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Annual Report 2011

Powering mobile workstyles and cloud services.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

In thousands, except per share data

Net revenues

Cost of net revenues:

Cost of product license revenues

Cost of services revenues

Amortization of product related intangible assets

Total cost of net revenues

Gross margin

Operating expenses:

Research and development

Sales, marketing and services

General and administrative

Amortization of other intangible assets

Restructuring

In-process research and development

Total operating expenses

Income from operations

Other income, net

Income before income taxes

Income taxes

Consolidated net income

Less: Net loss attributable to non-controlling interest

Total net income

Earnings per share - diluted

Weighted average shares outstanding - diluted

$2,206

$1,875

$1,614

Year ended December 31

2011

2010

2009

2008

2,206,392

1,874,662

 1,614,088

1,583,354

74,393

153,063

54,741

282,197

66,682

106,234

50,504

223,420

52,160

87,233

 47,917

187,310

47,801

79,303

 48,028

175,132

1,924,195

1,651,242

1,426,778

1,408,222

343,727

839,818

307,270

16,390

24

—

326,647

729,754

258,875

14,279

971

—

281,980

679,053

239,623

20,972

26,473

—

288,109

669,569

256,679

22,724

—

 1,140

1,507,229

1,330,526

1,248,101

1,238,221

320,716

13,104

333,820

57,379

276,441

624

277,065

1.46

190,335

178,677

15,215

193,892

2,875

191,017

—

191,017

1.03

184,985

170,001

26,922

196,923

18,647

178,276

—

178,276

0.96

186,682

416,966

13,531

430,497

74,867

355,630

692

356,322

1.87

190,641

$1.87

$1.46

$679

$616

$1.03

$484

2009        2010        2011

2009        2010        2011

2009        2010        2011

Revenue (millions)

Earnings Per Share

Operating Cash Flow (millions)

Annual Report 2011     Citrix Systems, Inc.

Mark Templeton
President and CEO 

Fellow shareholders,

As I reflect on 2011, I see it as a remarkable year of acceleration in our mission to help people live 
better and work better.

We made great strides in web collaboration, desktop virtualization and cloud networking – markets 
where our products are #1 or #2 in the world. Seven strategic acquisitions in 2011 strengthened 
those positions, and opened new growth opportunity in adjacent markets for data sharing and cloud 
platforms. And consistent focus on fostering and promoting our unique business culture has earned 
Citrix multiple recognitions as a “Best Place to Work.”

Citrix delivered another year of record results in 2011, posting annual revenue growth of 18 percent, 
with revenue exceeding $2.2 billion. We achieved EPS growth of 19 percent and record net income of 
$473 million, both on a non-GAAP basis. Our balance sheet is rock solid, including almost $1 billion 
of deferred revenue at year end. Later, in the annual report section, you can find a full reconciliation 
between our non-GAAP and GAAP performance.

We’re executing well, seeing growth in all our primary businesses, and making the investments 
necessary to deliver shareholder, customer and employee value – things we believe to be a marathon – 
not a sprint.

Great business results, of course, tell only part of the story. Over the past five years, we’ve 
transformed Citrix into a leader in some of the most exciting markets in software. I believe we’re 
emerging as one of industry’s most important innovators of the Cloud Era – a new generation of 
computing that will be shaped by consumerization and industrialization.

These tectonic-scale forces – consumerization and industrialization – are driving unprecedented change 
to how people use computing, how services are delivered, and how it all works behind the scenes.

They’re also shaping the next leg of our journey.

Every company has a mission that cannot be captured by a series of fiscal years. Ours is one of 
connecting dots in an ambiguous world, defined by deep beliefs, definitive actions and sensible 
reactions. These are the things that reveal who a company is, what it stands for, and how it will fare 
going forward.

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Annual Report 2011     Citrix Systems, Inc.Citrix has always had a strong sense of purpose, guided by the belief that people should be able to 
work and play from anywhere. This has served us well.

Through the years, Citrix has been at the innovation forefront in remote access, web collaboration, 
app delivery, and virtual computing. This has prepared us well for the road ahead where mobility, 
connectedness and cloud services are as fundamental as the air we breathe.

Citrix believes creating a seamless continuum between work and life is the way to make both of them 
better. Because when it’s easy to work and play from anywhere, you can live better and work better.

Look around you. Amazing consumer devices and personal cloud services are disrupting old school 
ideas about personal productivity and mobility. The delight of retail-like self-service is replacing 
laboriously prescribed corporate-issue tools. And client-server IT systems are rapidly going the way 
of the mainframe, yielding to “anywhere-anytime” cloud services as the new normal. Yesterday’s 
exceptions – like being mobile, connecting wirelessly, choosing personal devices, and using cloud 
services – are rapidly becoming the better way. 

This is why we believe the exceptions of the PC Era are the new assumptions for the Cloud Era. 
We’re excited about the business opportunity to enable this historic move to the cloud, helping 
consumers, small businesses, enterprises and service providers make the transition reliably, quickly 
and economically. The “new era” markets we’re serving are growing at double-digit rates and will top 
$16 billion in 2015 according to industry analysts. They’re being fueled by the imperative for mobility, 
the enterprise cloud evolution, and the build-out of hosted cloud services.

We think we have a great story – for our shareholders, our employees, our business partners, 
and most of all, for our customers. This story has already revealed much about who we are, what 
we stand for, and where we’re going. We are leading the move to mobile workstyles and cloud 
services. Our products enable a seamless intersection of business and personal life, giving users 
unprecedented freedom without compromising IT security and control. Most important of all, we’re 
helping people work better and live better.

My sincere thanks go to the Citrix team for working tirelessly to accomplish all this. We’re believers 
in what we do, as much as how we do it. A principled culture of respect, integrity and humility has 
allowed us to passionately drive our evolution and restlessly seek what could be.

On behalf of the Board and over 7,000 employees, we thank you for your support and confidence.

Mark Templeton

President and Chief Executive Officer

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Annual Report 2011     Citrix Systems, Inc.Information Concerning Non-GAAP Financial Measures Used in This Annual Report (Unaudited)

GAAP net income for the twelve months ended December 31, 2011 was $356.3 million. Non-GAAP net income for 
the twelve months ended December 31, 2011 was $472.8 million. Non-GAAP net income excludes the effects of the 
amortization of intangible assets primarily related to business combinations, stock-based compensation expenses, 
charges recorded in connection with the restructuring program that the company implemented in January 2009, and the 
tax effects related to those items.

GAAP diluted earnings per share for the twelve months ended December 31, 2011 grew 28.1 percent from GAAP diluted 
earnings per share for the twelve months ended December 31, 2010. Non-GAAP diluted earnings per share for the twelve 
months ended December 31, 2011 grew 19.2 percent from non-GAAP diluted earnings per share for the twelve months 
ended December 31, 2010. The growth in non-GAAP earnings per share excludes the effects of the amortization of 
intangible assets primarily related to business combinations, stock-based compensation expenses, charges recorded in 
connection with the restructuring program that the company implemented in January 2009, and the tax effects related to 
those items.

The following table shows the non-GAAP financial measures used in this Annual Report reconciled to the most directly 
comparable GAAP financial measures.

GAAP net income

Add:   stock-based compensation

Add:   amortization of product related intangible assets

Add:   amortization of other intangible assets

Add:   restructuring charges

Less:  tax effects related to above items

Non-GAAP net income

Twelve Months Ended December 31, 2011
(in thousands)

$356,322

92,909

54,741

16,390

24

(            )
47,599

$472,787

Growth in Earnings per Share

GAAP earnings per share growth

Deduct:    growth attributable to stock-based compensation, 

amortization of intangible assets, restructuring 
charges and tax effects related to those items

Non-GAAP earnings per share growth

Twelve Months Ended December 31, 2011
compared to
Twelve Months Ended December 31, 2010,

28.1%

(       )
8.9

19.2%

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Annual Report 2011     Citrix Systems, Inc.Pursuant to the requirements of Regulation G, Citrix Systems, Inc. (the “Company”) has provided a reconciliation of each 
non-GAAP financial measure used in this 2011 Annual Report to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measure. 
These measures differ from GAAP in that they exclude amortization primarily related to business combinations, stock-
based compensation expenses, charges associated with the Company’s 2009 restructuring program, and the related tax 
effect of those items. The Company’s basis for these adjustments is described below.

Management uses these non-GAAP measures for internal reporting and forecasting purposes, when publicly providing its 
business outlook, to evaluate the Company’s performance and to evaluate and compensate the Company’s executives. 
The Company has provided these non-GAAP financial measures in addition to GAAP financial results because it 
believes that these non-GAAP financial measures provide useful information to certain investors and financial analysts for 
comparison across accounting periods not influenced by certain non-cash items that are not used by management when 
evaluating the Company’s historical and prospective financial performance. In addition, the Company has historically 
provided this or similar information and understands that some investors and financial analysts find this information helpful 
in analyzing the Company’s operating margins, operating expenses and net income and comparing the Company’s 
financial performance to that of its peer companies and competitors.

Management typically excludes the amounts described above when evaluating the Company’s operating performance 
and believes that the resulting non-GAAP measures are useful to investors and financial analysts in assessing the 
Company’s operating performance due to the following factors:

•	 The Company does not acquire businesses on a predictable cycle. The Company, therefore, 

believes that the presentation of non-GAAP measures that adjust for the impact of amortization 
and certain stock-based compensation expenses and the related tax effects that are primarily 
related to business combinations provide investors and financial analysts with a consistent basis 
for comparison across accounting periods; and, therefore, are useful to investors and financial 
analysts in helping them to better understand the Company’s operating results and underlying 
operational trends.

•	 Amortization costs and the related tax effects are fixed at the time of an acquisition, are then 

amortized over a period of several years after the acquisition and generally cannot be changed or 
influenced by management after the acquisition.

•	 Although stock-based compensation is an important aspect of the compensation of the Company’s 
employees and executives, stock-based compensation expense is generally fixed at the time of 
grant, then amortized over a period of several years after the grant of the stock-based instrument, 
and generally cannot be changed or influenced by management after the grant.

•	 The charges incurred in conjunction with the Company’s restructuring program, which relate to 
reductions in headcount and exit costs associated with consolidating certain facilities, are not 
anticipated to be ongoing costs; and, thus, are outside of the normal operations of the Company’s 
business. The Company, therefore, believes that the exclusion of these charges will better help 
investors and financial analysts understand the Company’s operating results and underlying 
operational trends as compared to prior periods.

These non-GAAP financial measures are not prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted 
in the United States (“GAAP”) and may differ from the non-GAAP information used by other companies. There are 
significant limitations associated with the use of non-GAAP financial measures. The additional non-GAAP financial 
information presented here should be considered in conjunction with, and not as a substitute for or superior to, the 
financial information presented in accordance with GAAP (such as net income and earnings per share) and should not 
be considered measures of the Company’s liquidity. Furthermore, the Company in the future may exclude amortization 
primarily related to business combinations, additional charges related to its restructuring program and the related 
tax effects from financial measures that it releases, and the Company expects to continue to incur stock-based 
compensation expenses.

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Annual Report 2011     Citrix Systems, Inc.This Annual Report contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, 
as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Actual operating results and financial 
condition have varied in the past and could in the future vary significantly depending on a number of factors. From time 
to time, information provided by us or statements made by our employees contain forward-looking information that 
involves risks and uncertainties. In particular, statements contained in this Annual Report for the year ended December 
31, 2011, and in the documents incorporated by reference into this Annual Report, that are not historical facts, including, 
but not limited to, statements concerning new products, product development and offerings of products and services, 
market positioning, distribution and sales channels, our partners and other strategic or technology relationships, 
financial information and results of operations for future periods, product and price competition, strategy and growth 
initiatives, seasonal factors, natural disasters, stock-based compensation, licensing and subscription renewal programs, 
international operations and expansion, investment transactions and valuations of investments and derivative instruments, 
reinvestment or repatriation of foreign earnings, fluctuations in foreign exchange rates, tax matters, the finalization of 
our tax settlement with the Internal Revenue Services, acquisitions, stock repurchases, changes in accounting rules or 
guidance, changes in domestic and foreign economic conditions and credit markets, delays or reductions in technology 
purchases, liquidity, litigation matters and intellectual property matters constitute forward-looking statements and are 
made under 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.

These statements are neither promises nor guarantees. Our actual results of operations and financial condition have 
varied and could in the future vary materially from those stated in any forward-looking statements. The following factors, 
among others, could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in forward-looking statements made 
in this Annual Report, in the documents incorporated by reference into this Annual Report or presented elsewhere by 
our management from time to time: changes in general economic conditions in any of the major countries in which we 
do business; conditions affecting the information technology market; changes in the market for our Desktop Solutions 
line of products and services; our ability to maintain key personnel and hire enough qualified employees; the impact of 
competition on our customer base and customer orders; industry consolidation; our ability to execute initiatives for our 
Datacenter and Cloud Solutions; actual or perceived security vulnerabilities in our products and services; regulation of 
the Web, privacy and data security; the existence of errors in our products; outages, data loss and disruptions of our 
software as a service offerings and Datacenter and Cloud Solutions; our ability to develop new products and services or 
enhance our existing products and services; the length of the sales cycle for our Desktop Solutions; our ability to attract 
and retain, and further access, large enterprise customers; changes to our licensing or subscription renewal programs 
or bundling of our products; sales of our Subscription Advantage product; the expansion of our international footprint; 
our ability to effectively manage our direct sales force; changes implemented by indirect distribution channels and major 
distributors; supply problems and price fluctuations of our third-party suppliers and contract manufacturers; fluctuations 
in foreign currency exchange rates; our ability to effectively manage our growth; whether we generate sufficient cash flow 
from operations to fund our product development efforts and acquisitions or fulfill our future obligations; the realization of 
financial and strategic goals we anticipate at the time of an acquisition; the impairment of any of our goodwill or intangible 
assets; the success of the private companies in which we invest; the maintenance and development of our strategic and 
technology relationships; our ability to protect our intellectual property; the potential for our products and services to 
infringe third-party intellectual property rights; our use of “open source” software and the continued development and 
enhancement of the open source technologies we utilize; the maintenance and protection of our collection of brands; 
access to third-party licenses; natural disasters or other unanticipated catastrophes; changes in capital markets; 
unanticipated changes in our tax rates or our exposure to additional income tax liabilities; the volatility of our stock price 
and changes or modifications in financial accounting standards, as well as other risks detailed in our filings with the 
Securities and Exchange Commission, including our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 
2011, or in the documents incorporated by reference into the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 
31, 2011. Such factors, among others, could have a material adverse effect upon our business, results of operations 
and financial condition. We caution readers not to place undue reliance on any forward-looking statements, which only 
speak as of the date made. We undertake no obligation to update any forward-looking statement to reflect events or 
circumstances after the date on which such statement is made.

©2012 Citrix Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Citrix® is a registered trademark of Citrix Systems, Inc. and/or one or 
more of its subsidiaries, and may be registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and in other countries. All other 
trademarks and registered trademarks are property of their respective owners.

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Annual Report 2011     Citrix Systems, Inc.Total Return To Shareholders (Includes reinvestment of dividends)

ANNUAL RETURN PERCENTAGE

Company Name/Index

Citrix Systems, Inc.

S&P 500 Index

Nasdaq Index

Peer Group

INDEXED RETURNS

Company Name/Index

Citrix Systems, Inc.

S&P 500 Index

Nasdaq Index

Peer Group

Years Ending

Dec 07

Dec 08

Dec 09

Dec 10

Dec 11

40.52

5.49

10.26

15.24

-37.99

-37.00

-40.46

-38.36

76.54

26.46

45.00

48.77

64.41

15.06

17.76

10.70

-11.24

2.11

-1.15

-5.88

Years Ending

Base Period
Dec 06

Dec 07

Dec 08

100

100

100

100

140.52

105.49

110.26

115.24

87.13

66.46

65.65

71.03

Dec 09

153.83

84.05

95.19

105.67

Dec 10

Dec 11

252.90

96.71

112.10

116.98

224.47

98.76

110.81

110.10

Comparison of cumulative five year total return

Peer Group consists of companies with an SIC code of 7372.

$300

$250

$200

$150

$100

$50

$0

2006 

2007 

2008 

2009 

2010 

2011

Citrix Systems, Inc.

Nasdaq Index

S&P 500 Index

Peer Group

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Annual Report 2011     Citrix Systems, Inc.UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

Form 10-K

(Mark One)

ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE
ACT OF 1934
For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011 

or

TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the transition period from                      to                     .

Commission File Number 0-27084

CITRIX SYSTEMS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)

75-2275152
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

851 West Cypress Creek Road
Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33309
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code:
(954) 267-3000

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Common Stock, $.001 Par Value
(Title of each class)

The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC
(Name of each exchange on which registered)

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: NONE

 Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.   Yes  
 Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act.    Yes  
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 

    No  

    No  

during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing 
requirements for the past 90 days.    Yes 

   No  

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File 
required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter 
  Yes    
period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).    

  No

 Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to 
the best of registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to 
this Form 10-K.    

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer or a smaller reporting company. See 

definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

  Large accelerated filer

    Non-accelerated filer

    Accelerated filer

    Smaller reporting company

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).    Yes  
The aggregate market value of Common Stock held by non-affiliates of the registrant computed by reference to the price of the registrant’s Common 
Stock as of the last business day of the registrant’s most recently completed second fiscal quarter (based on the last reported sale price on The Nasdaq Global 
Select Market as of such date) was $14,773,638,960. As of February 17, 2012 there were 185,577,251 shares of the registrant’s Common Stock, $.001 par 
value per share, outstanding.

    No  

DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

The registrant intends to file a proxy statement pursuant to Regulation 14A within 120 days of the end of the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011. 

Portions of such proxy statement are incorporated by reference into Part III of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

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CITRIX SYSTEMS, INC.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Part I: .

Part II: .

Part III:

Part IV:

Item 1 . . . Business . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Item 1A. . Risk Factors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Item 1B.. . Unresolved Staff Comments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Item 2 . . . Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Item 3 . . . Legal Proceedings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Item 4 . . . Mine Safety Disclosures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Item 5 . . . Market for Registrant's Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer

Purchases of Equity Securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Item 6 . . . Selected Financial Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.
Item 7 . . .
Item 7A. . Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Item 8 . . . Financial Statements and Schedules. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Item 9 . . . Changes in and Disagreements With Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure
Controls and Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Item 9A. .
Other Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Item 9B.. .

Item 10 . . Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Item 11. . . Executive Compensation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related
Stockholder Matters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Item 12 . .
Item 13 . . Certain Relationships and Related Transactions and Director Independence . . . . . . . . . . . .
Item 14 . . Principal Accounting Fees and Services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Item 15 . . Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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PART I

This Annual Report on Form 10-K contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the 
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Actual results 
could differ materially from those set forth in the forward-looking statements. Certain factors that might cause such 
actual results to differ materially from those set forth in these forward-looking statements are included in Part I, 
Item 1A “Risk Factors” beginning on page 15.

ITEM 1. BUSINESS

General 

Citrix Systems, Inc. is a Delaware corporation founded on April 17, 1989. We design, develop and market technology 
solutions that enable information technology, or IT, services to be securely delivered on demand - independent of location, 
device or network. Our customers achieve lower IT operating costs, increased information security and greater business agility 
using Citrix technologies that enable virtual computing. We market and license our products directly to enterprise customers, 
over the Web, and through systems integrators, or SIs, in addition to indirectly through value-added resellers, or VARs, value-
added distributors, or VADs, and original equipment manufacturers, or OEMs.

Business Overview

For over two decades, we have pursued our long-term vision of enabling people to work or play - from anywhere through 

successive waves of invention. The first wave, beginning in the early-1990s, enabled secure remote access to mission critical 
applications for thousands of road warriors. This required the invention of a new way to “transmit” application screens 
allowing applications to be virtualized instead of installed on the user's personal computer, or PC, even over very thin network 
connections. IT administrators found that virtualized applications on a central server made them more secure, faster running, 
easier to update and much more accessible. The shifting of computing to servers also allowed the invention of thin-clients and 
network computers powered by Citrix client and server technologies. Since the early-1990s, we have become a leading 
provider of server-based computing solutions and our products have been accepted by thousands of organizations as strategic 
infrastructure for user mobility. 

In the early 2000s, we turned our focus toward new market opportunities created by the connectivity of the Internet, rapid 

expansion of network bandwidth, and an increase of device form factors, such as smart phones, tablet PCs and netbooks. In 
parallel, customers began to realize the increasing value of mobility technologies, like remote access, Web collaboration and 
remote support tools. We also believe that there are similar opportunities emerging in the datacenter to address high operating 
costs, inflexible infrastructure and new application architectures.

These opportunities have been the driving forces behind our second wave of invention, building on our core ideas and 
technologies for virtualizing applications - extending them to adjacent product and technology markets. Since 2004, we have 
focused our investments on a broader array of technologies, strategic acquisitions and new business models. This has expanded 
our core capabilities beyond application virtualization to include desktop, client and server virtualization. It has also made 
Citrix a leading manufacturer of network appliances and one of the largest providers of software as a service, or SaaS, in the 
world. 

Citrix powers mobile work styles and cloud services, making complex enterprise IT simpler and more accessible for 

260,000 enterprises. Today, Citrix touches a large percent of Internet users each day and partners with more than 10,000 
companies in 100 countries. Citrix products and services allow people to collaborate, communicate and work virtually from 
anywhere - using virtually any device they choose. Our virtual computing infrastructure services are securely delivered on 
demand and we believe our datacenter computing resources are simpler, lower cost and more efficient than traditional PC-
based distributed computing models. 

Invention and re-invention has driven our growth. Our diversified product lines, routes to-the-customer, and business 
models have been enabled by our virtual computing products that offer collaboration as a service, desktop virtualization and 
infrastructure as a service, or IaaS.

IT organizations are struggling at the intersection of opposing forces - the control of standardization versus the freedom 

of consumerization, and the legacy of distributed computing versus the flexibility of cloud services.  We believe we are in a  
position to help our customers make the difficult transition to the Cloud Era with market-leading products that enable them to 
embrace consumerization and adopt cloud services.

Our product and industry leadership in collaboration, desktop virtualization and cloud networking strengthened in 2011. 
We also made some important new investments in data sharing and cloud orchestration. We are combining these technologies 
into a compelling set of solutions that power mobile work styles and cloud services. An overview of our current products and 
solutions follows.

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Products and Services

Our products and services target customers of all sizes - from individuals and professional consumers, or prosumers, who 
subscribe to our GoToMyPC remote access service, to network engineers who purchase our NetScaler Web application devices, 
or the IT professional who licenses our XenDesktop infrastructure products. This section provides an overview of our major 
product and services offerings.

Desktop Solutions

Our Desktop Solutions - XenDesktop, XenApp, App-DNA, VDI-in-a-Box, and XenClient reduce the complexity and cost 

of administering Windows-based desktops and applications in the enterprise.

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Citrix® XenDesktop™ is a fully integrated desktop virtualization system that gives customers the flexibility to 
deliver the desktop as a service - dramatically simplifying desktop management for a broad range of users. 
XenDesktop is available in a range of packages designed for several market segments. The Express Edition of 
XenDesktop is offered as a free download from our website to allow IT professionals to conduct no-cost trials. The 
XenDesktop Virtual Desktop Infrastructure, or VDI, Edition is designed for virtual desktop projects that only 
require the hosted virtual machine method of desktop delivery. The Enterprise and Platinum Editions of 
XenDesktop include all of our major virtual desktop delivery models in one integrated package, and also include 
the capabilities of Citrix XenApp for delivering on-demand applications into virtual or physical desktops. All 
versions of XenDesktop include Citrix HDX™ technologies to give users a high-definition experience - even when 
using multimedia, real-time collaboration, USB devices, and 3D graphics content -  while consuming less 
bandwidth than competing solutions. HDX leverages the Citrix ICA® protocol and adds Adaptive Orchestration 
which helps optimize performance and bandwidth to fit each unique user scenario. Each edition comes with user 
profile management and provisioning services to stream a single desktop image, on-demand, to multiple servers in 
the datacenter. All editions feature licensing for both Citrix XenServer and Microsoft Hyper-V virtualization 
infrastructure. The most advanced editions include our FlexCast™ delivery technologies which allow virtual 
desktops to be hosted in the datacenter or run locally at the endpoint, wherever costs, security or mobility is 
optimal. We believe that our FlexCast technology dramatically improves our customer's return on their investment 
and makes desktop virtualization a practical reality for broad, enterprise-wide deployments.  

•  Citrix® XenApp™ is a widely-deployed application virtualization solution that allows enterprise applications to be 
centralized and delivered as an on-demand service. XenApp delivers applications in two ways: hosted by running 
application business logic on a central server using our HDX technologies to securely transmit the application's 
user experience to the endpoint device, or streamed by running the application locally. Keeping applications under 
the centralized control of IT administrators enhances data security and reduces the costs of managing separate 
clients and applications on every user's desktop. The XenApp server runs on Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008, 
Windows Server® 2008 R2, Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition to Windows Server 2003 and several versions of 
UNIX®. In 2011, we announced Citrix XenApp 6.5 that continued the integration with Microsoft® App-V, 
introduced in XenApp 6, delivering App-V virtualized applications to virtually any user - on virtually any device 
anywhere. Through this integration, joint customers can extend the benefits of the Microsoft Desktop Optimization 
Pack to reach a broader set of devices including lightly managed and non-Windows® endpoints across local or wide 
area networks. Our joint solution lowers the cost of delivering and maintaining Windows applications for all users 
in the enterprise. We offer XenApp as a standalone product in different editions. The Platinum Edition includes the 
most features and adds powerful capabilities for application performance monitoring, secure sockets layers/virtual 
private network, or SSL/VPN, advanced SmartAccess™ control and single sign-on application security. The 
capabilities of XenApp are now available in XenDesktop Enterprise and Platinum Editions to provide a complete 
desktop virtualization system. XenApp continues to be available as a standalone solution for on demand 
applications for customers wishing to use it on physical PCs and with competing virtual desktop products.
Citrix®AppDNA™ application migration software enables enterprises to discover, automate, model and manage 
applications for faster application migration, easier application virtualization and streamlined application 
management. AppDNA software combines application insight with accurate application testing, remediation and 
compatibility.
Citrix® VDI-in-a-Box™ is an easy, affordable, all-in-one desktop virtualization solution aimed at small and 
medium sized businesses.  Running on off-the-shelf servers, the solution enables IT to deliver centrally-managed 
virtual desktops to virtually any user, on virtually any device.
Citrix® XenClient™ is a high-performance, bare-metal hypervisor that runs directly on the client device hardware, 
dividing up the resources of the machine and enabling multiple operating systems to run side by side in complete 
isolation.  XenClient is available as a free download on citrix.com.

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Citrix Receiver is the client side of XenApp and XenDesktop. Citrix Receiver is available as a free download from 
citrix.com supporting numerous types of client devices. Citrix Receiver uses the Citrix HDX Technologies (discussed below) to 
communicate with XenApp and XenDesktop.

Datacenter and Cloud Solutions

Our Datacenter and Cloud Solutions bring lower operating costs, greater flexibility and cloud-enablement to the 

enterprise datacenter. These products are also designed to power public “clouds” when used by hosting and cloud service 
providers. Our Datacenter and Cloud solutions include Cloud Networking and Cloud Platform products.

Cloud Networking
•  Citrix® NetScaler ® is an all-in-one Web application delivery controller designed to (i) make applications run five 

times faster by application accelerator methods such as hypertext transfer protocol, or HTTP compression and caching, 
ensuring application availability through the advanced L4-7 load balancer and content switching methods, (ii) increase 
application security with an integrated application firewall and (iii) substantially lower costs by offloading servers to 
enable server consolidation. It reduces Web application total cost of ownership, or TCO, optimizes the user experience 
and makes sure that applications are always available. NetScaler comes in purpose built MPX-series hardware 
appliances powered by our nCore technology, an economical form factor with our VPX virtual appliance that operates 
with any standard industry server using our XenServer technology, and SDX for use in environments, such as cloud 
computing, where service-centric IT models create requirements for application delivery that extend beyond the 
simple transport and acceleration for Web application traffic. Also available with NetScaler is the Citrix 
CloudConnector, which extends the NetScaler footprint from the datacenter to points-of-presence around the world, 
creating an end-to-end service delivery fabric. CloudConnectors are offered in conjunction with key partners as hybrid 
networking services. The fabric knitted between on-premise NetScaler devices and off-premise cloud-based services 
enables CloudConnectors to apply application acceleration, security and availability techniques that a datacenter 
appliance or a managed service cannot provide by itself.

•  Citrix Branch Repeater™ controls and optimizes services, desktops, applications and multimedia for branch and 
mobile users. Branch Repeater is optimized for virtual desktops and applications delivered by XenDesktop and 
XenApp. It offers granular visibility, enhanced prioritization and control of service traffic, to ensure quality of 
experience (QoE) and availability while reducing bandwidth consumption and simplifying branch IT.

•  Citrix Access Gateway™ is an SSL/VPN that securely delivers applications with policy-based SmartAccess control. 
Users have easy-to-use secure access to applications and data for improved productivity. Organizations can cost-
effectively extend access to datacenter resources from outside the office, while maintaining unprecedented control 
through comprehensive SmartAccess policies.

Cloud Platform
•  Citrix®XenServer™ is a complete, managed server virtualization platform built on the powerful open source-based 

Xen hypervisor. Xen technology is widely acknowledged as the fastest and most secure virtualization software in the 
industry. XenServer is designed for efficient management of Windows® and Linux® virtual servers and delivers cost-
effective server consolidation and business continuity. The free edition of XenServer starts with a 64-bit hypervisor 
and centralized management, live migration, and conversion tools to create a virtual platform. The premium editions 
of XenServer extend the platform to enable organizations of any size to integrate and automate management 
processes, delivering a virtual datacenter solution.

•  Citrix® CloudStack™ provides an advanced open source software platform to build highly scalable and reliable cloud 
computing environments. With CloudStack, customers can quickly and easily build cloud services within their existing 
infrastructure and start realizing the benefits of this transformative service delivery model without the overhead of 
integration, professional services and complex deployment schedules.

•  Citrix® CloudGateway™ is a unified service broker that aggregates, controls and delivers Windows, Web, SaaS and 

mobile applications to virtually any device. CloudGateway provides end-users with an intuitive single point of access 
and self-service to all of their business applications on virtually any device. CloudGateway also provides IT with a 
comprehensive single point of aggregation and control for applications and users.

•  Citrix® CloudBridge™ connects enterprise datacenters to external clouds and hosting environments, making the cloud 

a secure extension of the enterprise network. CloudBridge is a complete network solution and is available as a 
standalone physical or virtual appliance or integrated into NetScaler Platinum. CloudBridge sits at the "back door" of 
the enterprise datacenter, where it enables enterprises to transparently shift Web and application servers to the cloud 
while keeping sensitive data assets, including databases and corporate directories, safely on-premise. With 
CloudBridge, enterprises can augment their datacenters with the infinite capacity and elastic efficiency provided by 
cloud providers.

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•  Citrix® CloudPortal™ is a comprehensive portal for provisioning hosted applications, desktops, services and IaaS 

from the cloud. The multi-tenant platform automates business and operations support services thereby saving time and 
money while empowering  customers with self-service day-to-day administration. CloudPortal simplifies cloud 
services by making management consistent and easy through a Web portal for on-boarding, provisioning, adds-moves-
changes and usage reports.

Software as a Service

Citrix's SaaS businesses deliver Web collaboration, including virtual meetings, Web-based desktop support, remote 
access and data sharing to customers worldwide. Our SaaS products are delivered as a subscription service and customers are 
able to subscribe to our SaaS products without making any capital investment. These SaaS products delivered as a subscription 
service help customers reduce travel, increase tele-working and enable cost-effective remote access, support and storage. 

Web Collaboration
•  GoToMeeting® is an online, easy-to-use, secure and cost-effective product for online meetings, sales demonstrations 
and collaborative gatherings. GoToMeeting allows a user with a PC or Mac and an Internet browser to easily host, 
attend or participate in an online meeting or session without significant training. Mobile devices are supported on 
GoToMeeting, allowing a participant to join a GoToMeeting from an Apple iOS supported device (iPhone or iPad) or 
an Android smart phone or tablet.  GoToMeeting is capable of providing a standard public switch telephone network, 
or PSTN, conference dial-in number, voice over Internet Protocol, or VoIP, and high-definition video conferencing. It 
features an advanced, secure communication architecture that uses industry-standard SSL encryption. The product 
offers flat-fee pricing for any number of meetings of any length, for up to 15 attendees per meeting and is available
in French, German, Italian, Spanish and English. GoToMeeting also comes with application programming interfaces, 
or APIs allowing users to integrate GoToMeeting into management systems and Web sites. We also offer 
GoToMeeting® Corporate which supports multiple organizer accounts, unlimited meetings with up to 25 attendees, 
robust reporting, additional customization options and advanced administrative capabilities. GoToMeeting Corporate 
also provides optional integrated toll-free audio. 

•  GoToWebinar® is an easy-to-use, do-it-yourself webinar product, allowing organizations to increase market reach and 
effectively present online to geographically dispersed audiences. GoToWebinar allows users with a PC or Mac and an 
Internet browser to easily host, attend or participate in a webinar session without significant training or IT support. 
Mobile devices are supported on GoToWebinar, allowing a participant to join a GoToWebinar from an Apple iOS 
supported device (iPhone or iPad) or an Android smart phone or tablet. GoToWebinar includes such features as full-
service registration with real-time reports, customized branding, automated email templates, polling and survey 
capabilities, webinar dashboard to monitor attendance and participation, easy presenter controls for changing 
presenters and VoIP and toll-based phone options. GoToWebinar also offers registration and reporting APIs via the Go 
To Developer Center. The product offers flat-fee pricing for unlimited webinars of any length for up to 1,000 attendees 
per webinar. GoToWebinar Premier includes such features as full scale video content, mobile accessibility, no 
download required and is priced on monthly or per event options.

•  GoToTraining® is an easy online training tool that allows trainers to deliver content to multiple trainees quickly and 
effortlessly, allowing organizations to expand their training program while saving time and reducing travel costs. 
GoToTraining allows users to host and participate in interactive online training sessions from either their PC or Mac. 
GoToTraining includes such features as full-service registration with integrated payment processing, real-time 
reporting and management, online course catalog, automated reminder and follow-up emails, content library to 
organize and store reusable content, materials, tests, polls, integrated payment system, toll-free audio and VoIP 
options. GoToTraining provides free APIs allowing full learning management system, or LMS, integrations through 
the Go To Developer Center. The product offers flat-fee pricing for unlimited training sessions of any length, for up to 
200 attendees per session.

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Integrated Toll Free Audio™ is provided with the GoToMeeting, GoToWebinar and GoToTraining products, providing 
a seamless audio and Web experience and the ability to record audio and Web sessions, mute/unmute callers and 
recognize speakers from an easy-to-use interface.

•  HiDef Corporate® provides standalone audio options with reservationless audio conferencing for small and medium-

sized businesses, or SMBs, and large organizations. HiDef Corporate provides real-time reporting to manage users and 
costs effectively, with Web controls to allow moderators to manage conferences without the costs of an operator.

IT Support
•  GoToAssist® is a leading, online, remote technical-support product that enables individual professionals and 

organizations of all sizes to provide secure, on-demand support over the Internet. GoToAssist enables support staff to 
instantly view and control the user's PC and Mac without the need to pre-install client software. GoToAssist comes in 

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the following versions: GoToAssist® Express, GoToAssist® Corporate, and GoToAssist® FastChat. The solutions work 
automatically and securely through virtually every firewall, even over dial-up connections, and easily integrate into 
existing infrastructure.

•  GoToManage® is an online IT management product that enables IT professionals to monitor and control their IT 

infrastructure and remotely support people and unattended computers. Our industry-leading crawler technology in 
GoToManage monitoring creates an IT “system of record” providing customers with the ability to discover and 
identify network devices, monitor critical servers, manage network usage and bandwidth consumption and track 
configuration changes. GoToManage remote support provides the capability to remotely support users and also to 
view and control unattended network devices.  Limited GoToManage capabilities are available at no cost on the iPad 
with full capabilities made available with a paid subscription. GoToManage is simple to deploy, can be accessed from 
virtually any Internet connection and requires no costly server infrastructure.

Remote Access
•  GoToMyPC® is an online product that provides secure, remote access to PC and Mac from virtually any Internet-

connected computer. Access to a PC and Mac are available from an iOS supported smartphone or tablet (iPhone and 
iPad) and from any Android based tablet. GoToMyPC, which sets up easily with a secure encrypted connection, 
enables individuals to remotely use any resources hosted on their desktop just as though they were sitting in front of it. 
GoToMyPC® Pro, tailored for the needs of professionals and small offices, supports up to 50 PCs, rolls out secure, 
remote access for multiple users in minutes, and features an administration website in which managers can add, 
suspend and delete users and run usage reports. GoToMyPC® Corporate is built for businesses that require detailed 
reporting, advanced security features and the ability to assign and manage remote-access privileges for employees.

Data Sharing

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ShareFile® is a market leading data sharing and collaboration product. Acquired by Citrix in October 2011, the 
ShareFile product line makes it easier for businesses of all sizes to securely store, sync and share business documents 
and files, both inside and outside their companies. ShareFile's centralized cloud storage capability also allows users to 
share files across multiple devices and access them from virtually any location. ShareFile's technology enables Citrix 
to make common data services, like search, share, sync, secure, authenticate, open and preview, available to a wide 
range of applications, services and use cases through a set of open APIs; extend secure data sharing to new and 
existing applications stored in public and private clouds and accessed from different business and consumer devices; 
and connect data seamlessly into the way people collaborate, ensuring that the right documents and files are always 
accessible when needed and always up to date.

License Updates 

We provide a convenient way for customers to budget for their product version upgrades annually without having to 

anticipate variable costs throughout the year.

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Subscription Advantage provides a convenient way for customers to budget for their software version upgrades 
annually without having to anticipate variable costs throughout the year.  The original purchase of these products is 
typically bundled with one year of Subscription Advantage or customers may elect to purchase subscriptions 
separately. Subscription Advantage allows customers to update software versions as they become available during the 
period of the subscription for free.

Technical Services 

We provide a portfolio of technical services to our business partners and customers to manage the quality of 

implementation, operation and support of our solutions. These services are available for additional fees paid on an annual or 
transactional basis.

•  Consulting Services help ensure the successful implementation of our solutions. Tested methodologies, certified 

professionals and best practices developed from real-world experience allow our consulting services organization to 
provide guidance and support to partners and customers to maximize the effectiveness of their access infrastructure 
implementations. For pre- and post-sale consulting, Citrix Consulting, a consulting services organization, provides 
both exploratory and fee-based consulting services. These services include on-site systems design and implementation 
services targeted primarily at enterprise-level clients with complex IT environments. Citrix Consulting is also 
responsible for the development of best practice knowledge that is disseminated to businesses with which we have a 
business relationship and end-users through training and written documentation. Leveraging these best practices 
enables our integration resellers to provide more complex systems, reach new buyers within existing customer 
organizations and provide more sophisticated system proposals to prospective customers.

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Technical Support Services accommodate the unique ongoing support needs of customers. Our technical support 
services are specifically designed to address the variety of challenges facing access infrastructure environments. We 
offer several support-level options, global coverage and personalized relationship management. Post-sale technical 
support is offered through Citrix-operated support centers located in the United States, Ireland, Japan, Hong Kong, 
Australia, Singapore and India. In most cases, we provide technical advice to channel distributors and entities with 
which we have a technology relationship, who act as the first line of technical assistance for end-users. We also offer 
software maintenance for certain of our products, which allows customers to purchase, through a single program, the 
full benefits of our Subscription Advantage product as well as full access to technical support. In addition, Citrix 
appliance maintenance provides a convenient way for customers to receive technical support, software upgrades, if 
and when available, for appliances and return material authorization access in the event of appliance failure. In some 
cases, end-users can also choose from a Citrix-delivered fee-based support program ranging from one-time incident 
charges to an enterprise-level support agreement covering multiple sites and servers. In addition, we also provide free 
technical advice through online support systems, including our Web-based “Knowledge Center.”

•  Product Training & Certification enables our customers and partners to optimally utilize our products and keep their 
organizations running smoothly. Authorized Citrix training is available when and how it is needed. Traditional or 
virtual instructor-led training offerings feature Citrix Certified Instructors conducting scheduled classes in a classroom 
or remote setting at one of approximately 200 Citrix Authorized Learning Centers™, or CALCs, worldwide. CALCs 
are staffed with instructors that have been certified by us and teach their students using Citrix-developed courseware. 
Self-Paced Online offerings, available to students 24 hours a day, seven days a week, provide technically robust course 
content without an instructor and often include hands-on practice via virtual labs. Certifications validate key skills and 
are available for administrators, engineers, architects and sales professionals. 

Technology 

Our products are based on a full range of industry-standard technologies. In addition, certain of our products are also 

based on our proprietary technologies.

•  Citrix HDX Technologies is a family of innovations that optimize the end-to-end user experience in virtual desktop and 
virtual application environments. These technologies incorporate our ICA protocol, which consists of server- and 
client-side technology that allows graphical user interfaces to be transmitted securely over any network, and include 
HDX Broadcast, MediaStream, Realtime, 3D, Plug-n-Play and IntelliCache features which work together to provide a 
high-definition user experience across a wide array of applications, devices and networks. HDX also provides 
Adaptive Orchestration which dynamically adjusts HDX capabilities to adapt to specific device, network and 
application scenarios and to deliver a better user experience.  The most advanced editions include our FlexCast 
delivery technologies which allow virtual desktops to be hosted in the datacenter or run locally at the endpoint, 
wherever costs, security or mobility is optimal. 

•  Citrix FlexCast technologies combine a range of desktop and application virtualization innovations that work in 

concert to enable enterprise IT departments the ability to support a wide range of use cases. Whether employees are 
working online or offline, need deep customizations, or a simple interface, use company owned, or self-owned 
devices, or require the most stringent security protections, FlexCast enables a common infrastructure to meet these 
disparate needs by abstracting and redirecting operating systems, applications, user settings, profiles and data into 
separately and centrally managed elements that may be combined dynamically to deliver desktops and apps to any 
device.

•  Citrix personalization technologies increase desktop virtualization adoption by providing a personalized end-user 
experience while optimizing resource usage in the data center and overall TCO. Citrix Profile Manager provides a 
flexible just-in-time population of user profile data that can be shared between virtual desktop and virtual application 
environments. Citrix Personal vDisk provides a persistent personalization layer that gives administrators the flexibility 
of a pooled VM environment and gives users the capability to personalize their VM. Citrix App Streaming provides 
application profiling and packaging capabilities, allowing easy provisioning of isolated applications to XenApp and 
XenDesktop environments.

•  NetScaler® Software Packet Engine, or the Packet Engine, forms the foundation of our NetScaler line of products. The 
Packet Engine allows high-performance networking and packet processing without the need for special purpose 
hardware.

•  NetScaler® nCore™ Technology is a new architecture which enables execution of multiple Packet Engines in parallel. 
nCore technology allows the distribution of packet flows across multiple central processing unit cores to achieve 
efficient, high-performance parallel processing across multiple Packet Engines. The new architecture incorporates 
innovations in flow distribution and state sharing and provides for efficient execution across Packet Engines.

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•  Branch Repeater SmartAcceleration is a set of features that work together to optimize service delivery for the end 
user. These features include the assessment of network conditions, classification of applications, correlation of the 
network traffic to user groups, and visibility into and control over the allocation of network resources.

•  Xen® Open Source Technology is the basis for our hypervisor products, including XenServer™ and XenClient. See 

Part I-Item 1A entitled “Risk Factors,” for more information regarding our open source technology. 

•  Citrix CloudStack is an open source orchestration product that enables organizations to build public and private 

clouds.  

•  Citrix CloudPortal Business Manager enables organizations to provide product catalogs and billing system integration 

for their public clouds.

•  Citrix Internet Overlay Platform is our foundational technology for GoToMeeting, GoToWebinar, GoToTraining, 
GoToAssist, GoToAssist Express and GoToManage. The platform implements one of the largest multicast overlay 
data networks in the world using the Internet. It provides proprietary screen-sharing technology that separately 
optimizes screen transmission for each endpoint device (such as a remote PC during an online meeting or remote 
access session).

•  Citrix PSTN/VoIP Bridge is core technology that allows the seamless integration of PSTN/VoIP audio conferencing. 

This technology is used extensively in our Web-based collaboration and communication products including 
GoToMeeting, GoToWebinar, GoToTraining, and Hi-Def Corporate.

•  HDFaces in GoToMeeting delivers high-definition video conferencing and one-to-many video streaming over the 

public Internet. It includes proprietary network transport protocols and transcoding software that optimize video 
quality for each endpoint device.

Innovation is a core Citrix competency. We have many additional unique inventions that are important enablers of our 

continued leadership in desktop and application virtualization, Web collaboration, cloud networking and virtual infrastructure. 

Customers 

We take a unique approach to solving the challenges of globalization, datacenter consolidation, regulatory compliance, 

disaster preparedness and competitiveness faced by our customers. In addition, we help their IT organizations change the cost, 
complexity, security and inflexibility of enterprise computing. Our products provide new capabilities for collaboration, 
communication, user support, desktop management, networking and datacenter management, and we believe they consistently 
deliver lower business and computing costs. At the same time, our solutions significantly increase business agility, helping our 
customers to quickly adapt to business, economic and environmental changes. The strategic value that we offer requires us to 
engage with multiple buyers, each with a different perspective on the problems we solve. We believe that the primary IT buyers 
involved in decision-making related to virtual computing solutions are the following:

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Strategic IT Executives including chief information officers, chief technology officers and vice presidents of 
infrastructure, who have responsibility for ensuring that IT services are enablers to business initiatives and are 
delivered with the best performance, availability, security and cost.

•  Desktop Operations Managers who are responsible for managing Windows Desktop environments including corporate 

help desks.

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IT Infrastructure Managers who are responsible for managing and delivering Windows-based applications.

•  Network Architects who are responsible for delivering Web-based applications who have primary responsibility for 

the WAN infrastructure for all applications. 

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Server Operations Managers who are responsible for specifying datacenter systems and managing daily operations.

Individuals and prosumers, who are responsible for choosing personal solutions and helping small businesses select 
simple-to-use computing solutions.

Small Business Owners who are responsible for choosing the systems needed to support their business goals, such as 
SaaS.

We offer perpetual and term-based software licenses for our products, along with annual subscriptions for software 
updates, technical support and SaaS. Perpetual licenses allow our customers to use the version of software initially purchased 
into perpetuity, while term-based licenses are limited to a specified period of time. Software update subscriptions give 
customers the right to upgrade to new software versions if and when any updates are delivered during the subscription term. 
Perpetual license software products come primarily in electronic-based forms and, in selected markets, we offer pre-packaged 
shrink-wrap products to meet local customer needs. Our SaaS products are accessed over the Internet for usage during the 
subscription period. Our hardware appliances come pre-loaded with software for which customers can purchase perpetual 
licenses and annual support and maintenance.

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Technology Relationships 

We have a number of technology relationships in place to accelerate the development of existing and future products and 

go-to-market. These relationships include cross-licensing, OEM, and other arrangements that result in better solutions for our 
customers. 

Microsoft 

Since our inception, we have had a number of license agreements with Microsoft, including patent cross-licenses and 
source code licensing agreements that have provided us access to source code for versions of Microsoft Windows Server. These 
agreements are not required for our software development processes on Windows Server and do not provide for payments to or 
from Microsoft. The agreements are designed to allow Citrix to provide technical support for our products that run on the 
Microsoft Windows Server platform, including XenDesktop and XenApp. Additionally, we have collaborated with Microsoft 
on various technologies, including terminal services, cloud networking and virtualization.

Cisco

We have a technology collaboration with Cisco Systems, Inc., or Cisco, to develop and deliver solutions that help 

customers simplify and accelerate large-scale desktop virtualization deployments, including high-definition virtual desktops 
and applications and improved end user experiences, over a highly secure Citrix HDX-enabled Cisco network. We licensed the 
specifications of ICA to Cisco as part of this agreement.

Additional Relationships 

Through our Citrix Ready program, more than 21,000 products have been verified to work with Citrix technologies. In 

addition, numerous partners proactively incorporate Citrix products and technologies such as Receiver, XenServer, 
XenDesktop, XenClient, XenApp, NetScaler, CloudGateway, VDI-in-a-Box and HDX (ICA) technology into their customer 
offerings. Our HDX and Receiver technologies are often included with or offered for thin clients, industry-standard servers and 
mobile devices, such as Apple's iPhone and iPad, Windows Mobile, Blackberry and Google Android devices. Licensees include 
Dell, Fujitsu, Hewlett Packard and Wyse Technologies, among others. Our XenClient technology was developed in cooperation 
with Intel and is licensed for shipment by desktop computer manufacturers, including Dell and Hewlett Packard. 

Research and Development 

We focus our research and development efforts on developing new products and core technologies in the virtual 
computing infrastructure market and further enhancing the functionality, reliability, performance and flexibility of existing 
products. We solicit extensive feedback concerning product development from customers, both directly from and indirectly 
through our channel distributors. 

We believe that our software development teams and core technologies represent a significant competitive advantage for 

us. Included in the software development teams is a group focused on research activities that include prototyping ways to 
integrate emerging technologies and standards into our product offerings, such as emerging Web services technologies, 
management standards and Microsoft's newest technologies. Many groups within the software development teams have 
expertise in Extensible Markup Language, or XML, based software development, integration of acquired technology, multi-tier 
Web-based application development and deployment, SSL secure access, hypervisor technologies, cloud technologies, 
networking technologies, VoIP-based audio technology, Web-based video technology and building SaaS. We maintain teams 
located close to Microsoft in Redmond, Washington, which are focused on enhancing and adding value to the next generation 
of Microsoft Windows Server, virtualization and management products. We incurred research and development expenses of 
approximately $343.7 million in 2011, $326.6 million in 2010 and $282.0 million in 2009. 

Sales, Marketing and Services 

We market and license our products and services through multiple channels worldwide, including VARs, VADs, SIs, 

independent software vendors, or ISVs, direct over-the-Web and OEMs. These distribution channels are managed by our 
worldwide sales and services organization. We provide training and certification to integrators, VARs and consultants for a full-
range of Citrix-based infrastructure products, solutions and services through our Citrix Partner Network program to members 
known as Citrix Solution Advisors™. In addition, our Online Services division provides SaaS through direct corporate sales 
and direct over-the-Web through our websites. 

In 2011, we continued to focus on increasing the productivity of our existing partners and building capacity through 
recruitment of new partners to sell and implement our expanding product portfolio. Our channel incentive program, Citrix 
Advisor Rewards™, is an innovative influencer program that rewards our partners for registering projects and providing value-
added selling even if they do not fulfill the product. This program has helped limit channel conflict and increase partner loyalty 
to us. We regularly take actions to improve the effectiveness of our partner programs and to strengthen our channel 

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relationships, including managing non-performing partners, adding new partners with expertise in selling into new markets and 
forming additional relationships with global and regional SIs and ISVs. SIs and ISVs have become a more substantial part of 
our strategy in the large enterprise and government markets. The SI program includes members such as Accenture Ltd., Atos 
Origin, Computer Sciences Corporation, Hewlett Packard Enterprise Data Services, Fujitsu-Siemens Computers GmbH, 
Hewlett-Packard Company, IBM Global Services, Infosys Technologies Limited and TATA Consultancy Services Limited, 
among others. The ISV program has a strong representation from targeted industry verticals such as healthcare, financial 
services and telecommunications. Members in the ISV program include Cerner Corporation, Epic Systems Corporation, ESRI, 
McKesson Corporation, Microsoft, Oracle Corporation, Sage Group plc, SAP AG and Siemens Medical Health Solutions, 
among many others. 

Our corporate marketing organization provides sales event support, sales collateral, advertising, direct mail and public 

relations coverage to our indirect channels to aid in market development and in attracting new customers. Our partner 
development organization actively supports our VADs and VARs to improve their commitment and capabilities with Citrix 
solutions. Our customer sales organization consists of field-based systems sales engineers and corporate sales professionals 
who work directly with our largest customers and coordinate integration services provided by our VARs and SIs. Additional 
sales personnel, working in central locations and in the field, provide additional support including recruitment of prospective 
partners and technical training with respect to our products. 

Although we work with multiple VADs and VARs, one distributor, Ingram Micro, accounted for 17% of our net revenues 
in 2011, 17% of our total net revenues in 2010 and 14% of our total net revenues in 2009. Our channel distributor arrangements 
with Ingram Micro consist of several non-exclusive, independently negotiated agreements with its subsidiaries, each of which 
covers different countries or regions. Each of these agreements is separately negotiated and is independent of any other contract 
(such as a master distribution agreement). None of these contracts was individually responsible for over 10% of our total net 
revenues in each of the last three fiscal years. In addition, there was no individual VAR that accounted for over 10% of our total 
net revenues in 2011, 2010 and 2009.

The Citrix Partner Network™ includes three categories of partners: Citrix Solution Advisors™, Citrix Ready Technology 
Partners™, and Citrix Global SIs™. This network represents the knowledge, skills and experience of the entire spectrum of our 
partners around the world, and makes it easier for end-users to engage their services and benefit from their solutions. Equally 
important, the Citrix Partner Network is designed to help partners build their business by sharing in opportunities for 
virtualization and networking optimization solutions that arise from mutual customers and complement the sale of their own 
products. 

We are not obligated to accept product returns from our channel distributors under any conditions, unless the product 
item is defective in manufacture. See Part II-Item 7 entitled “Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition 
and Results of Operations-Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates” and Note 2 to our consolidated financial statements 
included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011 for information regarding our revenue 
recognition policy.

International revenues (sales outside the United States) accounted for approximately 43% of our net revenues for the year 
ended December 31, 2011, 43% of our net revenues for the year ended December 31, 2010 and 44% of our net revenues for the 
year ended December 31, 2009. For detailed information on our international revenues, please refer to Note 12 to our 
consolidated financial statements included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011.

Segment Revenue

Our revenues are derived from sales of Enterprise division products, which primarily include our Desktop Solutions, 
Datacenter and Cloud Solutions, Cloud-based Data Solutions and related technical services and from our Online Services 
division's Web collaboration, remote access and support services. The Enterprise division and the Online Services division 
constitute our two reportable segments. See Note 12 to our consolidated financial statements included in this Annual Report on 
Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011.

Operations

For our Cloud Networking products, including NetScaler, Access Gateway and Branch Repeater, we employ 
manufacturing capabilities through independent contractors to provide a redundant source of manufacture and assembly. 
Independent contractors provide us with the flexibility needed to meet our customer product and delivery requirements. We 
have manufacturing relationships primarily with Flextronics, Super Micro Computer, Inc. and Hewlett Packard, under which 
we have subcontracted the majority of our manufacturing activity. These third-party contract manufacturers also provide final 
test, warehousing and shipping services. This subcontracting activity extends from prototypes to full production and includes 
activities such as material procurement, final assembly, test, control, shipment to our customers and repairs. Together with our 
contract manufacturers, we design, specify and monitor the tests that are required to meet internal and external quality 
standards. Our contract manufacturers manufacture our products based on forecasted demand for our products. Each of the 

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contract manufacturers procures components necessary to assemble the products in our forecast and test the products according 
to our specifications. We are dual-sourced on our components, however, in some instances, those sources may be located in the 
same geographic area. Accordingly, if a natural disaster occurred in one of those areas, we may need to seek additional sources. 
Products are then shipped to our channel distributors, VARs or end-users. If the products go unsold for specified periods of 
time, we may incur carrying charges or obsolete material charges for products ordered to meet our forecast or customer orders. 
In 2011, we did not experience any material difficulties or significant delays in the manufacture and assembly of our products.

We control all purchasing, inventory, scheduling, order processing and accounting functions related to our operations. For 
our software products, production, warehousing and shipping are performed by our independent contractor HP, Ireland. Master 
software CD-ROMs, development of user manuals, packaging designs, initial product quality control and testing are primarily 
performed at our facilities. In some cases, independent contractors also duplicate CD-ROMs, print documentation and package 
and assemble products to our specifications. 

While it is generally our practice to promptly ship product upon receipt of properly finalized purchase orders, we 
sometimes have orders that have not shipped upon receipt of a purchase order. Although the amount of such product license 
orders may vary, the amount, if any, of such orders at the end of a fiscal year is not material to our business. We do not believe 
that backlog, as of any particular date, is a reliable indicator of future performance.

We believe that our fourth quarter revenues and expenses are affected by a number of seasonal factors, including the lapse 

of many corporations' fiscal year budgets and an increase in amounts paid pursuant to our sales compensation plans due to 
compensation plan accelerators that are often triggered in the fourth quarter. We believe that these seasonal factors are common 
within our industry. Such factors historically have resulted in first quarter revenues in any year being lower than the 
immediately preceding fourth quarter. We expect this trend to continue through the first quarter of 2012. In addition, our 
European operations generally generate lower revenues in the summer months because of the generally reduced economic 
activity in Europe during the summer. This seasonal factor also typically results in higher fourth quarter revenues. 

Competition 

We sell our products in intensely competitive markets. Some of our competitors and potential competitors have 

significantly greater financial, technical, sales and marketing and other resources than we do. As the markets for our products 
and services continue to develop, additional companies, including those with significant market presence in the computer 
appliances, software and networking industries, could enter the markets in which we compete and further intensify competition. 
In addition, we believe price competition could become a more significant competitive factor in the future. As a result, we may 
not be able to maintain our historic prices and margins, which could adversely affect our business, results of operations and 
financial condition. See “-Technology Relationships” and Part I-Item 1A entitled “Risk Factors” included in this Annual Report 
on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011.

Desktop Solutions 

We have established a very large installed customer base in the application virtualization market due to our early success 

applying this solution to remote access challenges. Today, this technology is part of an evolution to a new way of managing 
desktops, which is establishing a larger, encompassing market defined as desktop virtualization. Our primary competition in 
this market is the existing IT desktop management practice of manually configuring physical desktops, which is time-
consuming, expensive and inconsistent. We also face numerous competitors that provide automation of these processes and 
alternative approaches including VMWare's View product and Oracle Corporation, or Oracle's, broad virtualization stack which 
is a feature of its operating system and management software.

We believe XenDesktop gives Citrix a competitive advantage by providing customers multiple ways to manage desktops 

within one, integrated desktop virtualization system. In addition, during 2011 we added our VDI-in-a-Box product, which is 
simple to install and gives us a VDI solution targeted toward smaller businesses without skilled IT support organizations. This 
product also competes with VMWare's View product and we believe the addition of the VDI-in-a-Box product gives us a 
simple affordable product that compliments and completes our XenDesktop product line. 

Cloud Networking

Our NetScaler Web application delivery products compete against other established competitors, including, Cisco and F5 
Networks, Inc., or F5. Both compete with us for traditional enterprise sales opportunities, while F5 is our principal competitor 
in the Internet-centric market segment. We continue to enhance NetScaler's feature capability and aggressively market 
NetScaler to our existing customer base. 

Our Branch Repeater products compete with Cisco and Riverbed Technology, Inc., or Riverbed. Cisco has the largest 

market share, benefiting from its leadership in the networking market. Riverbed is a less established company than Citrix, but 
has the advantage of being focused solely on WAN optimization. We continue to develop enhanced features and functionality 
for our Branch Repeater products, in addition to optimizing their performance with existing Citrix products, to differentiate 

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them from our competition. We are also able to bundle our Branch Repeater products with existing products and aggressively 
market them to our installed-base, which we believe gives us a competitive advantage.

Competition for Cloud Bridge comes in the form of alternative approaches to making the cloud a secure extension of a 
company's on-premise enterprise network such as WAN optimization, Internet protocol security, or IPSec, or multi-protocol 
label switching, or MPLS, network solutions, among others. F5 is a key competitor in this space. We believe Cloud Bridge is a 
more feature-rich solution than the other alternatives and provides superior flexibility as part of NetScaler.

Cloud Platform

In the server virtualization market, we compete directly with VMware, which was first to market with this technology and 

is widely regarded as the market leader. We believe XenServer, our server virtualization product, has features that are 
competitive with VMware's ESX Server in terms of performance, scalability and other enterprise-class capabilities. XenServer 
is offered as a free download, which significantly increases the reach of server virtualization to customers of all sizes and 
geographies. We monetize the XenServer product with premium editions that extend the platform to enable organizations of 
any size to integrate and automate management processes, delivering a virtual datacenter solution.

VMware is also the main competitor for our CloudStack product which is an advanced platform for building highly 

scalable and reliable cloud computing environments and our CloudPortal products which is a comprehensive portal for 
provisioning hosted applications, desktops, services and IaaS. Unlike VMware's products, our CloudStack and CloudPortal 
products draw on the successful models and experience of large, public cloud implementations and apply them to enterprise, 
private clouds. The differentiation and experience of our products is expanded when coupled with our NetScaler and XenServer 
products, both of which are used in large, public cloud implementations. Additionally, OpenStack, an open source project, 
provides an alternative solution to our CloudStack product. We believe CloudStack has a competitive advantage as it is 
production ready for cloud deployment.

Cloud Gateway also faces competition from VMware and a host of other, smaller solution providers. We believe Citrix 

offers the only integrated solution that aggregates, controls and delivers Windows, Web, SaaS and mobile applications to 
virtually any device, bringing all of the various components together. Further, we believe that our end user experience has a 
competitive edge when compared to the alternative solutions due to the intuitiveness and self-service features of our offering.

Software as a Service

Our SaaS offerings for Web collaboration, remote support and remote access continue to maintain solid leadership 
positions in extremely competitive markets, particularly among, SMBs. We differentiate our SaaS offerings by designing 
simple, secure, reliable and cost-efficient products that deliver a superior customer experience. Our competitors range from 
large, established technology firms to small, Internet-based startups. 

We have been a market leader in SaaS-based secure remote access with our GoToMyPC product for many years. Our 
direct competition includes LogMeIn, Inc., or LogMeIn, free solutions such as Microsoft's Live Mesh and those from many 
Internet startups. In addition, new remote access features in desktop operating systems like Microsoft Windows and Macintosh 
OSX provide alternatives to our solution. We endeavor to differentiate our products by continuing our focus on security, ease-
of-use and support for multiple desktop operating systems.

In Web collaboration, we compete primarily with Cisco's WebEx product, which currently has the leading market share in 

this space as well as collaboration solutions from Adobe Systems, Inc., or Adobe. Additionally we compete with freemium 
products such as Logmein's Join.me and Google's Google + Hangouts. Our GoToMeeting, GoToWebinar and GoToTraining 
products have proven to be competitive based on ease-of-use and the All You Can Meet® pricing model. In addition, we offer 
advanced VoIP-based audio technology, which allows us to market audio conference calling services directly to SMBs and 
enterprises. We further differentiate our collaboration products by integrating PSTN, VoIP and toll-free audio services. We 
believe these features give us competitive advantage among individual, prosumer and SMB customers. We further expanded 
our collaboration offerings with GoToTraining™, an online training service purpose-built for the corporate training market.

Our on-demand IT support products, marketed under the GoToAssist and GoToManage brands, have achieved the largest 
market share worldwide for Web-based clientless remote support. These offerings include versions purpose-built for individual 
users, consultants and small businesses, positioning Citrix as the only provider of remote support solutions for all segments of 
the market. In remote support, we compete with Cisco's WebEx and LogMeIn.

ShareFile's direct competition includes Dropbox, Inc., Box, Inc. and YouSendIt, Inc., as well as legacy solutions like 

traditional file transfer protocol, or FTP, in the SMB market. Many of these competitors offer free versions of their products 
and have strong brand recognition. However, we believe ShareFile offers a superior solution as it is built specifically to service 
the needs of business users. In the Enterprise market, there are few direct competitors to our ShareFile products but increased 
competition is anticipated as large enterprises begin to deploy solutions for data synching and sharing. We believe that Citrix's 
strong reputation in the Enterprise market, along with ShareFile's integration into Citrix products such as Receiver, will prove 
to be a differentiator.

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Proprietary Technology 

Our success is dependent upon certain proprietary technologies and core intellectual property. We have been awarded 

numerous domestic and foreign patents and have numerous pending patent applications in the United States and foreign 
countries. Our technology is also protected under copyright laws. Additionally, we rely on trade secret protection and 
confidentiality and proprietary information agreements to protect our proprietary technology. We have trademarks or registered 
trademarks in the United States and other countries, including Citrix®, Citrix Access Gateway™, Citrix Cloud Center™, Citrix 
Essentials™, Citrix Receiver™, Citrix Repeater™, Citrix Subscription Advantage™, Citrix Synergy™, Dazzle®, EdgeSight®, 
FlexCast™, GoToAssist®, GoToMeeting®, GoToMyPC®, GoToWebinar®, GoToTraining®, GoView®, HiDef Conferencing™, 
ICA®, nCore™, NetScaler®, Simplicity is Power™, VPX™, Xen®, XenApp®, XenCenter®, XenClient®, XenDesktop® and 
XenServer®. While our competitive position could be affected by our ability to protect our proprietary information, we believe 
that because of the rapid pace of technological change in the industry, factors such as the technical expertise, knowledge and 
innovative skill of our management and technical personnel, our technology relationships, name recognition, the timeliness and 
quality of support services provided by us and our ability to rapidly develop, enhance and market software products could be 
more significant in maintaining our competitive position. See Part I-Item 1A entitled “Risk Factors”  included in this Annual 
Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011. 

Available Information

Our Internet address is http://www.citrix.com. We make available, free of charge, on or through our website our annual 

reports on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, current reports on Form 8-K, proxy statements and any amendments to 
those reports filed or furnished pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act as soon as reasonably 
practicable after such material is electronically filed with or furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission. The 
information on our website is not part of this Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011.

Employees

As of December 31, 2011, we had 6,936 employees. We believe our relations with employees are good. In certain 
countries outside the United States, our relations with employees are governed by labor regulations that provide for specific 
terms of employment between our company and our employees.

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ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS

Our operating results and financial condition have varied in the past and could in the future vary significantly depending 
on a number of factors. From time to time, information provided by us or statements made by our employees contain “forward-
looking” information that involves risks and uncertainties. In particular, statements contained in this Annual Report on Form 
10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011, and in the documents incorporated by reference into this Annual Report on Form 
10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011, that are not historical facts, including, but not limited to, statements concerning 
new products, product development and offerings of products and services, market positioning, distribution and sales channels, 
our partners and other strategic or technology relationships, financial information and results of operations for future periods, 
product and price competition, strategy and growth initiatives, seasonal factors, natural disasters, stock-based compensation, 
licensing and subscription renewal programs, international operations and expansion, investment transactions and valuations of 
investments and derivative instruments, reinvestment or repatriation of foreign earnings, fluctuations in foreign exchange rates, 
tax matters, the finalization of our tax settlement with the IRS, acquisitions, stock repurchases, changes in accounting rules or 
guidance, changes in domestic and foreign economic conditions and credit markets, delays or reductions in technology 
purchases, liquidity, litigation matters, and intellectual property matters constitute forward-looking statements and are made 
under 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. These statements are neither promises nor guarantees. Our actual results of operations and 
financial condition could vary materially from those stated in any forward-looking statements. The following factors, among 
others, could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in forward-looking statements made in this Annual 
Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011, in the documents incorporated by reference into this Annual 
Report on Form 10-K or presented elsewhere by our management from time to time. Such factors, among others, could have a 
material adverse effect upon our business, results of operations and financial condition. We caution readers not to place undue 
reliance on any forward-looking statements, which only speak as of the date made. We undertake no obligation to update any 
forward-looking statement to reflect events or circumstances after the date on which such statement is made.

RISKS RELATED TO OUR BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY

Adverse changes in general economic conditions in any of the major countries in which we do business, particularly in the 
United States and Europe, could adversely affect our operating results.

As a global company, we are subject to the risks arising from adverse changes in global economic and market conditions. 

The worldwide economy underwent unprecedented turmoil in the past few years and continues to experience stock market 
volatility, difficulties in the financial services sector, financial instability related to the sovereign debt situation in Europe, 
reduced corporate profits and capital spending, and economic uncertainties. Although some of these conditions appear to be 
abating, there are a number of mixed indicators, the severity and length of time these economic and market conditions may 
persist is unknown, and the rate and pace of recovery in individual economies is also uncertain. The continuing uncertainty 
about future economic conditions, particularly in European markets, could negatively impact our current and prospective 
customers and result in delays or reductions in technology purchases. As a result, we could experience fewer orders, longer 
sales cycles, slower adoption of new technologies and increased price competition, any of which could materially and adversely 
affect our business, results of operations and financial condition. Adverse economic conditions also may negatively impact our 
ability to obtain payment for outstanding debts owed to us by our customers or other parties with whom we do business, 
particularly in Europe.

Our business could be adversely impacted by conditions affecting the information technology market.

The demand for our products and services depends substantially upon the general demand for business-related computer 

appliances and software, which fluctuates based on numerous factors, including capital spending levels, the spending levels and 
growth of our current and prospective customers, and general economic conditions. Moreover, the purchase of our products is 
often discretionary and may involve a significant commitment of capital and other resources. Future economic projections for 
the information technology sector are uncertain as companies continue to reassess their spending for technology projects. If our 
current and prospective customers engage in restructuring and other efforts to cut costs they may significantly reduce their 
information technology expenditures. Fluctuations in the demand for our products and services could have a material adverse 
effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition. 

Our Desktop Solutions are part of a new way of managing desktops, and the growing market for this line of products and 
services remains uncertain and may result in slower revenue growth than currently expected.

While we have established a very large installed customer base in the application virtualization market due to our early 

success applying this solution to remote access challenges, applying this technology to desktops is part of a new way of 
managing desktops, which is establishing a larger, encompassing market defined as desktop virtualization. Our Desktop 

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Solutions offerings are based on this emerging technology platform, the success of which will depend on organizations and 
customers perceiving technological and operational benefits and cost savings associated with adopting desktop virtualization 
solutions. Although we have experienced early success with this platform, the technology is still emerging and the market for 
our Desktop Solutions remains uncertain because customers may experience challenges in implementing, and a more complex 
deployment of, desktop virtualization. In addition, our primary competition in desktop virtualization is the existing IT practice 
of managing physical desktops as a device and the success of our Desktop Solutions will depend on information technology 
executives' continuing to rethink how desktops can be delivered as a service rather than viewing desktops as a device. To the 
extent that there is slower adoption of desktop virtualization solutions, the revenue growth associated with our Desktop 
Solutions may be slower than currently expected, which could adversely affect our business, results of operations and financial 
condition.

We anticipate that sales of our Desktop Solutions and related enhancements and upgrades will constitute a majority of our 

revenue for the foreseeable future. Declines and variability in demand for our Desktop Solutions could occur as a result of: 

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new competitive product releases and updates to existing products;
termination of our product offerings and enhancements;
potential market saturation;
technological change;
general economic conditions; or
lack of success of entities with which we have a technology relationship.

If our customers do not continue to purchase our Desktop Solutions as a result of these or other factors, our revenue 
would decrease and our results of operations and financial condition would be adversely affected. In addition, modification or 
termination of certain of our Desktop Solutions may cause variability in our revenue and make it difficult to predict our revenue 
growth and trends in our Desktop Solutions as our customers adjust their purchasing decisions in response to such events. 

If we lose key personnel or cannot hire enough qualified employees in certain areas of our business, our ability to manage 
our business could be adversely affected. 

Our success depends, in large part, upon the services of a number of key employees in certain areas of our business. Any 

officer or employee can terminate his or her relationship with us at any time. Our ability to effectively manage our business, 
including any growth in our business, depends upon our ability to retain our highly-skilled managerial, technical, sales and 
services, finance and marketing personnel. If any of those employees leave, we will need to attract and retain replacements for 
them. We also may need to add key personnel in the future, including in certain key areas of our business and to develop new 
products, product enhancements and technologies. The market for these qualified employees is competitive. We could find it 
difficult to successfully attract, assimilate or retain sufficiently qualified personnel in adequate numbers. If we cannot add the 
necessary staff and resources, our ability to develop future enhancements and features to our existing or future products could 
be delayed. Any delays could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition.

In addition, the NASDAQ Marketplace Rules, to which we are subject, require stockholder approval for new equity 
compensation plans and significant amendments to existing equity compensation plans, including increases in shares available 
for issuance under such plans, and such amendments are often scrutinized by institutional shareholders and shareholder 
advisory services. If institutional shareholders vote, or shareholder advisory services recommend that our stockholders vote, 
against plans or amendments, we may not obtain the required stockholder vote, which would limit our ability to grant equity 
compensation to employees in the future. To the extent we are limited in the amount of equity compensation that we can 
provide to employees, we may incur increased cash compensation costs or find it difficult to attract, retain and motivate 
employees, which could materially and adversely affect our business. 

We face intense competition, which could result in customer loss, fewer customer orders and reduced revenues and margins. 

We sell our products and services in intensely competitive markets. Some of our competitors and potential competitors 
have significantly greater financial, technical, sales and marketing and other resources than we do. For example, our ability to 
market our Desktop Solutions, including XenDesktop, XenApp, and other future product offerings and upgrades, could be 
affected by a competitor's licensing and pricing scheme for client devices, servers and applications. Further, the announcement 
of the release, and the actual release, of new products incorporating similar features to our products could cause our existing 
and potential customers to postpone or cancel plans to license certain of our existing and future product and service offerings. 
In addition, alternative products for our Desktop Solutions and Datacenter and Cloud Solutions directly and indirectly compete 
with our current product lines and services. Existing or new products and services that provide alternatives to our products and 
services could materially impact our ability to compete in these markets. As the markets for our products and services continue 

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to develop, additional companies, including companies with significant market presence in the computer hardware, software, 
cloud and related industries, could enter the markets in which we compete and further intensify competition. In addition, we 
believe price competition could become a more significant competitive factor in the future. As a result, we may not be able to 
maintain our historic prices and margins, which could adversely affect our business, results of operations and financial 
condition. 

Industry consolidation may result in increased competition. 

Some of our competitors have made acquisitions or entered into partnerships or other strategic relationships to offer a 
more comprehensive solution than they had previously offered. Additionally, as IT companies attempt to strengthen or maintain 
their market positions in the evolving desktop and application virtualization, Web collaboration, cloud networking and virtual 
infrastructure markets, these companies continue to seek to deliver comprehensive IT solutions to end users and combine 
enterprise-level hardware and software solutions that may compete with our virtualization and Web collaboration 
solutions. These consolidators or potential consolidators may have significantly greater financial, technical and other resources 
than we do and may be better positioned to acquire and offer complementary products and services. The companies resulting 
from these possible combinations may create more compelling product and service offerings and be able to offer greater pricing 
flexibility or sales and marketing support for such offerings than we can. These heightened competitive pressures could result 
in a loss of customers or a reduction in our revenues or revenue growth rates, all of which could adversely affect our business, 
results of operations and financial condition.

Our Datacenter and Cloud Solutions initiatives present execution and competitive risks. 

We have announced new products and technology initiatives which aim to leverage our desktop management software 

products into the emerging area of cloud computing. For example, our Datacenter and Cloud Solutions initiatives offer 
solutions to help our customers easily and quickly move or extend key datacenter workloads to the cloud for increased 
availability and flexibility. These initiatives present new and difficult technology challenges. Our customers may choose not to 
adopt our new products or services, and we may be subject to claims if customers of these offerings experience service 
disruptions or failures, security breaches or other quality issues. Further, the success of these new offerings depends upon the 
cooperation of third party hardware, software and cloud hosting vendors to provide interoperability with our products and 
services and to offer compatible products and services to end users.

Since the cloud computing market is in the early stages of development, we expect other companies to enter this market 

and to introduce their own initiatives that may compete with, or not be compatible with, our cloud initiatives. These 
competitive initiatives could limit the degree to which other vendors develop products and services around our offerings. 
Additionally, our operating margins in our new initiatives may be lower than those we have achieved in our more mature 
products and services markets, and our new initiatives may not generate sufficient revenue to recoup our investments in them. 
If any of these events were to occur, it could adversely affect our business, results of operations and financial condition.

Actual or perceived security vulnerabilities in our products and services could have a material adverse impact on our 
business and results of operations. 

Use of our SaaS offerings, including GoToMyPC, GoToMeeting, GoToAssist, GoToWebinar and ShareFile, involves the 

storage and transmission of customers' business and personally identifiable information. Thus, maintaining the security of 
computers, computer networks and data storage resources is a critical issue for us and our customers, as security breaches could 
result in the loss of and/or unauthorized access to this information. We devote significant resources to address security 
vulnerabilities in our products and services through engineering more secure products and services, enhancing security and 
reliability features in our products and services, deploying security updates to address security vulnerabilities and seeking to 
respond to known security incidents in sufficient time to minimize any potential adverse impact. However, because techniques 
used to obtain unauthorized access to or sabotage systems change frequently and generally are not recognized until launched 
against a target, we may be unable to anticipate these techniques or to implement adequate preventative measures. A breach of 
our security measures as a result of third-party action, computer viruses, employee error, malfeasance or otherwise could result 
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harm to our reputation or brand, which could lead some customers to seek to cancel subscriptions, stop using certain 
of our products or services, reduce or delay future purchases of our products or services, or use competing products 
or services;
individual and/or class action lawsuits, which could result in financial judgments against us and which would cause 
us to incur legal fees and costs;
state or federal enforcement action, which could result in fines and/or penalties and which would cause us to incur 
legal fees and costs; and/or
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owners with notice of the breach, legal fees, the costs of any additional fraud detection activities required by credit 
card associations, and costs incurred by credit card issuers associated with the compromise and additional 
monitoring of systems for further fraudulent activity.

Any of these actions could materially adversely impact our business and results of operations.

Regulation of the Web, privacy and data security may adversely affect sales of our SaaS offerings and result in increased 
compliance costs. 

As Web commerce continues to evolve, increasing regulation by federal, state or foreign agencies and industry groups 

becomes more likely. For example, we believe increased regulation is likely with respect to the solicitation, collection, 
processing or use of personal, financial and consumer information as regulatory authorities around the world are considering a 
number of legislative and regulatory proposals concerning data protection, privacy and data security. In addition, the 
interpretation and application of consumer and data protection laws and industry standards in the United States, Europe and 
elsewhere are often uncertain and in flux. The application of existing laws to cloud-based solutions is particularly uncertain and 
cloud-based solutions may be subject to further regulation, the impact of which cannot be fully understood at this time. 
Moreover, it is possible that these laws may be interpreted and applied in a manner that is inconsistent with our data and 
privacy practices. If so, in addition to the possibility of fines, this could result in an order requiring that we change our data and 
privacy practices, which could have an adverse effect on our business and results of operations. Complying with these various 
laws could cause us to incur substantial costs or require us to change our business practices in a manner adverse to our 
business. Also, any new regulation, or interpretation of existing regulation, imposing greater fees or taxes on Web-based 
services, such as Web collaboration services and audio services, or restricting information exchange over the Web, could result 
in a decline in the use and adversely affect sales of our SaaS offerings and our results of operations.

As we enter into a new market with our ShareFile products and integrate this business into our operations, we will be 
exposed to a new category of risks associated with data sharing services. In particular, ShareFile products may involve the 
storage and transmission of protected health information, or PHI, that is subject to the Health Insurance Portability and 
Accountability Act, or HIPAA. HIPAA was recently amended by the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical 
Health Act, or the HITECH ACT, which has significantly increased the civil money penalties for violations of patient privacy 
rights protected under HIPAA. As a result of the HITECH ACT, business associates who have access to PHI provided by 
hospitals, healthcare providers, health insurance companies and other covered entities are now directly subject to HIPAA, 
including the new enforcement scheme and inspection requirements. If we receive PHI from covered entities that are subject to 
HIPAA, we will be required to comply with HIPAA's stringent data security requirement and we may be liable for sanctions 
and penalties for any failure to so comply. Furthermore, we may be required to incur additional expenses in order to comply 
with the HITECH Act and any further amendments to and/or modifications of these requirements.

Our products could contain errors that could delay the release of new products or that may not be detected until after our 
products are shipped. 

Despite significant testing by us and by current and potential customers, our products, especially new products or releases 
or acquired products, could contain errors. In some cases, these errors may not be discovered until after commercial shipments 
have been made. Errors in our products could delay the development or release of new products and could adversely affect 
market acceptance of our products. Additionally, our products depend on third-party products, which could contain defects and 
could reduce the performance of our products or render them useless. Because our products are often used in mission-critical 
applications, errors in our products or the products of third parties upon which our products rely could give rise to warranty or 
other claims by our customers, which may have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of 
operations.

We may experience outages, data loss and disruptions of our SaaS offerings and Datacenter and Cloud Solutions, which 
could significantly and adversely affect our financial condition and operating results. 

The increasing user traffic and complexity of our SaaS offerings and Datacenter and Cloud Solutions demands more 

computing power. We have spent and expect to continue to spend substantial amounts to adequately resource our SaaS 
offerings and Datacenter and Cloud Solutions and to upgrade our technology and network infrastructure to handle the increased 
traffic of our Web collaboration products, including GoToMeeting, GoToWebinar and GoToTraining, and to introduce new 
products, including our ShareFile products and related services. Maintaining and expanding the capacity and geographic 
footprint of our infrastructure is expensive and complex. Inefficiencies or operational failures, including temporary service 
outages and temporary or permanent loss of customer data, could diminish the perceived quality and reliability of our services, 
and result in liability claims by customers and other third parties, damage to our reputation and loss of current and potential 

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subscribers, any of which could materially and adversely affect our financial condition and results of operations.

If we do not develop new products and services or enhancements to our existing products and services, our business, results 
of operations and financial condition could be adversely affected. 

The markets for our products and services are characterized by: 

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frequent new product and service introductions and enhancements. 

Our future success depends on our ability to continually enhance our current products and services and develop and 

introduce new products and services that our customers choose to buy. If we are unable to keep pace with technological 
developments and customer demands by introducing new products and services and enhancements, our business, results of 
operations and financial condition could be adversely affected. Our future success could be hindered by: 

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delays in our introduction of new products and services; 

delays in market acceptance of new products and services or new releases of our current products and services; and 

our, or a competitor's, announcement of new product or service enhancements or technologies that could replace or 
shorten the life cycle of our existing product and service offerings. 

In order for a number of our products to succeed in the future, we believe the demand for technology will need to shift 
from the types of products and services we and our competitors have sold in the past to a new generation of products we now 
offer. For example, we cannot guarantee that our Desktop Solutions, SaaS offerings and Datacenter and Cloud Solutions will 
achieve the broad market acceptance by our channel and strategic partners, customers and prospective customers necessary to 
generate significant revenue in the future. In addition, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to respond effectively to 
technological changes or new product announcements by others. If we experience material delays or sales shortfalls with 
respect to our new products and services or new releases of our current products and services, those delays or shortfalls could 
have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition. 

Our long sales cycle for Desktop Solutions sales could cause significant variability in our revenue and operating results for 
any particular period. 

Generally, a substantial portion of our large and medium-sized customers implement our Desktop Solutions on a 
departmental or enterprise-wide basis. We have a long sales cycle for these departmental or enterprise-wide sales because: 

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our sales force generally needs to explain and demonstrate the benefits of a large-scale deployment of our product 
to potential and existing customers prior to sale; 

our service personnel typically spend a significant amount of time assisting potential customers in their testing and 
evaluation of our products and services; 

our customers are typically large and medium size organizations that carefully research their technology needs and 
the many potential projects prior to making capital expenditures for software infrastructure; and 

before making a purchase, our potential customers usually must get approvals from various levels of decision 
makers within their organizations, and this process can be lengthy. 

Our long sales cycle for these large-scale deployments makes it difficult to predict when these sales will occur, and we 
may not be able to sustain these sales on a predictable basis. In addition, the long sales cycle for these large-scale deployment 
sales makes it difficult to predict the quarter in which sales will occur. Delays in sales could cause significant variability in our 
revenue and operating results for any particular period, and large projects with significant IT components may fail to meet our 
customers' business requirements or be canceled before delivery, which likewise could adversely affect our revenue and 
operating results for any particular period.

In addition, our business is subject to seasonal fluctuations and are generally highest in our fourth fiscal quarter which we 
believe is due to the lapse of customers' fiscal year budgets and an increase in amounts paid pursuant to our sales compensation 
plans due to compensation plan accelerators that are often triggered in the fourth quarter. We believe that these seasonal factors 
are common within our industry. In addition, our European operations generally generate lower revenues in the summer months 
because of the generally reduced economic activity in Europe during the summer. 

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Our success depends on our ability to attract and retain and further access large enterprise customers. 

We must retain and continue to expand our ability to reach and access large enterprise customers by adding effective 
value-added distributors, or VADs, system integrators, or SIs and expanding our direct sales teams and consulting services. Our 
inability to attract and retain large enterprise customers could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of 
operations and financial condition. Large enterprise customers usually request special pricing and purchase of multiple years of 
subscription and maintenance up-front and generally have longer sales cycles, which could negatively impact our revenues. By 
allowing these customers to purchase multiple years of subscription or maintenance up-front and by granting special pricing, 
such as bundled pricing or discounts, to these large customers, we may have to defer recognition of some or all of the revenue 
from such sales. This deferral could reduce our revenues and operating profits for a given reporting period. Additionally, as we 
attempt to attract and penetrate large enterprise customers, we may need to invest in resources to coordinate among channel 
partners and internal sales, engineering and consulting resources and increase corporate branding and marketing activities, 
which could increase our operating expenses. These efforts may not proportionally increase our operating revenues and could 
reduce our profits.

Changes to our licensing or subscription renewal programs, or bundling of our products, could negatively impact the timing 
of our recognition of revenue. 

We continually re-evaluate our licensing programs and subscription renewal programs, including specific license models, 

delivery methods, and terms and conditions, to market our current and future products and services. We could implement new 
licensing programs and subscription renewal programs, including promotional trade-up programs or offering specified 
enhancements to our current and future product and service lines. Such changes could result in deferring revenue recognition 
until the specified enhancement is delivered or at the end of the contract term as opposed to upon the initial shipment or 
licensing of our software product. We could implement different licensing models in certain circumstances, for which we would 
recognize licensing fees over a longer period, including offering additional products in a SaaS model. Changes to our licensing 
programs and subscription renewal programs, including the timing of the release of enhancements, upgrades, maintenance 
releases, the term of the contract, discounts, promotions and other factors, could impact the timing of the recognition of revenue 
for our products, related enhancements and services and could adversely affect our operating results and financial condition. 

Further, we may be required to defer the recognition of revenue that we receive from the sale of certain bundled products, 

if we have not established vendor specific objective evidence, or VSOE, for the undelivered elements in the arrangement in 
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States, or GAAP. A delay in the recognition of revenue 
from sales of these bundled products may cause fluctuations in our quarterly financial results and may adversely affect our 
operating margins. Similarly, companies that we acquire may operate with different cost and margin structures, which could 
further cause fluctuations in our operating results and adversely affect our operating margins. Moreover, if our quarterly 
financial results or our predictions of future financial results fail to meet the expectations of securities analysts and investors, 
our stock price could be negatively affected.

Sales of our Subscription Advantage product constitute substantially all of our License Updates revenue and a large portion 
of our deferred revenue. 

We anticipate that sales of our Subscription Advantage product will continue to constitute a substantial portion of our 

License Updates revenue. Our ability to continue to generate both recognized and deferred revenue from our Subscription 
Advantage product will depend on our customers continuing to perceive value in automatic delivery of our software upgrades 
and enhancements. A decrease in demand for our Subscription Advantage product could occur as a result of a decrease in 
demand for our Desktop Solutions and our Datacenter and Cloud Solutions. If our customers do not continue to purchase our 
Subscription Advantage product, our License Updates revenue and deferred revenue would decrease significantly and our 
results of operations and financial condition would be adversely affected.

As we expand our international footprint, we could become subject to additional risks that could harm our business.

We conduct significant sales and customer support, development and engineering operations in countries outside of the 
United States. During the year ended December 31, 2011, we derived approximately 43% of our revenues from sales outside 
the United States. Our continued growth and profitability could require us to further expand our international operations. To 
successfully maintain and expand international sales, we may need to establish additional foreign operations, hire additional 
personnel and recruit additional international resellers. In addition, there is significant competition for entry into high growth 
markets where we may seek to expand, such as China. Our international operations are subject to a variety of risks, which 
could cause fluctuations in the results of our international operations. These risks include: 

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variability of foreign economic, political and labor conditions; 

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changing restrictions imposed by regulatory requirements, tariffs or other trade barriers or by U.S. export laws; 

longer accounts receivable payment cycles; 

potentially adverse tax consequences; 

difficulties in protecting intellectual property; 

burdens of complying with a wide variety of foreign laws; and 

as we generate cash flow in non-U.S. jurisdictions, if required, we may experience difficulty transferring such 
funds to the U.S. in a tax efficient manner. 

Our success depends, in part, on our ability to anticipate and address these risks. We cannot guarantee that these or other 

factors will not adversely affect our business or results of operations. 

Our business could be harmed if we do not effectively manage our direct sales force alone and in combination with our 
distribution channels.

We utilize a direct sales force, as well as a network of distribution channels, to sell our products and services. We may 

experience difficulty in hiring, retaining and motivating our direct sales force team, and sales representatives will require 
substantial amounts of training, including regular updates to cover new and upgraded products and services, particularly in 
connection with our acquisitions. Moreover, our recent hires and sales personnel added through our recent acquisition activity 
may not become as productive as we would like, as in most cases it takes a significant period of time before they achieve full 
productivity. 

Successfully managing the interaction of our direct sales force and channel partners to reach various potential customers 

for our products and services is a complex process.  If we are unsuccessful in balancing the growth and expansion of our 
various sales channels, growth in one area might harm our relationships or efforts in another channel. In addition, each sales 
channel has distinct risks and costs, and therefore, our failure to implement the most advantageous balance in the sales model 
for our products and services could materially and adversely affect our revenue and profitability.

We rely on indirect distribution channels and major distributors that we do not control.

We rely significantly on independent distributors and resellers to market and distribute our products and appliances. For 

instance, one distributor, Ingram Micro, accounted for 17% of our net revenues in 2011. Our distributor arrangements with 
Ingram Micro consist of several non-exclusive, independently negotiated agreements with our subsidiaries, each of which cover 
different countries or regions. In addition, our reseller base is relatively concentrated. We maintain and periodically revise our 
sales incentive programs for our independent distributors and resellers, and such program revisions may adversely impact our 
results of operations. Our competitors may in some cases be effective in providing incentives to current or potential distributors 
and resellers to favor their products or to prevent or reduce sales of our products. The loss of or reduction in sales to our 
distributors or resellers could materially reduce our revenues. Further, we could maintain individually significant accounts 
receivable balances with certain distributors. The financial condition of our distributors could deteriorate and distributors could 
significantly delay or default on their payment obligations. Any significant delays, defaults or terminations could have a 
material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition. 

We plan to diversify our base of channel relationships by adding and training more channel members with abilities to 

reach larger enterprise customers and to sell our newer products. We also plan to create relationships with new channel 
partners, such as systems integrators and OEMs. In addition to this diversification of our base, we will need to maintain a 
healthy mix of channel members who service smaller customers. We may need to add and remove distribution members to 
maintain customer satisfaction and a steady adoption rate of our products, which could increase our operating expenses. 
Through our Citrix Partner Network and other programs, we are currently investing, and intend to continue to invest, 
significant resources to develop these channels, which could reduce our profits.

For certain of our products we rely on third-party suppliers and contract manufacturers, making us vulnerable to supply 
problems and price fluctuations.

We rely on a concentrated number of third-party suppliers, who provide hardware or hardware components for our 
products, and contract manufacturers. For example, the production, final test, warehousing and shipping for our Datacenter and 
Cloud Solutions products that contain a hardware component, are primarily performed by a third-party contract manufacturer. 
We do not typically have long-term supply agreements with our suppliers; and, in most cases, we purchase the products and 
components on an as-needed purchase order basis. While we have not, to date, experienced any material difficulties or delays in 
the manufacture and assembly of our products, our suppliers may encounter problems during manufacturing due to a variety of 
reasons, including failure to follow specific protocols and procedures, failure to comply with applicable regulations, equipment 
malfunction, natural disasters and environmental factors, any of which could delay or impede their ability to meet our demand. 

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Although we are seeking to diversity our relationships in the area, our reliance on these third-party suppliers and contract 
manufacturers subjects us to risks that could harm our business, especially if these third-party suppliers and contract 
manufacturers remain concentrated in number, including: 

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our suppliers, especially new suppliers, may make errors in manufacturing components that could negatively affect 
the efficacy of our products or cause delays in shipment; 

our suppliers manufacture products for a range of customers, and fluctuations in demand for the products these 
suppliers manufacture for others may affect their ability to deliver components and products to us in a timely 
manner; 

our suppliers may encounter financial hardships unrelated to our demand for components, which could inhibit their 
ability to fulfill our orders and meet our requirements; and

our suppliers may experience significant delays in the manufacture and assembly of our products caused by natural 
disasters and other environmental factors.

There may be delays associated with establishing additional or replacement suppliers, particularly for components that 
are available only from limited sources. Any interruption or delay in the supply of products or components, or our inability to 
obtain products or components from alternate sources at acceptable prices in a timely manner, could impair our ability to meet 
the demand of our customers and adversely affect our business, financial condition or results of operations.

We are exposed to fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates, which could adversely affect our future operating 
results. 

Our results of operations are subject to fluctuations in exchange rates, which could adversely affect our future revenue 

and overall operating results. In order to minimize volatility in earnings associated with fluctuations in the value of foreign 
currency relative to the U.S. dollar, we use financial instruments to hedge our exposure to foreign currencies as we deem 
appropriate for a portion of our expenses, which are denominated in the local currency of our foreign subsidiaries. We generally 
initiate our hedging of currency exchange risks one year in advance of anticipated foreign currency expenses for those 
currencies to which we have the greatest exposure. When the dollar is weak, foreign currency denominated expenses will be 
higher, and these higher expenses will be partially offset by the gains realized from our hedging contracts. If the dollar is 
strong, foreign currency denominated expenses will be lower. These lower expenses will in turn be partially offset by the losses 
incurred from our hedging contracts. There is a risk that there will be fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates beyond 
the one year timeframe for which we hedge our risk and there is no guarantee that we will accurately forecast the expenses we 
are hedging. Changes in the value of foreign currencies relative to the value of the U.S. dollar could adversely affect future 
revenue and operating results. In addition, as a result of entering into these contracts with counterparties who are unrelated to 
us, the risk of a counterparty default exists in fulfilling the hedge contract. Should there be a counterparty default, we could be 
unable to recover anticipated net gains from the transactions. 

If we fail to effectively manage our growth, our future operating results could be adversely affected. 

Historically, the scope of our operations, the number of our employees and the geographic area of our operations and our 

revenue have grown rapidly. In addition, we have acquired both domestic and international companies. This growth and the 
assimilation of acquired operations and their employees could continue to place a significant strain on our managerial, 
operational and financial resources as our future acquisition activities accelerate our business expansion. We need to continue 
to implement and improve additional management and financial systems and controls. We may not be able to manage the 
current scope of our operations or future growth effectively and still exploit market opportunities for our products and services 
in a timely and cost-effective way and we may not meet our scalability expectations. Our future operating results could be 
adversely affected if we are unable to manage our expanding product lines, our marketing and sales organizations and our client 
support organization to the extent required for any increase in installations of our products.

If we do not generate sufficient cash flow from operations in the future, we may not be able to fund our product 
development efforts and acquisitions or fulfill our future obligations. 

Our ability to generate sufficient cash flow from operations to fund our operations and product development efforts, 

including the payment of cash consideration in acquisitions and the payment of our other obligations, depends on a range of 
economic, competitive and business factors, many of which are outside of our control. We cannot assure you that our business 
will generate sufficient cash flow from operations, or that we will be able to liquidate our investments, repatriate cash and 
investments held in our overseas subsidiaries, sell assets or raise equity or debt financings when needed or desirable. An 
inability to fund our operations or fulfill outstanding obligations could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial 
condition and results of operations. For further information, please refer to Part II- Item 7 entitled “Management's Discussion 

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and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations-Liquidity and Capital Resources” included in this Annual 
Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011. 

RISKS RELATED TO ACQUISITIONS AND STRATEGIC RELATIONSHIPS

Acquisitions present many risks, and we may not realize the financial and strategic goals we anticipate at the time of an 
acquisition.

Our growth is dependent upon market growth, our ability to enhance existing products and services, and our ability to 

introduce new products and services on a timely basis. In recent years, we have addressed and intend to continue to address the 
need to develop new products and services and enhance existing products and services through acquisitions of other companies, 
product lines and/or technologies. However, acquisitions, including those of high-technology companies, are inherently risky. 
We cannot provide any assurance that any of our acquisitions or future acquisitions will be successful in helping us reach our 
financial and strategic goals. The risks we commonly encounter in undertaking, managing and integrating acquisitions are: 

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difficulties and delays integrating the personnel, operations, technologies, products and systems of the acquired 
companies; 

undetected errors or unauthorized use of a third-party's code in products of the acquired companies; 

our ongoing business may be disrupted and our management's attention may be diverted by acquisition, transition 
or integration activities; 

the need to implement controls, procedures and policies appropriate for a larger public company at companies that 
prior to acquisition had lacked such controls, procedures and policies;

difficulties managing or integrating an acquired company's technologies or lines of business;

potential difficulties in completing projects associated with purchased in-process research and development; 

entry into markets in which we have no or limited direct prior experience and where competitors have stronger 
market positions and which are highly competitive; 

the potential loss of key employees of the acquired company; 

an uncertain revenue and earnings stream from the acquired company, which could dilute our earnings;

potential difficulties integrating the acquired products and services into our sales channel;

assuming pre-existing contractual relationships of an acquired company that we would not have otherwise entered 
into, the termination or modification of which may be costly or disruptive to our business; 

being subject to unfavorable revenue recognition or other accounting treatment as a result of an acquired company's 
practices; and

intellectual property claims or disputes.

Our failure to manage growth effectively and successfully integrate acquired companies due to these or other factors 
could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition. Further, our 2012 operating 
plan assumes a certain level of financial performance from our acquisitions that were completed during 2011 and if these 
acquired companies or technologies do not perform as we expect, our operating results could be materially and adversely 
affected. 

In addition, we may not have the opportunity to make suitable acquisitions on favorable terms in the future, which could 
negatively impact the growth of our business. We expect that other companies in our industry will compete with us to acquire 
compatible businesses. This competition could increase prices for businesses and technologies that we would likely pursue, and 
our competitors may have greater resources than we do to complete these acquisitions.

If we determine that any of our goodwill or intangible assets, including technology purchased in acquisitions, are impaired, 
we would be required to take a charge to earnings, which could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations. 

We have a significant amount of goodwill and other intangible assets, such as product related intangible assets, from our 

acquisitions. We do not amortize goodwill and intangible assets that are deemed to have indefinite lives. However, we do 
amortize certain product related technologies, trademarks, patents and other intangibles and we periodically evaluate them for 
impairment. We review goodwill for impairment annually, or sooner if events or changes in circumstances indicate that the 
carrying amount could exceed fair value, at the reporting unit level, which for us, also represents our operating segments. Due 
to uncertain market conditions and potential changes in our strategy and product portfolio, it is possible that the forecasts we 
use to support our goodwill and other intangible assets could change in the future, which could result in non-cash charges that 
would adversely affect our results of operations and financial condition. If we determine that any of the goodwill or other 

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intangible assets associated with our acquisitions is impaired, then we would be required to reduce the value of those assets or 
to write them off completely by taking a charge to current earnings. If we are required to write down or write off all or a portion 
of those assets, or if financial analysts or investors believe we may need to take such action in the future, our stock price and 
operating results could be materially and adversely affected. 

Furthermore, impairment testing requires significant judgment, including the identification of reporting units based on 
our internal reporting structure that reflects the way we manage our business and operations and to which our goodwill and 
intangible assets would be assigned. In 2011, we early adopted authoritative guidance, which provides entities with an option to 
perform a qualitative assessment to determine whether further quantitative impairment testing for goodwill is necessary where 
we estimate future revenue, consider market factors and estimate our future cash flows. Significant judgments are required to 
estimate the fair value of our goodwill and intangible assets, including estimating future cash flows, determining appropriate 
discount rates, estimating the applicable tax rates, foreign exchange rates and interest rates, projecting the future industry trends 
and market conditions, and making other assumptions. Although we believe the assumptions, judgments and estimates we have 
made have been reasonable and appropriate, different assumptions, judgments and estimates, particularly when implementing 
new assessment methodology such as we did in 2011, could materially affect our results of operations. Changes in these 
estimates and assumptions, including changes in our reporting structure, could materially affect our determinations of fair 
value.

Our earnings could be adversely affected if the private companies we invest in for strategic reasons fail or lose value. 

We invest in private companies to further our strategic objectives and support our key business initiatives. Such 
investments include equity or debt instruments and many of these instruments are non-marketable at the time of our initial 
investment. These companies range from early-stage companies that are often still defining their strategic direction to more 
mature companies with established revenue streams and business models. The success of these companies is dependent on 
product development, market acceptance, operational efficiency, and other key business factors. The companies in which we 
invest may fail or lose value because they may not be able to secure additional funding, obtain favorable investment terms for 
future financings, or participate in liquidity events such as public offerings, mergers, and private sales. If any of these private 
companies fail or lose value, we could be required to impair or write off all or part of our investment in that company. 
Additionally, for cases in which we are required under equity method accounting to recognize our proportionate share of the 
investee's income or loss, if loss greater than anticipated such income or loss may impact our earnings. 

Our inability to maintain or develop our strategic and technology relationships could adversely affect our business.

Our business depends on strategic and technology relationships. We cannot assure you that those relationships will 
continue in the future. We rely on strategic or technology relationships with companies such as Microsoft, Intel, Cisco, Dell, 
Hewlett-Packard Company, Fujitsu Limited and others. We depend on the entities with which we have strategic or technology 
relationships to successfully test our products, to incorporate our technology into their products and to market and sell those 
products. We cannot assure you that we will be able to maintain our current strategic and technology relationships or to develop 
additional strategic and technology relationships. In addition, one of our strategic partners may decide to team with another 
company or develop its own integrated solution that could compete with our products. If the companies with which we have 
strategic or technology relationships are unable to incorporate our technology into their products or to market or sell those 
products, our business, results of operations and financial condition could be materially adversely affected. 

RISKS RELATED TO INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND BRAND RECOGNITION

Our efforts to protect our intellectual property may not be successful, which could materially and adversely affect our 
business.

We rely primarily on a combination of copyright, trademark, patent and trade secret laws, confidentiality procedures and 

contractual provisions to protect our source code and other intellectual property. The loss of any material trade secret, 
trademark, tradename, patent or copyright could have a material adverse effect on our business. Despite our precautions, it 
could be possible for unauthorized third parties to copy, disclose or reverse engineer certain portions of our products or to 
otherwise obtain and use our proprietary source code, in which case we could potentially lose future trade secret protection for 
that source code. If we cannot protect our proprietary source code against unauthorized copying, disclosure or use, 
unauthorized third parties could develop products similar to or better than ours. 

Any patents owned by us could be invalidated, circumvented or challenged. Any of our pending or future patent 

applications, whether or not being currently challenged, may not be issued with the scope of protection we seek, if at all; and if 
issued, may not provide any meaningful protection or competitive advantage.

In addition, our ability to protect our proprietary rights could be affected by differences in international law and the 
enforceability of licenses. The laws of some foreign countries do not protect our intellectual property to the same extent as do 
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the laws of the United States and Canada. For example, we derive a significant portion of our sales from licensing our products 
under “click-to-accept” license agreements that are not signed by licensees and electronic enterprise customer licensing 
arrangements that are delivered electronically, all of which could be unenforceable under the laws of many foreign jurisdictions 
in which we license our products.

Our products and services, including products obtained through acquisitions, could infringe third-party intellectual 
property rights, which could result in material litigation costs.

We are increasingly subject to patent infringement claims and may in the future be subject to claims alleging the 

unauthorized use of a third-party's code in our products. This may occur for a variety of reasons, including: 

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expansion of our Online Services division's Web collaboration, remote access and support services, through 
product development and acquisitions; 
an increase in patent infringement litigation commenced by non-practicing entities; 
an increase in the number of competitors in our industry segments and the resulting increase in the number of 
related products and services and the overlap in the functionality of those products and services; 
an increase in the number of competitors in our industry segments and the resulting increase in the number of 
related products and services and the overlap in the functionality of those products and services; 
an increase in the risk that our competitors and third parties could use their own intellectual property rights to limit 
our freedom to operate and exploit our products, or to otherwise block us from taking full advantage of our 
markets; 
our products and services may rely on the technology of others and, therefore, require us to obtain intellectual 
property licenses from third parties in order for us to commercialize our products or services and we may not be 
able to obtain or continue to obtain licenses from these third parties on reasonable terms; and 
the unauthorized use of third-party code in our product development process. 

Companies and inventors are more frequently seeking to patent software. As a result, we could receive more patent 
infringement claims. Responding to any infringement claim, regardless of its validity or merit, could result in costly litigation. 
Further, intellectual property litigation could compel us to do one or more of the following: 

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periods) to the party claiming infringement;
stop licensing products or providing services that use the challenged intellectual property;
obtain a license from the owner of the infringed intellectual property to sell or use the relevant technology, which 
license may not be available on reasonable terms, or at all; or
redesign the challenged technology, which could be time consuming and costly, or not be accomplished. 

If we were compelled to take any of these actions, our business, results of operations or financial condition may suffer.

Our use of “open source” software could negatively impact our ability to sell our products and subject us to possible 
litigation.

The products or technologies acquired, licensed or developed by us may incorporate so-called “open source” software, 

and we may incorporate open source software into other products in the future. Such open source software is generally licensed 
by its authors or other third parties under open source licenses, including, for example, the GNU General Public License, the 
GNU Lesser General Public License, “Apache-style” licenses, “Berkeley Software Distribution,” “BSD-style” licenses, and 
other open source licenses. We monitor our use of open source software in an effort to avoid subjecting our products to 
conditions we do not intend. Although we believe that we have complied with our obligations under the various applicable 
licenses for open source software that we use such that we have not triggered any of these conditions, there is little or no legal 
precedent governing the interpretation of many of the terms of these types of licenses. As a result, the potential impact of these 
terms on our business may result in unanticipated obligations regarding our products and technologies, such as requirements 
that we offer our products that use the open source software for no cost, that we make available source code for modifications 
or derivative works we create based upon, incorporating or using the open source software, and/or that we license such 
modifications or derivative works under the terms of the particular open source license. 

If an author or other third party that distributes open source software were to allege that we had not complied with the 
conditions of one or more of these licenses, we could be required to incur significant legal expenses defending against such 
allegations. If our defenses were not successful, we could be subject to significant damages, enjoined from the distribution of 
our products that contained open source software, and required to comply with the terms of the applicable license, which could 
disrupt the distribution and sale of some of our products. In addition, if we combine our proprietary software with open source 
software in an unintended manner, under some open source licenses we could be required to publicly release the source code of 

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our proprietary software. 

In addition to risks related to license requirements, usage of open source software can lead to greater risks than use of 

third-party commercial software, as open source licensors generally do not provide warranties or assurance of title or controls 
on the origin of the software. 

If open source software programmers, many of whom we do not employ, do not continue to develop and enhance the open 
source technologies we utilize, we may be unable to develop Cloud Platform products, adequately enhance our existing 
cloud products or meet customer requirements for innovation, quality and price of cloud products.

We rely to a significant degree on an informal community of independent open source software programmers to develop 

and enhance the Xen hypervisor. A relatively small group of software engineers, many of whom are not employed by us, are 
primarily responsible for the development and evolution of the Xen hypervisor, which is the heart of the XenServer 
virtualization product. Similarly, a small community of software developers are primarily responsible for the development and 
enhancement of the open source CloudStack platform. If these programmers fail to adequately further develop and enhance our 
open source technologies, we would need to further develop and enhance these technologies with our own resources. 
Additionally, the CloudStack IaaS software platform is still an emerging technology, making it difficult for us to predict the 
level of its adoption in the market. In any event, our development expenses could be increased and our product release and 
upgrade schedules could be delayed. Delays in developing, completing or shipping new or enhanced products could result in 
delayed or reduced revenue for those products and could also adversely affect customer acceptance of those offerings.

Our business depends on maintaining and protecting our strong collection of brands.

The Citrix product and service brands that we have developed has significantly contributed to the success of our business. 

Maintaining and enhancing the Citrix product and service brands is critical to expanding our base of customers and partners. 
We may be subject to reputational risks if others adopt similar marks in an effort to misappropriate and profit on our brand 
name and do not provide the same level of quality as is delivered by our products and services. In order to maintain, enhance 
and protect our brands, we may be required to make substantial investments that may not be successful. If we fail to maintain, 
enhance and protect the Citrix brands, if we incur excessive expenses in this effort or if customers or potential customers are 
confused by others' trademarks, our business, operating results, and financial condition may be materially and adversely 
affected.

If we lose access to third-party licenses, releases of our products could be delayed. 

We believe that we will continue to rely, in part, on third-party licenses to enhance and differentiate our products. Third-

party licensing arrangements are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties, including: 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

undetected errors or unauthorized use of another person's code in the third party's software; 

disagreement over the scope of the license and other key terms, such as royalties payable; 

infringement actions brought by third-party licensees; 

that third parties will create solutions that directly compete with our products; and

termination or expiration of the license. 

If we lose or are unable to maintain any of these third-party licenses or are required to modify software obtained under 

third-party licenses, it could delay the release of our products. Any delays could have a material adverse effect on our business, 
results of operations and financial condition.

RISKS RELATED TO OUR COMMON STOCK AND EXTERNAL FACTORS 

Natural disasters or other unanticipated catastrophes that result in a disruption of our operations could negatively impact 
our results of operations.

Our worldwide operations are dependent on our network infrastructure, internal technology systems and website. 

Significant portions of our computer equipment, intellectual property resources and personnel, including critical resources 
dedicated to research and development and administrative support functions are presently located at our corporate headquarters 
in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, an area of the country that is particularly prone to hurricanes, and at our various locations in 
California, an area of the country that is particularly prone to earthquakes. We also have operations in various domestic and 
international locations that expose us to additional diverse risks. The occurrence of natural disasters, such as hurricanes, floods 
or earthquakes, or other unanticipated catastrophes, such as telecommunications failures, cyber-attacks, fires or terrorist attacks, 
at any of the locations in which we or our key partners, suppliers and customers do business, could cause interruptions in our 

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operations. For example, hurricanes have passed through southern Florida causing extensive damage to the region. In addition, 
even in the absence of direct damage to our operations, large disasters, terrorist attacks or other casualty events could have a 
significant impact on our partners', suppliers' and customers' businesses, which in turn could result in a negative impact on our 
results of operations. Extensive or multiple disruptions in our operations, or our partners', suppliers' or customers' businesses, 
due to natural disasters or other unanticipated catastrophes could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations. 

Our investment portfolio has been subject to impairment charges due to the recent financial crisis in the capital markets and 
may be adversely impacted by volatility in the capital markets. 

Our investment portfolio as of December 31, 2011 primarily consisted of agency securities, corporate securities, 
government securities and municipal securities. As a result of adverse financial market conditions in recent years, investments 
in some financial instruments posed risks arising from liquidity and credit concerns. Future adverse market conditions and 
volatility could create similar risks for investments in financial instruments. Although we follow an established investment 
policy and seek to minimize the credit risk associated with investments by investing primarily in investment grade, highly 
liquid securities and by limiting exposure to any one issuer depending on credit quality, we cannot give any assurances that the 
assets in our investment portfolio will not lose value, become impaired, or suffer from illiquidity.

Future market conditions and volatility could require us to record impairment charges for other-than-temporary declines 

in fair market value in our available-for-sale investments, which could adversely affect our results of operations. Moreover, 
fluctuations in economic and market conditions could adversely affect the market value of our investments, and we could lose 
some of the principal value of our investment portfolio. A total loss of an investment, dependent on an individual security's par 
value, or a significant decline in the value of our investment portfolio could adversely affect our financial condition.

Unanticipated changes in our tax rates or our exposure to additional income tax liabilities could affect our operating results 
and financial condition. 

Our future effective tax rates could be favorably or unfavorably affected by unanticipated changes in the valuation of our 

deferred tax assets and liabilities, the geographic mix of our revenue, or by changes in tax laws or their interpretation. 
Significant judgment is required in determining our worldwide provision for income taxes. In addition, we are subject to the 
continuous examination of our income tax returns by tax authorities, including the Internal Revenue Service, or the IRS. We 
regularly assess the likelihood of adverse outcomes resulting from these examinations to determine the adequacy of our 
provision for income taxes. There can be no assurance, however, that the outcomes from these continuous examinations will 
not have an adverse effect on our operating results and financial condition. Additionally, 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. 

In June 2010, we reached a settlement in principle with the IRS regarding previously disclosed income tax deficiencies 

asserted in a Revenue Agent's Report issued by the IRS. The final settlement requires the finalization of tax deficiency 
calculations with the IRS and a written agreement signed by the IRS. It is uncertain how long it will take to reach a final 
settlement with the IRS, and there can be no assurances that a final written agreement will be obtained or that this matter will 
otherwise be resolved in our favor. An adverse outcome of this matter could have a material adverse effect on our results of 
operations and financial condition.

Our stock price could be volatile, particularly during times of economic uncertainty and volatility in domestic and 
international stock markets, and you could lose the value of your investment.

Our stock price has been volatile and has fluctuated significantly in the past. The trading price of our stock is likely to 

continue to be volatile and subject to fluctuations in the future. Your investment in our stock could lose some or all of its value. 
Some of the factors that could significantly affect the market price of our stock include: 

• 

• 

• 

• 

actual or anticipated variations in operating and financial results; 

analyst reports or recommendations; 

changes in interest rates; and 

other events or factors, many of which are beyond our control. 

The stock market in general, The NASDAQ Global Select Market, and the market for software companies and 
technology companies in particular, have experienced extreme price and volume fluctuations. These fluctuations have often 
been unrelated or disproportionate to operating performance. These forces reached unprecedented levels in the second half of 
2008, resulting in the bankruptcy or acquisition of, or government assistance to, several major domestic and international 

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financial institutions and a material decline in economic conditions. In particular, the U.S. equity markets experienced 
significant price and volume fluctuations that have affected the market prices of equity securities of many technology 
companies, continuing through 2011. During 2011, our stock price has experienced volatility, with the closing price of our 
common stock on The NASDAQ Global Select Market having ranged from $50.31 on August 19, 2011 to $87.62 on May 31, 
2011. These broad market and industry factors could materially and adversely affect the market price of our stock, regardless of 
our actual operating performance.

Changes or modifications in financial accounting standards may have a material adverse impact on our reported results of 
operations or financial condition.

From time to time, the Financial Accounting Standards Board, or FASB, either alone or jointly with the International 

Accounting Standards Board, or IASB, promulgates new accounting principles that could have a material adverse impact on 
our reported results of operations or financial condition. For example, FASB is currently working together with the IASB to 
converge certain accounting principles and facilitate more comparable financial reporting between companies who are required 
to follow GAAP and those who are required to follow International Financial Reporting Standards, or IFRS. These efforts may 
result in different accounting principles under GAAP, which may have a material impact on the way in which we report 
financial results in areas including, among others, revenue recognition, lease accounting, and financial statement presentation. 
We expect the SEC to make a determination in the future regarding the incorporation of IFRS into the financial reporting 
system for U.S. companies. A change in accounting principles from GAAP to IFRS would be costly to implement and may 
have a material impact on our financial statements and may retroactively adversely affect previously reported transactions.

ITEM 1B. UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS

We have received no written comments regarding our periodic or current reports from the staff of the Securities and 

Exchange Commission that were issued 180 days or more preceding the end of our 2011 fiscal year that remain unresolved.

ITEM 2. PROPERTIES

We lease and sublease office space in the Americas, which is comprised of the United States, Canada and Latin America, 
EMEA, which is comprised of Europe, the Middle East and Africa, and Asia-Pacific. The following table presents the location 
and square footage of our leased office space by reporting segment as of December 31, 2011:

Enterprise division

Online Services
division

(square footage)

Americas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
EMEA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Asia-Pacific . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Total. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

764,425
278,872
531,797
1,575,094

207,194
54,319
4,094
265,607

In addition, we own land and buildings in Fort Lauderdale, Florida with approximately 281,189 square feet of office 

space used for our corporate headquarters and 42,000 square feet of office space in EMEA related to our Enterprise division.

We believe that our existing facilities are adequate for our current needs. As additional space is needed in the future, we 

believe that suitable space will be available in the required locations on commercially reasonable terms.

ITEM 3. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

Due to the nature of our business, we are subject to patent infringement claims, including current suits against us or one 

or more of our wholly-owned subsidiaries alleging infringement by various Citrix products and services. We believe that we 
have meritorious defenses to the allegations made in these pending suits and intend to vigorously defend these lawsuits; 
however, we are unable currently to determine the ultimate outcome of these or similar matters or the potential exposure to 
loss, if any.

In addition, we are a defendant in various litigation matters generally arising out of the normal course of business. 
Although it is difficult to predict the ultimate outcomes of these cases, we believe that the ultimate outcomes will not materially 
affect our business, financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

ITEM 4. MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES

Not applicable.

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PART II

ITEM 5. MARKET FOR REGISTRANT'S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER 

PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES

Price Range of Common Stock and Dividend Policy

Our common stock is currently traded on The NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol “CTXS.” The following 
table sets forth the high and low sales prices for our common stock as reported on The NASDAQ Global Select Market for the 
periods indicated, as adjusted to the nearest cent.

Year Ended December 31, 2011:

Fourth quarter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Third quarter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Second quarter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
First quarter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Year Ended December 31, 2010:

Fourth quarter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Third quarter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Second quarter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
First quarter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$
$
$
$

$
$
$
$

High

Low

78.00
84.00
88.49
73.99

71.57
71.93
49.98
49.14

$
$
$
$

$
$
$
$

51.60
50.21
71.43
61.24

55.12
41.62
40.33
40.48

On February 17, 2012, the last reported sale price of our common stock on The NASDAQ Global Select Market was 

$74.77 per share. As of February 17, 2012, there were approximately 818 holders of record of our common stock.

We currently intend to retain any earnings for use in our business, for investment in acquisitions and to repurchase shares 

of our common stock. We have not paid any cash dividends on our capital stock in the last two years and do not currently 
anticipate paying any cash dividends on our capital stock in the foreseeable future.

Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

Our Board of Directors has authorized an ongoing stock repurchase program with a total repurchase authority granted to 

us of $3.0 billion. The objective of the stock repurchase program is to improve stockholders’ returns. At December 31, 2011, 
approximately $186.6 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 our stock repurchase 
program for the quarter ended December 31, 2011.

October 1, 2011 through October 31, 2011 . . . .

November 1, 2011 through November 30, 2011
December 1, 2011 through December 31, 2011.
Total. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Total Number
of Shares
Purchased 

(1,2)

Average
Price Paid
per Share

8,924
928,179
489,062
1,426,165

$
$
$
$

62.86
71.19
70.32
70.84

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)

8,924
928,179
489,062
1,426,165

$
$
$
$

286,570
220,621
186,618
186,618

(1)  Represents shares acquired in open market purchases. We expended approximately $100.0 million during the quarter ended 

(2) 

December 31, 2011 for repurchases of our common stock. For more information see Note 8 to our consolidated financial statements 
included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011.
Includes 16,465 shares withheld from stock units that vested in the fourth quarter of 2011 to satisfy minimum tax withholding 
obligations that arose on the vesting of stock units.

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ITEM 6. SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA

The following selected consolidated financial data is derived from our consolidated financial statements. This data should 
be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto, and with Item 7, Management’s Discussion 
and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.

Consolidated Statements of Income Data:
Net revenues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Cost of net revenues(a). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Gross margin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Operating expenses: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Research and development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Sales, marketing and services . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
General and administrative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Amortization of other intangible assets. . . . . . .
Restructuring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
In-process research and development . . . . . . . .
Total operating expenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Income from operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Interest income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Other (expense) income, net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Income before income taxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Income taxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Consolidated net income. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Less: Net loss attributable to non-controlling
interest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Net income attributable to Citrix Systems, Inc. . . . .

Net income per share attributable to Citrix 
Systems, Inc. stockholders — diluted(b) . . . . . . . . . .

Year Ended December 31,

2011

2010

2009

2008

2007

(In thousands, except per share data)

$ 2,206,392
282,197
1,924,195

$ 1,874,662
223,420
1,651,242

$ 1,614,088
187,310
1,426,778

$ 1,583,354
175,132
1,408,222

$ 1,391,942
137,607
1,254,335

343,727
839,818
307,270
16,390
24
—
1,507,229
416,966
13,819
(288)
430,497
74,867
355,630

326,647
729,754
258,875
14,279
971
—
1,330,526
320,716
14,577
(1,473)
333,820
57,379
276,441

281,980
679,053
239,623
20,972
26,473
—
1,248,101
178,677
14,683
532
193,892
2,875
191,017

288,109
669,569
256,679
22,724
—
1,140
1,238,221
170,001
31,506
(4,584)
196,923
18,647
178,276

205,103
590,409
229,229
17,387
—
9,800
1,051,928
202,407
49,704
(1,203)
250,908
36,425
214,483

692

356,322

1.87

$

$

624

277,065

1.46

$

$

—

191,017

1.03

$

$

$

$

—

178,276

0.96

$

$

—

214,483

1.14

December 31,

2011

2010

2009

2008

2007

(In thousands)

Consolidated Balance Sheet Data:
Total assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Total equity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$ 4,099,541
2,730,490

$ 3,703,600
2,560,588

$ 3,091,147
2,188,507

$ 2,694,306
1,917,865

$ 2,534,693
1,838,325

(a) 

(b) 

Cost of net revenues includes amortization of product related intangible assets of $54.7 million, $50.5 million, $47.9 million, $48.0 
million and $29.6 million in 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008 and 2007, respectively.

Our diluted weighted–average shares outstanding primarily fluctuates based on the level of shares issued under our stock-based 
compensation programs, stock repurchases made under our stock repurchase program and shares issued in connection with our 
acquisitions. See Notes 3, 7 and 8 to our consolidated financial statements included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K for the 
year ended December 31, 2011.

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ITEM 7. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF 

OPERATIONS

Overview

We design, develop and market technology solutions that enable IT services to be securely delivered on demand – 
independent of location, device or network. Our customers achieve lower IT operating costs, increased information security, 
and greater business agility using Citrix technologies that enable virtual computing. We market and license our products 
directly to enterprise customers, over the Web, and through systems integrators, or SIs, in addition to indirectly through value-
added resellers, or VARs, value-added distributors, or VADs, and original equipment manufacturers, or OEMs.

Executive Summary

We are a strategic technology provider transforming how people, business and IT work and collaborate in the Cloud Era.  
With our virtualization, networking and cloud technologies, we make complex enterprise IT simpler and more accessible for a 
diverse, global, and mobile workforce. We deliver a secure and familiar virtual workplace experience that powers mobile work 
styles, so people can work and collaborate virtually anywhere, with anyone on virtually any device, simply accessing the 
services they need. These technologies give workers more control over their work and life, while helping business and IT be 
more flexible and agile.

We believe our approach is unique in the market because we have combined innovative technologies in the area of 
desktop management, including but not limited to desktop virtualization and application virtualization, marketed as our 
Desktop Solutions, and cloud networking and cloud platform products, marketed as our Datacenter and Cloud Solutions, to 
deliver a comprehensive end-to-end application delivery solution, and one that we believe, when considered as a whole, is 
competitively differentiated by its feature set and interoperability.

In today’s business environment, however, there is a sharp focus on IT products and services that can reduce cost and 
deliver a quick, tangible return on investment, or ROI. With our customers focused on economic value in technology solutions, 
we intend to continue highlighting our solutions’ abilities to reduce IT costs, increase business flexibility and deliver ROI with 
a simpler more flexible approach to computing.

We saw uncertainties surrounding IT spending, particularly in the European markets, in 2011. This trend is expected to 

continue in 2012 as we continue to experience uneven demand in many European countries, especially in the public sector. This 
overall economic uncertainty may adversely affect sales of our products and services and may result in longer sales cycles, 
slower adoption of technologies and increased price competition, particularly in Europe. Offsetting the uneven demand in 
European countries, we continue to see demand growth in the Americas and Asia-Pacific regions.

Our priorities for 2012 are to sustain the long-term growth of our businesses around the world by expanding our go-to-
market reach and customer attachment points; enhancing our current products through intelligent integration, licensing and 
packaging across our product portfolio to deliver simpler, better and more competitive solutions; fostering technological 
innovation; and engineering excellence; and making selective and strategic acquisitions of technology, talent and/or businesses.

We continue to make strategic investments in research and development of existing and new products, and to invest in 
research and development of advanced and innovative technologies for future application, including increasing research and 
development capacity and headcount. We believe that delivering innovative and high-value solutions through our Enterprise 
division’s products and services and our Online Services division’s services is the key to meeting customer and partner needs 
and achieving our future growth. We also intend to continue making significant investments to expand our brand awareness in 
virtualization, networking and cloud computing spaces. We plan to increase sales, consulting and technical services capacity 
and headcount to support larger strategic customer engagements and more focus on SI partnerships, as well as investing in new 
service provider channel programs that allow our partners to upgrade their capabilities in desktop virtualization, giving us more 
capacity to drive strategic desktop deals and to cross-sell networking, data sharing and collaboration. 

Enterprise division

Our Desktop Solutions are built to transform and reduce the cost of traditional desktop management by virtualizing the 

desktop, with our XenDesktop product, and virtualizing applications, with our XenApp product, in a customer’s datacenter. We 
are moving the delivery of desktops and related applications to an on-demand service as opposed to the delivery of a device. 
We continue to see growing customer interest in XenDesktop and, in addition, by making the XenDesktop trade-up program a 
standard program, we are maximizing our XenApp install base and driving continued XenDesktop adoption. Further, we are 
helping customers accelerate the implementation of desktop virtualization enterprise-wide through our Desktop Transformation 
Model. Our Desktop Transformation Model has been enhanced by our acquisition of RingCube, which facilitates user 

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personalization in virtual desktop deployments, and our App-DNA acquisition, which provides customers a means of analyzing 
an enterprise's application portfolio, offering deployment guidance and calculating project effort.  

 Our Datacenter and Cloud Solutions, including our cloud networking products and cloud platform products, which 
include our newly acquired CloudStack and CloudPortal products, can alter the traditional economics of the datacenter by 
providing much greater levels of flexibility of computing resources, especially with respect to servers, by improving 
application performance and thereby reducing the amount of processing power involved, and allowing easy reconfiguration of 
servers by allowing storage and network infrastructure to be added-in virtually rather than physically. Our cloud networking 
products are also enhancing our differentiation and driving customer interest around desktop virtualization, as enterprises are 
finding good leverage in deploying these technologies together. 

In 2011, we continued to invest in innovative products and services for the Enterprise division through strategic 
acquisitions. In July 2011, we acquired Cloud.com, Inc., or Cloud.com, a privately-held market leading provider of software 
infrastructure platforms for cloud providers. Cloud.com’s CloudStackTM and CloudPortalTM product lines help providers of all 
types deploy and manage simple, cost-effective cloud services that are scalable, secure, and open by design. In August 2011, 
we acquired RingCube, a privately-held company that specializes in user personalization technology for virtual desktops. In 
October 2011, we acquired Novel Labs, Inc., or ShareFile, a privately-held market leading provider of secure data sharing and 
collaboration. The ShareFile product line makes it easy for businesses of all sizes to securely store, sync and share business 
documents and files, both inside and outside the company. ShareFile's centralized cloud storage capability also allows users to 
share files across multiple devices and access them from any location. In November 2011, we acquired App-DNA™, a 
privately-held leader in application migration and management. App-DNA's technology adds a significant component to our 
Desktop Transformation Model, which is aimed at helping customers speed deployments of desktop virtualization enterprise-
wide. The App-DNA AppTitude™ product enables organizations to quickly and intelligently assess their application portfolio 
and migration plans. 

Online Services division

Our Online Services division is focused on developing and marketing Web-based access, support and collaboration 
products. These products are primarily marketed via the Web to large enterprises, medium and small businesses, prosumers and 
individuals. Our Online Services division’s Web collaboration products offer secure and cost-effective solutions that allow 
users to host and actively participate in online meetings, webinars and training sessions remotely and reduce costs associated 
with business travel. Our remote access solution offers a secure, simple and cost efficient way for users to access their desktops 
remotely, and our remote support solutions offer secure, on-demand support over the Internet.

In addition, we continue to grow our Online Services division by increasing our addressable market geographically and 

offering products that appeal to a wider range of customers. To accelerate the European expansion of our Online Services 
division, in February 2011, we acquired Netviewer AG, or Netviewer, a privately held European software as a service, or SaaS, 
vendor in collaboration and IT services. Netviewer is part of our Online Services division and is expected to further enable the 
extension of our SaaS leadership in Europe.

Summary of Results

For the year ended December 31, 2011 compared to the year ended December 31, 2010, we delivered the following 

financial performance:

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Product License revenue increased 20.2% to $744.5 million;

•  License Updates revenue increased 8.7% to $741.8 million;

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Software as a Service revenue increased 19.3% to $430.2 million;

•  Technical Services revenue increased 36.5% to $289.8 million;

•  Operating income increased 30.0% to $417.0 million; and

•  Diluted earnings per share increased 28.4% to $1.87.

The increase in our Product License revenue was primarily driven by increased sales of our Desktop Solutions, led by our 

XenDesktop product and increased sales of our Datacenter and Cloud Solutions, led by our NetScaler products. We currently 
expect our Product License revenue to increase when comparing the first quarter of 2012 to the first quarter of 2011. The 
increase in License Updates revenue was driven by an increase in Subscription Advantage renewal sales over our growing 
subscriber base. Our Software as a Service revenue increased due to increased sales of our Web collaboration services. The 
increase in Technical Services revenue was primarily driven by increased sales of support and consulting services related to our 
Enterprise division’s products. Our increase in operating income and diluted earnings per share was driven by our increased 
revenue as well as operating leverage gained by managing our overall operating expenses. We currently target that total revenue 

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will increase when comparing the first quarter of 2012 to the first quarter of 2011, as well as when comparing the 2012 fiscal 
year to the 2011 fiscal year. In addition, consistent with the growth we are experiencing in our business, we also currently target 
that total operating expenses will increase when comparing the first quarter of 2012 to the first quarter of 2011, as well as when 
comparing the 2012 fiscal year to the 2011 fiscal year.

Our business is subject to seasonal fluctuations. Historically, our net revenues have fluctuated quarterly and have 

generally been the highest in the fourth quarter of our fiscal year due to corporate calendar year-end spending trends. This 
seasonal factor also typically results in net revenue during the fourth quarter of any year being typically higher than the revenue 
for the first quarter of the subsequent year.

2011 Acquisitions

Netviewer AG

In February 2011, we acquired all of the issued and outstanding securities of Netviewer, which we refer to as the 
Netviewer Acquisition, a privately held European SaaS vendor in collaboration and IT services. Netviewer became part of our 
Online Services division and the acquisition enables the extension of our Online Services business in Europe. The total 
consideration for this transaction was approximately $107.5 million, net of $6.3 million of cash acquired, and was paid in cash. 
In addition, in connection with the acquisition, we assumed non-vested stock units, which were converted into the right to 
receive up to 99,100 shares of our common stock, for which the vesting period reset fully upon the closing of the transaction. 
Transaction costs associated with the acquisition were approximately $3.1 million, of which we expensed $1.1 million and $2.0 
million during the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively, and are included in general and administrative 
expense in our consolidated statements of income included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended 
December 31, 2011.

Cloud.com

In July 2011, we acquired all of the issued and outstanding securities of Cloud.com. Cloud.com became part of our 
Enterprise division and the acquisition further establishes us as a leader in infrastructure for the growing cloud provider market. 
The total consideration for this transaction was approximately $158.8 million, net of $5.6 million of cash acquired, and was 
paid in cash. Transaction costs associated with the acquisition were approximately $2.9 million, all of which we expensed 
during the year ended December 31, 2011, and are included in general and administrative expense in our consolidated 
statements of income included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011. In addition, in 
connection with the acquisition we assumed non-vested stock units, which were converted into the right to receive up to 
288,742 shares of our common stock and certain stock options which are exercisable for 183,780 shares of our common stock, 
for which the vesting period reset fully upon the closing of the transaction.

RingCube

In August 2011, we acquired all of the issued and outstanding securities of RingCube. RingCube became part of our 

Enterprise division and the acquisition further solidifies our position in desktop virtualization. The total consideration for this 
transaction was approximately $32.2 million, net of $0.5 million of cash acquired, and was paid in cash. Transaction costs 
associated with the acquisition were approximately $0.6 million, all of which we expensed during the year ended December 31, 
2011, and are included in general and administrative expense in our consolidated statements of income included in this Annual 
Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011. In addition, in connection with the RingCube acquisition, we 
assumed non-vested stock units which were converted into the right to receive up to 58,439 shares of our common stock, for 
which the vesting period reset fully upon the closing of the transaction. 

ShareFile

In October 2011, we acquired all of the issued and outstanding securities of ShareFile. ShareFile became part of our 

Enterprise division. The total consideration for this transaction was approximately $54.5 million, net of $1.7 million of cash 
acquired, and was paid in cash. Transaction costs associated with the acquisition were approximately $0.7 million, all of which 
we expensed during the year ended December 31, 2011 and are included in general and administrative expense in our 
consolidated statements of income included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011. In 
addition, in connection with the acquisition we assumed non-vested stock units, which were converted into the right to receive 
up to 180,697 shares of our common stock and assumed certain stock options which are exercisable for 390,775 shares of our 
common stock, for which the vesting period reset fully upon the closing of the transaction. 

App-DNA

In November 2011, we acquired all of the issued and outstanding securities of App-DNA. App-DNA became part of our 

Enterprise division. The total consideration for this transaction was approximately $91.3 million, net of $3.2 million of cash 
acquired, and was paid in cash. Transaction costs associated with the acquisition were approximately $1.3 million, all of which 
we expensed during the year ended December 31, 2011, and are included in general and administrative expense in our 

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consolidated statements of income included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011. In 
addition, in connection with the acquisition we assumed non-vested stock units, which were converted into the right to receive 
up to 114,487 shares of our common stock, for which the vesting period reset fully upon the closing of the transaction. 

Other Acquisition

During the first quarter of 2011, we acquired certain assets of a wholly-owned subsidiary of a privately-held company for 

total cash consideration of approximately $10.5 million. We accounted for this acquisition as a business combination in 
accordance with the authoritative guidance and it became part of our Enterprise division, thereby expanding our solutions 
portfolio for service providers and developing unique integrations with our application delivery solutions. 

We have included the effects of all of the companies acquired in 2011 in our results of operations prospectively from the 

date of each acquisition.

Purchase of Non-Controlling Interest

Kaviza Inc.

In May 2011, we acquired all of the non-controlling interest of Kaviza Inc., or Kaviza, a provider of virtual desktop 
infrastructure solutions, for $17.2 million. In addition, we also deposited an additional $3.0 million to be held in escrow. As a 
result of this transaction, we have obtained a 100% interest in this subsidiary. In accordance with the authoritative guidance, the 
excess of the proceeds paid over the carrying amount of the non-controlling interest of Kaviza has been reflected as a reduction 
of additional paid-in capital. In addition, in connection with the purchase of the non-controlling interest of Kaviza, we assumed 
non-vested stock units which were converted into the right to receive up to 88,687 shares of our common stock and assumed 
certain stock options which are exercisable for 33,301 shares of our common stock, with existing vesting schedules.

2010 Acquisitions

In September 2010, we acquired all of the issued and outstanding securities of VMLogix Inc., or VMLogix, a privately 

held provider of virtualization management software for private and public cloud computing systems. VMLogix became part of 
our Enterprise division. The total consideration for this transaction was approximately $13.2 million, comprised of 
approximately $10.4 million in cash, net of cash acquired, and approximately $2.8 million related to VMLogix liabilities settled 
in conjunction with the acquisition. The sources of funds for this transaction consisted of available cash. We also assumed stock 
options for which the vesting period reset fully upon the closing of the transaction. When these stock options vest, they will be 
exercisable for up to 47,784 shares of our common stock. 

During the first quarter of 2010, we acquired two privately-held companies for a total cash consideration of 

approximately $9.2 million, net of cash acquired and was paid in cash. 

We have included the effects of all of the companies acquired in 2010 in our results of operations prospectively from the 

date of each acquisition.

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 Committee of our Board of Directors and our independent auditors, and our Audit 
Committee has reviewed our disclosure relating to our critical accounting policies and estimates in this “Management’s 
Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.”

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Note 2 to our consolidated financial statements included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended 
December 31, 2011 describes the significant accounting policies and methods used in the preparation of our Consolidated 
Financial Statements.

Revenue Recognition

We recognize revenue when it is earned and when all of the following criteria are met: persuasive evidence of the 
arrangement exists; delivery has occurred or the service has been provided and we have no remaining obligations; the fee is 
fixed or determinable; and collectability is probable. We define these four criteria as follows:

•  Persuasive evidence of the arrangement exists. We primarily sell our software products via electronic or paper 
licenses and typically require a purchase order from the distributor, reseller or end-user (depending on the 
arrangement) who have previously negotiated a master distribution or resale agreement and an executed product 
license agreement from the end-user.  For appliance sales, our customary practice is to require a purchase order from 
distributors and resellers who have previously negotiated a master packaged product distribution or resale agreement.  
We typically recognize revenue upon shipment for our appliance sales. For technical support, product training and 
consulting services, we require a purchase order and an executed agreement. For SaaS, we generally require the 
customer or the reseller to electronically accept the terms of an online services agreement or execute a contract.

•  Delivery has occurred and we have no remaining obligations. We consider 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 
hardware appliance sales, our standard delivery method is free-on-board shipping point. Consequently, we consider 
delivery of appliances to have occurred when the products are shipped pursuant to an agreement and purchase order.  
For SaaS, delivery occurs upon providing the users with their login id and password. For product training and 
consulting services, we fulfill our obligation when the services are performed. For license updates, technical support 
and SaaS, we assume that our 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, we do not provide customers with the right to a 
refund of any portion of their license fees or extended payment terms. The fees are considered fixed and determinable 
upon establishment of an arrangement that contains the final terms of the sale including description, quantity and 
price of each product or service purchased. For SaaS, the fee is considered fixed or determinable if it is not subject to 
refund or adjustment.

•  Collectability is probable. We determine collectability on a customer-by-customer basis and generally do not require 
collateral. We typically sell product licenses and license updates to distributors or resellers for whom there are 
histories of successful collection. New customers are typically 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 we determine from the outset of an arrangement that collectability 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 
an evaluation of customer specific information, historical experience and economic market conditions.

The majority of our product license revenue consists of revenue from the sale of stand-alone software products. Stand-

alone software sales generally include a perpetual license to our software and are subject to the industry specific software 
revenue recognition guidance. In accordance with this guidance, we allocate revenue to license updates related to our stand-
alone software 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 revenues, net of any discounts inherent in the arrangement, is recognized at the outset of the 
arrangement using the residual method as the product licenses are delivered. If management cannot objectively determine the 
fair value of each undelivered element based on VSOE of fair value, revenue recognition is deferred until all elements are 
delivered, all services have been performed, or until fair value can be objectively determined. We also make certain judgments 
to record estimated reductions to revenue for customer programs and incentive offerings including volume-based incentives, at 
the time sales are recorded. 

Our hardware appliances contain software components that are essential to the overall functionality of the products. For 

hardware appliance transactions entered into prior to January 1, 2011, revenue for arrangements with multiple elements, such as 
sales of products that included services, was allocated to each element using the residual method based on the VSOE of the fair 
value of the undelivered items pursuant to authoritative guidance. Under the residual method, the amount of revenue allocated 
to delivered elements equals the total arrangement consideration less the aggregate fair value of any undelivered elements. If 
VSOE of one or more undelivered items does not exist, revenue from the entire arrangement is deferred and recognized at the 

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earlier of: (i) delivery of those elements or (ii) when fair value can be established unless maintenance is the only undelivered 
element, in which case, the entire arrangement fee is recognized ratably over the contractual support period.

In October 2009, the Financial Accounting Standards Board, or the FASB, amended the accounting standards for revenue 

recognition to remove tangible products containing software components and non-software components that function together 
to deliver the product’s essential functionality from the scope of industry-specific software revenue recognition guidance. In 
October 2009, the FASB also amended the accounting standards for multiple deliverable revenue arrangements to:

• 

• 

• 

provide updated guidance on how the deliverables in a multiple deliverable arrangement should be separated, and how 
the consideration should be allocated;

require an entity to allocate revenue in an arrangement using estimated selling prices, or ESP, of deliverables if a 
vendor does not have VSOE of selling price or third-party evidence of selling price, or TPE; and

eliminate the use of the residual method and require an entity to allocate revenue using the relative selling price 
method.

Effective January 1, 2011, we adopted these standards on a prospective basis for new and materially modified 
arrangements originating after December 31, 2010. The adoption of these standards did not have a material impact on our 
financial position and results of operations for the year ended December 31, 2011. We do not expect the adoption of these 
standards to have a material impact on our financial position and results of operations in the future. However, we expect that 
this amended accounting guidance will facilitate our efforts to optimize our offerings due to better alignment between the 
economics of an arrangement and the accounting, which, may lead us to engage in new go-to-market practices in the future. In 
particular, we expect that the amended accounting standards will enable us to better integrate non-software products and 
services without VSOE into existing offerings and solutions. As our go-to-market strategies evolve, we may modify our pricing 
practices in the future, which could result in changes in selling prices, including both VSOE and ESP.

For new and materially modified multiple element transactions which contain non-software deliverables subsequent to 

the adoption of the amended revenue recognition standards, the arrangement consideration is allocated to stand-alone software 
deliverables as a group and the non-software deliverables based on the relative selling prices of using the selling price hierarchy 
in the amended revenue recognition guidance. The selling price hierarchy for a deliverable is based on its VSOE if available, 
TPE if VSOE is not available, or estimated selling price if neither VSOE nor TPE is available. We then recognize revenue on 
each deliverable in accordance with our policies for product and service revenue recognition. VSOE of selling price is based on 
the price charged when the element is sold separately. In determining VSOE, we require that a substantial majority of the 
selling prices fall within a reasonable range based on historical discounting trends for specific products and services. TPE of 
selling price is established by evaluating competitor products or services in stand-alone sales to similarly situated customers. 
However, as our products contain a significant element of proprietary technology and our solutions offer substantially different 
features and functionality, the comparable pricing of products with similar functionality typically cannot be obtained. 
Additionally, as we are unable to reliably determine what competitors products’ selling prices are on a stand-alone basis, we are 
not typically able to determine TPE. The estimate of selling price is established considering multiple factors including, but not 
limited to, pricing practices in different geographies and through different sales channels and competitor pricing strategies.

For our non-software deliverables we allocate the arrangement consideration based on the relative selling price of the 

deliverables. For our hardware appliances we use ESP as our selling price. For our support and services, we generally use 
VSOE as our selling price. When we are unable to establish selling price using VSOE for our support and services, we use ESP 
in our allocation of arrangement consideration.

Our SaaS is purchased by large enterprises, small and medium-sized businesses, as well as individuals, and are centrally 
hosted within our datacenters. Our SaaS are considered service arrangements per the authoritative guidance; accordingly, fees 
related to online service agreements are recognized ratably over the contract term. In addition, SaaS revenues may also include 
set-up fees, which are recognized ratably over the contract term or the expected customer life, whichever is longer. Generally, 
our SaaS is sold separately and not bundled with Enterprise division products and services.

Stock-Based Compensation

Under the fair value recognition provisions of the authoritative guidance, stock-based compensation cost is measured at 

the grant date based on the fair value of the award and is recognized as expense over the requisite service or performance 
period, which is the vesting period. We currently use the Black-Scholes option pricing model to determine the fair value of 
stock options. The determination of the fair value of stock-based payment awards on the date of grant using an option-pricing 
model is affected by our stock price as well as assumptions regarding a number of complex and subjective variables. These 
variables include our expected stock price volatility over the term of the awards, the expected term of the award, the risk-free 
interest rate and any expected dividends.

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For purposes of determining the expected volatility factor, we used the implied volatility in two-year market-traded 
options on our common stock based on third party volatility quotes in accordance with the provisions of Staff Accounting 
Bulletin, or SAB, No. 107. Our decision to use implied volatility was based upon the availability of actively traded options on 
our common stock and our assessment that implied volatility is more representative of future stock price trends than historical 
volatility. The expected term of our options is based on historical employee exercise patterns. We also analyzed our historical 
pattern of option exercises based on certain demographic characteristics and we determined that there were no meaningful 
differences in option exercise activity based on demographic characteristics. The approximate risk free interest rate is based on 
the implied yield available on U.S. Treasury zero-coupon issues with remaining terms equivalent to the expected term on our 
options. We do not intend to pay dividends on our common stock in the foreseeable future and, accordingly, we used a dividend 
yield of zero in the option pricing model. We are required to estimate forfeitures at the time of grant and revise those estimates 
in subsequent periods if actual forfeitures differ from those estimates. We use historical data to estimate pre-vesting option 
forfeitures and record stock-based compensation expense only for those awards that are expected to vest. All stock-based 
payment awards that vest based on service, including those with graded vesting schedules, are amortized on a straight-line basis 
over the requisite service periods of the awards, which are generally the vesting periods. We issue non-vested stock units with 
performance goals to certain senior members of management. The number of non-vested stock units underlying each award 
may be determined based on a range of attainment within defined performance goals. We are required to estimate the 
attainment that will be achieved related to the defined performance goals and number of non-vested stock units that will 
ultimately be awarded in order to recognize compensation expense over the vesting period. If our initial estimates of 
performance goal attainment change, the related expense may fluctuate from quarter to quarter based on those estimates and if 
the performance goals are not met, no compensation cost will be recognized and any previously recognized compensation cost 
will be reversed. As of December 31, 2011, there was $223.1 million of total unrecognized compensation cost related to options 
and non-vested stock units. That cost is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 2.33 years.

If factors change and we employ different assumptions for estimating stock-based compensation expense in future 
periods or if we decide to use a different valuation model, the stock-based compensation expense we recognize in future 
periods may differ significantly from what we have recorded in the current period and could materially affect our operating 
income, net income and earnings per share. This may result in a lack of consistency in future periods and materially affect the 
fair value estimate of stock-based payments. It may also result in a lack of comparability with other companies that use 
different models, methods and assumptions. The Black-Scholes option-pricing model was developed for use in estimating the 
fair value of traded options that have no vesting restrictions and are fully transferable. These characteristics are not present in 
our option grants. Existing valuation models, including the Black-Scholes and lattice binomial models, may not provide reliable 
measures of the fair values of our stock-based compensation. Consequently, there is a risk that our estimates of the fair values 
of our stock-based compensation awards on the grant dates may bear little resemblance to the actual values realized upon the 
exercise, expiration, early termination or forfeiture of those stock-based payments in the future. Certain stock-based payments, 
such as employee stock options, may expire with little or no intrinsic value compared to the fair values originally estimated on 
the grant date and reported in our financial statements. Alternatively, the value realized from these instruments may be 
significantly higher than the fair values originally estimated on the grant date and reported in our financial statements. There is 
currently no market-based mechanism or other practical application to verify the reliability and accuracy of the estimates 
stemming from these valuation models, nor is there a means to compare and adjust the estimates to actual values. See Notes 2 
and 7 to our consolidated financial statements included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 
2011 for further information regarding our adoption of the authoritative guidance for stock-based compensation.

Valuation and Classification of Investments

The authoritative guidance defines fair value as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a 

liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date (an exit price). Our available-for-sale 
investments are measured to fair value on a recurring basis and accordingly are carried at fair value. In addition, we hold 
investments that are accounted for based on the cost method. These investments are periodically reviewed for impairment and 
when indicators of impairment exist, are measured to fair value as appropriate on a non-recurring basis. In determining the fair 
value of our investments we are sometimes required to use various alternative valuation techniques. The authoritative guidance 
establishes a hierarchy for inputs used in measuring fair value that maximizes the use of observable inputs and minimizes the 
use of unobservable inputs by requiring that the most observable inputs be used when available.

The authoritative guidance establishes a three-tier fair value hierarchy, which prioritizes the inputs used in measuring fair 

value as follows: Level 1, observable inputs such as quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities, Level 2, 
inputs, other than quoted prices in active markets, that are observable either directly or indirectly, and Level 3, unobservable 
inputs in which there is little or no market data, which requires us to develop our own assumptions. Observable inputs are those 
that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability that are based on market data obtained from independent 
sources, such as market quoted prices. When Level 1 observable inputs for our investments are not available to determine their 

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fair value, we must then use other inputs which may include indicative pricing for securities from the same issuer with similar 
terms, yield curve information, benchmark data, prepayment speeds and credit quality or unobservable inputs that reflect our 
estimates of the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the investments based on the best information available 
in the circumstances. When valuation techniques, other than those described as Level 1 are utilized, management must make 
estimations and judgments in determining the fair value for its investments. The degree to which management’s estimation and 
judgment is required is generally dependent upon the market pricing available for the investments, the availability of 
observable inputs, the frequency of trading in the investments and the investment’s complexity. If we make different judgments 
regarding unobservable inputs we could potentially reach different conclusions regarding the fair value of our investments.

After we have determined the fair value of our investments, for those that are in an unrealized loss position, we must then 

determine if the investment is other-than-temporarily impaired. We review our investments quarterly for indicators of other-
than-temporary impairment. This determination requires significant judgment and if different judgments are used the 
classification of the losses related to our investments could differ. In making this judgment, we employ a systematic 
methodology that considers available quantitative and qualitative evidence in evaluating potential impairment of our 
investments. If the carrying value of an available-for-sale investment exceeds its fair value, we evaluate, among other factors, 
general market conditions, the duration and extent to which the fair value is less than carrying value our intent to retain or sell 
the investment and whether it is more likely than not that we will not be required to sell the investment before the recovery of 
its amortized cost basis, which may not be until maturity. We also consider specific adverse conditions related to the financial 
health of and business outlook for the issuer, including industry and sector performance, rating agency actions and changes in 
credit default swap levels. For our cost method investments, our quarterly review of impairment indicators encompasses the 
analysis of specific criteria of the entity, such as cash position, financing needs, operational performance, management changes, 
competition and turnaround potential. If any of the above impairment indicators are present, we further evaluate whether an 
other-than-temporary impairment should be recorded. Once a decline in fair value is determined to be other-than-temporary, an 
impairment charge is recorded and a new cost basis in the investment is established. See “Liquidity and Capital Resources” and 
Notes 4 and 5 to our consolidated financial statements included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended 
December 31, 2011 for more information on our investments and fair value measurements.

Product Related Technology Assets

We have acquired product related technology assets from our business combinations and other third party agreements. In 
applying purchase accounting, we allocate a portion of purchase price of acquired companies to the product related technology 
assets acquired based on their estimated fair values. We typically engage third party appraisal firms to assist us in determining 
the fair values and useful lives of product related technology assets acquired. Such valuations and useful life determinations 
require us to make significant estimates and assumptions. These estimates are based on historical experience and information 
obtained from the management of the acquired companies and are inherently uncertain. Critical estimates in determining the 
fair value and useful lives of the product related technology assets include but are not limited to future expected cash flows 
earned from the product related technology and discount rates applied in determining the present value of those cash flows. 
Unanticipated events and circumstances may occur which may affect the accuracy or validity of such assumptions, estimates or 
actual results.

We monitor acquired product related technology assets for impairment on a periodic basis by reviewing indicators of 
impairment. If an indicator exists we compare the estimated net realizable value to the unamortized cost of the technology. 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, 2011, the estimated undiscounted future cash flows expected from product related 
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 $204.3 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.

Goodwill

At December 31, 2011, we had $1,239.1 million in goodwill related to our acquisitions. The goodwill recorded in relation 
to these acquisitions is not deductible for tax purposes. Our revenues are derived from sales of our Enterprise division products, 
which include our Desktop Solutions, Datacenter and Cloud Solutions and related technical services and from sales of our 
Online Services division’s Web collaboration, remote access and support services. The Enterprise division and the Online 
Services division constitute our two reportable segments. See Note 12 to our consolidated financial statements included in this 
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segments. We evaluate goodwill between these segments, which represent our reporting units.

We account for goodwill in accordance with FASB’s authoritative guidance, which requires that goodwill and certain 
intangible assets are not amortized, but are subject to an annual impairment test. We complete our goodwill impairment test on 
an annual basis, during the fourth quarter of our fiscal year, or more frequently, if changes in facts and circumstances indicate 
that an impairment in the value of goodwill recorded on our balance sheet may exist. In 2011 we early adopted the authoritative 
guidance, which provides entities with an option to perform a qualitative assessment to determine whether further quantitative 
impairment testing for goodwill is necessary, which we refer to as the Qualitative Screen. In performing the Qualitative Screen 
for our goodwill impairment test, we are required to make assumptions and judgments including but not limited to the 
following: the evaluation of macroeconomic conditions as related to our business, industry and market trends, and the overall 
future financial performance of our reporting units and future opportunities in the markets in which they operate. If after 
performing the Qualitative Screen impairment indicators are present, we would perform a quantitative impairment test to 
estimate the fair value of goodwill. In doing so, we would estimate future revenue, consider market factors and estimate our 
future cash flows. Based on these key assumptions, judgments and estimates, we determine whether we need to record an 
impairment charge to reduce the value of the goodwill carried on our balance sheet to its estimated fair value. Assumptions, 
judgments and estimates about future values are complex and often subjective and can be affected by a variety of factors, 
including external factors such as industry and economic trends, and internal factors such as changes in our business strategy or 
our internal forecasts. Although we believe the assumptions, judgments and estimates we have made have been reasonable and 
appropriate, different assumptions, judgments and estimates could materially affect our results of operations.

We performed the Qualitative Screen for our goodwill impairment test in the fourth quarter of 2011. As a result of the 

Qualitative Screen, no further quantitative impairment test was deemed necessary in 2011. There was no impairment of 
goodwill as a result of the annual impairment tests completed during the fourth quarters of 2011 and 2010. Excluding goodwill, 
we have no intangible assets deemed to have indefinite lives.

Income Taxes

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, 2011, we had approximately $93.3 million in net deferred tax 
assets. The authoritative guidance requires a valuation allowance to reduce the deferred tax assets reported if, based on the 
weight of the evidence, it is more likely than not that some portion or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized. We 
review deferred tax assets periodically for recoverability and make estimates and judgments regarding the expected geographic 
sources of taxable income and gains from investments, as well as tax planning strategies in assessing the need for a valuation 
allowance. At December 31, 2011, we determined that a $9.2 million valuation allowance relating to deferred tax assets for net 
operating losses was necessary. 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.

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 “— Overview” and Part 
1 – Item 1A entitled “Risk Factors,” included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011, 
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 year-to-year (in thousands other than percentages):

Year Ended December 31,

2011

2010

2009

2011
Compared to
2010

2010
Compared to
2009

744,513

$

619,452

$

538,975

20.2%

14.9%

Revenues:

Product licenses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $
License updates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Software as a service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Technical services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

741,834

430,213

289,832

682,246

360,617

212,347

604,968

308,177

161,968

Total net revenues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2,206,392

1,874,662

1,614,088

Cost of net revenues:

Cost of product license revenues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Cost of services revenues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Amortization of product related intangible assets. . . . .

Total cost of net revenues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

74,393

153,063

54,741

282,197

66,682

106,234

50,504

223,420

52,160

87,233

47,917

187,310

Gross margin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1,924,195

1,651,242

1,426,778

Operating expenses:

Research and development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Sales, marketing and services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

General and administrative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Amortization of other intangible assets . . . . . . . . . . . .

Restructuring. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

343,727

839,818

307,270

16,390

24

326,647

729,754

258,875

14,279

971

281,980

679,053

239,623

20,972

26,473

Total operating expenses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1,507,229

1,330,526

1,248,101

Income from operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Interest income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Other (expense) income, net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Income before income taxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Income taxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Consolidated net income. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Less: Net loss attributable to non-controlling interest . . . . .

416,966

13,819
(288)
430,497

74,867

355,630

692

320,716

14,577
(1,473)
333,820

57,379

276,441

624

178,677

14,683

532

193,892

2,875

191,017

—

8.7

19.3

36.5

17.7

11.6

44.1

8.4

26.3

16.5

5.2

15.1

18.7

14.8

*

13.3

30.0
(5.2)
*

29.0

28.6

*

*

12.8

17.0

31.1

16.1

27.8

21.8

5.4

19.3

15.7

15.8

7.5

8.0
(31.9)
*

6.6

79.5
(0.7)
*

72.2

44.7

*

*

Net income attributable to Citrix Systems, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . $

356,322

$

277,065

$

191,017

28.6%

45.0%

  *

not meaningful

Revenues

Net revenues of our Enterprise division include product licenses, license updates, technical services and SaaS. Product 

Licenses primarily represent fees related to the licensing of the following major products:

•  Our Desktop Solutions, comprised primarily of our desktop virtualization product XenDesktop and our application 

virtualization product XenApp; and

•  Our Datacenter and Cloud Solutions revenues are primarily comprised of sales of our cloud networking products, 
which include NetScaler, Branch Repeater and Access Gateway and our Cloud platform products, which include 
XenServer, CloudStack and CloudPortal.

In addition, we offer incentive programs to our VADs and VARs to stimulate demand for our products. Product license 

revenues associated with these programs are partially offset by these incentives to our VADs and VARs.

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 

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subscribers with automatic delivery of unspecified software upgrades, enhancements and maintenance releases when and if 
they become available during the term of the subscription. 

Technical Services revenues are comprised of fees from technical support, which includes hardware and software 
maintenance, and are recognized ratably over the contract term, as well as revenues from product training and certification, and 
consulting services revenue related to the implementation of our products, which are recognized as the services are provided. 
SaaS in our Enterprise division includes fees from sales of our ShareFile products, which are delivered as a subscription service 
and are recognized ratably over the contract term. 

Our Online Services division’s revenues consist of fees related to our SaaS products from our Web collaboration products 
which primarily include our GoToMeeting, GoToWebinar, Hi-Def Audio, and GoToTraining services, our connectivity product, 
GoToMyPC, and our remote IT support which primarily include GoToAssist and GoToManage. Our Online Services revenue is 
recognized ratably over the contract term.

During the first quarter of 2012, we performed a review of the historical presentation of the revenue categories presented 

in our consolidated statements of income. As a result, we will adopt a revised presentation, which we believe is more 
comparable to those presented by other companies in our industry and better reflects our evolving product offerings, for 
example, our new software maintenance products. Beginning in the first quarter of 2012 technical support and hardware and 
software maintenance revenues, which are currently presented in Technical Services, and License Updates will be classified 
together as License Updates and Maintenance. Product training and certification and consulting services, which are currently 
presented in Technical Services, will be classified together as Professional Services. The classification of Product Licenses and 
Software as a Service will remain unchanged. This change in our presentation will not affect our total net revenues, total cost of 
net revenues or gross margin.

Year Ended December 31,

2011

2010

2009

2011
Compared to
2010

2010
Compared to
2009

(In thousands)

Revenues:

Product Licenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $
License Updates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Software as a Service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Technical Services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

744,513

$

619,452

$

538,975

$

125,061

$

741,834

430,213

289,832

682,246

360,617

212,347

604,968

308,177

161,968

59,588

69,596

77,485

80,477

77,278

52,440

50,379

Total net revenues . . . . . . . . . . . . $

2,206,392

$

1,874,662

$ 1,614,088

$

331,730

$

260,574

Product Licenses

Product License revenue increased during 2011 when compared to 2010 primarily due to increased sales of our Desktop 

Solutions, led by XenDesktop, of $74.1 million and increased sales of our Datacenter and Cloud Solutions, led by NetScaler, of 
$48.7 million. Product License revenue increased during 2010 when compared to 2009 primarily due to increased sales of our 
Datacenter and Cloud Solutions, led by NetScaler, of $41.3 million and increased sales of our Desktop Solutions, led by 
XenDesktop and related programs, of $41.2 million. We currently target Product License sales to increase when comparing the 
first quarter of 2012 to the first quarter of 2011.

License Updates

License Updates revenue increased during 2011 when compared to 2010 primarily due to an increase in Subscription 

Advantage renewal sales over a larger base of subscribers. License Updates revenue increased during 2010 when compared to 
2009 primarily due to an increase in new Subscription Advantage sales, led by increased XenDesktop product sales. We 
currently are targeting that License Updates revenue will increase when comparing the first quarter of 2012 to the first quarter 
of 2011 and when comparing the first quarter of 2012 to the fourth quarter of 2011. As described above, in the first quarter of 
2012 License Updates revenue will be classified in License Updates and Maintenance revenues.

Software as a Service

Software as a Service revenues increased during 2011 when compared to 2010 and during 2010 compared to 2009 
primarily due to increased sales of our Online Services division's Web collaboration products. We currently target our Software 
as a Service revenues to increase when comparing the first quarter of 2012 to the first quarter of 2011 and when comparing the 
first quarter of 2012 to the fourth quarter of 2011 due primarily to increased sales of our Web collaboration products.

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Technical Services

Technical Services revenue increased during 2011 when compared to 2010 primarily due to increases in technical support 

revenues of $45.4 million driven by increased sales of our Datacenter and Cloud Solutions and an increase in consulting 
revenues of $23.9 million related to increased sales of our Enterprise division’s products. Technical Services revenue increased 
during 2010 when compared to 2009 primarily due to increases in support revenues of $22.5 million driven by increased sales 
of our Datacenter and Cloud Solutions and an increase in consulting revenues of $15.4 million related to increased sales of our 
Enterprise division’s products. We currently target technical support and consulting revenues to increase when comparing the 
first quarter of 2012 to the first quarter of 2011 consistent with the increase in Product License revenue described above. As 
described above, in the first quarter of 2012 product training and certification and consulting services will be classified as 
Professional Services revenues, and hardware and software maintenance and technical support will be classified as License 
Updates and Maintenance revenues.

Deferred Revenue

Deferred revenues are primarily comprised of License Updates revenue from Subscription Advantage, Technical Services 

revenues related to our support services and consulting contracts and Software as a Service revenues from annual service 
agreements. Deferred revenues primarily increased approximately $180.9 million as of December 31, 2011 compared to 
December 31, 2010 primarily due to increased sales and renewals of our Subscription Advantage product of $111.2 million and 
increased sales of our support services of $51.3 million. We currently target deferred revenue to continue to increase in 2012.

While it is generally our practice to promptly ship our products upon receipt of properly finalized purchase orders, we 
sometimes have product license orders that have not shipped. Although the amount of such product license orders may vary, the 
amount, if any, of such product license orders at the end of a particular period has not been material to total revenue at the end 
of any reporting period. We do not believe that backlog, as of any particular date, is a reliable indicator of future performance.

International Revenues

International revenues (sales outside the United States) accounted for approximately 43.2% of our net revenues for the 

year ended December 31, 2011, 42.7% of our net revenues for the year ended December 31, 2010 and 43.6% of our net 
revenues for the year ended December 31, 2009. For detailed information on international revenues, please refer to Note 12 to 
our consolidated financial statements included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011.

Segment Revenues

Our revenues are derived from sales of Enterprise division products which primarily include our Desktop Solutions, 

Datacenter and Cloud Solutions products and related technical services and from our Online Services division’s Web 
collaboration, connectivity and remote support services. The Enterprise division and the Online Services division constitute our 
two reportable segments.

An analysis of our reportable segment net revenue is presented below (in thousands):

Year Ended December 31,

Revenue
Growth

Revenue
Growth

2011

2010

2009

2011 to 2010

2010 to 2009

(In thousands)

Enterprise division . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $
Online Services division . . . . . . . . . . .

1,778,646

427,746

Consolidated net revenues . . . . . . $

2,206,392

$

$

1,514,045

360,617

1,874,662

$

$

1,305,911

308,177

1,614,088

17.5%

18.6%

17.7%

15.9%

17.0%

16.1%

With respect to our segment revenues, the increase in net revenues for the comparative periods presented was due 

primarily to the factors previously discussed above. See Note 12 of our consolidated financial statements included in this 
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011 for additional information on our segment revenues.

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Cost of Net Revenues

Year Ended December 31,

2011

2010

2009

2011
Compared to
2010

2010
Compared to
2009

(In thousands)

Cost of product license revenues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $
Cost of services revenues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Amortization of product related intangible assets. . .

74,393

$

66,682

$

52,160

$

7,711

$

153,063

54,741

106,234

50,504

87,233

47,917

46,829

4,237

Total cost of net revenues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $

282,197

$ 223,420

$ 187,310

$

58,777

$

14,522

19,001

2,587

36,110

Cost of product license revenues consists primarily of hardware, product media and duplication, manuals, packaging 
materials, shipping expense and royalties. Cost of services revenue consists primarily of compensation and other personnel-
related costs of providing technical support and consulting, as well as the costs related to providing our SaaS. Also included in 
cost of net revenues is amortization of product related intangible assets.

Cost of product license revenues increased during 2011 when compared to 2010 and during 2010 when compared to 2009 

primarily due to increased sales of our Datacenter and Cloud Solutions, as described above, many of which contain hardware 
components that have a higher cost than our other software products. We currently are targeting cost of product license 
revenues will increase when comparing the first quarter of 2012 to the first quarter of 2011 consistent with increases in our 
product license revenues.

Cost of services revenues increased during 2011 compared to 2010 consistent with the increase in sales of our Web 
collaboration products, and related investments in platforms and server capacity of $24.0 million. Also contributing to the 
increase in cost of services revenues is an increase in consulting and support costs of $15.2 million related to increased sales of 
our Enterprise division's technical services as described above. Cost of services revenues increased during 2010 compared to 
2009 consistent with the increase in revenue of technical services related to our Enterprise division's products as described 
above. We currently are targeting cost of services revenues will increase when comparing the first quarter of 2012 to the first 
quarter of 2011 consistent with the increase in Software as a Service and Technical Services revenues as discussed above.

Gross Margin

Gross margin as a percent of revenue was 87.2% for 2011, 88.1% for 2010 and 88.4% for 2009. The slight decrease in 

gross margin as a percentage of net revenue for all periods presented was primarily due to the increase in sales of products with 
a hardware component and increased sales of our services both of which have a higher cost than our software products.

Operating Expenses

Foreign Currency Impact on Operating Expenses

A substantial majority of our overseas operating expenses and capital purchasing activities are transacted in local 
currencies and are therefore 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 up to 15 months in advance of anticipated 
foreign currency expenses. When the dollar is weak, the resulting increase to foreign currency denominated expenses will be 
partially offset by the gain in our hedging contracts. When the dollar is strong, the resulting decrease to foreign currency 
denominated expenses will be partially offset by the loss in our hedging contracts. There is a risk that there will be fluctuations 
in foreign currency exchange rates beyond the timeframe for which we hedge our risk.

Research and Development Expenses

Year Ended December 31,

2011

2010

2009

2011
Compared to
2010

2010
Compared to
2009

(In thousands)

Research and development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $

343,727

$

326,647

$

281,980

$

17,080

$

44,667

Research and development expenses consisted primarily of personnel related costs and facility and equipment costs 

directly related to our research and development activities. We expensed substantially all development costs included in the 
research and development of our products.

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Research and development expenses increased during 2011 as compared to 2010 due to a $36.4 million increase in 

compensation and other employee related costs primarily related to increased headcount due to strategic hiring and 
acquisitions. Partially offsetting the increases in research and development costs when comparing 2011 to 2010 is a $22.4 
million decrease in stock-based compensation expense due to stock-based awards related to certain acquisitions that fully 
vested.

Research and development expenses increased during 2010 as compared to 2009 primarily due to a $30.9 million 

increase in compensation and other employee related costs. Also contributing to the increase in research and development 
expenses was a $10.9 million increase in facilities and related depreciation. These increases primarily relate to the strategic 
hiring of employees in research and development as discussed above in our Executive Summary.

Sales, Marketing and Services Expenses

Year Ended December 31,

2011

2010

2009

2011
Compared to
2010

2010
Compared to
2009

(In thousands)

Sales, marketing and services . . . . . . . . . . . $

839,818

$

729,754

$

679,053

$

110,064

$

50,701

Sales, marketing and services expenses consisted primarily of personnel related costs, including sales commissions, pre-

sales support, the costs of marketing programs aimed at increasing revenue, such as brand development, advertising, trade 
shows, public relations and other market development programs and costs related to our facilities, equipment and information 
systems that are directly related to our sales, marketing and services activities.

Sales, marketing and services expenses increased during 2011 compared to 2010 primarily due to an $81.1 million 
increase in compensation, including variable compensation and employee-related costs due to additional headcount in our sales 
force and technical services group, as well as from our acquisitions. Also contributing to the increase in sales, marketing and 
services expense was a $10.6 million increase in facilities costs and related depreciation consistent with the increase in 
headcount and a $10.3 million increase in marketing program costs related to various marketing campaigns and events.

Sales, marketing and services expenses increased during 2010 compared to 2009 primarily due to a $43.1 million 
increase in compensation including variable compensation and employee related costs due to additional headcount in our sales 
force and technical services group. Also contributing to the increase in sales, marketing and services expense was a $13.8 
million increase in marketing program costs related to our brand awareness campaigns.

General and Administrative Expenses

Year Ended December 31,

2011

2010

2009

2011
Compared to
2010

2010
Compared to
2009

(In thousands)

General and administrative. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $

307,270

$

258,875

$

239,623

$

48,395

$

19,252

General and administrative expenses consisted primarily of personnel related costs and expenses related to outside 

consultants assisting with information systems, as well as accounting and legal fees.

General and administrative expenses increased during 2011 compared to 2010 primarily due to an increase in 

compensation and employee related costs of $30.4 million due to additional headcount, primarily in IT, facilities and 
operations, to support our growth and a related increase in stock-based compensation of $8.6 million. Also contributing to the 
increase in general and administrative expense is a $9.9 million increase in professional fees primarily related to acquisitions 
and strategic investment activity. General and administrative expenses increased during 2010 compared to 2009 primarily due 
to an increase in compensation and employee related costs due to additional headcount, primarily in IT.

2012 Operating Expense Outlook

During the first quarter of 2012, we revised our methodology for allocating certain IT support costs to more closely align 

these costs with the employees directly utilizing the related assets and services. As a result, certain IT support costs will be 
reclassified from general and administrative expenses to research and development expenses and sales, marketing and services 
expenses based on the headcount in each of these functional areas. 

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When comparing the first quarter of 2012 to the fourth quarter of 2011, we are targeting operating expenses to increase in 
research and development and sales, marketing and services due to the full quarter impact of the acquisitions completed in the 
fourth quarter of 2011, investments that we have made in headcount and related expenses as well as the re-allocation of certain 
IT support costs as discussed above. Conversely, we are targeting general and administrative expenses to decrease by the 
amount of IT support costs allocated to research and development and sales, marketing and services, as described above. This 
decrease will be partially offset by an increase in general and administrative expenses due to the full quarter impact of the 
acquisitions completed in fourth quarter of 2011 and investments in headcount and related costs that we have made to support 
our growth. 

Amortization of Other Intangible Assets

Year Ended December 31,

2011

2010

2009

2011
Compared to
2010

2010
Compared to
2009

(In thousands)

Amortization of other intangible assets . . . . . . . . . $

16,390

$

14,279

$

20,972

$

2,111

$

(6,693)

Amortization of other intangible assets consists of amortization of customer relationships, trade names and covenants not 

to compete primarily related to our acquisitions. The increase in amortization of other intangible assets during 2011 as 
compared to 2010 was primarily due to acquired intangible assets related to 2011 acquisitions of $5.9 million offset by other 
acquired customer related intangible assets becoming fully amortized during 2011 of $4.0 million. The decrease in amortization 
of other intangible assets during 2010 as compared to 2009 was primarily due to acquired customer related intangible assets 
becoming fully amortized during 2010. As of December 31, 2011, we had unamortized other identified intangible assets with 
estimable useful lives in the net amount of $139.1 million. For more information regarding our acquisitions see, “— Overview” 
and Note 3 to our consolidated financial statements included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended 
December 31, 2011.

Other (Expense) Income, Net

Year Ended December 31,

2011

2010

2009

2011
Compared to
2010

2010
Compared to
2009

(In thousands)

Other (expense) income, net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $

(288) $

(1,473) $

532

$

1,185

$

(2,005)

Other (expense) income, net is primarily comprised of remeasurement of foreign currency transaction gains (losses), 
realized gains (losses) related to changes in the fair value of our investments that have a decline in fair value that is considered 
other-than-temporary, recognized gains (losses) related to investments and interest expense which was not material for all 
periods presented.

The increase in Other (expense) income, net when comparing 2011 to 2010 primarily due to a gain on remeasurement of 

our foreign currency transactions of $3.5 million and a decrease in losses recognized on prepayments at par of securities 
purchased at a premium within our available-for-sale investment portfolio of $0.6 million partially offset by an impairment 
recognized on a cost method investment of $3.5 million. Other (expense) income, net increased when comparing 2010 to 2009 
primarily due to losses recognized on prepayments at par of securities purchased at a premium within our available-for-sale 
investment portfolio. For more information see “— Liquidity and Capital Resources” and Note 4 to our consolidated financial 
statements included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011.

Income Taxes

We and certain of our subsidiaries are subject to U.S. federal income taxes, as well as income taxes of multiple state and 

foreign jurisdictions. With few exceptions, we are no longer subject to U.S. federal, state and local, or non-U.S., income tax 
examinations by tax authorities for years prior to 2004.

In the ordinary course of global business, there are transactions for which the ultimate tax outcome is uncertain and 

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 

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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.

In June 2010, we reached a settlement in principle with the IRS regarding certain previously disclosed income tax 
deficiencies asserted in a Revenue Agent’s Report, or RAR. Under the terms of the settlement in principle, we would agree to 
an assessment of income tax deficiencies in full settlement of all open claims under the RAR and would resolve with finality 
for future years all of the transfer pricing issues raised in the RAR. Based on this, we incurred a charge of $13.1 million in 2010 
in accordance with the authoritative guidance. Among other things, the authoritative guidance requires application of a “more 
likely than not” threshold to the recognition and non-recognition of tax positions. It further requires that a change in 
management judgment related to prior years’ tax positions be recognized in the quarter of such change.

The final settlement requires the finalization of tax deficiency calculations with the IRS and a written agreement signed 
by the IRS. It is uncertain how long it will take to reach a final settlement with the IRS. There can be no assurances that a final 
written agreement will be obtained or that this matter will otherwise be resolved in our favor. An adverse outcome of this 
matter could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations and financial condition.

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, 2011, we had approximately $93.3 million in net deferred tax 
assets. The authoritative guidance requires a valuation allowance to reduce the deferred tax assets reported if, based on the 
weight of the evidence, it is more likely than not that some portion or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized. We 
review deferred tax assets periodically for recoverability and make estimates and judgments regarding the expected geographic 
sources of taxable income and gains from investments, as well as tax planning strategies in assessing the need for a valuation 
allowance. At December 31, 2011, we determined that $9.2 million valuation allowance relating to deferred tax assets for net 
operating losses and tax credits was necessary. 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.

We maintain certain strategic management and operational activities in overseas subsidiaries and our foreign earnings are 

taxed at rates that are generally lower than in the United States. We do not expect to remit earnings from our foreign 
subsidiaries. Our effective tax rate was approximately 17.4% for the year ended December 31, 2011 and 17.2% for the year 
ended December 31, 2010. The increase in the effective tax rate when comparing the year ended December 31, 2011 to the year 
ended December 31, 2010 was not significant. 

 Our effective tax rate generally differs from the U.S. federal statutory rate of 35% due primarily to lower tax rates on 

earnings generated by our foreign operations that are taxed primarily in Switzerland. We have not provided for U.S. taxes for 
those earnings because we plan to reinvest all of those earnings indefinitely outside the United States. Our effective tax rate 
will fluctuate based on the mix of earnings from our U.S. and foreign jurisdictions. Accordingly, earnings from the production 
and distribution of our products and services through our foreign headquarters in Switzerland are currently taxed at lower 
income tax rates than earnings from our U.S. operations.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

During 2011 we generated operating cash flows of $679.1 million. These operating cash flows related primarily to net 

income of $355.6 million, adjusted for, among other things, non-cash charges, including depreciation and amortization 
expenses of $159.3 million and stock-based compensation expense of $92.9 million. Also contributing to these cash inflows 
was an aggregate increase in operating assets and liabilities of $73.9 million, net of effects of acquisitions. Our investing 
activities used $451.2 million of cash consisting primarily of cash paid for acquisitions of $455.4 million, the purchase of 
property and equipment of $111.9 million and $32.3 million in cash paid for licensing agreements and product related 
intangible assets and cost method investments. These investing cash outflows were partially offset by net sales of investments 
of $148.4 million. Our financing activities used cash of $292.6 million primarily due to stock repurchases of $424.8 million. 
This financing cash outflow was partially offset by proceeds received from the issuance of common stock under our employee 
stock-based compensation plans of $125.6 million.

During 2010 we generated operating cash flows of $616.3 million. These cash flows related primarily to net income of 

$276.4 million, adjusted for, among other things, non-cash charges including depreciation and amortization of $138.2 million, 
stock-based compensation expense of $103.8 million and the tax effect of stock-based compensation of $51.5 million. Also 
contributing to these cash inflows is an aggregate increase in cash flow from our operating assets and liabilities of $144.8 
million, net of the effects of acquisitions. These operating cash inflows are partially offset by the excess benefit from the 
exercise of stock options of $60.2 million and $46.7 million related to a deferred income tax benefit. Our investing activities 

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used $457.0 million of cash consisting primarily of cash paid for net purchases of investments of $335.0 million. Also 
contributing to these cash outflows is the purchase of property and equipment of $75.4 million, $26.2 million in cash paid for 
licensing agreements and other assets and $20.5 million in cash paid for acquisitions. Our financing activities used cash of 
$26.3 million, primarily from expenditures on our stock repurchase program of $433.7 million partially offset by proceeds 
received from the issuance of common stock under our employee stock-based compensation plans of $353.6 million and the 
excess tax benefit from the exercise of stock options of $60.2 million.

Historically, significant portions of our cash inflows were generated by our operations. We currently expect this trend to 

continue throughout 2012. 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.

Cash, Cash Equivalents and Investments

December 31,

2011

2010

(In thousands)

2011
Compared to
2010

Cash, cash equivalents and investments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $

1,477,601

$

1,685,659

$

(208,058)

The decrease in cash, cash equivalents and investments at December 31, 2011 as compared to December 31, 2010, is 
primarily due to cash paid for acquisitions, net of cash acquired, of $455.4 million, expenditures made on stock repurchases of 
$424.8 million, purchases of property and equipment of $111.9 million and purchases of cost method investments and product-
related intangible assets of $32.3 million partially offset by cash provided by our operating activities of $679.1 million and cash 
received from the issuance of common stock under our employee stock-based compensation plans of $125.6 million. As of 
December 31, 2011, $554.7 million of the $1,477.6 million of cash, cash equivalents and investments was held by our foreign 
subsidiaries. If these funds are needed for our operations in the United States, we would be required to accrue and pay U.S. 
taxes to repatriate these funds. Our current plans are not expected to require repatriation of cash and investments to fund our 
U.S. operations and, as a result, we intend to permanently reinvest our foreign earnings. See “– Liquidity and Capital 
Resources.” 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-term and long-term investments primarily consist of interest-bearing 
securities.

Fair Value Measurements

The authoritative guidance defines fair value as an exit price, representing the amount that would either be received to 

sell an asset or be paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants. As such, fair value is a 
market-based measurement that should be determined based on assumptions that market participants would use in pricing an 
asset or liability. As a basis for considering such assumptions, the guidance establishes a three-tier fair value hierarchy, which 
prioritizes the inputs used in measuring fair value as follows:

• 

• 

• 

Level 1. Observable inputs such as quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities;

Level 2. Inputs, other than the quoted prices in active markets, that are observable either directly or indirectly; and

Level 3. Unobservable inputs in which there is little or no market data, which require the reporting entity to develop 
its own assumptions.

Available-for-sale securities included in Level 2 are valued utilizing inputs obtained from an independent pricing service, 

or the Service, which uses quoted market prices for identical or comparable instruments rather than direct observations of 
quoted prices in active markets. The Service gathers observable inputs for all of our fixed income securities from a variety of 
industry data providers including, for example, large custodial institutions and other third-party sources. Once the observable 
inputs are gathered by the Service, all data points are considered and an average price is determined. The Service’s providers 
utilize a variety of inputs to determine their quoted prices. These inputs may include interest rates, known historical trades, 
yield curve information, benchmark data, prepayment speeds, credit quality and broker/dealer quotes. Substantially all of our 
available-for-sale investments are valued utilizing inputs obtained from the Service and accordingly are categorized as Level 2 
in the table below. We periodically independently assess the pricing obtained from the Service and historically have not 
adjusted the Service's pricing as a result of this assessment. Available-for-sale securities are included in Level 3 when relevant 
observable inputs for a security are not available.

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Our assessment of the significance of a particular input to the fair value measurement requires judgment and may affect 

the classification of assets and liabilities within the fair value hierarchy. In certain instances, the inputs used to measure fair 
value may meet the definition of more than one level of the fair value hierarchy. The input with the lowest level priority is used 
to determine the applicable level in the fair value hierarchy.

Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis

Our fixed income available-for-sale security portfolio generally consists of high quality, investment grade securities from 

diverse issuers with a minimum credit rating of A-/A3 and a weighted-average credit rating of AA+/Aa1. We previously 
classified these investments as Level 1 because we did not make adjustments to the prices obtained from the Service. However, 
as we value these securities based on pricing from the Service, whose sources may use quoted prices in active markets for 
identical assets (Level 1 inputs) or inputs other than quoted prices that are observable either directly or indirectly (Level 2 
inputs) in determining fair value, we began classifying all of our fixed income available-for-sale securities as Level 2 during 
2011. See Note 4 to our consolidated financial statements included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended 
December 31, 2011 for more information regarding our available-for-sale investments. 

We measure our cash flow hedges, which are classified as prepaid expenses and other current assets and accrued 

expenses and other current liabilities, at fair value based on indicative prices in active markets (Level 2 inputs).

We have invested in convertible debt securities of certain early-stage entities that are classified as available-for-sale 
investments. As quoted prices in active markets or other observable inputs were not available for these investments, in order to 
measure them at fair value, we utilized a discounted cash flow model using a discount rate reflecting the market risk inherent in 
holding securities of an early-stage enterprise, adjusted by the probability-weighted exit possibilities associated with the 
convertible debt securities. This methodology required us to make assumptions that were not directly or indirectly observable 
regarding the fair value of the convertible debt securities; accordingly it is a Level 3 valuation and is included in the "Purchases 
of Level 3 securities" line in the table below.

Assets Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis Using Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)

Investments

(in thousands)

Balance at December 31, 2010. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $
Purchases of Level 3 securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Proceeds received on Level 3 securities (1). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Decrease in previously recognized unrealized losses included in accumulated other comprehensive (loss)
income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Balance at December 31, 2011. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $

49,340
3,696
(50,000)

660
3,696

(1)  In September 2011, our investment in AIG Matched Funding Corporation matured and proceeds of $50.0 million were 

received. See Notes 4 and 5 to our consolidated financial statements included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K for the 
year ended December 31, 2011 for more information.

Assets Measured at Fair Value on a Non-recurring Basis Using Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)

During the third quarter of 2011, one of our cost method investments with a carrying value of $5.0 million was 

determined to be impaired and has been written down to its fair value of $1.5 million, resulting in an impairment charge of $3.5 
million, which is included in other (expense) income in our consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 
2011. The fair value of the cost method investment represents a Level 3 valuation as the assumptions used in valuing this 
investment were not directly or indirectly observable.

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Accounts Receivable, Net

Accounts receivable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $
Allowance for returns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Allowance for doubtful accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Accounts receivable, net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $

December 31,

2011

2010

(In thousands)

2011
Compared to
2010

488,356
(1,361)
(2,564)
484,431

$

$

382,654
(850)
(3,409)
378,395

$

105,702
(511)
845

$

106,036

The increase in accounts receivable at December 31, 2011 compared to December 31, 2010 was primarily due to increase 

in sales, particularly in the last month of 2011 compared to the last month of 2010. The activity in our allowance for returns 
was comprised primarily of $5.5 million of provisions for returns recorded during 2011 partially offset by $5.0 million in 
credits issued for returns during the 2011. The activity in our allowance for doubtful accounts was comprised primarily of $2.6 
million of uncollectible accounts written off, net of recoveries during 2011 partially offset by $1.7 million in additional 
provisions for doubtful accounts primarily acquired in connection with our acquisitions during 2011. 

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, 2011, one distributor, Ingram Micro, accounted for 14% of our accounts receivable. At December 31, 2010, one 
distributor, Ingram Micro, accounted for 17% of our accounts receivable. For more information regarding significant customers 
see Note 12 to our consolidated financial statements included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended 
December 31, 2011.

Credit Facility

Effective on August 9, 2005, we entered into a revolving credit facility, or the Credit Facility, with a group of financial 

institutions. Effective September 27, 2006, we entered into an amendment and restatement of our Credit Facility, or the 
Amendment. The Amendment decreased the overall range of interest rates we paid on amounts outstanding on the Credit 
Facility and lowered the facility fee. In addition, the Amendment extended the term of the Credit Facility until September 27, 
2011. The Credit Facility, as amended, provided for a revolving line of credit in the aggregate amount of $100.0 million, 
subject to continued covenant compliance. The Credit Facility, as amended, bore interest at the London Interbank Offered Rate 
(“LIBOR”) plus 0.32% and adjusted in the range of 0.32% to 0.80% above LIBOR based on the level of our total debt and our 
adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (“EBITDA”) as defined in the agreement. In addition, 
we were required to pay a quarterly facility fee ranging from 0.08% to 0.20% based on the aggregate amount available under 
the Credit Facility, as amended, and the level of our total debt and its adjusted EBITDA. We did not renew the credit facility 
and it expired on September 27, 2011. Upon expiration, there was no indebtedness outstanding under the Credit Facility. 

Stock Repurchase Program

Our Board of Directors authorized an ongoing stock repurchase program with a total repurchase authority granted to us of 

$3.0 billion. We may use the approved dollar authority to repurchase stock at any time until the approved amounts are 
exhausted. The objective of our stock repurchase program is to improve stockholders’ returns. At December 31, 2011, 
approximately $186.6 million was available to repurchase common stock pursuant to the stock repurchase program. All shares 
repurchased are recorded as treasury stock in our consolidated balance sheets included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K for 
the year ended December 31, 2011. A portion of the funds used to repurchase stock over the course of the program was 
provided by proceeds from employee stock option exercises and the related tax benefit.

We are authorized to make open market purchases of our common stock using general corporate funds. Additionally, 

from time to time, we may enter 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 us to make up-
front payments to the counterparty financial institution and result in the receipt of stock during or at the end of the agreement or 
the receipt of either stock or cash at the maturity of the agreement, depending on market conditions. 

During the year ended December 31, 2011, we expended approximately $424.8 million on open market purchases, 
repurchasing 6,275,470 shares of outstanding common stock at an average price of $67.70. As of December 31, 2011, we did 
not have any prepaid notional amounts outstanding under structured stock repurchase programs and during the year we did not 

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make any up-front payments to financial institutions related to structured stock repurchase agreements.

During the year ended December 31, 2010, we expended approximately $434.8 million on open market purchases, 
repurchasing 8,157,400 shares of outstanding common stock at an average price of $53.31. In addition, during the third quarter 
of 2010, we made an up-front payment of $15.0 million to a financial institution related to a structured stock repurchase 
agreement. At the maturity of the agreement in the fourth quarter of 2010, we received $16.1 million in cash, including 
premiums, and did not take delivery of any shares related to the agreement due to market conditions. As of December 31, 2010, 
we did not have any prepaid notional amounts outstanding related to our structured stock repurchase programs.

During the year ended December 31, 2009, we expended approximately $214.9 million on open market purchases, 
repurchasing 6,475,830 shares of outstanding common stock at an average price of $33.19. As of December 31, 2009, we did 
not have any prepaid notional amounts outstanding under our structured stock repurchase programs and during the year we did 
not make any up-front payments to financial institutions related to structured stock repurchase agreements.

Shares for Tax Withholding

During the years ended December 31, 2011, 2010 and 2009, we withheld 182,203 shares, 123,489 shares and 46,732 
shares, respectively, from stock units that vested. Amounts withheld to satisfy minimum tax withholding obligations that arose 
on the vesting of stock unit awards was $13.3 million for 2011, $6.3 million for 2010 and $1.8 million for 2009. These shares 
are reflected as treasury stock in our consolidated balance sheets included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year 
ended December 31, 2011 and the related cash outlays reduce our total stock repurchase authority.

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.

The following table summarizes our significant contractual obligations at December 31, 2011 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 . . . . . . . . .
Purchase obligations(1). . . . . . . . . . . . .
Total contractual obligations(2) . . . . . .

$

$

Total
261,323
21,200
282,523

$

$

Payments due by period

Less than 1 Year

1-3 Years

4-5 Years

59,925
21,200
81,125

$

$

103,738
—
103,738

$

$

68,087
—
68,087

More than 5 Years
29,573
$
—
29,573

$

(1)  Purchase obligations represent non-cancelable commitments to purchase inventory ordered before year-end of 

approximately $11.8 million and a contingent obligation to purchase inventory, which is based on amount of usage, of 
approximately $9.4 million.

(2)  Total contractual obligations do not include agreements where our commitment is variable in nature or where 

cancellations without payment provisions exist and excludes $79.2 million of liabilities related to uncertain tax 
positions recorded in accordance with authoritative guidance, because we could not make reasonably reliable 
estimates of the period or amount of cash settlement with the respective taxing authorities. See Note 11 to our 
consolidated financial statements included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011 
for further information.

As of December 31, 2011, we did not have any individually material capital lease obligations or other material long-term 

commitments reflected on our consolidated balance sheets.

Commitments

Capital expenditures were $111.9 million during 2011, $75.4 million during 2010 and $76.2 million during 2009. During 

2011, 2010 and 2009, capital expenditures were primarily related to application and infrastructure delivery to enable growth 
and enhance management reporting capabilities and leasehold improvements.

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Office Leases

We have operating lease obligations through 2018 related to two properties that are not utilized. At December 31, 2011, 

the total remaining obligation on these leases was approximately $5.4 million, of which $2.1 million was accrued as of 
December 31, 2011, and is reflected in accrued expenses and other current liabilities and other liabilities in our consolidated 
financial statements included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011. 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 related to these vacant facilities.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

We do not have any special purpose entities or off-balance sheet financing arrangements.

ITEM 7A. 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 instruments. 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, 2011. Actual 
results could differ materially.

Discussions of our accounting policies for derivatives and hedging activities are included in Notes 2 and 14 to our 

consolidated financial statements included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011.

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, Japanese yen, Australian dollars, Swiss francs, Indian rupees, Hong Kong dollars, 
Canadian dollars, Singapore dollars and Chinese renminbi. To reduce our exposure to a reduction in U.S. dollar value and the 
volatility of future cash flows caused by changes in currency exchange rates, we have established 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, 2011 and 2010, we had in place foreign currency forward sale contracts with a notional amount of 
$78.0 million and $98.5 million, respectively, and foreign currency forward purchase contracts with a notional amount of 
$187.4 million and $244.7 million, respectively. At December 31, 2011, these contracts had an aggregate fair liability value of 
$5.6 million and at December 31, 2010, these contracts had an aggregate fair asset value of $6.4 million. Based on a 
hypothetical 10% appreciation of the U.S. dollar from December 31, 2011 market rates, the fair value of our foreign currency 
forward contracts would decrease by $10.4 million. Conversely, a hypothetical 10% depreciation of the U.S. dollar from 
December 31, 2011 market rates would increase the fair value of our foreign currency forward contracts by $10.4 million, 
resulting in a net asset position. In these hypothetical movements, foreign operating costs 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 the prices of our 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 investments. We maintain available-
for-sale investments in debt securities and we limit 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 

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interest rates were to increase by 100 basis points from December 31, 2011 and 2010 levels, the fair value of the available-for-
sale portfolio would decline by approximately $10.7 million and $15.2 million, respectively. If market interest rates were to 
decrease by 100 basis points from December 31, 2011 and 2010 levels, the fair value of the available-for-sale portfolio would 
increase by approximately $3.5 million and $8.9 million, respectively. These amounts are determined by considering the impact 
of the hypothetical interest rate movements on our available-for-sale and trading investment portfolios. This analysis does not 
consider the effect of credit risk as a result of the changes in overall economic activity that could exist in such an environment.

ITEM 8. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SCHEDULES

Our consolidated financial statements and related financial statement schedule, together with the report of independent 
registered public accounting firm, appear at pages F-1 through F-37 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended 
December 31, 2011.

ITEM 9. CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL 
DISCLOSURE

There have been no changes in or disagreements with our independent registered public accountants on accounting or 

financial disclosure matters during our two most recent fiscal years.

ITEM 9A. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

As of December 31, 2011, our management, with the participation of our President and Chief Executive Officer and our 

Executive Vice President, Operations and Chief Financial Officer, evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and 
procedures pursuant to Rule 13a-15(b) promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the Exchange 
Act. Based upon that evaluation, our President and Chief Executive Officer and our Executive Vice President, Operations and 
Chief Financial Officer concluded that, as of December 31, 2011, our disclosure controls and procedures were effective in 
ensuring that material information required to be disclosed in the reports that we file or submit 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 our management, 
including our President and Chief Executive Officer and our Executive Vice President, Operations 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, 2011, 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.

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 the 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, 
2011. In making this assessment, our management used the criteria set forth by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of 
the Treadway Commission, or COSO, in Internal Control—Integrated Framework (the COSO criteria). Based on our 
assessment we believe that, as of December 31, 2011, our internal control over financial reporting is effective based on those 
criteria. The effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2011 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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The Board of Directors and Stockholders of Citrix Systems, Inc.

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

We have audited Citrix Systems, Inc.'s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2011, 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 maintaining effective internal control 
over financial reporting, and for its assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting included in the 
accompanying Management's Annual Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting. Our responsibility is to express an 
opinion on 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, assessing the risk that a material weakness exists, testing and evaluating the design and 
operating effectiveness of internal control based on the assessed risk, 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 
reliability 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 
dispositions 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 
expenditures 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.

In our opinion, Citrix Systems, Inc. maintained, in all material respects, effective internal control over financial reporting as of 
December 31, 2011, 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, 2011 and 2010, and the related consolidated 
statements of income, comprehensive income, equity, and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 
31, 2011 of Citrix Systems, Inc. and our report dated February 23, 2012 expressed an unqualified opinion thereon.

Boca Raton, Florida
February 23, 2012

/s/ Ernst & Young LLP
Certified Public Accountants

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ITEM 9B. OTHER INFORMATION

Our policy governing transactions in our securities by our directors, officers and employees permits our officers, directors 
and certain other persons to enter into trading plans complying with Rule 10b5-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as 
amended. We have been advised that Stephen Dow, Gary Morin and Godfrey Sullivan, members of our board of directors and 
Brett Caine, our Senior Vice President and General Manager, Online Services Division, each entered into a new trading plan in 
the fourth quarter of 2011 in accordance with Rule 10b5-1 and our policy governing transactions in our securities to exercise 
soon to expire stock options. We undertake no obligation to update or revise the information provided herein, including for 
revision or termination of an established trading plan.

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PART III

ITEM 10. DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

The information required under this item is incorporated herein by reference to the Company’s definitive proxy statement 

pursuant to Regulation 14A, which proxy statement will be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission not later than 
120 days after the close of the Company’s fiscal year ended December 31, 2011.

ITEM 11. EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

The information required under this item is incorporated herein by reference to the Company’s definitive proxy statement 

pursuant to Regulation 14A, which proxy statement will be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission not later than 
120 days after the close of the Company’s fiscal year ended December 31, 2011.

ITEM 12. SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT AND RELATED 
STOCKHOLDER MATTERS

The information required under this item is incorporated herein by reference to the Company’s definitive proxy statement 

pursuant to Regulation 14A, which proxy statement will be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission not later than 
120 days after the close of the Company’s fiscal year ended December 31, 2011.

ITEM 13. CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS AND DIRECTOR INDEPENDENCE

The information required under this item is incorporated herein by reference to the Company’s definitive proxy statement 

pursuant to Regulation 14A, which proxy statement will be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission not later than 
120 days after the close of the Company’s fiscal year ended December 31, 2011.

ITEM 14. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTING FEES AND SERVICES

The information required under this item is incorporated herein by reference to the Company’s definitive proxy statement 

pursuant to Regulation 14A, which proxy statement will be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission not later than 
120 days after the close of the Company’s fiscal year ended December 31, 2011.

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PART IV

ITEM 15. EXHIBITS, FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES

(a)  1. Consolidated Financial Statements.

For a list of the consolidated financial information included herein, see page F-1.

2. Financial Statement Schedules.

The following consolidated financial statement schedule is included in Item 8:

Valuation and Qualifying Accounts

3. List of Exhibits.

Exhibit No.

3.1

3.2

3.3

3.4

4.1

10.1*

10.2*

10.3*

10.4*

10.5*

10.6*

10.7*

10.8*

10.9*

10.10*

10.11*

10.12*

Description
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company (incorporated herein by reference to
Exhibit 3.2 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 33-98542), as amended)

Certificate of Amendment to the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company
(incorporated by reference herein to Exhibit 3.2 to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year
ended December 31, 2007)

Amended and Restated By-laws of the Company (incorporated by reference herein to Exhibit 3.1 to the
Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated as of December 12, 2007)

Amendment No. 1 to the Amended and Restated By-laws of the Company (incorporated herein by reference
to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated as of February 20, 2009)

Specimen certificate representing Common Stock (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the
Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 33-98542), as amended)

Second Amended and Restated 1995 Non-Employee Director Stock Option Plan (incorporated by reference
herein to Exhibit 10.2 to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007)

Amended and Restated 2000 Director and Officer Stock Option and Incentive Plan (incorporated by
reference herein to Exhibit 10.4 to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 2008)

2000 Director and Officer Stock Option and Incentive Plan, Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreement
(incorporated by reference herein to Exhibit 10.4 to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year
ended December 31, 2009)

2000 Director and Officer Stock Option and Incentive Plan, Incentive Stock Option Agreement (incorporated
by reference herein to Exhibit 10.5 to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 2009)

Amended and Restated 2005 Equity Incentive Plan (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the
Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2010)

First Amendment to Citrix Systems, Inc. Amended and Restated 2005 Equity Incentive Plan (incorporated
herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated as of May 28, 2010)

Second Amendment to the Citrix Systems, Inc. Amended and Restated 2005 Equity Incentive Plan
(incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated as of
June 2, 2011)

Third Amendment to the Citrix Systems, Inc. Amended and Restated 2005 Equity Incentive Plan
(incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated as of
June 2, 2011)

Form of Global Stock Option Agreement under the Citrix Systems, Inc. Amended and Restated 2005 Equity
Incentive Plan (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the Company's Quarterly Report on Form
10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2011)

Form of Restricted Stock Unit Agreement For Non-Employee Directors under the Citrix Systems, Inc.
Amended and Restated 2005 Equity Incentive Plan (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.2 of the
Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2011)

Form of Global Restricted Stock Unit Agreement under the Citrix Systems, Inc. Amended and Restated 2005
Equity Incentive Plan (Performance Based Awards) (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.3 of the
Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2011)

Form of Global Restricted Stock Unit Agreement under the Citrix Systems, Inc. Amended and Restated 2005
Equity Incentive Plan (Time Based Awards) (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.4 of the
Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2011)

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Exhibit No.

10.13*

10.14*†

10.15*

10.16*

10.17*

10.18*

10.19*

10.20*

10.21*

18.1
21.1†
23.1†
24.1
31.1†
31.2†

32.1††

101†††

*

†

††

†††

Description
Form of Long Term Incentive Agreement under the Citrix Systems, Inc. Amended and Restated 2005 Equity
Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference herein to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form
10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2009)

Amended and Restated 2005 Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Citrix Systems, Inc. Executive Bonus Plan (incorporated by reference herein to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company's
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2008)

Change in Control Agreement dated as of August 4, 2005 by and between the Company and Mark B.
Templeton (incorporated by reference herein to Exhibit 10.11 to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K
for the year ended December 31, 2010)

Form of Change in Control Agreement by and between the Company and each of David J. Henshall, David R.
Freidman, Brett M. Caine, Alvaro J. Monserrat, John Gordon Payne and Wesley Wasson (incorporated by
reference herein to Exhibit 10.12 to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 2010)

Form of First Amendment to Change of Control Agreement (Chief Executive Officer) between the Company
and Mark Templeton (incorporated by reference herein to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company's Quarterly Report on
Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2008)

Form of First Amendment to Change of Control Agreement between the Company and each of Brett M. Caine,
David J. Henshall, David R. Friedman, Alvaro J. Monserrat, John Gordon Payne and Wesley Wasson (together
with Mark Templeton, the “Executive Officers”) (incorporated by reference herein to Exhibit 10.2 to the
Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2008)

Form of Amendment to Change in Control Agreements by and between the Company and each Executive
Officer (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.3 of the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for
the quarter ended June 30, 2011)

Form of Indemnification Agreement by and between the Company and each of its Directors and Executive
Officers (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.4 of the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q
for the quarter ended June 30, 2011)

Preferability Letter of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm (incorporated by reference herein to
Exhibit 18.1 to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009)
List of Subsidiaries
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
Power of Attorney (included in signature page)
Rule 13a-14(a) / 15d-14(a) Certifications
Rule 13a-14(a) / 15d-14(a) Certifications
Certification pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley
Act of 2002
XBRL (eXtensible Business Reporting Language). The following materials from Citrix Systems, Inc.'s Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011 formatted in XBRL: (i) the Consolidated Balance
Sheets, (ii) the Consolidated Statements of Income, (iii) the Consolidated Statements of Equity and
Comprehensive Income, (iv) the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows and (v) notes to consolidated
financial statements.

Indicates a management contract or a compensatory plan, contract or arrangement.

Filed herewith.

Furnished herewith.

As provided in Rule 406T of Regulation S-T, this information is furnished and not filed for purposes of Sections 11
and 12 of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 18 of the Securities Act of 1934.

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(b) Exhibits.

The Company hereby files as part of this Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011, the 
exhibits listed in Item 15(a)(3) above. Exhibits which are incorporated herein by reference can be inspected and copied at the 
public reference facilities maintained by the Securities and Exchange Commission, 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C., 
20549 and at the Commission’s regional offices at 175 W. Jackson Boulevard, Suite 900, Chicago, IL 60604 and 3 World 
Financial Center, Suite 400, New York, NY 10281-1022.

(c) Financial Statement Schedule.

The Company hereby files as part of this Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011 the 

consolidated financial statement schedule listed in Item 15(a)(2) above, which is attached hereto.

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Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused 

this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Fort Lauderdale, Florida on the 23rd day 
of February, 2012.

SIGNATURES

By:

CITRIX SYSTEMS, INC.

/s/ MARK B. TEMPLETON
Mark B. Templeton
President and Chief Executive Officer

POWER OF ATTORNEY AND SIGNATURES

We, the undersigned officers and directors of Citrix Systems, Inc., hereby severally constitute and appoint Mark B. 
Templeton and David J. Henshall, and each of them singly, our true and lawful attorneys, with full power to them and each of 
them singly, to sign for us in our names in the capacities indicated below, all amendments to this report, and generally to do all 
things in our names and on our behalf in such capacities to enable Citrix Systems, Inc. to comply with the provisions of the 
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and all requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following 

persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities indicated below on the 23rd day of February, 2012.

Signature

Title(s)

/S/    MARK B. TEMPLETON        

Mark B. Templeton

President, Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal
Executive Officer)

/S/    DAVID J. HENSHALL        

David J. Henshall

Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President,
Operations (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

/S/    THOMAS F. BOGAN        

Chairman of the Board of Directors

Thomas F. Bogan

/S/    NANCI CALDWELL        

   Director

Nanci Caldwell

/S/    MURRAY J. DEMO        

   Director

Murray J. Demo

/S/    STEPHEN M. DOW        

   Director

Stephen M. Dow

/S/    ASIFF S. HIRJI        

   Director

Asiff S. Hirji

/S/    GARY E. MORIN        

   Director

Gary E. Morin

/S/    GODFREY R. SULLIVAN        

   Director

Godfrey R. Sullivan

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List of Financial Statements and Financial Statement Schedule

CITRIX SYSTEMS, INC.

The following consolidated financial statements of Citrix Systems, Inc. are included in Item 8:

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Consolidated Balance Sheets — December 31, 2011 and 2010 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Consolidated Statements of Income — Years ended December 31, 2011, 2010 and 2009 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income — Years ended December 31, 2011, 2010 and 2009 . .
Consolidated Statements of Equity — Years ended December 31, 2011, 2010 and 2009 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows — Years ended December 31, 2011, 2010 and 2009 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

The following consolidated financial statement schedule of Citrix Systems, Inc. is included in Item 15(a):

Schedule II Valuation and Qualifying Accounts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F-2
F-3
F-4
F-5
F-6
F-8
F-9

All other schedules for which provision is made in the applicable accounting regulation of the Securities and Exchange 

Commission are not required under the related instructions or are inapplicable and therefore have been omitted.

F-1

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

The Board of Directors and Stockholders of Citrix Systems, Inc.

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Citrix Systems, Inc. as of December 31, 2011 and 2010, and 
the related consolidated statements of income, comprehensive income, equity, and cash flows for each of the three years in the 
period ended December 31, 2011. Our audits also included the financial statement schedule listed in the Index at Item 15(a). These 
financial statements and schedule are the responsibility of the Company's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion 
on these financial statements and schedule 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 position 
of Citrix Systems, Inc. at December 31, 2011 and 2010, and the consolidated results of its operations and its cash flows for each 
of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2011, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. Also, 
in our opinion, the related financial statement schedule, when considered in relation to the basic financial statements taken as a 
whole, presents fairly in all material respects the information set forth therein. 

We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), Citrix 
Systems, Inc.'s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2011, based on criteria established in Internal Control-
Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission and our report dated 
February 23, 2012 expressed an unqualified opinion thereon. 

/s/ Ernst & Young LLP
Certified Public Accountants

Boca Raton, Florida
February 23, 2012

F-2

CITRIX SYSTEMS, INC.

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

Current assets:

Assets

Cash and cash equivalents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $
Short-term investments — available-for-sale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Accounts receivable, net of allowances of $3,925 and $4,259 at December 31, 2011 and
2010, respectively . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Inventories, net. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Prepaid expenses and other current assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Current portion of deferred tax assets, net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Total current assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Long-term investments — available-for-sale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Property and equipment, net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Goodwill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Other intangible assets, net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Long-term portion of deferred tax assets, net. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Other assets. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Total assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $

Current liabilities:

Liabilities and Equity

Accounts payable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Current portion of deferred revenues. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Total current liabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Long-term portion of deferred revenues. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Other liabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Commitments and contingencies
Equity:

Citrix Systems, Inc. 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; 282,774 and 277,992
shares issued and outstanding at December 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively. . . . . . . . . . . .
Additional paid-in capital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Retained earnings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Accumulated other comprehensive (loss) income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

December 31,
2011

December 31,
2010

(In thousands, except par value)

333,296
406,461

$

396,162
497,643

484,431
8,507
95,419
44,916
1,373,030
737,844
277,429
1,239,120
343,372
67,479
61,267
4,099,541

58,034
302,454
818,642
1,179,130
141,241
48,680

$

$

378,395
6,980
105,073
86,226
1,470,479
791,854
250,482
921,100
178,144
43,815
47,726
3,703,600

65,842
289,838
664,332
1,020,012
114,638
8,362

—

—

283
3,385,053
2,211,471
(11,561)
5,585,246

278
3,112,186
1,855,149
2,023
4,969,636

Less — common stock in treasury, at cost (96,960 and 90,502 shares at December 31,
2011 and 2010, respectively) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Total Citrix Systems, Inc. stockholders’ equity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Non-controlling interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Total equity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Total liabilities and equity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $

(2,854,756)
2,730,490
—
2,730,490
4,099,541

$

(2,416,645)
2,552,991
7,597
2,560,588
3,703,600

See accompanying notes.

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CITRIX SYSTEMS, INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME

Year Ended December 31,

2011

2010

2009

(In thousands, except per share information)

Revenues:

Product licenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $
License updates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Software as a Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Technical services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

744,513

$

619,452

$

741,834

430,213

289,832

682,246

360,617

212,347

538,975

604,968

308,177

161,968

Total net revenues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2,206,392

1,874,662

1,614,088

Cost of net revenues:

Cost of product license revenues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Cost of services revenues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Amortization of product related intangible assets . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Total cost of net revenues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Gross margin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Operating expenses:

Research and development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Sales, marketing and services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

General and administrative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Amortization of other intangible assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Restructuring. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

74,393

153,063

54,741

282,197
1,924,195

343,727

839,818

307,270

16,390

24

66,682

106,234

50,504

223,420
1,651,242

326,647

729,754

258,875

14,279

971

52,160

87,233

47,917

187,310
1,426,778

281,980

679,053

239,623

20,972

26,473

Total operating expenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1,507,229

1,330,526

1,248,101

Income from operations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Interest income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Other (expense) income, net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Income before income taxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Income taxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Consolidated net income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Less: Net loss attributable to non-controlling interest. . . . . . . . . . . . .
Net income attributable to Citrix Systems, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $
Net income per share attributable to Citrix Systems, Inc.
stockholders:

Net income per share attributable to Citrix Systems, Inc.
stockholders — basic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $
Net income per share attributable to Citrix Systems, Inc.
stockholders — diluted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $

Weighted average shares outstanding:

416,966

13,819
(288)
430,497

74,867

355,630

692

320,716

14,577
(1,473)
333,820

57,379

276,441

624

178,677

14,683

532

193,892

2,875

191,017

—

356,322

$

277,065

$

191,017

1.90

1.87

$

$

1.49

1.46

$

$

1.05

1.03

181,805

184,985

Basic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Diluted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

187,315

190,641

185,959

190,335

See accompanying notes.

F-4

 
 
 
 
CITRIX SYSTEMS, INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

Year Ended December 31,

2011

2010

(In thousands)

2009

Consolidated net income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $

355,630

$

276,441

$

191,017

Other comprehensive (loss) income:

Change in foreign currency translation adjustment . . . . . . .

(4,595)

(702)

(413)

Available for sale securities:

Change in net unrealized gains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Less: reclassification adjustment for net losses (gains)
included in net income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Net change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

293

1,343

1,636

2,376

2,014

4,390

9,435

(67)
9,368

Gain (loss) on pension liability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

634

(1,348)

(2,458)

Cash flow hedges:

Change in unrealized gains. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Less: reclassification adjustment for net (gains) losses
included in net income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Net change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Other comprehensive (loss) income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(2,784)

(8,475)
(11,259)

(13,584)

170

1,573

1,743

4,083

7,143

152

7,295

13,792

Comprehensive income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

342,046

280,524

204,809

Less: Comprehensive income attributable to non-controlling
interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Comprehensive income attributable to Citrix Systems, Inc. . . . . . $

(692)
341,354

$

(624)
279,900

$

—

204,809

See accompanying notes.

F-5

 
 
 
 
CITRIX SYSTEMS, INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF EQUITY 
(In thousands)

Balance at December 31, 2008  .
Shares issued under stock-based compensation plans  .
Stock-based compensation expense  .
Common stock issued under employee stock purchase plan  .
Tax benefit from employer stock plans  .
Stock repurchases, net   .
Restricted shares turned in for tax withholding   .
Unrealized gain on forward contracts net of reclassification adjustments and net of taxes  .
Unrealized gain on available-for-sale securities, net of tax   .
Foreign currency translation adjustments  .
Other comprehensive loss on pension liability, net of tax  .
Net income  .
Balance at December 31, 2009  .
Shares issued under stock-based compensation plans  .
Stock-based compensation expense  .
Common stock issued under employee stock purchase plan  .
Tax benefit from employer stock plans  .
Stock repurchases, net   .
Restricted shares turned in for tax withholding   .
Purchase of non-controlling interest  .
Unrealized gain on forward contracts net of reclassification adjustments and net of taxes  .
Unrealized gain on available-for-sale securities, net of tax   .
Foreign currency translation adjustments  .
Other comprehensive loss on pension liability, net of tax  .
Net income  .
Balance at December 31, 2010  .
Shares issued under stock-based compensation plans  .
Stock-based compensation expense  .
Common stock issued under employee stock purchase plan  .
Tax benefit from employer stock plans  .
Stock repurchases, net   .
Restricted shares turned in for tax withholding   .
Purchase of non-controlling interest  .
Unrealized loss on forward contracts net of reclassification adjustments and net of taxes  .
Unrealized gain on available-for-sale securities, net of tax   .
Foreign currency translation adjustments  .
Other comprehensive gain on pension liability, net of tax   .
Net income  .
Balance at December 31, 2011  .

* Amounts do not sum due to rounding .

See accompanying notes .

F-6

Common Stock

Shares
255,755
8,491
—
585
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
264,831
12,800
—
361
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
277,992
4,472
—
310
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
282,774

Amount
$256
8
—
1
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
265
12
—
1
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
278
4
—
1
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
$283

Additional 
Paid In 
Capital
$2,305,187
165,990
109,212
15,251
(7,913)
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
2,587,727
353,543
100,908
17,364
51,544
1,100
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
3,112,186
125,602
89,422
21,098
50,003
—
—
(13,258)
—
—
—
—
—
$3,385,053

Accumulated 

Other 

Comprehensive 

Common Stock 

in Treasury

(Loss) Income

Shares

Amount

Retained 

Earnings

Non- 

Controlling 

Interest

$1,387,067

$(15,852)

(75,699)

$ (1,758,793)

$ — $ 1,917,865

(6,476)

(47)

(214,944)

(1,773)

191,017

1,578,084

(2,060)

(82,222)

(1,975,509)*

(8,157)

(123)

(434,839)

(6,298)

8,221

7,295

9,368

(413)

(2,458)

1,743

4,390

(702)

(1,348)

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

277,065

1,855,149

2,023

(90,502)

(2,416,645)*

(624)

7,597

276,441

2,560,588*

(6,276)

(182)

(424,849)

(13,262)

(11,259)

1,636

(4,595)

634

—

356,322

$ 2,211,471

$ (11,561)

(96,960)

$(2,854,756)

$ — $ 2,730,490

Total 

Equity

165,998

109,212

15,252

(7,913)

(214,944)

(1,773)

7,295

9,368

(413)

(2,458)

191,017

2,188,507*

353,555

100,908

17,365

51,544

(433,739)

(6,298)

8,221

1,743

4,390

(702)

(1,348)

125,606

89,422

21,099

50,003

(424,849)

(13,262)

(20,163)

(11,259)

1,636

(4,595)

634

355,630

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

(6,905)

(692)

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

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Unrealized gain on forward contracts net of reclassification adjustments and net of taxes  .

Balance at December 31, 2008  .

Shares issued under stock-based compensation plans  .

Stock-based compensation expense  .

Common stock issued under employee stock purchase plan  .

Tax benefit from employer stock plans  .

Stock repurchases, net   .

Restricted shares turned in for tax withholding   .

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

Foreign currency translation adjustments  .

Other comprehensive loss on pension liability, net of tax  .

Net income  .

Balance at December 31, 2009  .

Shares issued under stock-based compensation plans  .

Stock-based compensation expense  .

Common stock issued under employee stock purchase plan  .

Tax benefit from employer stock plans  .

Stock repurchases, net   .

Restricted shares turned in for tax withholding   .

Purchase of non-controlling interest  .

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

Foreign currency translation adjustments  .

Other comprehensive loss on pension liability, net of tax  .

Net income  .

Balance at December 31, 2010  .

Shares issued under stock-based compensation plans  .

Stock-based compensation expense  .

Common stock issued under employee stock purchase plan  .

Tax benefit from employer stock plans  .

Stock repurchases, net   .

Restricted shares turned in for tax withholding   .

Purchase of non-controlling interest  .

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

Foreign currency translation adjustments  .

Other comprehensive gain on pension liability, net of tax   .

Net income  .

Balance at December 31, 2011  .

Unrealized loss on forward contracts net of reclassification adjustments and net of taxes  .

* Amounts do not sum due to rounding .

See accompanying notes .

Common Stock

Amount

Additional 

Paid In 

Capital

$256

$2,305,187

Shares

255,755

8,491

—

585

165,990

109,212

15,251

(7,913)

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264,831

12,800

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361

265

2,587,727

353,543

100,908

17,364

51,544

1,100

277,992

4,472

278

3,112,186

125,602

89,422

21,098

50,003

(13,258)

282,774

$283

$3,385,053

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Accumulated 
Other 
Comprehensive 
(Loss) Income
$(15,852)
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7,295
9,368
(413)
(2,458)
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(2,060)
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4,390
(702)
(1,348)
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(11,259)
1,636
(4,595)
634
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$ (11,561)

Common Stock 
in Treasury

Shares
(75,699)
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(6,476)
(47)
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(82,222)
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(123)
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(90,502)
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(6,276)
(182)
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(96,960)

Amount
$ (1,758,793)
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(214,944)
(1,773)
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(1,975,509)*

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(6,298)
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(2,416,645)*

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(424,849)
(13,262)
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$(2,854,756)

Retained 
Earnings
$1,387,067
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191,017
1,578,084
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1,855,149
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$ 2,211,471

Total 
Equity

Non- 
Controlling 
Interest
$ — $ 1,917,865
165,998
109,212
15,252
(7,913)
(214,944)
(1,773)
7,295
9,368
(413)
(2,458)
191,017
2,188,507*
353,555
100,908
17,365
51,544
(433,739)
(6,298)
8,221
1,743
4,390
(702)
(1,348)
276,441
2,560,588*
125,606
89,422
21,099
50,003
(424,849)
(13,262)
(20,163)
(11,259)
1,636
(4,595)
634
355,630
$ — $ 2,730,490

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

Operating Activities

Net income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $

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191,017

Year Ended December 31,

2011

2010

2009

(In thousands)

Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:

Amortization of intangible assets. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Depreciation and amortization of property and equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Stock-based compensation expense. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Loss (gain) on available-for-sale investments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Provision for doubtful accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Provision for product returns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Provision for inventory reserves . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Deferred income tax benefit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Tax effect of stock-based compensation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Excess tax benefit from exercise of stock options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Goodwill adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Effects of exchange rate changes on monetary assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies .
Other non-cash items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Total adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities. . . . . . . . . . .

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

Accounts receivable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Inventories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Prepaid expenses and other current assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Other assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Deferred tax assets, net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Accounts payable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Deferred revenues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Other liabilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Total changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of the 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 repayments of trading securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Purchases of property and equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Purchases of cost method investments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Cash paid for acquisitions, net of cash acquired . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Cash paid for licensing agreements and product related intangible assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Net cash used in investing activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Financing Activities

Proceeds from issuance of common stock under stock-based compensation plans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Repayment of acquired debt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Excess tax benefit from exercise of stock options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Purchase of non-controlling interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Stock repurchases, net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Cash paid for tax withholding on vested stock awards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Net cash used in financing activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Change in cash and cash equivalents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Cash and cash equivalents at end of period . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $
Supplemental Cash Flow Information
Cash paid for income taxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $
Cash paid for interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $

See accompanying notes.

F-8

71,131

88,124

92,909
1,343
266
5,541
1,570
(16,229)
50,003
(51,659)
—
1,895
4,733
249,627

(95,481)
(3,097)
1,407
(562)
(2,744)
(11,758)
(13,319)
168,994
30,425
73,865
679,122

64,783

73,375

103,758
2,014
2,035
2,717
2,876
(46,676)
51,544
(60,164)
—
(1,984)
781
195,059

(79,058)
(1,192)
(37,319)
3,785
6,270
9,612
81,169
160,121
1,404
144,792
616,292

(1,360,677)
856,182
652,939
—
(111,932)
(16,879)
(455,377)
(15,437)
(451,181)

125,606

(11,561)

51,659

(17,207)

(424,849)

(13,262)

(3,000)

(292,614)

1,807

(62,866)

396,162

333,296

12,195
139

$

$
$

(1,287,438)
474,130
433,792
44,560
(75,376)
(9,485)
(20,510)
(16,715)
(457,042)

353,557

—

60,164

—

(433,739)

(6,298)

—

(26,316)

1,785

134,719

261,443

396,162

42,902
276

$

$
$

68,889

69,688

111,419
(67)
1,734
3,292
1,961
(50,850)
(7,913)
(5,182)
5,393
2,019
4,988
205,371

(74,604)
601
(3,055)
(487)
10,470
4,613
62,900
85,373
1,775
87,586
483,974

(1,134,580)
436,223
284,916
700
(76,246)
(7,250)
(3,338)
(3,290)
(502,865)

165,998

—

5,182

—
(214,944)
(1,773)
—
(45,537)
(250)
(64,678)
326,121

261,443

31,367
211

 
 
 
 
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 IT services to be securely delivered on demand – independent 
of location, device or network. The Company’s customers may achieve lower IT operating costs, increased information 
security, and greater business agility using the Company’s technologies that enable virtual computing. The Company markets 
and licenses its products directly to enterprise customers, over the Web, and through systems integrators (“SIs”), in addition to 
indirectly through value-added resellers (“VARs”), value-added distributors (“VADs”) and original equipment manufacturers 
(“OEMs”).

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”), Asia-Pacific and the Online Services division. All significant 
transactions and balances between the Company and its subsidiaries have been eliminated in consolidation. In addition, the 
Company presents non-controlling interests of less-than-wholly-owned subsidiaries within the equity section of its consolidated 
financial statements in accordance with the authoritative guidance for the presentation and disclosure of non-controlling 
interests of a consolidated subsidiary.

Cash and Cash Equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents at December 31, 2011 and 2010 include marketable securities, which are primarily money 
market funds, commercial paper, agency and government securities, municipal securities and corporate securities with initial or 
remaining contractual maturities when purchased of three months or less.

Investments

Short-term and long-term investments at December 31, 2011 and 2010 primarily consist of agency securities, corporate 
securities, municipal securities and government 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 (loss) income. The Company 
classifies its available-for-sale investments as current and non-current based on their actual remaining time to maturity. The 
Company does not recognize changes in the fair value of its available-for-sale investments in income unless a decline in value 
is considered other-than-temporary in accordance with the authoritative guidance.

The Company’s investment policy is designed to limit exposure to any one issuer depending on credit quality. The 
Company uses information provided by third parties to adjust the carrying value of certain of its investments to fair value at the 
end of each period. Fair values are based on a variety of inputs and may include interest rates, known historical trades, yield 
curve information, benchmark data, prepayment speeds, credit quality and broker/dealer quotes.

Accounts Receivable

The Company’s accounts receivable are due primarily from VARs, VADs and end customers. Collateral is not required. 

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 age of the trade receivable balances and current economic 
conditions that may affect a customer’s ability to make payments. Based on this review, the Company specifically reserves for 
those accounts deemed uncollectible. When receivables are determined to be uncollectible, principal amounts of such 
receivables outstanding are deducted from the allowance. The allowance for doubtful accounts was $2.5 million and $3.4 
million as of December 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively. If the financial condition of a significant distributor or customer were 
to deteriorate, the Company’s operating results could be adversely affected. One distributor, Ingram Micro, accounted for 14% 
and 17% of gross accounts receivable at December 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively.

Inventory

Inventories are stated at the lower of cost or market on a standard cost basis, which approximates actual cost. The 

Company’s inventories primarily consist of finished goods as of December 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010.

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CITRIX SYSTEMS, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

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.

During 2011 and 2010, the Company retired $33.1 million and $8.9 million, respectively, 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 material 
asset retirement obligations were associated with them.

Property and equipment consist of the following:

Buildings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Computer equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Equipment and furniture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Leasehold improvements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Less accumulated depreciation and amortization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Land . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$

$

December 31,

2011

2010

(In thousands)

72,100
152,795
224,750
64,493
131,586
645,724
(384,179)
15,884
277,429

$

$

72,100
158,947
187,842
39,722
104,312
562,923
(328,325)
15,884
250,482

Long-Lived Assets

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 2011 and 2010, the Company did not recognize any impairment charges associated with its long-lived or 

intangible assets. During 2009, the Company recognized impairment charges associated with its long-lived assets of $4.2 
million primarily related to information systems. Impairment charges are recorded as an operating expense in the 
accompanying consolidated statements of income.

Goodwill

The Company accounts for goodwill in accordance with the authoritative guidance, which requires that goodwill and 

certain intangible assets are not amortized, but are subject to an annual impairment test. There was no impairment of goodwill 
as a result of the annual impairment tests analyses completed during the fourth quarters of 2011 and 2010, respectively. In 
September 2011, the FASB issued guidance on testing goodwill for impairment. The guidance provides entities with an option 
to perform a qualitative assessment to determine whether further quantitative impairment testing is necessary. The Company 
has elected to early adopt the guidance and performed the qualitative assessment when it performed its goodwill impairment 
test in the fourth quarter of 2011. As a result of the qualitative analysis no further quantitative impairment test was deemed 
necessary. Excluding goodwill, the Company has no intangible assets deemed to have indefinite lives. See Note 3 for 
acquisitions and Note 12 for segment information.

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CITRIX SYSTEMS, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

The following table presents the change in goodwill allocated to the Company’s reportable segments during 2011 and 

2010 (in thousands):

Enterprise division. $
Online Services
division . . . . . . . . .

Consolidated . . . . . $

Balance at
January 1,
2011

Additions

Other

Balance at
December
31, 2011

Balance at
January 1,
2010

Additions

Other

Balance at
December 31,
2010

733,720

$224,039

$ (1,255)

$ 956,504

$

716,790

$ 16,930

$ — $

733,720

187,380

921,100

98,725
$322,764 (1) 

(3,489) (2) 

282,616

183,029

4,351

—

$ (4,744)

$1,239,120

$

899,819

$ 21,281 (1)  $ — $

187,380

921,100

(1)  Amount primarily relates to acquisitions. See Note 3 for more information regarding the Company’s acquisitions.
(2)  Amount primarily includes foreign currency translation.

Intangible Assets

The Company has intangible assets which were primarily acquired in conjunction with business combinations and 
technology purchases. Intangible assets with finite lives are recorded at cost, less accumulated amortization. Amortization is 
recognized on a straight-line basis over the estimated useful lives of the respective assets, generally three to seven years, except 
for patents, which are amortized over the lesser of their remaining life or ten years. In accordance with the authoritative 
guidance, the Company records acquired product related intangible assets 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 have been no material impairments of these assets for any of the periods presented.

Intangible assets consist of the following (in thousands):

Product related intangible assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $
Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Total. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $

472,582
274,816
747,398

$

$

268,332
135,694
404,026

5.83 years
6.83 years
6.20 years

December 31, 2011

Gross Carrying
Amount

Accumulated
Amortization

Weighted-
Average Life

December 31, 2010

Gross Carrying
Amount

Accumulated
Amortization

Weighted-
Average Life

Product related intangible assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $
Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $

332,878
178,395
511,273

$

$

218,915
114,214
333,129

5.81 years
6.34 years
6.00 years

Other intangible assets consist primarily of customer relationships, trade names, covenants not to compete and patents. 

Amortization of product related intangible assets includes amortization of product related technologies and patents and is 
reported as a cost of net revenues in the accompanying consolidated statements of income. Amortization of other intangible 
assets includes amortization of customer relationships, trade names and covenants not to compete and is reported as an 
operating expense in the accompanying consolidated statements of income.

Estimated future annual amortization expense is as follows (in thousands):

Year ending December 31,

2012 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $
2013 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2014 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2015 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2016 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

78,598
71,860
65,217
44,378
33,028

F-11

 
 
 
 
 
 
CITRIX SYSTEMS, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Software Development Costs

The authoritative guidance requires certain internal software development costs related to software to be sold to be 
capitalized upon the establishment of technological feasibility. Software development costs incurred subsequent to achieving 
technological feasibility have not been significant and substantially all software development costs have been expensed as 
incurred.

Internal Use Software

In accordance with the authoritative guidance, the Company capitalizes external direct costs of materials and services and 
internal costs such as payroll and benefits of those employees directly associated with the development of new functionality in 
internal use software and software developed related to its software as a service (“SaaS”) offerings. The amount of costs 
capitalized in 2011 and 2010 relating to internal use software was $43.3 million and $37.7 million, respectively. 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.  The total amounts charged to expense relating to 
internal use software was approximately $37.2 million, $24.7 million and $18.9 million, during the years ended December 31, 
2011, 2010 and 2009, respectively.

Revenue Recognition

Net revenues include the following categories: Product Licenses, License Updates, Software as a Service and Technical 
Services. Product License revenues primarily represent fees related to the licensing of the Company’s software and hardware 
appliance products. These revenues are reflected net of sales allowances, cooperative advertising agreements, reseller rewards, 
distributor rebates and provisions for returns. The Company licenses most of its software products bundled with a one year 
contract for its Subscription Advantage program. Subscription Advantage is a renewable program that provides subscribers 
with immediate access to software upgrades, enhancements and maintenance releases when and if they become available 
during the term of the contract. License Update revenues consist of fees related to the Subscription Advantage program that are 
recognized ratably over the term of the contract, which is typically 12 to 24 months. The Company capitalizes certain third 
party commissions related to Subscription Advantage renewals. The capitalized commissions are amortized to Sales, Marketing 
and Services expense at the time the related deferred revenue is recognized as revenue. Shipping charges billed to customers 
are included in product revenue and the related shipping costs are included in cost of product revenue. SaaS is sold separately. 
Software as a Service revenues consist primarily of fees related to online service agreements, which are recognized ratably over 
the contract term, which is typically 12 months. In addition, Software as a Service revenues may also include set-up fees, which 
are recognized ratably over the contract term or the expected customer life, whichever is longer. Technical Services revenues 
are comprised of fees from technical support services and post contract support agreements which are recognized ratably over 
the contract term as well as revenues from product training and certification, and consulting services revenue related to the 
implementation of the Company’s products, which is recognized as the services are provided.

The Company recognizes revenue when it is earned and when all of the following criteria are met: persuasive evidence of 
the arrangement exists; delivery has occurred or the service has been provided and the Company has no remaining obligations; 
the fee is fixed or determinable; and collectability is probable. The Company defines these four criteria as follows:

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

•  Delivery has occurred and the Company has no remaining obligations. 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 hardware appliance sales, the Company’s standard delivery method is free-on-board shipping point. 
Consequently, it considers delivery of appliances to have occurred when they are shipped pursuant to an agreement 
and purchase order. For SaaS, delivery occurs upon providing the users with their login id and password. For product 
training and consulting services, the Company fulfills its obligation when the services are performed. For license 

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updates and technical support, the Company assumes that its obligation is satisfied ratably over the respective terms 
of the agreements, which are typically 12 to 24 months. For SaaS, the Company assumes that its obligation is 
satisfied ratably over the respective terms of the agreements, which are typically 12 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 fees are considered fixed or 
determinable upon establishment of an arrangement that contains the final terms of the sale including description, 
quantity and price of each product or service purchased. For SaaS, the fee is considered fixed or determinable if it is 
not subject to refund or adjustment.

•  Collectability is probable. The Company determines collectability 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 typically 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 collectability 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 an evaluation of customer specific information, historical experience and 
economic market conditions.

The majority of the Company’s product license revenue consists of revenue from the sale of stand-alone software 

products. Stand-alone software sales generally include a perpetual license to the Company’s software and is subject to the 
industry specific software revenue recognition guidance. In accordance with this guidance, the Company allocates revenue to 
license updates related to its stand-alone software and any other undelivered elements of the arrangement based on vendor 
specific objective evidence (“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 revenues, net of any discounts 
inherent in the arrangement, is recognized at the outset of the arrangement using the residual method as the product licenses are 
delivered. If management cannot objectively determine the fair value of each undelivered element based on VSOE of fair value, 
revenue recognition is deferred until all elements are delivered, all services have been performed, or until fair value can be 
objectively determined.

The Company’s hardware appliances contain software components that are essential to the overall functionality of the 
products. For hardware appliance transactions entered into prior to January 1, 2011, revenue for arrangements with multiple 
elements, such as sales of products that included services, was allocated to each element using the residual method based on the 
VSOE of the fair value of the undelivered items pursuant to authoritative guidance. Under the residual method, the amount of 
revenue allocated to delivered elements equals the total arrangement consideration less the aggregate fair value of any 
undelivered elements. If VSOE of one or more undelivered items does not exist, revenue from the entire arrangement is 
deferred and recognized at the earlier of: (i) delivery of those elements or (ii) when fair value can be established unless 
maintenance is the only undelivered element, in which case, the entire arrangement fee is recognized ratably over the 
contractual support period.

In October 2009, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) amended the accounting standards for revenue 

recognition to remove tangible products containing software components and non-software components that function together 
to deliver the product’s essential functionality from the scope of industry-specific software revenue recognition guidance. In 
October 2009, the FASB also amended the accounting standards for multiple deliverable revenue arrangements to:

(i)  provide updated guidance on how the deliverables in a multiple deliverable arrangement should be separated, and how 

the consideration should be allocated;

(ii)  require an entity to allocate revenue in an arrangement using estimated selling prices (“ESP”) of deliverables if a 

vendor does not have VSOE of selling price or third-party evidence of selling price (“TPE”); and

(iii) eliminate the use of the residual method and require an entity to allocate revenue using the relative selling price 

method.

The Company’s hardware appliances contain software components that are essential to the overall functionality of the 

products. Effective January 1, 2011, the Company adopted these standards on a prospective basis for new and materially 
modified arrangements originating after December 31, 2010. The adoption of these standards did not have a material impact on 
the Company’s financial position or results of operations for the year ended December 31, 2011. The Company does not expect 
the adoption of these standards to have a material impact on its financial position or results of operations in the future.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

For new and materially modified multiple element transactions which contain non-software deliverables subsequent to 

the adoption of the amended revenue recognition standards, the arrangement consideration is allocated to stand-alone software 
deliverables as a group and the non-software deliverables based on the relative selling prices using the selling price hierarchy in 
the amended revenue recognition guidance. The selling price hierarchy for a deliverable is based on its VSOE if available, TPE 
if VSOE is not available, or estimated selling price if neither VSOE nor TPE is available. The Company then recognizes 
revenue on each deliverable in accordance with its policies for product and service revenue recognition. VSOE of selling price 
is based on the price charged when the element is sold separately. In determining VSOE, the Company requires that a 
substantial majority of the selling prices fall within a reasonable range based on historical discounting trends for specific 
products and services. TPE of selling price is established by evaluating competitor products or services in stand-alone sales to 
similarly situated customers. However, as the Company’s products contain a significant element of proprietary technology and 
its solutions offer substantially different features and functionality, the comparable pricing of products with similar 
functionality typically cannot be obtained. Additionally, as the Company is unable to reliably determine what competitors 
products’ selling prices are on a stand-alone basis, the Company is not typically able to determine TPE. The estimate of selling 
price is established considering multiple factors including, but not limited to, pricing practices in different geographies and 
through different sales channels and competitor pricing strategies.

For the Company’s non-software deliverables, it allocates the arrangement consideration based on the relative selling 

price of the deliverables. For the Company’s hardware appliances, it uses ESP as its selling price. For the Company’s support 
and services, it generally uses VSOE as its selling price. When the Company is unable to establish selling price using VSOE for 
its support and services, the Company uses ESP in its allocation of arrangement consideration.

The Company’s SaaS is purchased by large enterprises, small and medium-sized businesses, as well as individuals, and 

are centrally hosted within third-party datacenters. The Company’s SaaS is considered service arrangements per the 
authoritative guidance; accordingly, the Company follows the provisions of Securities and Exchange Commission Staff 
Accounting Bulletin (“SAB”) No. 104, Revenue Recognition, when accounting for these service arrangements. Generally, the 
Company’s SaaS is sold separately and not bundled with the Enterprise division’s products and services.

In the normal course of business, the Company is not obligated to accept product returns from its distributors under any 
conditions, unless the product item is defective in manufacture. The Company establishes provisions for estimated returns, 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 and the impact of any new product releases and projected economic conditions. Product returns are provided 
for in the consolidated financial statements and have historically been within management’s expectations. Allowances for 
estimated product returns amounted to approximately $1.4 million and $0.9 million at December 31, 2011 and December 31, 
2010, respectively. The Company also records estimated reductions to revenue for customer programs and incentive offerings 
including volume-based incentives. 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 Desktop Solutions products, which include its 
XenDesktop and XenApp products and related services, and anticipates that these products 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 its Desktop Solutions and other products, whether as a result of general economic conditions, the delay 
or reduction in technology purchases, new competitive product releases, price competition, lack of success of its strategic 
partners, technological change or other factors.

Cost of Net 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 fixed fees or 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 net revenues. Cost of services revenue consists primarily of compensation and other personnel-related costs of 
providing technical support and consulting, as well as the Company’s SaaS. Also included in cost of net revenues is 
amortization of product related intangible assets which includes acquired core and product technology and associated patents.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Foreign Currency

The functional currency for all of the Company’s wholly-owned foreign subsidiaries in its Enterprise division is the U.S. 

dollar. Monetary assets and liabilities of such subsidiaries are remeasured into U.S. dollars at exchange rates in effect at the 
balance sheet date, and revenues and expenses are remeasured at average rates prevailing during the year. The functional 
currency of the Company’s wholly-owned foreign subsidiaries of its Online Services division is the currency of the country in 
which each subsidiary is located. The Company translates assets and liabilities of these foreign subsidiaries at exchange rates in 
effect at the balance sheet date. The Company includes accumulated net translation adjustments in equity as a component of 
accumulated other comprehensive (loss) income. Foreign currency transaction gains and losses are the result of exchange rate 
changes on transactions denominated in currencies other than the functional currency, including U.S. dollars. The 
remeasurement of those foreign currency transactions is included in determining net income or loss for the period of exchange. 
Remeasurement and foreign currency transaction gains of approximately $4.7 million, $3.5 million and $4.1 million for the 
years ended December 31, 2011, 2010, and 2009, respectively, are included in other (expense) income, net, in the 
accompanying consolidated statements of income.

Derivatives and Hedging Activities

In accordance with the authoritative guidance, the Company records derivatives at fair value as either assets or liabilities 
on the balance sheet. 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 
comprehensive (loss) income and reclassified into earnings as operating expense, net, 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 or interest 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, net, in the period during which 
changes in fair value occur. The application of the authoritative guidance 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 determined 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.

The Company is exposed to risk of default by its hedging counterparties. Although this risk is concentrated among a 

limited number of counterparties, the Company’s foreign exchange hedging policy attempts to minimize this risk by placing 
limits on the amount of exposure that may exist with any single financial institution at a time.

Pension Liability

The Company provides retirement benefits to certain employees who are not U.S. based. Generally, benefits under these 

programs are based on an employee’s length of service and level of compensation. The majority of these programs are 
commonly referred to as termination indemnities, which provide retirement benefits in accordance with programs mandated by 
the governments of the countries in which such employees work.

The Company had accrued $5.1 million and $5.2 million for these pension liabilities at December 31, 2011 and 2010, 

respectively. Expenses for the program for 2011, 2010 and 2009 amounted to $1.8 million, $1.1 million and $1.4 million, 
respectively.

Advertising Costs

The Company expenses advertising costs as incurred. The Company has advertising agreements with, and purchases 
advertising from, online media providers to advertise its SaaS. The Company also has cooperative advertising agreements with 
certain distributors and resellers whereby the Company will reimburse distributors and resellers for qualified advertising of 
Company products. Reimbursement is made once the distributor, reseller or provider provides substantiation of qualified 
expenses. The Company estimates the impact of these expenses and recognizes them at the time of product sales as a reduction 
of net revenue in the accompanying consolidated statements of income. The total costs the Company recognized related to 

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advertising was approximately $130.8 million, $123.0 million and $99.2 million, during the years ended December 31, 2011, 
2010 and 2009, respectively.

Income Taxes

The Company and one or more of its subsidiaries is subject to United States federal income taxes, as well as income taxes 

of multiple state and foreign jurisdictions. With few exceptions, the Company is no longer subject to U.S. federal, state and 
local, or non-U.S. income tax examinations by tax authorities for years prior to 2004.

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. The Company provides for income taxes on 
transactions based on its estimate of the probable liability. The Company adjusts its provision as appropriate for changes that 
impact its 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 the Company operates, estimates of its tax liability and the 
realizability of its deferred tax assets could change in the future, which may result in additional tax liabilities and adversely 
affect the Company’s results of operations, financial condition and cash flows.

The Company is required to estimate its income taxes in each of the jurisdictions in which it operates as part of the 
process of preparing its consolidated financial statements. The authoritative guidance requires a valuation allowance to reduce 
the deferred tax assets reported if, based on the weight of the evidence, it is more likely than not that some portion or all of the 
deferred tax assets will not be realized. The Company reviews deferred tax assets periodically for recoverability and makes 
estimates and judgments regarding the expected geographic sources of taxable income and gains from investments, as well as 
tax planning strategies in assessing the need for a valuation allowance.

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, the provision to reduce obsolete or excess inventory to market, the provision for estimated returns, as well as sales 
allowances, the assumptions used in the valuation of stock-based awards, the assumptions used in the discounted cash flows to 
mark certain of its investments to market, the valuation of the Company’s goodwill, net realizable value of product related 
intangible assets, 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 
items, when known, will vary from these estimates.

Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation Plans

The Company has various stock-based compensation plans for its employees and outside directors and accounts for 

stock-based compensation arrangements in accordance with the authoritative guidance, which requires the Company to 
measure and record compensation expense in its consolidated financial statements using a fair value method. See Note 7 for 
further information regarding the Company’s stock-based compensation plans.

Net Income Per Share Attributable to Citrix Systems, Inc. Stockholders

Net income per share attributable to Citrix Systems, Inc. stockholders - basic is calculated by dividing income available 

to stockholders by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding during each period. Net income per share 
attributable to Citrix Systems, Inc. stockholders - diluted 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 vesting or exercise of stock awards (calculated using the treasury stock method) during the period they were 
outstanding. 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 15.

Reclassifications

Certain reclassifications have been made for consistent presentation. The Company's consolidated statement of income 
for the year ended December 31, 2011 includes the effect of a change in classification of interest expense to other (expense) 
income, net. This change was incorporated into the Company's consolidated statement of income for the first time in the first 
quarter of 2011 due to materiality. Accordingly, the Company has made reclassifications to its consolidated statements of 

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income for the years ended December 31, 2010 and 2009 to conform to its current period presentation. 

3. ACQUISITIONS

2011 Acquisitions

Netviewer AG

In February 2011, the Company acquired all of the issued and outstanding securities of Netviewer AG (the “Netviewer 

Acquisition” or “Netviewer”), a privately held European SaaS vendor in collaboration and information technology (“IT”) 
services. Netviewer became part of the Company’s Online Services division and the acquisition enables the extension of its 
Online Services business in Europe. The total consideration for this transaction was approximately $107.5 million, net of $6.3 
million of cash acquired, and was paid in cash. Transaction costs associated with the acquisition were approximately $3.1 
million, of which the Company expensed $1.1 million and $2.0 million during the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010, 
respectively, and are included in general and administrative expense in the accompanying consolidated statement of income. In 
addition, in connection with the acquisition, the Company assumed non-vested stock units which were converted into the right 
to receive up to 99,100 shares of the Company's common stock, for which the vesting period reset fully upon the closing of the 
transaction. 

Cloud.com

In July 2011, the Company acquired all of the issued and outstanding securities of Cloud.com, Inc. (the "Cloud.com 

Acquisition" or "Cloud.com"), a privately held provider of software infrastructure platforms for cloud providers. Cloud.com 
became part of the Company’s Enterprise division and the acquisition further establishes the Company as a leader in 
infrastructure for the growing cloud provider market. The total consideration for this transaction was approximately $158.8 
million, net of $5.6 million of cash acquired, and was paid in cash. Transaction costs associated with the acquisition were 
approximately $2.9 million, all of which the Company expensed during the year ended December 31, 2011, and are included in 
general and administrative expense in the accompanying consolidated statements of income. In addition, in connection with the 
acquisition, the Company assumed non-vested stock units which were converted into the right to receive up to 288,742 shares 
of the Company's common stock and certain stock options which are exercisable for 183,780 shares of the Company's common 
stock, for which the vesting period reset fully upon the closing of the transaction. 

ShareFile

In October 2011, the Company acquired all of the issued and outstanding securities of Novel Labs, Inc. (d/b/a 
“ShareFile”), a privately held provider of secure data sharing and collaboration solutions. ShareFile became part of the 
Company's Enterprise division. The total consideration for this transaction was approximately $54.5 million, net of $1.7 million 
of cash acquired, and was paid in cash. Transaction costs associated with the acquisition were approximately $0.7 million, all of 
which the Company expensed during the year ended December 31, 2011, and are included in general and administrative 
expense in the accompanying consolidated statements of income. In addition, in connection with the acquisition, the Company 
assumed non-vested stock units which were converted into the right to receive up to 180,697 shares of the Company's common 
stock and assumed certain stock options which are exercisable for 390,775 shares of the Company's common stock, for which 
the vesting period reset fully upon the closing of the transaction. 

App-DNA

In November 2011, the Company acquired all of the issued and outstanding securities of App-DNA, a privately held 
company that specializes in application migration and management. App-DNA became part of the Company's Enterprise 
division. The total consideration for this transaction was approximately $91.3 million, net of $3.2 million of cash acquired, and 
was paid in cash. Transaction costs associated with the acquisition were approximately $1.3 million, all of which the Company 
expensed during the year ended December 31, 2011 and are included in general and administrative expense in the 
accompanying consolidated statements of income. In addition, in connection with the acquisition, the Company assumed non-
vested stock units which were converted into the right to receive up to 114,487 shares of the Company's common stock, for 
which the vesting period reset fully upon the closing of the transaction.

Other Acquisitions

During the first quarter of 2011, the Company acquired certain assets of a wholly-owned subsidiary of a privately-held 
company (the "Other Acquisition") for total cash consideration of approximately $10.5 million. The Company accounted for 
this acquisition as a business combination in accordance with the authoritative guidance and it became part of the Company’s 
Enterprise division, thereby expanding the Company’s solutions portfolio for service providers and developing integrations 
with the Company’s application delivery solutions.  

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CITRIX SYSTEMS, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

In August 2011, the Company acquired all of the issued and outstanding securities of RingCube Technologies, Inc. (the 

"RingCube Acquisition" or "RingCube"), a privately held company that specializes in user personalization technology for 
virtual desktops. RingCube became part of the Company’s Enterprise division and the acquisition further solidifies the 
Company's position in desktop virtualization. The total consideration for this transaction was approximately $32.2 million, net 
of $0.5 million of cash acquired, and was paid in cash. Transaction costs associated with the acquisition were approximately 
$0.6 million, all of which the Company expensed during the year ended December 31, 2011, and are included in general and 
administrative expense in the accompanying consolidated statements of income. In addition, in connection with the RingCube 
acquisition, the Company assumed non-vested stock units which were converted into the right to receive up to 58,439 shares of 
the Company's common stock, for which the vesting period reset fully upon the closing of the transaction.

Purchase Accounting for the 2011 Acquisitions

The purchase prices for the 2011 Acquisitions, which includes Netviewer, Cloud.com, Ringcube, ShareFile, App-DNA and 

the Other Acquisition, were allocated to the acquired companies' net tangible and intangible assets based on their estimated fair 
values as of the date of the acquisition. The allocations of the total purchase prices are summarized below (in thousands):

Netviewer

Cloud.com

ShareFile

Asset Life

Various

4-6 years
Indefinite

Purchase
Price
Allocation
2,108
$
20
197

—
28,200
49,879
80,404

(13,234)

(149)

(10,823)
$ 56,198

Current assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $
Other assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Property and equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Purchase
Price
Allocation
12,082
330

Asset Life

$

2,350 Various

Deferred tax assets, non-current. . . . . . . .
Intangible assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Goodwill. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Assets acquired. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

10,192
28,806
98,725
152,485

4-7 years
Indefinite

Current liabilities assumed . . . . . . . . . . . .

(18,144)

Long-term liabilities assumed . . . . . . . . .

(11,949)

Purchase
Price
Allocation

Asset Life

Various

7-12 years
Indefinite

6,460
32
260

3,819
89,000
100,649
200,220

(1,639)

—

Deferred tax liabilities, non-current . . . . .
(8,554)
Net assets acquired . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 113,838

(34,174)
164,407

$

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App-DNA

Other Acquisitions (1)

Purchase
Price
Allocation
Current assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 13,422
172
Other assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
662 Various
Property and equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Asset Life

Purchase
Price
Allocation

Asset Life

$

569
189
— N/A

Deferred tax assets, non-current. . . . . . .
Intangible assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Goodwill. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Assets acquired. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

—
44,760
58,204
117,220

4-5 years
Indefinite

Current liabilities assumed . . . . . . . . . . .

(9,221)

Long-term liabilities assumed . . . . . . . .

(905)

2-8 years
Indefinite

14,055
30,600
15,540
60,953

(7,150)

(636)

Deferred tax liabilities, non-current . . . .
(12,551)
Net assets acquired . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 94,543

(9,979)
43,188

$

(1)  Includes RingCube and the Other Acquisition.

Current assets acquired in connection with the 2011 Acquisitions consisted primarily of cash and accounts receivable. 
Current liabilities assumed in connection with the 2011 Acquisitions consisted primarily of deferred revenues, short-term payables, 
and other accrued expenses. Long-term liabilities assumed in connection with the 2011 Acquisitions consisted of the non-current 
portion of deferred revenue, other long-term liabilities and long term debt which was paid in full subsequent to the respective 
acquisition date. The Company continues to evaluate certain income tax assets and liabilities related to the 2011 Acquisitions. 
Goodwill related to the Netviewer Acquisition was assigned to the Company's Online Services division and the goodwill related to 
each of the Cloud.com Acquisition, RingCube Acquisition, ShareFile Acquisition, App-DNA Acquisition and the Other Acquisition 
was assigned to the Company's Enterprise division. The goodwill related to the 2011 Acquisitions is not deductible for tax 
purposes. See Note 12 for segment information. The goodwill amounts are comprised primarily of expected synergies from 
combining operations and other intangible assets that do not qualify for separate recognition.

Revenues from Netviewer are included in the Company's Online Services division's revenue. Revenues from all other 2011 

acquisitions are included in the Company's Enterprise division's revenue. The Company has included the effect of the 2011 
Acquisitions in its results of operations prospectively from the date of each acquisition.

Identifiable intangible assets purchased in the 2011 Acquisitions, in thousands, and their weighted-average lives are as 

follows:

Trade names . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $
Customer relationships. . . . . . . . . . .

541

4.0 years

$

25,019

7.0 years

6,000

7,000

12.0 years

$

  8.0 years

6,900

5,300

5.0 years

4.0 years

Netviewer

Asset Life

Cloud.com

Asset Life

ShareFile

Asset Life

Core and product technologies. . . . .
Domain name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $

3,246

4.0 years

—

28,806

58,000

18,000

89,000

$

  7.0 years

12.0 years

16,000

6.0 years

—

$

28,200

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Trade names . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $
Customer relationships. . . . . . . . . . .

1,500

5.0 years

5,800

5.0 years

App-DNA

Asset Life

Other 
Acquisitions (1)
60
$

Asset Life

2.0 years

3,200

5.3 years

Core and product technologies. . . . .
Non-compete agreements. . . . . . . . .
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $

36,700

5.0 years

760

4.0 years

26,000

5.0 years

1,340

3.8 years

44,760

$

30,600

(1)  Includes RingCube and the Other Acquisition.

The following unaudited pro-forma information combines the consolidated results of operations of the Company, 
Netviewer, Cloud.com, RingCube, ShareFile, App-DNA and the Other Acquisition as if the acquisitions had occurred at the 
beginning of fiscal year 2010 (in thousands, except per share data): 

Revenues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Income from operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Net income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Per share - basic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Per share - diluted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Year Ended December 31,

2011

2010

$

2,230,318

$

1,917,044

367,396

318,159

1.70

1.67

231,999

209,789

1.13

1.10

Purchase of Non-Controlling Interest

Kaviza Inc.

The Company presents non-controlling interests of less-than-wholly-owned subsidiaries within the equity section of its 

consolidated financial statements in accordance with the authoritative guidance for the presentation and disclosure of non-
controlling interests of consolidated subsidiaries. In May 2011, the Company acquired all of the non-controlling interest of 
Kaviza Inc. (“Kaviza”), a provider of virtual desktop infrastructure solutions, for $17.2 million. In addition, the Company also 
deposited an additional $3.0 million to be held in escrow. As a result of this transaction, the Company has obtained a 100% 
interest in this subsidiary. In accordance with the authoritative guidance, the excess of the proceeds paid over the carrying 
amount of the non-controlling interest of Kaviza has been reflected as a reduction of additional paid-in capital. In addition, in 
connection with the purchase of the non-controlling interest of Kaviza, the Company assumed non-vested stock units which 
were converted into the right to receive up to 88,687 shares of the Company's common stock and assumed certain stock options 
which are exercisable for 33,301 shares of the Company's common stock, with existing vesting schedules. 

2010 Acquisitions

On September 7, 2010, the Company acquired all of the issued and outstanding securities of VMLogix, Inc. 

(“VMLogix”), a privately held corporation headquartered in Santa Clara, California. VMLogix is a provider of virtualization 
management software for private and public cloud computing systems. The total consideration for this transaction was 
approximately $13.2 million, comprised of approximately $10.4 million in cash, net of cash acquired, and approximately $2.8 
million related to VMLogix liabilities settled in conjunction with the acquisition. The source of funds for this transaction 
consisted of available cash. The Company recorded approximately $6.4 million of goodwill, which is not deductible for tax 
purposes, and acquired $11.9 million in assets including $7.5 million of identifiable intangible assets, of which $6.2 million is 
related to product related intangible assets with a useful life of 5.0 years and $1.3 million is related to other intangible assets 
with a useful life of 4.0 years. The Company assumed liabilities of approximately $5.1 million in conjunction with the 
acquisition. In addition, the Company also assumed stock options for which the vesting period reset fully upon the closing of 
the transaction. When these stock options vest, they will be exercisable for up to 47,784 shares of the Company’s common 
stock. The Company has included the effect of this transaction in its results of operations prospectively from the date of the 
acquisition, which effect was not material to its consolidated results.

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During the first quarter of 2010, the Company acquired two privately-held companies for a total cash consideration of 

approximately $9.2 million, net of cash acquired. The Company recorded approximately $2.6 million of goodwill, which is not 
deductible for tax purposes, and acquired $9.4 million in assets including $7.1 million of identifiable intangible assets, of which 
$6.2 million is related to product related intangible assets with a weighted-average useful life of 5.0 years and $0.9 million is 
related to other intangible assets with a weighted-average useful life of 2.0 years. In addition, the Company assumed liabilities 
of approximately $2.8 million in conjunction with the acquisitions. The Company has included the effects of these transactions 
in its results of operations prospectively from the respective dates of the acquisitions, which effects were not material to its 
consolidated results.

4. INVESTMENTS

Available-for-sale Investments

Investments in available-for-sale securities at fair value were as follows for the periods ended (in thousands):

December 31, 2011

December 31, 2010

Amortized
Cost

Description of the Securities
Agency securities . . . . . . $ 641,997
392,365
Corporate securities . . . .
80,004
Municipal securities . . . .
Government securities . .
26,056
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,140,422

Gross
Unrealized
Gains

$

$

4,506
618
57
206
5,387

Gross
Unrealized
Losses

$

Fair Value
(279) $ 646,224
391,793
80,026
26,262
$ (1,504) $1,144,305

(1,190)
(35)
—

Amortized
Cost
$ 728,177
453,279
28,681
77,976
$1,288,113

Gross
Unrealized
Gains

$

$

2,134
933
8
245
3,320

Gross
Unrealized
Losses

$

Fair Value
(780) $ 729,531
453,105
28,659
78,202
$ (1,936) $1,289,497

(1,107)
(30)
(19)

The change in net unrealized gains (losses) on available-for-sale securities recorded 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, gains (losses) that were previously unrealized, but have been recognized in current period net income due to 
sales, as well as prepayments of available-for-sale investments purchased at a premium. This reclassification has no effect on 
total comprehensive income or equity and was immaterial for all periods presented.

The average remaining maturities of the Company’s short-term and long-term available-for-sale investments at 

December 31, 2011 were approximately five months and eight years, respectively.

Realized Gains and Losses on Available-for-sale Investments

For the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010, the Company had realized gains on the sales of available-for-sale 
investments of $0.4 million and $0.2 million, respectively. For the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010, the Company had 
realized losses on available-for-sale investments of $1.8 million and $2.4 million, respectively, primarily related to 
prepayments at par of securities purchased at a premium. All realized gains and losses related to the sales of available-for-sale 
investments are included in other (expense) income, net, in the accompanying consolidated statements of income.

The Company continues to monitor its overall investment portfolio and if the credit ratings of the issuers of its 

investments deteriorate or if the issuers experience financial difficulty, including bankruptcy, the Company may be required to 
make adjustments to the carrying value of the securities in its investment portfolio and recognize impairment charges for 
declines in fair value that are determined to be other-than-temporary.

Unrealized Losses on Available-for-Sale Investments

The gross unrealized losses on the Company’s available-for-sale investments that are not deemed to be other-than-
temporarily impaired were $1.5 million and $1.9 million as of December 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively. The decrease in gross 
unrealized losses when comparing December 31, 2011 to December 31, 2010 was primarily due to changes in interest rates. 
Also contributing to the decrease in gross unrealized losses was the maturity in September 2011 of the Company’s investment 
issued by AIG Matched Funding Corporation (the “AIG Capped Floater”). The Company received the $50.0 million face value 
of the AIG Capped Floater upon maturity. Because the Company does not intend to sell any of its investments in an unrealized 
loss position and it is more likely than not that it will not be required to sell the securities before the recovery of its amortized 
cost basis, which may not occur until maturity, it does not consider the securities to be other-than-temporarily impaired.

Cost Method Investments

The Company held direct investments in privately-held companies of approximately $32.2 million and $21.3 million as 

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of December 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively, which are accounted for based on the cost method and are included in other 
assets in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets. The Company monitors these investments for indicators of 
impairment. If the Company determines that an other-than-temporary impairment has occurred, it will write-down the 
investment to its fair value. The Company determined one of its cost method investments was impaired and recorded a charge 
of $3.5 million during the third quarter of 2011 which was included in other (expense) income, net in the accompanying 
consolidated statements of income. See Note 5 for more information.

5. FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS

The authoritative guidance defines fair value as an exit price, representing the amount that would either be received to 

sell an asset or be paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants. As such, fair value is a 
market-based measurement that should be determined based on assumptions that market participants would use in pricing an 
asset or liability. As a basis for considering such assumptions, the guidance establishes a three-tier fair value hierarchy, which 
prioritizes the inputs used in measuring fair value as follows:

• 

• 

• 

Level 1. Observable inputs such as quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities;

Level 2. Inputs, other than the quoted prices in active markets, that are observable either directly or indirectly; and

Level 3. Unobservable inputs in which there is little or no market data, which require the reporting entity to develop 
its own assumptions.

Available-for-sale securities included in Level 2 are valued utilizing inputs obtained from an independent pricing service 

(the “Service”) which uses quoted market prices for identical or comparable instruments rather than direct observations of 
quoted prices in active markets. The Service gathers observable inputs for all of the Company’s fixed income securities from a 
variety of industry data providers including, for example, large custodial institutions and other third-party sources. Once the 
observable inputs are gathered by the Service, all data points are considered and an average price is determined. The Service’s 
providers utilize a variety of inputs to determine their quoted prices. These inputs may include interest rates, known historical 
trades, yield curve information, benchmark data, prepayment speeds, credit quality and broker/dealer quotes. Substantially all 
of the Company’s available-for-sale investments are valued utilizing inputs obtained from the Service and accordingly are 
categorized as Level 2 in the table below. The Company periodically independently assesses the pricing obtained from the 
Service and historically has not adjusted the Service's pricing as a result of this assessment. Available-for-sale securities are 
included in Level 3 when relevant observable inputs for a security are not available.

The Company’s assessment of the significance of a particular input to the fair value measurement requires judgment and 

may affect the classification of assets and liabilities within the fair value hierarchy. In certain instances, the inputs used to 
measure fair value may meet the definition of more than one level of the fair value hierarchy. The input with the lowest level 
priority is used to determine the applicable level in the fair value hierarchy.

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Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis

As of December 31,
2011

Quoted
Prices In
Active Markets
for Identical
Assets (Level 1)

Significant
Other
Observable
Inputs (Level 2)

Significant
Unobservable
Inputs (Level 3)

(in thousands)

Assets:

Cash and cash equivalents:

Money market funds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $
Corporate securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Municipal securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Cash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Available-for-sale securities:

Agency securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Corporate securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Municipal securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Government securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Prepaid expenses and other current assets:

101,056
38,738
3,435
190,067

646,224
391,793
80,026
26,262

Foreign currency derivatives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Total assets. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $

Accrued expenses and other current liabilities:

Foreign currency derivatives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Total liabilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $

2,831
1,480,432

8,454
8,454

$

$

$

101,056
—
—
190,067

—
—
—
—

$

— $

38,738
3,435
—

646,224
388,097
80,026
26,262

—
291,123

$

2,831
1,185,613

—
— $

8,454
8,454

$

$

—
—
—
—

—
3,696
—
—

—
3,696

—
—

The Company’s fixed income available-for-sale security portfolio generally consists of high quality, investment grade 

securities from diverse issuers with a minimum credit rating of A-/A3 and a weighted-average credit rating of AA+/Aa1. The 
Company previously classified these investments as Level 1 because it did not make adjustments to the prices obtained from 
the Service. However, as the Company values these securities based on pricing from the Service, whose sources may use 
quoted prices in active markets for identical assets (Level 1 inputs) or inputs other than quoted prices that are observable either 
directly or indirectly (Level 2 inputs) in determining fair value, the Company began classifying all of its fixed income 
available-for-sale securities as Level 2 during 2011. See Note 4 for more information regarding the Company’s available for-
sale investments.

The Company measures its cash flow hedges, which are classified as prepaid expenses and other current assets and 

accrued expenses and other current liabilities, at fair value based on indicative prices in active markets (Level 2 inputs).

The Company has invested in convertible debt securities of certain early-stage entities that are classified as available-for-

sale investments. As quoted prices in active markets or other observable inputs were not available for these investments, in 
order to measure them at fair value, the Company utilized a discounted cash flow model using a discount rate reflecting the 
market risk inherent in holding securities of an early-stage enterprise, adjusted by the probability-weighted exit possibilities 
associated with the convertible debt securities. This methodology required the Company to make assumptions that were not 
directly or indirectly observable regarding the fair value of the convertible debt securities; accordingly it is a Level 3 valuation 
and is included in the "Purchases of Level 3 securities" line in the table below.

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CITRIX SYSTEMS, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Assets Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis Using Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)

Investments

(in thousands)

Balance at December 31, 2010. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $
Purchases of Level 3 securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Proceeds received on Level 3 securities (1). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Decrease in previously recognized unrealized losses included in accumulated other comprehensive (loss)
income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Balance at December 31, 2011. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $

49,340

3,696
(50,000)

660

3,696

(1)  In September 2011, the Company's investment in the AIG Capped Floater matured and proceeds of $50.0 million were 
received. See Note 4 for more information regarding the AIG Capped Floater.

Assets Measured at Fair Value on a Non-recurring Basis Using Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)

During the third quarter of 2011, one of the Company's cost method investments with a carrying value of $5.0 million was 
determined to be impaired and has been written down to its fair value of $1.5 million, resulting in an impairment charge of $3.5 
million. The impairment charge is included in other (expense) income in the accompanying consolidated financial statements 
for the year ended December 31, 2011. The fair value of the cost method investment represents a Level 3 valuation as the 
assumptions used in valuing this investment were not directly or indirectly observable. See Note 4 for more information 
regarding cost method investments.

Additional Disclosures Regarding Fair Value Measurements

The carrying value of accounts receivable, accounts payable and accrued expenses approximate their fair value due to the 

short maturity of these items.

6. ACCRUED EXPENSES AND OTHER CURRENT LIABILITIES

Accrued expenses consist of the following:

Accrued compensation and employee benefits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Accrued taxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Other accrued expenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

December 31,

2011

2010

(In thousands)

$

$

106,474
118,413
77,567
302,454

$

$

102,228
108,064
79,546
289,838

7. EMPLOYEE STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION AND BENEFIT PLANS

Plans

The Company’s stock-based compensation program is a long-term retention program that is intended to attract and 

reward talented employees and align stockholder and employee interests. As of December 31, 2011, the Company had two 
stock-based compensation plans under which it was granting stock options and non-vested stock units. The Company is 
currently granting stock-based awards from its Amended and Restated 2005 Equity Incentive Plan (as amended, the “2005 
Plan”) and its Amended and Restated 2005 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the “2005 ESPP”). In connection with certain of 
the Company’s acquisitions, the Company has assumed several plans from acquired companies. The Company’s Board of 
Directors has provided that no new awards will be granted under the Company’s acquired stock plans. The Company’s 
superseded and expired stock plans include the Amended and Restated 1995 Stock Plan, Second Amended and Restated 2000 
Director and Officer Stock Option and Incentive Plan and Second Amended and Restated 1995 Non-Employee Director Stock 
Option Plan. Awards previously granted under these plans and still outstanding 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.

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CITRIX SYSTEMS, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

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”), and performance units 
and to make stock-based 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. Currently, the 2005 Plan provides for 
the issuance of a maximum of 43,100,000 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 fair market value at the date 
of grant. NSOs and SARs must be granted at no less than fair 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 for such consideration 
in cash, other property or services, or a combination thereof, as determined by the Company’s Compensation Committee of its 
Board of Directors. All stock-based awards, other than the long-term incentive awards discussed below, are exercisable or 
issuable upon vesting. The Company’s policy is to recognize compensation cost for awards with only service conditions and a 
graded vesting schedule on a straight-line basis over the requisite service period for the entire award. As of December 31, 2011, 
there were 28,491,056 shares of common stock reserved for issuance pursuant to the Company’s stock-based compensation 
plans and the Company had authorization under its 2005 Plan to grant 15,651,323 additional stock-based awards.

Under the 2005 ESPP, all full-time and certain part-time employees of the Company are eligible 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 in the 2005 ESPP, would own shares representing 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, 2011, 2,214,921 shares had been issued under the 2005 ESPP. The Company 
recorded stock-based compensation costs related to the 2005 ESPP of $3.5 million and $2.8 million and 2.2 million for the 
years ended December 31, 2011, 2010 and 2009, respectively.

Expense Information under the Authoritative Guidance

As required by the authoritative guidance, the Company estimates forfeitures of employee stock options and recognizes 
compensation costs only for those awards expected to vest. Forfeiture rates are determined based on historical experience. The 
Company also considers whether there have been any significant changes in facts and circumstances that would affect its 
forfeiture rate quarterly. Estimated forfeitures are adjusted to actual forfeiture experience as needed. The Company recorded 
stock-based compensation costs, related deferred tax assets and tax benefits of $92.9 million, $28.4 million and $67.9 million, 
respectively, in 2011, $103.8 million, $31.1 million and $100.1 million, respectively, in 2010 and $111.4 million, $32.8 million 
and $36.2 million, respectively, in 2009.

The detail of the total stock-based compensation recognized by income statement classification is as follows (in 

thousands):

Income Statement Classifications
Cost of services revenues. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $
Research and development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Sales, marketing and services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

General and administrative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2011

2010

2009

1,584

$

1,363

$

31,763

31,354

28,208

54,123

28,704

19,568

Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $

92,909

$

103,758

$

1,868

55,012

32,244

22,295

111,419

Stock Options

Stock options granted under the 2005 Plan typically have a five-year life and 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. The Company also 
assumes stock options from certain of its acquisitions for which the vesting period is typically reset to 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. See 
Note 3 for more information related to acquisitions. 

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CITRIX SYSTEMS, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

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

Options
Outstanding at December 31, 2010. . . .

Granted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Assumed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Exercised . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Forfeited or expired. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Outstanding at December 31, 2011. . . .

Vested or expected to vest. . . . . . . . . . .
Exercisable at December 31, 2011 . . . .

Number of
Options

Weighted-
Average
Exercise
Price

$

11,668,907
3,158,617
572,883
(3,944,381)
(756,121)
10,699,905
10,128,946
4,782,143

37.31
76.02
12.32
31.84
53.61
48.06
47.34
34.23

Weighted-
Average
Remaining
Contractual
Life
(in years)

3.21

Aggregate
Intrinsic
Value
(in thousands)

3.24
3.18
2.20

$
$
$

186,254
181,099
128,380

The Company recognized stock-based compensation expense of $48.2 million, $67.0 million and $78.6 million related to 

options for the years ended December 31, 2011, 2010 and 2009, respectively. As of December 31, 2011, there was $122.6 
million of total unrecognized compensation cost related to stock options. That cost is expected to be recognized over a 
weighted-average period of 2.33 years. The total intrinsic value of stock options exercised during 2011, 2010 and 2009 was 
$169.2 million, $293.7 million and $97.7 million, respectively.

Stock Option Valuation Information

The Company currently uses the Black-Scholes option pricing model to determine the fair value of stock options. The 
determination of the fair value of stock-based payment awards on the date of grant using an option-pricing model is affected by 
the Company’s stock price, as well as assumptions regarding a number of complex and subjective variables. These variables 
include the Company’s expected stock price, volatility over the term of the awards, actual employee exercise behaviors, risk-
free interest rate and expected dividends. For purposes of valuing stock options, the Company determined the expected 
volatility factor by considering the implied volatility in two-year market-traded options of the Company’s common stock based 
on third party volatility quotes in accordance with the provisions of SAB No. 107, Share Based Payment. The Company’s 
decision to use implied volatility was based upon the availability of actively traded options on the Company’s common stock 
and its assessment that implied volatility is more representative of future stock price trends than historical volatility. The 
approximate risk free interest rate was based on the implied yield available on U.S. Treasury zero-coupon issues with 
remaining terms equivalent to the Company’s expected terms on stock options. The expected term of stock options was based 
on the historical employee exercise patterns. The Company also periodically analyzes its historical pattern of option exercises 
based on certain demographic characteristics and determined that there were no meaningful differences in option exercise 
activity based on the demographic characteristics. The Company does not intend to pay dividends on its common stock in the 
foreseeable future. Accordingly, the Company used a dividend yield of zero in its option pricing model. The weighted-average 
fair value of stock options granted during 2011, 2010 and 2009 was $29.91, $13.74 and $7.22, respectively. 

The assumptions used to value option grants under the 2005 Plan are as follows:

Expected volatility factor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Approximate risk free interest rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Expected term (in years) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Expected dividend yield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Non-vested Stock Units

Stock options granted during

2011

0.38 - 0.50

0.6% - 1.1%

3.27 - 3.91

0%

2010

0.31 - 0.37

0.9% - 1.6%

3.06 - 3.27

0%

2009

0.34 - 0.44

1.2% - 1.6%

3.17 - 3.37

0%

Annually, the Company awards senior level employees non-vested performance stock units granted under the 2005 Plan. 
The number of non-vested stock units underlying each award is determined one year after the date of the award and is based on 
achievement of a specific corporate financial performance goal. If the performance goal is less than 90% attained, then no non-

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vested stock units will be issued pursuant to the authorized award. For performance at and above 90%, the number of non-
vested stock units issued is based on a graduated slope, with the maximum number of non-vested stock units issuable pursuant 
to the award capped at 125% of the base number of non-vested stock units set forth in the award agreement. The Company is 
required to estimate the attainment that will be achieved related to the defined performance goals and the number of non-vested 
stock units that will ultimately be awarded in order to recognize compensation expense over the vesting period. If the 
performance goal is met, the awards vest 33.33% on each anniversary subsequent to the date of the award. Each non-vested 
stock unit, upon vesting, represents the right to receive one share of the Company’s common stock. If the performance goals are 
not met, no compensation cost will ultimately be recognized in that period and any previously recognized compensation cost 
will be reversed. For awards of non-vested performance stock units made in 2011 and 2010, the performance goal was achieved 
within the range of the graduated slope and there was no material adjustment to compensation cost related to non-vested stock 
units granted to employees.

The Company also awards senior level and certain other employees non-vested stock units granted under the 2005 Plan 
that vest based on service. The majority of awards vest 33.33% on each anniversary subsequent to the date of the award. The 
remaining awards vest 100% on the third anniversary of the grant date. Each non-vested stock unit, upon vesting, will represent 
the right to receive one share of the Company’s common stock. In addition, the Company awards non-vested stock units to all 
of its non-employee directors. These awards vest monthly in 12 equal installments based on service and, upon vesting, each 
stock unit represents the right to receive one share of the Company's common stock.

The following table summarizes the Company's non-vested stock unit activity for the year ended December 31, 2011:

Non-vested stock units at December 31, 2010 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Granted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Vested . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Forfeited . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Non-vested stock units at December 31, 2011 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Number of
Shares

$

1,172,312
1,666,793
(527,933)
(171,344)
2,139,828

Weighted-
Average
Fair Value
at Grant Date

40.86
72.33
40.33
54.69
64.05

For the years ended December 31, 2011, 2010 and 2009, the Company recognized stock-based compensation expense of 
$40.0 million, $19.3 million and $13.1 million, respectively, related to non-vested stock units. The fair value of the non-vested 
stock units released in 2011, 2010, 2009 was $21.3 million, $11.6 million and $12.1 million, respectively. As of December 31, 
2011, there was $100.5 million of total unrecognized compensation cost related to non-vested stock units. The unrecognized 
cost is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 2.33 years.

Long-term Incentive Plan

In May 2009, the Company granted certain senior level executives restricted stock unit awards that vest based on market 

and service conditions as part of a long-term incentive plan. The number of restricted stock units underlying each award was 
determined at the end of a three-year performance period ending December 31, 2011. In order to vest, the Company’s stock 
price must have appreciated by at least ten percent by the end of the performance period. The Company’s stock appreciation 
was at least ten percent, accordingly, the number of restricted stock units ultimately awarded was determined by comparing the 
Company’s stock price appreciation to the appreciation of the weighted-average of two stock market indices comprised of the 
Standard & Poor’s 500 Index (the “S&P 500”), which was assigned a two-thirds weighting, and the iShares Standard & Poor’s 
North America Technology Index (the “IGM”), which was assigned a one-third weighting. In February 2012, based on the level 
of performance the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors approved that participants will receive a number of 
restricted stock units equal to 200% of their target award. The shares underlying the award will be issued at the earliest of (i) 
six months and one day after the participant’s separation from the Company (other than termination for cause), (ii) the 
participant’s death, or (iii) the effective date of a change in control of the Company.

The market condition requirements were reflected in the grant date fair value of the award, and the compensation expense 

for the award was recognized assuming that the requisite service was rendered regardless of whether the market conditions 
were achieved. The grant date fair value of the restricted stock unit awards was determined through the use of a Monte Carlo 
simulation model, which utilizes multiple input variables that determine the probability of satisfying the market condition 
requirements applicable to each award.

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The following table summarizes the Company’s restricted stock unit awards for the year ended December 31, 2011:

Restricted stock unit awards at December 31, 2010 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Granted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Forfeited . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Restricted stock unit awards at December 31, 2011 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Number of
Shares

Weighted-
Average
Fair Value
at Grant Date

$

175,667
—
(14,000)
161,667

24.16
—
24.16
24.16

For the years ended December 31, 2011, 2010 and 2009, the Company recognized stock-based compensation expense of 
$1.2 million , $1.5 million and $0.9 million, respectively, related to restricted stock units. As of December 31, 2011, there was 
no unrecognized compensation cost related to these restricted stock unit awards. 

Benefit Plan

The Company maintains a 401(k) benefit 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 IRS. The Company, at its discretion, 
may contribute up to $0.50 for each dollar of employee contribution. The Company’s total matching contribution to an 
employee is typically made at 3% of the employee’s annual compensation. The Company’s matching contributions were $9.1 
million, $8.0 million and $7.2 million in 2011, 2010 and 2009, respectively. The Company’s contributions vest over a four-year 
period at 25% per year.

8. CAPITAL STOCK

Stock Repurchase Programs

The Company’s Board of Directors authorized an ongoing stock repurchase program with a total repurchase authority 
granted to the Company of $3.0 billion. The Company may use the approved dollar authority to repurchase stock at any time 
until the approved amount is exhausted. The objective of the Company’s stock repurchase program is to improve stockholders’ 
returns. At December 31, 2011, approximately $186.6 million was available to repurchase common stock pursuant to the stock 
repurchase program. All shares repurchased are recorded as treasury stock in the Company's consolidated balance sheets. A 
portion of the funds used to repurchase stock over the course of the program was provided by proceeds from employee stock 
option exercises and the related tax benefit.

The Company is authorized to make open market purchases of its common stock using general corporate funds. 
Additionally, from time to time, the Company may enter 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 up-front payments to the counterparty financial institution and result in the receipt of stock 
during or at the end of the term of the agreement or the receipt of either stock or cash at the maturity of the agreement, 
depending on market conditions. 

During the year ended December 31, 2011, the Company expended approximately $424.8 million on open market 

purchases, repurchasing 6,275,470 shares of outstanding common stock at an average price of $67.70. As of December 31, 
2011, the Company did not have any prepaid notional amounts outstanding under structured stock repurchase programs and 
during the year it did not make any up-front payments to financial institutions related to structured stock repurchase 
agreements.

During the year ended December 31, 2010, the Company expended approximately $434.8 million on open market 
purchases, repurchasing 8,157,400 shares of outstanding common stock at an average price of $53.31. In addition, during the 
third quarter of 2010, the Company made an up-front payment of $15.0 million to a financial institution related to a structured 
stock repurchase agreement. At the maturity of the agreement in the fourth quarter of 2010, the Company received $16.1 
million in cash, including premiums, and did not take delivery of any shares related to the agreement due to market conditions. 
As of December 31, 2010, the Company did not have any prepaid notional amounts outstanding relating to its structured stock 
repurchase programs.

During the year ended December 31, 2009, the Company expended approximately $214.9 million on open market 

purchases, repurchasing 6,475,830 shares of outstanding common stock at an average price of $33.19. As of December 31, 

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

2009, the Company did not have any prepaid notional amounts outstanding under its structured stock repurchase programs and 
during the year it did not make any up-front payments to financial institutions related to structured stock repurchase 
agreements.

Shares for Tax Withholding

During the years ended December 31, 2011, 2010 and 2009, the Company withheld 182,203 shares, 123,489 shares and 

46,732 shares, respectively, from stock units that vested. Amounts withheld to satisfy minimum tax withholding obligations 
that arose on the vesting of stock units was $13.3 million, $6.3 million and $1.8 million, for 2011, 2010 and 2009, respectively. 
These shares are reflected as treasury stock in the Company's consolidated balance sheets and statement of equity and the 
related cash outlays reduce the Company's total stock repurchase authority.

Preferred Stock

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

preferred stock were issued and outstanding at December 31, 2011 or 2010.

9. CREDIT FACILITY

Effective on August 9, 2005, the Company entered into a revolving credit facility (the “Credit Facility”) with a group of 

financial institutions. Effective September 27, 2006, the Company entered into an amendment and restatement of its Credit 
Facility (the “Amendment”). The Amendment decreased the overall range of interest rates the Company paid on amounts 
outstanding on the Credit Facility and lowered the facility fee. In addition, the Amendment extended the term of the Credit 
Facility until September 27, 2011. The Credit Facility, as amended, provided for a revolving line of credit in the aggregate 
amount of $100.0 million, subject to continued covenant compliance. The Credit Facility, as amended, bore interest at the 
London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) plus 0.32% and adjusted in the range of 0.32% to 0.80% 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 was required to pay a quarterly facility fee ranging from 
0.08% to 0.20% based on the aggregate amount available under the Credit Facility, as amended, and the level of the Company’s 
total debt and its adjusted EBITDA. The Company did not renew the credit facility and it expired on September 27, 2011. Upon 
expiration, there was no indebtedness outstanding under the Credit Facility.  

10. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

Leases

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, 2011, 2010 and 2009 totaled approximately $56.5 million, $54.6 

million and $51.3 million, respectively. Sublease income for the years ended December 31, 2011, 2010 and 2009 was 
approximately $0.2 million, $0.2 million and $0.1 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, are 
as follows:

Years ending December 31,

2012 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2013 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2014 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2015 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2016 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Thereafter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Operating
Leases

Sublease
Income

(In thousands)

$

$

59,925
53,600
50,138
37,051
31,036
29,573
261,323

$

$

779
736
539
539
539
90
3,222

 
 
The Company has operating lease obligations through 2018 related to two properties that are not utilized. At 

December 31, 2011, the total remaining obligation on these leases was approximately $5.4 million, of which $2.1 million was 
accrued as of December 31, 2011, and is reflected in accrued expenses and other current liabilities and other liabilities in the 
accompanying consolidated balance sheets. In calculating these accruals, 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 related to these vacant facilities.

Legal Matters

Due to the nature of the Company’s business, it is subject to patent infringement claims, including current suits against it 

or one or more of its wholly-owned subsidiaries alleging infringement by various Company products and services. The 
Company believes that it has meritorious defenses to the allegations made in its pending cases and intends to vigorously defend 
these lawsuits; however, it is unable currently to determine the ultimate outcome of these or similar matters or the potential 
exposure to loss, if any.

In addition, 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 outcomes of these cases, the Company believes that the ultimate 
outcomes will not materially affect its business, financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

Guarantees

The authoritative guidance requires certain guarantees to be recorded at fair value and requires a guarantor to make 

disclosures, even when the likelihood of making any payments under the guarantee is remote. For those guarantees and 
indemnifications that do not fall within the initial recognition and measurement requirements of the authoritative guidance, the 
Company must continue to monitor the conditions that are subject to the guarantees and indemnifications, as required under 
existing generally accepted accounting principles, to identify if a loss has been incurred. If the Company determines that it is 
probable that a loss has been incurred, any such estimable loss would be recognized. The initial recognition and measurement 
requirements do not apply to the provisions contained in the majority of the Company’s software license agreements that 
indemnify licensees of the Company’s software from damages and costs resulting from claims alleging that the Company’s 
software infringes the intellectual property rights of a third party. The Company has not made material payments pursuant to 
these provisions as of December 31, 2011. The Company has not identified any losses that are probable under these provisions 
and, accordingly, the Company has not recorded a liability related to these indemnification provisions.

Purchase Obligations

The Company has agreements with suppliers to purchase inventory and estimates its non-cancelable obligations under 

these agreements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2012 to be approximately $11.8 million. The Company also has 
contingent obligations to purchase inventory for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2012, which are based on amount of usage, 
of approximately $9.4 million. The Company does not have any purchase obligations beyond December 31, 2012.

11. INCOME TAXES 

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

United States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Foreign. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$

$

176,824
253,673
430,497

$

$

124,337
209,483
333,820

$

$

16,434
177,458
193,892

2011

2010

(In thousands)

2009

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CITRIX SYSTEMS, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

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

2011

2010

(In thousands)

2009

Current:

Federal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Foreign . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Total current . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Deferred. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Total provision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$

$

50,022
29,169
11,905
91,096
(16,229)
74,867

$

$

69,540
25,467
9,048
104,055
(46,676)
57,379

$

$

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

December 31,

2011

2010

(In thousands)

Deferred tax assets:

Accruals and reserves . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Deferred revenue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Tax credits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Net operating losses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Stock option compensation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Valuation allowance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Total deferred tax assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Deferred tax liabilities:

Depreciation and amortization. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Acquired technology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Prepaid expenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Total deferred tax liabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Total net deferred tax assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$

$

$

31,191
25,365
60,331
61,205
8,580
38,834
(9,235)
216,271

(27,648)
(78,456)
(16,839)
(122,943)
93,328

$

25,065
21,747
6,913
53,725
(50,850)
2,875

24,191
19,377
71,442
40,234
3,495
27,314
(13,999)
172,054

(2,684)
(26,850)
(12,479)
(42,013)
130,041

The authoritative guidance 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, 2011, the Company determined 
that a $9.2 million valuation allowance relating to deferred tax assets for net operating losses was necessary.

The Company does not expect to remit earnings from its foreign subsidiaries. Undistributed earnings of the Company’s 
foreign subsidiaries amounted to approximately $1,320.1 million at December 31, 2011. Those earnings are considered to be 
permanently reinvested and, accordingly, no U.S. federal and state income taxes have been provided thereon. Upon distribution 
of those earnings in the form of dividends or otherwise, the Company could be subject to both U.S. income taxes (subject to an 
adjustment for foreign tax credits) and withholding taxes payable to various foreign countries. The Company maintains certain 
strategic management and operational activities in overseas subsidiaries and its foreign earnings are taxed at rates that are 
generally lower than in the United States. The Company does not expect to remit earnings from its foreign subsidiaries.

At December 31, 2011, the Company had $118.0 million of remaining net operating loss carry forwards in the United 

States from acquisitions. The utilization of these net operating loss carry forwards are limited in any one year pursuant to 
Internal Revenue Code Section 382 and begin to expire in 2019. At December 31, 2011, the Company had $42.7 million of 
remaining net operating loss carry forwards in foreign jurisdictions that do not expire.

At December 31, 2011, the Company had research and development tax credit carry forwards of approximately $60.3 

million that begin to expire in 2024.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

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

Federal statutory taxes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
State income taxes, net of federal tax benefit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Foreign operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Permanent differences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Tax credits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Stock option compensation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Change in accruals for uncertain tax positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Year Ended December 31,

2011

2010

2009

35.0%
1.7
(14.5)
1.2
(7.1)
0.1
1.4
(0.4)
17.4%

35.0%
3.3
(16.8)
1.1
(10.4)
(0.4)
5.3
0.1
17.2%

35.0%
3.6
(24.1)
2.8
(23.9)
1.2
8.8
(1.9)
1.5%

The Company’s effective tax rate generally differs from the U.S. federal statutory rate of 35% due primarily to lower tax 
rates on earnings generated by the Company’s foreign operations that are taxed primarily in Switzerland. The Company has not 
provided for U.S. taxes for those earnings because it plans to reinvest all of those earnings indefinitely outside the United 
States.

The Company and one or more of its subsidiaries is subject to U.S. federal income taxes, as well as income taxes of 
multiple state and foreign jurisdictions. With few exceptions, the Company is no longer subject to U.S. federal, state and local, 
or non- U.S. income tax examinations by tax authorities for years prior to 2004.

A reconciliation of the beginning and ending amount of unrecognized tax benefits for the years ended December 31, 2011 

and 2010 is as follows (in thousands):

Balance at January 1, 2010. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $
Additions based on tax positions related to the current year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Additions for tax positions of prior years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Reductions related to the expiration of statutes of limitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Settlements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Balance at December 31, 2010. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Additions based on tax positions related to the current year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Additions for tax positions of prior years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Reductions related to the expiration of statutes of limitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Settlements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Balance at December 31, 2011. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $

48,165
8,134
15,629
(1,838)
—

70,090
8,656
722
(269)
—

79,199

The Company's unrecognized tax benefits may change significantly over the next 12 months due to the IRS settlement 

discussed below.

The Company recognizes interest accrued related to unrecognized tax benefits and penalties in income tax expense. 
During the year ended December 31, 2011, the Company recognized $0.2 million of expense related to interest and penalties. 
The Company has approximately $1.4 million for the payment of interest and penalties accrued at December 31, 2011.

In June 2010, the Company reached a settlement in principle with the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) regarding certain 

previously disclosed income tax deficiencies asserted in a Revenue Agent’s Report (the “RAR”). Under the terms of the 
settlement in principle, the Company would agree to an assessment of income tax deficiencies in full settlement of all open 
claims under the RAR and would resolve with finality for future years all of the transfer pricing issues raised in the RAR. 
Based on this, the Company incurred a charge of $13.1 million in 2010 in accordance with the authoritative guidance. Among 
other things, the authoritative guidance requires application of a “more likely than not” threshold to the recognition and non-

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recognition of tax positions. It further requires that a change in management judgment related to prior years’ tax positions be 
recognized in the quarter of such change.

The final settlement requires the finalization of tax deficiency calculations with the IRS and a written agreement signed 

by the IRS. This process could take several more months to complete. There can be no assurances that a final written agreement 
will be obtained or that this matter will otherwise be resolved in our favor. An adverse outcome of this matter could have a 
material adverse effect on our results of operations and financial condition.

12. SEGMENT INFORMATION

The Company’s revenues are derived from sales of its Enterprise division products which include its Desktop Solutions, 

Datacenter and Cloud Solutions and related technical services and from sales of its Online Services division’s Web 
collaboration, connectivity and remote support services. The Enterprise division and the Online Services division constitute the 
Company’s two reportable segments.

The Company does not engage in intercompany revenue transfers between segments. The Company’s chief operating 

decision maker (“CODM”) evaluates the Company’s performance based primarily on profitability from its Enterprise division 
products and Online Services division products delivered as a subscription service. Segment profit for each segment includes 
certain research and development, sales, marketing, general and administrative expenses directly attributable to the segment as 
well as other corporate costs allocated to the segment and excludes certain expenses that are managed outside of the reportable 
segments. Costs excluded from segment profit primarily consist of certain restructuring charges, stock-based compensation 
costs, amortization of product related technology, amortization of other intangible assets, net interest and other (expense) 
income, net. Accounting policies of the Company’s segments are the same as its consolidated accounting policies.

International revenues (sales outside of the United States) accounted for approximately 43.2%, 42.7% and 43.6% of the 

Company’s net revenues for the year ended December 31, 2011, 2010, and 2009, respectively. Net revenues and segment profit 
for 2011, 2010 and 2009 classified by the Company’s reportable segments, are presented below:

2011

2010

(In thousands)

2009

Net revenues:

Enterprise division . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $
Online Services division . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Consolidated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $

1,778,646

427,746

2,206,392

Segment profit:

Enterprise division . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $
Online Services division . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Unallocated expenses (1):

Amortization of intangible assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Restructuring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Net interest and other income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Stock-based compensation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Consolidated income before income taxes. . . . . . . . . $

504,883

76,147

(71,131)
(24)
13,531
(92,909)
430,497

$

$

$

$

1,514,045

360,617

1,874,662

403,722

86,506

(64,783)
(971)
13,104
(103,758)
333,820

$

$

$

$

1,305,911

308,177

1,614,088

308,609

76,849

(68,889)
(26,473)
15,215
(111,419)
193,892

(1)  Represents expenses presented to management on a consolidated basis only and not allocated to the operating segments.

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Identifiable assets classified by the Company’s reportable segments are shown below. Long-lived assets consist of 

property and equipment, net, and are shown below.

Identifiable assets:

Enterprise division. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $
Online Services division . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Total identifiable assets. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $

3,619,989
479,552
4,099,541

$

$

3,386,392
317,208
3,703,600

December 31,

2011

2010

(In thousands)

December 31,

2011

2010

(In thousands)

Long-lived assets, net:

United States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $
United Kingdom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Other countries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Total long-lived assets, net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $

223,076
28,344
26,009
277,429

$

$

200,319
29,310
20,853
250,482

The increases in identifiable assets are primarily due to goodwill and intangible assets recorded in conjunction with the 

Company's 2011 Acquisitions. See Note 3 for additional information regarding the Company’s acquisitions.

In fiscal years 2011, 2010 and 2009, one distributor, Ingram Micro, accounted for 17%, 17% and 14%, respectively, of 

the Company’s total net revenues. The Company’s distributor arrangements with Ingram Micro consist of several non-
exclusive, independently negotiated agreements with its subsidiaries, each of which cover different countries or regions. Each 
of these agreements is separately negotiated and is independent of any other contract (such as a master distribution agreement). 
None of these contracts were individually responsible for over 10% of the Company’s total net revenues in each of the last 
three fiscal years. In fiscal years 2011, 2010 and 2009, there were no resellers that accounted for over 10% of the Company’s 
total net revenues.  Total net revenues associated with Ingram Micro are included in the Company's Enterprise division.

Revenues by product grouping for the Company’s Enterprise division and Online Services division were as follows for 

the years ended:

2011

December 31,

2010

(In thousands)

2009

Net revenues:

Enterprise division

Desktop Solutions revenues(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $
Datacenter and Cloud Solutions revenues(2) . . . . . . . . . .
Enterprise technical services(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Other(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Total Enterprise division revenues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Online Services division revenues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1,278,798

$

1,137,326

$

385,518

91,496

22,834

1,778,646

427,746

298,649

59,371

18,699

1,514,045

360,617

Total net revenues. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $

2,206,392

$

1,874,662

$

1,015,234

231,396

41,288

17,993

1,305,911

308,177

1,614,088

(1)  Desktop Solutions revenues are primarily comprised of sales from the Company’s desktop virtualization product, 

XenDesktop, and the Company’s application virtualization product, XenApp, and related license updates and technical 
support.

(2)  Datacenter and Cloud Solutions revenues are primarily comprised of sales from the Company’s cloud networking products 
which include NetScaler and Branch Repeater and the Company’s CloudPlatform products which include XenServer, 
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CloudStack and CloudPortal and related license updates and maintenance. 

(3)  Technical services revenues are primarily comprised of revenues from consulting and product training and certification 

services.

(4)  Other is primarily comprised of revenues from other products, including Enterprise division's ShareFile SaaS products.

Revenues by Geographic Location

The following table presents revenues by segment and geographic location, for the years ended:

2011

December 31,

2010

(In thousands)

2009

Net revenues:

Enterprise division

Americas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $
EMEA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Asia-Pacific . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Total Enterprise division revenues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Online Services division

Americas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

EMEA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Asia-Pacific . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Total Online Services division revenues. . . . . . . . . . .
Total net revenues. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $

993,062

$

837,689

$

576,953

208,631
1,778,646

367,260

50,711

9,775

427,746

519,828

156,528
1,514,045

330,493

23,258

6,866

360,617

2,206,392

$

1,874,662

$

696,205

480,720

128,986
1,305,911

288,262

16,439

3,476

308,177

1,614,088

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 2011, 2010 and 2009 
were $106.0 million, $95.0 million and $74.5 million, respectively.

13. RESTRUCTURING

During the first quarter of 2009, the Company announced a restructuring program and reduced its headcount by 

approximately 450 full-time positions. The restructuring program was completed in 2009. Total costs incurred as of 
December 31, 2011 since the inception of the restructuring program were $27.5 million, of which $26.3 million was related to 
the Company’s Enterprise division and $1.2 million was related to its Online Services division.

Restructuring charges related to the reduction of the Company’s headcount and non-cancelable lease costs related to the 

consolidation and exiting of excess facilities by segment consists of the following for the years ended:

2011

December 31,

2010

(In thousands)

2009

Enterprise division . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Online Services division. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Total restructuring charges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$

$

24
—
24

$

$

796
175
971

$

$

25,460
1,013
26,473

Restructuring accruals

As of December 31, 2011, the outstanding restructuring liability relates to non-cancelable lease costs related to the 
consolidation of excess facilities that the Company expects to pay over the lives of the related obligations through fiscal 2012, 
all of which were related to the Company’s Enterprise division.

The activity in the Company’s restructuring accruals for the year ended December 31, 2011 is summarized as follows (in 

thousands):

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Balance at January 1, 2011. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $
Employee severance and related costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Adjustments to non-cancelable lease costs and other charges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Payments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Reversal of previous charges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Balance at December 31, 2011. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $

Total

1,275

24

—
(1,267)
—

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14. DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

Derivatives Designated as Hedging Instruments

As of December 31, 2011, the Company’s derivative assets and liabilities primarily resulted from cash flow hedges 
related to its forecasted operating expenses transacted in local currencies. 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 established a program that uses 
foreign exchange forward 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 and the maximum term is 18 months.

Generally, when the dollar is weak, foreign currency denominated expenses will be higher, and these higher expenses will 

be partially offset by the gains realized from the Company’s hedging contracts. Conversely, if the dollar is strong, foreign 
currency denominated expenses will be lower. These lower expenses will in turn be partially offset by the losses incurred from 
the Company’s hedging contracts. The change in the derivative component in accumulated other comprehensive (loss) income 
includes unrealized gains or losses that arose from changes in market value of the effective portion of derivatives that were held 
during the period, and gains or losses that were previously unrealized but have been recognized in the same line item as the 
forecasted transaction in current period net income due to termination or maturities of derivative contracts. This reclassification 
has no effect on total comprehensive income or equity.

The total cumulative unrealized (loss) gain on cash flow derivative instruments was $(5.2) million and $6.1 million at 

December 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively, and is included in accumulated other comprehensive (loss) income in the 
accompanying consolidated balance sheets. The net unrealized loss as of December 31, 2011 is expected to be recognized in 
income over the next twelve months at the same time the hedged items are recognized in income.

Derivatives not Designated as Hedges

A substantial portion of the Company’s overseas assets and liabilities are and will continue to be denominated in local 
currencies. To protect against fluctuations in earnings caused by changes in currency exchange rates when remeasuring the 
Company’s balance sheet, it utilizes foreign exchange forward contracts to hedge its exposure to this potential volatility.

These contracts are not designated for hedge accounting treatment under the authoritative guidance. Accordingly, changes 

in the fair value of these contracts are recorded in other (expense) income, net. 

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Fair Values of Derivative Instruments

Asset Derivatives

Liability Derivatives

(In thousands)

December 31, 2011

December 31, 2010

December 31, 2011

December 31, 2010

Derivatives 
Designated as
Hedging Instruments

Foreign currency
forward contracts. .

Balance Sheet
Location

Fair
Value

Balance Sheet
Location

Fair
Value

Balance Sheet
Location

Fair
Value

Balance Sheet
Location

Fair
Value

Prepaid
expenses
and other
current
assets

Prepaid
expenses
and other
current
assets

$2,762

Accrued
expenses
and other
current
liabilities

Accrued
expenses
and other
current
liabilities

$8,252

$6,745

$13,192

Asset Derivatives

Liability Derivatives

(In thousands)

December 31, 2011

December 31, 2010

December 31, 2011

December 31, 2010

Derivatives Not 
Designated as
Hedging Instruments

Foreign currency
forward contracts. .

Balance Sheet
Location

Fair
Value

Balance Sheet
Location

Fair
Value

Balance Sheet
Location

Fair
Value

Balance Sheet
Location

Fair
Value

Prepaid
expenses
and other
current
assets

Prepaid
expenses
and other
current
assets

Accrued
expenses
and other
current
liabilities

$—

$69

Accrued
expenses
and other
current
liabilities

$—

$202

The Effect of Derivative Instruments on Financial Performance

Derivatives in Cash Flow
Hedging Relationships

For the Year ended December 31,

(In thousands)

Location of 
Gain (Loss) Reclassified
from Accumulated Other
Comprehensive (Loss) 
Income into
Income
(Effective Portion)

Amount of Gain 
(Loss) Reclassified from
Accumulated Other 
Comprehensive (Loss) Income
(Effective Portion)

2011

2010

Amount of (Loss) 
Gain Recognized in Other
Comprehensive Income
(Effective Portion)

2011

2010

Foreign currency forward contracts . . . $

(11,259) $

1,743

Operating expenses

$

8,475

$

(1,573)

There was no material ineffectiveness in the Company’s foreign currency hedging program in the periods presented.

For the Year ended December 31,

(In thousands)

Derivatives Not Designated as Hedging
Instruments

Location of
Gain (Loss) Recognized in Income on
Derivative

Amount of Gain
(Loss) Recognized in Income on Derivative

2011

2010

Foreign currency forward contracts. . . . . .

Other (expense) income, net

$

567

$

(1,638)

Outstanding Foreign Currency Forward Contracts

As of December 31, 2011, the Company had the following net notional foreign currency forward contracts outstanding 

(in thousands):

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Foreign Currency
Australian dollars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

British pounds sterling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Canadian dollars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Chinese renminbi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Euro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Hong Kong dollars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Indian rupees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Japanese yen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Singapore dollars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Swiss francs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Currency
Denomination

AUD 2,386

GBP 20,828

CAD 2,168

CNY 18,757

EUR 21,120

HKD 24,733

INR 329,659

JPY 978,252

SGD 3,155

CHF 15,938

15. NET INCOME PER SHARE ATTRIBUTABLE TO CITRIX SYSTEMS, INC. STOCKHOLDERS

The following table sets forth the computation of basic and diluted net income per share attributable to Citrix Systems, 

Inc. stockholders (in thousands, except per share information):

Year Ended December 31,

2011

2010

2009

Numerator:

Net income attributable to Citrix Systems, Inc. stockholders . . . . . . . . $

356,322

$

277,065

$

191,017

Denominator:

Denominator for basic earnings per share — weighted-average shares
outstanding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Effect of dilutive employee stock awards:

187,315

185,959

181,805

Employee stock awards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

3,326

4,376

3,180

Denominator for diluted earnings per share — weighted-average
shares outstanding. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Net income per share attributable to Citrix Systems, Inc. stockholders —
basic. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $
Net income per share attributable to Citrix Systems, Inc. stockholders —
diluted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $
Anti-dilutive weighted-average shares . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

190,641

190,335

184,985

$

$

1.90

1.87

2,576

$

$

1.49

1.46

2,288

1.05

1.03

16,039

16. RECENT ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS

In June 2011, the FASB issued an amendment to an existing accounting standard which requires companies to present net 

income and other comprehensive income in one continuous statement or in two separate, but consecutive, statements. In 
addition, in December 2011, the FASB issued an amendment to an existing accounting standard which defers the requirement 
to present components of reclassifications of other comprehensive income on the face of the income statement. We adopted 
both standards in 2011.

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SUPPLEMENTAL FINANCIAL INFORMATION
QUARTERLY FINANCIAL INFORMATION (UNAUDITED)

2011
Net revenues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Gross margin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Income from operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Net income attributable to Citrix Systems, Inc. . . . . .
Net income per share attributable to Citrix Systems,
Inc. stockholders – basic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Net income per share attributable to Citrix Systems,
Inc. stockholders – diluted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2010
Net revenues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Gross margin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Income from operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Net income attributable to Citrix Systems, Inc. . . . . .
Net income per share attributable to Citrix Systems,
Inc. stockholders – basic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Net income per share attributable to Citrix Systems,
Inc. stockholders – diluted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$

$

First
Quarter

Second
Quarter

Third
Quarter

Fourth
Quarter

Total Year

(In thousands, except per share amounts)

$

490,888
433,482
80,883
73,503

$

$

530,790
461,894
95,590
81,944

565,348
488,613
104,679
92,176

619,366
540,206
135,814
108,699

$ 2,206,392
1,924,195
416,966
356,322

0.39

0.38

0.44

0.43

0.49

0.49

0.59

0.58

1.90

1.87

First
Quarter

Second
Quarter

Third
Quarter

Fourth
Quarter

Total Year

(In thousands, except per share amounts)

$

$

414,272
365,573
52,075
47,349

458,433
404,878
73,818
47,557

472,233
414,435
81,477
87,779

$

529,724
466,356
113,346
94,380

$ 1,874,662
1,651,242
320,716
277,065

0.26

0.25

0.26

0.25

0.47

0.46

0.50

0.49

1.49

1.46

The sum of the quarterly net income per share amounts do not add to the annual earnings per share amount due to the weighting 
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SCHEDULE II

VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS

Beginning
of Period

Charged
to Costs and
Expenses

Charged
to Other
Accounts

Deductions

Balance
at End
of Period

(In thousands)

2011
Deducted from asset accounts:

Allowance for doubtful accounts . . . . . . . .

$

Allowance for returns. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Valuation allowance for deferred tax
assets. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$

3,409
850

13,999

266
—

—

$

1,468
5,542

(3)  $
(1) 

2,579
5,031

(2) 
(4) 

(4,764)

(6) 

—   

2010
Deducted from asset accounts:

Allowance for doubtful accounts . . . . . . . .

$

Allowance for returns. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Valuation allowance for deferred tax
assets. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

3,219
1,617

8,680

$

$

2,035
—

— (3)  $
(1) 

2,427

1,845
3,194

(2) 
(4) 

—

5,319

(6) 

—   

2009
Deducted from asset accounts:

Allowance for doubtful accounts . . . . . . . .

$

Allowance for returns. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Valuation allowance for deferred tax
assets. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$

7,061
1,641

$

1,734
—

(422)
3,332

(3)  $
(1) 

5,154
3,356

(2) 
(4) 

14,217

—

(5,537)

(5) 

—   

$

$

$

2,564
1,361

9,235

3,409
850

13,999

3,219
1,617

8,680

(1) 

(2) 

(3) 

(4) 

(5) 

(6) 

Charged against revenues.
Uncollectible accounts written off, net of recoveries.
Adjustments from acquisitions.
Credits issued for returns.
Related to deferred tax assets on unrealized losses and acquisitions.
Related to deferred tax assets on foreign tax credits, net operating loss carryforwards, and depreciation in foreign 
jurisdictions.

 
EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.

3.1

3.2

3.3

3.4

4.1

10.1*

10.2*

10.3*

10.4*

10.5*

10.6*

10.7*

10.8*

10.9*

10.10*

10.11*

10.12*

10.13*

10.14*†

Description
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company (incorporated herein by reference to
Exhibit 3.2 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 33-98542), as amended)

Certificate of Amendment to the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company
(incorporated by reference herein to Exhibit 3.2 to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year
ended December 31, 2007)

Amended and Restated By-laws of the Company (incorporated by reference herein to Exhibit 3.1 to the
Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated as of December 12, 2007)

Amendment No. 1 to the Amended and Restated By-laws of the Company (incorporated herein by reference to
Exhibit 3.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated as of February 20, 2009)

Specimen certificate representing Common Stock (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the
Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 33-98542), as amended)

Second Amended and Restated 1995 Non-Employee Director Stock Option Plan (incorporated by reference
herein to Exhibit 10.2 to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007)

Amended and Restated 2000 Director and Officer Stock Option and Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference
herein to Exhibit 10.4 to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008)

2000 Director and Officer Stock Option and Incentive Plan, Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreement
(incorporated by reference herein to Exhibit 10.4 to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year
ended December 31, 2009)

2000 Director and Officer Stock Option and Incentive Plan, Incentive Stock Option Agreement (incorporated by
reference herein to Exhibit 10.5 to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 2009)

Amended and Restated 2005 Equity Incentive Plan (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the
Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2010)

First Amendment to Citrix Systems, Inc. Amended and Restated 2005 Equity Incentive Plan (incorporated
herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated as of May 28, 2010)

Second Amendment to the Citrix Systems, Inc. Amended and Restated 2005 Equity Incentive Plan
(incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated as of
June 2, 2011)

Third Amendment to the Citrix Systems, Inc. Amended and Restated 2005 Equity Incentive Plan (incorporated
herein by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated as of June 2, 2011)

Form of Global Stock Option Agreement under the Citrix Systems, Inc. Amended and Restated 2005 Equity
Incentive Plan (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the Company's Quarterly Report on Form
10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2011)

Form of Restricted Stock Unit Agreement For Non-Employee Directors under the Citrix Systems, Inc. Amended
and Restated 2005 Equity Incentive Plan (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.2 of the Company's
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2011)

Form of Global Restricted Stock Unit Agreement under the Citrix Systems, Inc. Amended and Restated 2005
Equity Incentive Plan (Performance Based Awards) (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.3 of the
Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2011)

Form of Global Restricted Stock Unit Agreement under the Citrix Systems, Inc. Amended and Restated 2005
Equity Incentive Plan (Time Based Awards) (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.4 of the Company's
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2011)

Form of Long Term Incentive Agreement under the Citrix Systems, Inc. Amended and Restated 2005 Equity
Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference herein to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form
10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2009)

Amended and Restated 2005 Employee Stock Purchase Plan

 
Exhibit No.

10.15*

10.16*

10.17*

10.18*

10.19*

10.20*

10.21*

18.1

21.1†

23.1†

24.1

31.1†

Description
Citrix Systems, Inc. Executive Bonus Plan (incorporated by reference herein to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company's
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2008)

Change in Control Agreement dated as of August 4, 2005 by and between the Company and Mark B. Templeton
(incorporated by reference herein to Exhibit 10.11 to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year
ended December 31, 2010)

Form of Change in Control Agreement by and between the Company and each of David J. Henshall, David R.
Freidman, Brett M. Caine, Alvaro J. Monserrat, John Gordon Payne and Wesley Wasson (incorporated by
reference herein to Exhibit 10.12 to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 2010)

Form of First Amendment to Change of Control Agreement (Chief Executive Officer) between the Company
and Mark Templeton (incorporated by reference herein to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company's Quarterly Report on
Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2008)

Form of First Amendment to Change of Control Agreement between the Company and each of Brett M. Caine,
David J. Henshall, David R. Friedman, Alvaro J. Monserrat, John Gordon Payne and Wesley Wasson (together
with Mark Templeton, the “Executive Officers”) (incorporated by reference herein to Exhibit 10.2 to the
Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2008)

Form of Amendment to Change in Control Agreements by and between the Company and each Executive
Officer (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.3 of the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for
the quarter ended June 30, 2011)

Form of Indemnification Agreement by and between the Company and each of its Directors and Executive
Officers (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.4 of the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for
the quarter ended June 30, 2011)

Preferability Letter of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm (incorporated by reference herein to
Exhibit 18.1 to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009)

List of Subsidiaries

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

Power of Attorney (included in signature page)

Rule 13a-14(a) / 15d-14(a) Certifications

31.2†

Rule 13a-14(a) / 15d-14(a) Certifications

32.1††

Certification pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act
of 2002

XBRL (eXtensible Business Reporting Language). The following materials from Citrix Systems, Inc.'s Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011 formatted in XBRL: (i) the Consolidated Balance
Sheets, (ii) the Consolidated Statements of Income, (iii) the Consolidated Statements of Equity and
Comprehensive Income, (iv) the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows and (v) notes to consolidated financial
statements.

Indicates a management contract or a compensatory plan, contract or arrangement.

Filed herewith.

Furnished herewith.

As provided in Rule 406T of Regulation S-T, this information is furnished and not filed for purposes of Sections 11
and 12 of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 18 of the Securities Act of 1934.

101†††

*

†

††

†††

I, Mark B. Templeton, certify that:

CERTIFICATIONS

Exhibit 31.1

1. 

2. 

3. 

4. 

I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K of Citrix Systems, Inc.;

Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact 
necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with 
respect to the period covered by this report;

Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all 
material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in 
this report;

The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures 
(as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange 
Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed 

a) 
under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made 
known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be 

b) 
designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation 
of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our 

c) 
conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report 
based on such evaluation; and

Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the 

d) 
registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially 
affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5. 

The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over 
financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing 
the equivalent functions):

All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting 

a) 
which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial 
information; and

b) 
registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the 

Date: February 23, 2012 

By:

/s/ MARK B. TEMPLETON
Mark B. Templeton
President and Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)

 
 
 
 
Exhibit 31.2

I, David J. Henshall, certify that:

CERTIFICATIONS

1. 

2. 

3. 

4. 

I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K of Citrix Systems, Inc.;

Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact 
necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with 
respect to the period covered by this report;

Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all 
material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in 
this report;

The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures 
(as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange 
Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed 

a) 
under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made 
known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be 

b) 
designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation 
of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our 

c) 
conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report 
based on such evaluation; and

Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the 

d) 
registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially 
affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5. 

The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over 
financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing 
the equivalent functions):

All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting 

a) 
which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial 
information; and

b) 
registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the 

Date: February 23, 2012 

By:

/s/ DAVID J. HENSHALL
David J. Henshall
Executive Vice President, Operations and
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)

 
 
CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

Exhibit 32.1

In connection with the Annual Report of Citrix Systems, Inc. (the “Company”) on Form 10-K for the period ending December 31, 

2011 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), we, Mark B. Templeton, Chief Executive 
Officer of the Company, and David J. Henshall, Chief Financial Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as 
adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, to our knowledge, that:

(1) 

(2) 

By:

By:

The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of 
the Company.

/s/ MARK B. TEMPLETON
Mark B. Templeton
President and Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)

/s/ DAVID J. HENSHALL
David J. Henshall
Executive Vice President, Operations and Chief
Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)

February 23, 2012 

 
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Corporate Information

Stockholder Information

Citrix Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CTXS) 
transforms how businesses, people 
and IT work in the cloud era. Market-
leading products for collaboration, 
virtualization, and networking allows 
Citrix to enable mobile workstyles 
and power cloud services for 100’s 
of millions of people every day. We 
service over 260,000 organizations 
with over 10,000 business partners 
in 100 countries. Annual revenue in 
2011 was $2.21 billion. Learn more 
at our company headquarters at    
www.citrix.com.

Major Operational Centers

Bangalore, India

Chalfont, United Kingdom

Dublin, Ireland

Ft. Lauderdale, FL, USA

Hong Kong, China

Schaffhausen, Switzerland

Santa Barbara, CA, USA

Santa Clara, CA, USA

Sydney, Australia

Tokyo, Japan

Corporate Officers

Investor Relations

Mark B. Templeton
President and Chief Executive Officer

Citrix’s stock trades on the NASDAQ Global 
Select Market under the ticker symbol CTXS.

Brett M. Caine
Senior Vice President and General Manager, 
Online Services Division

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

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

For further information about Citrix, 
additional copies of this report, Form 10-K, 
or other financial information without charge,

David J. Henshall
Executive Vice President, Operations, Chief 
Financial Officer and Treasurer

Al J. Monserrat
Senior Vice President, Sales and Services

Gordon Payne
Senior Vice President and General Manager, 
Desktop & Cloud Division

Wes R. Wasson
Senior Vice President and 
Chief Marketing Officer

Board of Directors

Thomas F. Bogan
Venture Partner, Greylock Partners

contact:  Citrix Systems, Inc.

Attn: Investor Relations
851 W. Cypress Creek Road
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33309
United States

Tel: +1 954 267 3000
Tel: +1 800 424 8749

www.citrix.com/investors

Transfer Agent and Registrar

Computershare Trust Company, N.A.
P.O. Box 43023
Providence, RI 02940
Tel: +1 877 282 1168
www.computershare.com

Nanci Caldwell
Former Executive Vice President and CMO, 
PeopleSoft, Inc.

Independent Registered 
Public Accountants

Ernst & Young LLP
5100 Town Center Circle  
Suite 500
Boca Raton, FL 33486

Annual Meeting of Shareholders

The Annual Meeting of Shareholders of Citrix 
Systems, Inc. will be held on May 24 2012 
at 4:30p.m., PST

4988 Great America Parkway
Santa Clara, CA 95054
United States

Murray J. Demo
Executive Vice President and 
Chief Financial Officer, Dolby Laboratories

Stephen M. Dow
General Partner, Sevin Rosen Funds

Asiff S. Hirji
Partner, TPG Capital, L.P.

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

Godfrey R. Sullivan
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, 
Splunk Inc.

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

Annual Report 2011     Citrix Systems, Inc.