5.0
—
—
3.0
(0.5)

20.0%

2003

35.0%
3.8
(21.7)
1.7
(1.7)
—
2.6
1.3

21.0%

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Citrix Systems, Inc.
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

The  Company’s  tax  provision  is  based  on  expected  income,  statutory  tax  rates  and  tax  planning  opportunities  available  in  the 
various jurisdictions in which the Company operates. In the ordinary course of global business, there are transactions for which 
the ultimate tax outcome is uncertain, thus judgment is required in determining the worldwide provision for income taxes and the 
associated realizability of deferred tax assets and liabilities. The Company establishes reserves when it becomes probable that a 
tax  return  position  may  be  challenged  and  that  the  Company  may  not  succeed  in  completely  defending  that  challenge.  The 
Company adjusts these reserves in light of changing facts and circumstances, such as the settlement of a tax audit. The Company’s 
annual tax rate includes the impact of reserve provisions and changes to reserves. While it is often difficult to predict the final outcome 
or the timing of resolution of any particular tax matter, the Company believes that its reserves reflect the probable outcome of known 
tax contingencies. Resolution of the tax contingencies would be recognized as an increase or decrease to the Company’s tax rate 
in the period of resolution.

On October 22, 2004, the American Jobs Creation Act (“AJCA”) was signed into law. The AJCA provides for an 85% dividends 
received deduction on dividend distributions of foreign earnings to a U.S. taxpayer, if certain conditions are met. During the second 
quarter  of  fiscal  2005,  the  Company  completed  its  evaluation  of  the  effects  of  the  repatriation  provision  of  the  AJCA,  and  the 
Company’s  Chief  Executive  Officer  and  Board  of  Directors  approved  its  DRP  under  the  AJCA.  On  September  27,  2005,  the 
Company repatriated approximately $503 million of certain foreign earnings, of which $500 million qualified for the 85% dividends 
received deduction. During 2005, the Company recorded an estimated tax provision of approximately $24.4 million related to the 
repatriation. Additionally, during 2005, the Company recorded the reversal of approximately $8.8 million for income taxes on certain 
foreign  earnings  for  which  a  deferred  tax  liability  had  been  previously  recorded.  Other  than  the  one-time  repatriation  provision 
under the AJCA, the Company does not expect to remit earnings from its foreign subsidiaries.

12. GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION AND SIGNIFICANT CUSTOMERS

The Company operates in a single market consisting of the design, development, marketing, sales and support of access infrastructure 
software and services for applications and online services. The Company’s revenues are derived from sales of its Access Suite 
products and related services in the Americas, EMEA and Asia-Pacific regions and from online services sold by its Online Services 
division. These three geographic regions and the Online Services division constitute the Company’s four reportable segments.

The  Company  does  not engage  in  intercompany  revenue  transfers  between  segments.  The  Company’s  management  evaluates 
performance based primarily on revenues in the geographic locations in which the Company operates and separately evaluates rev-
enues from the Online Services division. Segment profit for each segment includes certain sales, marketing, general and administrative 
expenses directly attributable to the segment and excludes certain expenses that are managed outside the reportable segments. 
Costs excluded from segment profit primarily consist of research and development costs associated with the Access Suite products, 
amortization  of  core  and  product  technology,  amortization  of  other  intangible  assets,  interest,  corporate  expenses  and  income 
taxes,  as  well  as,  charges  for  in-process  research  and  development.  Corporate  expenses  are  comprised  primarily  of  corporate 
marketing costs, operations and certain general and administrative expenses, which are separately managed. Accounting policies 
of the segments are the same as the Company’s consolidated accounting policies.

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International revenues (sales outside of the United States) accounted for approximately 50.0%, 53.2% and 54.6% of the Company’s 
net  revenues  for  the  year  ended  December  31,  2005,  2004  and  2003,  respectively.  Net  revenues  and  segment  profit  for  2005, 
2004 and 2003 classified by the Company’s reportable segments, are presented below.

(In thousands)

Net revenues:
  Americas (1)
  EMEA (2)
  Asia-Pacific
  Online Services division

  Consolidated

Segment profit (loss):
  Americas
  EMEA
  Asia-Pacific
  Online Services division
  Unallocated expenses (3):

  Amortization of intangibles

In-process research and development

  Research and development
  Net interest and other income
  Other corporate expenses

 2005

 2004

2003

$ 397,233
334,900
77,492
99,097

$ 908,722

$ 208,946
201,712
22,295
19,641

(28,388)
(7,000)
(97,292)
21,017
(115,423)

$ 335,436
293,690
67,930
44,101

$ 741,157

$ 199,332
174,277
19,587
(1,124)

(12,331)
(19,100)
(81,483)
5,442
(120,167)

$ 291,470
243,890
53,265
—

$ 588,625

$ 158,781
151,557
18,364
—

(11,336)
—
(64,443)
6,298
(98,534)

  Consolidated income before income taxes

$ 225,508

$ 164,433

$ 160,687

(1)  The Americas segment is comprised of the United States, Canada and Latin America.
(2)  Defined as Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
(3)  Represents expenses presented to management only on a consolidated basis and not allocated to the geographic operating segments.

Identifiable assets classified by the Company’s reportable segments are shown below. Long-lived assets consist of property and 
equipment, net:

(In thousands)

Identifiable assets:
  Americas
  EMEA
  Asia-Pacific
  Online Services division

  Total identifiable assets

Long-lived assets, net:
  United States
  United Kingdom
  Other foreign countries

  Total long-lived assets, net

December 31,

2005

2004

$ 1,275,831
152,473
41,967
211,385

$  537,199
483,637
43,240
222,008

$ 1,681,656

$ 1,286,084

$ 

36,596
29,200
7,931

$ 

31,376
30,165
7,740

$ 

73,727

$ 

69,281

The increase in identifiable assets in the Americas segment is primarily due to the repatriation of certain of the Company’s foreign 
earnings from the Company’s EMEA segment to its Americas segment pursuant to the provisions of the AJCA and goodwill and 
intangible assets associated with the Company’s 2005 Acquisitions. See Note 3 for additional information regarding the Company’s 
acquisitions and Note 11 for additional information regarding the AJCA.

Export revenue represents shipments of finished goods and services from the United States to international customers, primarily in 
Latin America and Canada. Shipments from the United States to international customers for 2005, 2004 and 2003 were $42.4 million, 
$32.9 million and $24.3 million, respectively.

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Citrix Systems, Inc.
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

The Company had net revenue attributed to individual distributors in excess of 10% of total net sales as follows. There were no 
individual end-users that represented greater than 10% of net sales for any of the years presented. The revenue contributed by the 
distributors below is primarily recorded in the Americas segment.

Distributor A
Distributor B

13. DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

Year Ended December 31,

2005

10%
  6%

2004

11%
  8%

2003

13%
  9%

As of December 31, 2005 and 2004, the Company had $3.2 million and $12.6 million of derivative assets, respectively, and $8.3 million 
and $7.9 million of derivative liabilities, respectively, representing the fair values of the Company’s outstanding derivative instruments, 
which are recorded in other current assets, other assets, accrued expenses and other liabilities in the accompanying consolidated 
balance sheets. The change in the derivative component of accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) includes unrealized 
gains or losses that arose from changes in market value of derivatives that were held during the period, and gains or losses that were 
previously unrealized, but have been recognized in current period net income due to termination or maturities of derivative contracts. 
This reclassification has no effect on total comprehensive income (loss) or stockholders’ equity. The following table presents these 
components of accumulated other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax for the Company’s derivative instruments (in thousands):

Unrealized gains on derivative instruments
Reclassification of realized gains

Net change in other comprehensive income due to derivative instruments

For the Year Ended December 31,

 2005

$ 10,230
1,255

$ 11,485

 2004

$ 6,258
(6,422)

$  (164)

2003

$ 11,200
(7,528)

$  3,672

The total cumulative unrealized gain on derivative instruments was $4.5 million and $7.0 million at December 31, 2005 and 2004, 
respectively, and is included in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets.

Cash Flow Hedges.  At December 31, 2005 and 2004, the Company had in place foreign currency forward sale contracts with a 
notional amount of $81.7 million and $39.0 million, respectively, and foreign currency forward purchase contracts with a notional 
amount of $191.5 million and $165.0 million, respectively. The fair value of these contracts at December 31, 2005 and 2004 were 
assets of $3.2 million and $11.5 million, respectively and liabilities of $8.3 million and $3.5 million, respectively. A substantial portion 
of the Company’s overseas expenses are and will continue to be transacted in local currencies. To protect against fluctuations in 
operating expenses and the volatility of future cash flows caused by changes in currency exchange rates, the Company has estab-
lished a program that uses forward foreign exchange contracts to hedge its exposure to these potential changes. The terms of 
these instruments, and the hedged transactions to which they relate, generally do not exceed 12 months. Currencies hedged are 
Euros, British pounds sterling, Australian dollars, Japanese yen, Swiss francs, Canadian dollars and Hong Kong dollars. There was 
no material ineffectiveness of the Company’s foreign currency forward contracts for 2005, 2004 or 2003.

Fair Value Hedges.  The Company uses interest rate swap instruments to hedge against the changes in fair value of certain of its 
available-for-sale securities due to changes in interest rates. Each of the instruments swap the fixed rate interest on the underlying 
investments for a variable rate based on the LIBOR plus a specified margin. Changes in the fair value of the swap instruments are 
recorded in earnings along with related designated changes in the value of the underlying investments. During 2005, the Company 
sold underlying fixed rate available-for-sale investments with a notional value of $193.9 million. As a result of the sale of the investments 
and the  termination of the related swaps, the Company  realized a net gain of $0.2  million, which  is included in  other  (expense) 
income, net. The Company held no remaining interest rate swap instruments as of December 31, 2005. At December 31, 2004, the 
fair value of the interest rate swap instruments were liabilities of approximately $4.4 million and assets of $1.1 million. There was no 
material ineffectiveness of the Company’s interest rate swaps for the period that they were held during the years ended December 31, 
2005, 2004 or 2003.

Derivatives not Designated as Hedges.  The Company utilizes certain derivative instruments that either do not qualify or are not 
designated for hedge accounting treatment under SFAS No. 133, Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities, and its 
related interpretations. Accordingly, changes in the fair value of these contracts, if any, are recorded in other (expense) income, net.

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During 2005 and 2004, the Company was a party to three credit default contracts that had an aggregate notional amount of $75.0 million. 
The Company terminated these contracts in the third quarter of 2005. The purpose of the credit default contracts was to provide 
additional  yield  on  certain  of  the  Company’s  underlying  available-for-sale  investments.  Under  the  terms  of  these  contracts,  the 
Company had assumed the default risk, above a certain threshold, of a portfolio of specified referenced issuers in exchange for a 
fixed yield that was recorded in interest income. In the event of default by underlying referenced issuers above specified amounts, 
the Company would have paid the counterparty an amount equivalent to its loss, not to exceed the notional value of the contract. 
The primary risk associated with these contracts was the default risk of the underlying issuers. The risk levels of these instruments 
were equivalent to “AAA,” or better single securities. At December 31, 2004, the Company had restricted approximately $86.3 million 
of investment securities as collateral for these contracts and interest rate swaps, which is included in restricted cash equivalents and 
investments in the accompanying 2004 consolidated balance sheet. The Company maintained the ability to manage the composition 
of the restricted investments within certain limits and to withdraw and use excess investment earnings from the restricted collateral 
for operating purposes. There were no restricted amounts related to these contracts as of December 31, 2005 due to their termination. 
As  a  result  of  the  termination  of  the  credit  default  contracts,  the  Company  realized  a  net  gain  of  $0.4  million  in  2005,  which  is 
included in other (expense) income, net.

14. EARNINGS PER SHARE

The following table sets forth the computation of basic and diluted earnings per share:

(In thousands, except per share information)

Numerator:
  Net income

Denominator:
  Denominator for basic earnings per share—weighted-average shares
  Effect of dilutive securities:
  Employee stock awards
  Contingent consideration related to acquisition

Year Ended December 31,

2005

2004

2003

$ 166,340

$ 131,546

$ 126,943

172,221

168,868

165,323

5,815
—

5,644
222

6,124
—

  Denominator for diluted earnings per share—adjusted weighted-average shares

178,036

174,734

171,447

Basic earnings per share

Diluted earnings per share

Anti-dilutive weighted-average shares

$ 

$ 

0.97

0.93

$ 

$ 

0.78

0.75

$ 

$ 

0.77

0.74

25,862

28,878

41,216

The above anti-dilutive weighted-average shares to purchase shares of common stock includes certain shares under the Company’s 
stock-based compensation programs, and common stock potentially issuable on the conversion of the Debentures and were not 
included in computing diluted earnings per share because their effects were anti-dilutive for the respective periods that they were 
outstanding. The decrease in anti-dilutive weighted shares for 2004 compared to 2003 is due to the redemption of the Company’s 
convertible subordinated debentures during March 2004.

15. RECENT ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS

In May 2005, the FASB issued SFAS No. 154, Accounting Changes and Error Corrections—Replacement of APB Opinion No. 20 
and FASB Statement No. 3. SFAS No. 154 changes the accounting for and the reporting of a change in accounting principle by 
requiring retrospective application to prior periods’ financial statements of changes in accounting principle unless impracticable. 
SFAS No. 154 is effective for accounting changes made in fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2005. The Company does 
not expect the adoption of SFAS No. 154 to have a material impact on its results of operations, financial position or cash flows.

16. LEGAL MATTERS

The Company is a defendant in various litigation matters generally arising out of the normal course of business. Although it is difficult 
to  predict  the  ultimate  outcome  of  these  cases,  management  believes  that  the  ultimate  outcome  will  not  materially  affect  the 
Company’s business, financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

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Citrix Systems, Inc.
Quarterly Financial Information (Unaudited)

(In thousands, except per share amounts)

2005
  Net revenues
  Gross margin

Income from operations

  Net income
  Basic earnings per common share
  Diluted earnings per common share
2004
  Net revenues
  Gross margin

Income from operations

  Net income
  Basic earnings per common share
  Diluted earnings per common share

First 
Quarter

Second 
Quarter

Third 
Quarter

Fourth 
Quarter

$ 201,890
192,689
43,642
38,560
0.23
0.22

$ 161,310
154,040
16,697
9,325
0.06
0.05

$ 211,229
199,864
49,063
27,886
0.16
0.16

$ 178,302
169,779
37,092
31,475
0.18
0.18

$ 226,947
211,031
44,793
40,953
0.24
0.23

$ 187,578
178,803
46,323
38,448
0.23
0.22

$ 268,656
247,174
66,993
58,941
0.34
0.32

$ 213,967
212,112

58,879 (a)
52,298 (a)
0.31(a)
0.30 (a)

Total Year

$ 908,722
850,758
204,491
166,340
0.97
0.93

$ 741,157
714,734
158,991
131,546
0.78
0.75

(a)   In the fourth quarter, the Company recorded a reduction of amortization expense of $4.4 million, net of related tax effect of $2.8 million, resulting from the reclassification 

of certain intangible assets to goodwill to adjust the purchase price allocation from a 2001 acquisition.

Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and  
Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

Price Range of Common Stock and Dividend Policy

The Company’s common stock is currently traded on The Nasdaq National Market under the symbol “CTXS.” The following table 
sets forth the high and low closing prices for the Company’s common stock as reported on The Nasdaq National Market for the 
periods indicated, as adjusted to the nearest cent. Such information reflects inter-dealer prices, without retail markup, markdown 
or commission and may not represent actual transactions.

Year Ended December 31, 2006:
  First quarter (through March 6, 2006)
Year Ended December 31, 2005:
  Fourth quarter
  Third quarter
  Second quarter
  First quarter
Year Ended December 31, 2004:
  Fourth quarter
  Third quarter
  Second quarter
  First quarter

High

Low

$ 32.84

$ 29.24

$ 29.24
$ 25.41
$ 25.37
$ 24.10

$ 25.82
$ 19.16
$ 23.10
$ 22.72

$ 23.80
$ 21.40
$ 21.34
$ 21.07

$ 19.07
$ 15.09
$ 18.86
$ 18.50

On March 6, 2006, the last reported sale price of the Company’s common stock on The Nasdaq National Market was $32.78 per 
share. As of March 6, 2006, there were approximately 1,293 holders of record of the Company’s common stock.

The  Company  currently  intends  to  retain  any  earnings  for  use  in  its  business,  for  investment  in  acquisitions  and  to  repurchase 
shares of its common stock. The Company has not paid any cash dividends on its capital stock in the last two years and does not 
currently anticipate paying any cash dividends on its capital stock in the foreseeable future.

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Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and  
Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities (Continued)

Stock-Based Compensation Plan Information

The following table (in thousands, except option price) provides information as of December 31, 2005 about the securities authorized 
for issuance to our employees and non-employee directors under our fixed stock-based compensation plans:

Plan

(A)

(B)

(C)

Number of Securities 
to Be Issued  
Upon Exercise of 
Outstanding Options, 
Warrants and Rights

Weighted-Average 
Exercise Price  
of Outstanding 
Options, Warrants 
and Rights

Number of Securities Remaining  
Available for Future Issuance 
Under Equity Compensation 
Plans (Excluding Securities 
Reflected in Column (A))

Stock-based compensation plans approved by security holders
Stock-based compensation plans not approved by security holders*

  Total

33,431
960

34,391

$ 26.47
5.01

$ 25.86

7,452
—

7,452

*  Consists of the NetScaler, Inc.’s 1997 Stock Plan and the Teros, Inc. 2005 Restricted Stock Unit Plan, assumed in our 2005 Acquisitions, the Amended and Restated 
2000 Stock Incentive Plan of Net6 Inc. and the Amended and Restated 2003 Stock Incentive Plan of Net6 Inc., assumed in our 2004 Acquisitions.

For more information regarding the Company’s stock-based compensation plans, see Notes 3 and 8 to its consolidated financial 
statements.

Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

The Company’s Board of Directors has authorized an ongoing stock repurchase program with a total repurchase authority granted to 
the Company of $1.2 billion, of which $200.0 million was authorized in February 2006 and $200.0 million was authorized in February 
2005. The objective of the stock repurchase program is to improve stockholders’ returns. At December 31, 2005, approximately 
$67.6 million was available to repurchase common stock pursuant to the stock repurchase program. All shares repurchased are 
recorded as treasury stock. The following table shows the monthly activity related to the Company’s stock repurchase program for the 
three month period ending December 31, 2005.

October 1, 2005 through October 31, 2005
November 1, 2005 through November 30, 2005
December 1, 2005 through December 31, 2005

  Total

Total 
Number of 
Shares 
Purchased (1)

178,560
336,365
319,885

Average 
Price 
Paid Per 
Share

$ 26.31(2)
$ 27.36(2)
$ 24.39(2)

834,810

$ 25.99(2)

Total Number of Shares 
Purchased as Part of 
Publicly Announced 
Plans or Programs

Approximate Dollar Value 
of Shares That May Yet Be 
Purchased Under the Plans 
or Programs (In thousands)

178,560
336,365
319,885

834,810

$ 102,766
$  71,335
$  67,605

$  67,605

(1)   Represents shares received under the Company’s prepaid stock repurchase programs and shares acquired in open market purchases. The Company expended 
a net amount of $38.8 million during the quarter ended December 31, 2005 for repurchases of the Company’s common stock. For more information see Note 7 
to the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

(2)   These  amounts  represent  the  cumulative  average  of  the  price  paid  per  share  for  shares  acquired  in  open  market  purchases  and  those  received  under  the 

Company’s prepaid stock repurchase programs, some of which extend over more than one fiscal period.

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Citrix Systems, Inc.

Corporate Officers

Mark B. Templeton 
President and  
Chief Executive Officer

John C. Burris 
Senior Vice President, 
Corporate Sales and Service

David R. Friedman 
General Counsel and  
Corporate Vice President,  
Human Resources

David J. Henshall 
Senior Vice President and  
Chief Financial Officer

Kate Hutchison 
Corporate Vice President,  
Marketing

David Jones 
Corporate Vice President, 
Business Development and Corporate Affairs

Board of Directors

Thomas F. Bogan 
Venture Partner,  
Greylock Partners 
Former President and  
Chief Operating Officer, 
Rational Software Corporation

Murray J. Demo 
Senior Vice President and  
Chief Financial Officer, 
Adobe Systems Inc.

Stephen M. Dow 
General Partner, 
Sevin Rosen Funds

Gary E. Morin 
Former Executive Vice President and  
Chief Financial Officer, 
Lexmark International, Inc.

Godfrey R. Sullivan 
President and  
Chief Executive Officer, 
Hyperion Solutions Corporation

Mark B. Templeton 
President and  
Chief Executive Officer, 
Citrix Systems, Inc.

John W. White 
Former Vice President and  
Chief Information Officer, 
Compaq Computer Corporation

Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

This Annual Report contains forward-looking statements which are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The forward-looking statements in the Annual Report, 
such as statements concerning 2005, the access infrastructure market, and management’s strategic plans, do not constitute guarantees of future performance. Those statements involve a number of factors that could cause 
actual results to differ materially, including risks associated with the Company’s business, involving the Company’s revenue growth and recognition of revenue, products, their development and distribution, product demand 
and  pipeline,  economic  and  competitive  factors,  the  Company’s  key  strategic  relationships,  acquisition,  and  related  integration  risks  as  well  as  other  risks  detailed  in  the  Company’s  filings  with  Securities  and  Exchange 
Commission. Citrix assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking information contained in the Annual Report with respect to the statements made within. 

This Annual Report contains forward-looking statements which are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 
1934, as amended. Investors are cautioned that statements in this Annual Report that are not strictly historical statements, including, without limitation, statements regarding the Company’s access to the infrastructure market, 
management’s strategic plans, revenue growth, revenue recognition, profits, cash flows, composition of revenues, cost of revenues, operating expenses, sales, marketing and support expenses, general and administrative 
expenses,  research  and  development  expenses,  products  and  their  development  and  distribution,  product  demand  and  pipeline,  Subscription  Advantage,  Presentation  Server,  Citrix  NetScaler,  Access  Suite  and  Citrix 
Access Gateway, product and price competition, Online Services division, economic, market and competitive factors, key strategic relationships, acquisitions and related integration risks, customer diversification, product 
price  and  inventory,  contingent  consideration  payments,  deferred  revenues,  international  operations,  valuations  of  investments  and  derivative  instruments,  technology  relationships,  reinvestment  or  repatriation  of  foreign 
earnings, gross margins, amortization expense and intangible assets, impairment charges, anticipated operating and capital expenditure requirements, cash inflows, contractual obligations, in-process research and devel-
opment, advertising campaigns, tax rates, SFAS 123R, leasing and subleasing activities, stock repurchases, investment transactions, liquidity, litigation matters, distribution channels, stock price, payment of dividends and 
potential debt or equity financings constitute forward-looking statements and do not constitute guarantees of future performance. 

Such forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated by the forward-looking statements, including, without limitation, 
variability and seasonality in the Company’s revenue and operating results, increased competition, changes in the Company’s pricing policies or those of its competitors, the success of the Company’s product lines, the 
Company’s product concentration and its ability to develop and commercialize new products and services, the continuation of key third party licenses and strategic relationships, the uncertainty in the IT spending environment, 
the Company’s ability to successfully integrate the operations, technology, products and employees of acquired companies, and the possible failure to achieve or maintain anticipated revenues and profits from acquisitions, 
charges in the event of the impairment of assets acquired through business combinations and licenses, the size, timing and recognition of revenue from significant orders, the Company’s ability to expand and diversify dis-
tribution  channels,  foreign  operations  and  vertical  and  geographic  markets,  protection  of  the  Company’s  intellectual  property  rights,  the  Company’s  ability  to  maintain  and  expand  its  core  business  in  large  enterprise 
accounts, the Company’s ability to attract and retain small sized customers, the Company’s reliance on and the success of the Company’s independent distributors and resellers for the marketing and distribution of the 
Company’s products and the success of the Company’s marketing and licensing programs, the restrictions associated with the Company’s Credit Facility and Term Loan the management of anticipated future growth and the 
recruitment  and  retention  of  qualified  employees,  the  management  of  operations  and  operating  expenses,  the  security  of  customer  data,  the  success  of  investments  in  the  Company’s  product  groups,  the  ability  of  the 
Company to fund price adjustments and product returns on inventories, the effect of increased government regulation, the effect of new accounting pronouncements on revenue and expense recognition, including the effects 
of SFAS 123(R) on certain of the Company’s GAAP financial measures due to the variability of the factors used to estimate the value of stock-based compensation, the volatility of the Company’s stock price, downturns in 
economic conditions generally, political and social turmoil and natural disasters, as well as other risks detailed in the Company’s filings with Securities and Exchange Commission, including the Company’s Annual Report on 
Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2005.

The Company assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking information contained in this Annual Report with respect to the statements made within.

Footnote1 regarding GAAP to non-GAAP reconciliation

GAAP Earnings Per Share—Diluted

Adjustments*

Non-GAAP Earnings Per Share—Diluted

Twelve Months Ended
December 31, 2005

$0.93

$0.24

$1.17

* Adjustments to exclude the effects of amortization of core and product technology and other intangible assets primarily related to business combinations, the amortization of deferred stock-based compensation, the write-off 
of in-process research and development related to business combinations and the tax provisions related to the repatriation of foreign earnings under the American Jobs Creation Act.

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Shareholder Information

World Headquarters 
Citrix Systems, Inc. 
851 West Cypress Creek Road 
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33309 
United States 
Tel: +1 954 267 3000 
Tel: +1 800 393 1888 
www.citrix.com

European Headquarters 
Citrix Systems International GmbH 
Rheinweg 9 
8200 Schaffhausen 
Switzerland 
Tel: +41 52 635 7700

Pacific Headquarters 
Citrix Systems Hong Kong Limited 
Suite 3201, 32nd Floor 
One International Finance Centre 
1 Harbour View Street, Central 
Hong Kong 
Tel: +852 2100 5000

Citrix Online Division 
5385 Hollister Avenue 
Santa Barbara, CA 93111 
Tel: +1 805 690 6400

Annual Meeting of Stockholders 
The Annual Meeting of Stockholders  
of Citrix Systems, Inc. will be held  
on May 18, 2006 at 5 p.m. 
Citrix San Jose Office 
180 Baytech Drive 
San Jose, CA 95134 
United States

Stock Trading Information 
NASDAQ Stock Market symbol: CTXS

Transfer Agent and Registrar 
Computershare Trust Company, N.A. 
P.O. Box 43023 
Providence, RI 02940-3023 
Tel: +1 781 575 2879 
www.computershare.com

Independent Registered Public Accountants 
Ernst & Young LLP 
One Clearlake Centre, Suite 900 
250 South Australian Avenue 
West Palm Beach, FL 33401

Investor Relations 
Requests for information should be directed to:

Citrix Systems, Inc. 
Attn: Investor Relations 
851 West Cypress Creek Road 
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33309 
United States 
www.citrix.com/investors

The Citrix Annual Report and Form 10-K are available 
electronically at www.citrix.com/annualreport

The Company will provide without charge to each 
person to whom this Annual Report is delivered, upon 
written request of such person, a copy of the Company’s 
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended 
December 31, 2005 (including the financial statements 
and the financial statement schedules).

Written requests to receive a copy of the Company’s 
Form 10-K should be directed to:

Citrix Systems, Inc. 
851 West Cypress Creek Road 
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33309 
Attn: Secretary

Citrix Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CTXS) is the global leader and most 
trusted name in on-demand access. More than 180,000 organizations 
around the world rely on Citrix to provide the best possible access 
experience to any application for any user. Citrix customers include 100% 
of the Fortune 100 companies and 98% of the Fortune Global 500,  
as well as hundreds of thousands of small businesses and individuals. 
Citrix has approximately 6,200 channel and alliance partners in more 
than 100 countries. Citrix annual revenues in 2005 were $909 million. 
Learn more at www.citrix.com.

© 2006 Citrix Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Citrix®, Citrix Access Suite™, Citrix Presentation Server™, Citrix Access Gateway™, Citrix Password Manager™, Citrix Access Essentials™, GoToMeeting™, 
GoToAssist™, GoToMyPC®, NetScaler® , the Access button and Citrix SmoothRoaming™ are trademarks of Citrix Systems, Inc. and/or one or more of its subsidiaries, and may be registered in the United 
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Fort Lauderdale, FL 33309
United States

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