Edgar Filing: CITRIX SYSTEMS INC

For The Quarterly Period Ended September 30, 2004

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q/A

AMENDMENT NO. 1

(Mark One)

x	QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2004

¨	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		75-2275152
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)		(IRS Employer Identification No.)

851 West Cypress Creek Road Fort Lauderdale, Florida		33309
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code:

(954) 267-3000

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 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 x No ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an accelerated filer (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes x No ¨

As of November 2, 2004 there were 169,394,107 shares of the registrant’s Common Stock, $.001 par value per share, outstanding.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

Citrix Systems, Inc. (the “Company”) is filing this Amendment No. 1 to its Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2004 (the “2004 Third Quarter 10-Q”), which was originally filed on November 5, 2004, to restate its condensed consolidated balance sheets for the period ended September 30, 2004 and December 31, 2003, its condensed consolidated statements of cash flows for the nine months ended September 30, 2004 and 2003 and the related disclosures.

This Amendment No. 1 is being filed to address comments from the staff (the “Staff”) of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) in connection with the Staff’s normal periodic review of the Company’s filings. As a result of the review, the Company is restating the accompanying September 30, 2004 and December 31, 2003 condensed consolidated balance sheets to correct an error in the classification of the portion of the Company’s cash equivalents and investments that are pledged as collateral under the Company’s synthetic lease arrangement, credit default contracts, and interest rate swaps to classify such assets separately as restricted cash equivalents and investments. In its filings with the SEC, the Company has disclosed in narrative form the specific amounts pledged under its synthetic lease arrangement, credit default contracts and interest rate swaps from the inception of each arrangement and is now separately classifying the aggregate amounts pledged as long-term restricted cash equivalents and investments in its condensed consolidated balance sheets. Please refer to Note 1 to the accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements for additional information.

The Company has also made certain balance sheet, income statement and cash flow reclassifications. The Company reclassified investments in auction rate securities that were previously classified as cash equivalents in the accompanying September 30, 2004 and December 31, 2003 condensed consolidated balance sheets to short-term investments. The condensed consolidated statements of cash flows for the nine months ended September 30, 2004 and 2003 were adjusted to reflect the impact of the reclassification. The Company also reclassified the amortization of core and product technology previously classified as an operating expense to a component of cost of revenues in the accompanying condensed consolidated income statements. The condensed consolidated statements of income for the three months and nine months ended September 30, 2004 and 2003 were adjusted to reflect the impact of this change in classification. Additionally, the Company reclassified certain items in its condensed consolidated statement of cash flows to separately present investing cash flows for available-for-sale investments and held-to-maturity investments and to separately present investing cash flows from sales of investments and maturities of investments. Please refer to Note 1 to the accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements for additional information on the reclassifications.

This Amendment No. 1 does not result in a change in the Company’s previously reported revenues, net income, earnings per share, cash flow from operations, total assets, or total cash and investments shown in its condensed consolidated financial statements. Further, except as discussed above, the Company has not modified or updated disclosures presented in the 2004 Third Quarter 10-Q in this Form 10-Q/A, except as required to reflect the effects of the items discussed above. For the convenience of the reader, this Form 10-Q/A, sets forth the complete text of the originally filed 2004 Third Quarter 10-Q rather than just the amended portions thereof. Accordingly, this Form 10-Q/A does not reflect events occurring after the filing of the 2004 Third Quarter 10-Q or modify or update those disclosures affected by subsequent events. Information not affected by these restatements and reclassifications are unchanged and reflects the disclosures made at the time of the original filing of the 2004 Third Quarter 10-Q on November 5, 2004. Events occurring after the filing of the 2004 Third Quarter 10-Q or other disclosures necessary to reflect subsequent events will be addressed in any reports filed with the SEC subsequent to the date of this filing.

This Form 10-Q/A should be read in conjunction with the Company’s filings made with the SEC subsequent to the filing of the 2004 Third Quarter 10-Q, including any amendments to those filings. The following items have been amended as a result of the restatements and reclassifications described above:

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Part I – Item 1- Financial Information

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Part I - Item 2 – Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

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Part I – Item 4 – Controls and Procedures

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Part II – Item 6 – Exhibits

CITRIX SYSTEMS, INC.

Form 10-Q/A

For the Quarterly Period Ended September 30, 2004

CONTENTS


		Page Number
PART I: FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1.	Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)

	Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (As restated): September 30, 2004 and December 31, 2003	4

	Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income: Three Months and Nine Months ended September 30, 2004 and 2003	5

	Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (As restated): Nine Months ended September 30, 2004 and 2003	6

	Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (As restated)	7

Item 2.	Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations	22

Item 3.	Quantitative & Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk	45

Item 4.	Controls and Procedures	45

PART II: OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1.	Legal Proceedings	46

Item 2.	Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds	46

Item 6.	Exhibits	46

Signature		47

PART I: FINANCIAL INFORMATION

ITEM 1. CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Citrix Systems, Inc.

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets

(Unaudited)


	September 30, 2004			December 31, 2003
	(As restated)			(As restated)
	(In thousands, except par value)
Assets
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	92,823		$	182,969
Short-term investments		116,094			385,431
Accounts receivable, net of allowances of $6,003 and $6,365 at September 30, 2004 and December 31, 2003, respectively		90,115			87,464
Prepaid expenses and other current assets		27,055			58,167
Current portion of deferred tax assets		50,690			51,540

Total current assets		376,777			765,571
Restricted cash equivalents and investments		146,688			146,460
Long-term investments		185,317			183,411
Property and equipment, net		70,419			65,837
Goodwill, net		313,584			152,364
Other intangible assets, net		73,848			21,300
Long-term portion of deferred tax assets		—			3,168
Other assets		7,197			6,828

	$	1,173,830		$	1,344,939

Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable and accrued expenses	$	102,661		$	114,456
Current portion of deferred revenues		190,894			152,938
Convertible subordinated debentures		—			351,423

Total current liabilities		293,555			618,817
Long-term portion of deferred revenues		11,418			12,137
Other liabilities		9,338			7,187

Commitments and contingencies

Stockholders’ equity:
Preferred stock at $.01 par value: 5,000 shares authorized, none issued and outstanding		—			—
Common stock at $.001 par value: 1,000,000 shares authorized; 210,228 and 202,622 issued and outstanding at September 30, 2004 and December 31, 2003, respectively		210			203
Additional paid-in capital		854,564			700,111
Retained earnings		725,988			646,740
Accumulated other comprehensive income		1,069			7,810

		1,581,831			1,354,864
Less— common stock in treasury, at cost (42,162 and 38,150 shares at September 30, 2004 and December 31, 2003, respectively)		(722,312	)		(648,066	)

Total stockholders’ equity		859,519			706,798

	$	1,173,830		$	1,344,939

See accompanying notes.

Citrix Systems, Inc.

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income

(Unaudited)


	Three Months Ended September 30,						Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2004			2003			2004			2003
	(In thousands, except per share information)
Revenues:
Software licenses	$	88,455		$	90,069		$	263,597		$	279,144
Software license updates		70,406			43,406			196,284			118,205
Services		28,717			10,866			67,309			33,532

Total net revenues		187,578			144,341			527,190			430,881
Cost of revenues:
Cost of software license revenues		853			3,593			3,022			10,372
Cost of services revenues		4,543			1,757			11,535			4,745
Amortization of core and product technology		3,379			2,801			10,011			8,312

Total cost of revenues		8,775			8,151			24,568			23,429

Gross margin		178,803			136,190			502,622			407,452


Operating expenses:
Research and development		21,832			15,656			63,043			47,025
Sales, marketing and support		82,612			61,331			237,544			183,592
General and administrative		26,142			20,420			78,730			64,464
Amortization of other intangible assets		1,894			67			4,493			229

In-process research and development		—			—			18,700			—

Total operating expenses		132,480			97,474			402,510			295,310

Income from operations		46,323			38,716			100,112			112,142
Interest income		2,587			5,302			10,840			15,477
Interest expense		(7	)		(4,558	)		(4,360	)		(13,630	)
Write-off of deferred debt issuance costs		—			—			(7,219	)		—

Other income, net		727			277			1,902			2,252

Income before income taxes		49,630			39,737			101,275			116,241
Income taxes		11,182			8,742			22,027			25,573

Net income	$	38,448		$	30,995		$	79,248		$	90,668

Earnings per share:
Basic	$	0.23		$	0.19		$	0.47		$	0.55

Diluted	$	0.22		$	0.18		$	0.46		$	0.53

Weighted average shares outstanding:
Basic		169,148			164,310			168,647			165,662

Diluted		172,870			171,111			173,911			171,135

See accompanying notes

Citrix Systems, Inc.

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

(Unaudited)


	Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2004			2003
	(As restated)			(As restated)
	(In thousands)
OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Net income	$	79,248		$	90,668
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
Amortization		14,504			8,541
Depreciation and amortization of property and equipment		15,572			18,067
Write-off of deferred debt issuance costs		7,219			—
Realized gain on investments		(537	)		(1,210	)
In-process research and development		18,700			—
Provision for doubtful accounts		832			1,297
Provision for product returns		4,374			1,523
Provision for inventory reserves		334			295
Tax benefit related to the exercise of non-statutory stock options and disqualifying dispositions of incentive stock options		19,783			16,695
Accretion of original issue discount and amortization of financing cost		4,318			13,598
Other non-cash items		521			(13	)

Total adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities		85,620			58,793
Changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of the effects of acquisition:
Accounts receivable		(5,003	)		(18,912	)
Prepaid expenses and other current assets		14,662			8,886
Other assets		(298	)		4,053
Deferred tax assets		1,168			(2,758	)
Accounts payable and accrued expenses		(20,753	)		3,963
Deferred revenues		32,237			40,574
Other liabilities		(1,809	)		1,125

Total changes in operating assets and liabilities Acquisitions		20,204			36,931

Net cash provided by operating activities		185,072			186,392

INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Purchases of investments		(138,480	)		(240,904	)
Proceeds from sales of available-for-sale investments		157,869			72,238
Proceeds from maturities of available-for-sale investments		50,081			94,928
Proceeds from maturities of held-to-maturities investments		195,350			—
Purchases of property and equipment		(19,298	)		(6,976	)
Cash paid for licensing agreements and core technology		(16,784	)		(1,358	)
Cash paid for acquisition, net of cash acquired		(90,750	)		—

Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities		137,988			(82,072	)

FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Proceeds from issuance of common stock		25,262			34,558
Cash paid under stock repurchase programs		(82,808	)		(124,553	)
Cash paid to redeem convertible subordinated debentures		(355,660	)		—
Proceeds from sale of put warrants		—			655
Other		—			(13	)

Net cash used in financing activities		(413,206	)		(89,353	)

Change in cash and cash equivalents		(90,146	)		14,967
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period		182,969			82,350

Cash and cash equivalents at end of period	$	92,823		$	97,317

Supplemental non-cash investing activity
Increase (decrease) in restricted cash equivalents and investments	$	228		$	(25,547	)

See accompanying notes

Citrix Systems, Inc.

Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (As restated)

(Unaudited)

September 30, 2004

1. BASIS OF PRESENTATION

The Company recently reviewed its financial statement presentation and disclosure in response to comments received from the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) in a normal periodic review of the Company’s filings. As a result, the Company is restating the accompanying September 30, 2004 and December 31, 2003 condensed consolidated balance sheets to correct an error in the classification of the portion of the Company’s cash equivalents and investments pledged as collateral under the Company’s synthetic lease arrangement, credit default contracts and interest rate swaps to classify such assets separately as restricted cash equivalents and investments. In its filings with the SEC, the Company has disclosed in a narrative form the specific amounts pledged under its synthetic lease arrangement, credit default contracts and interest rate swaps and is now separately classifying the aggregate amounts pledged as long-term restricted cash equivalents and investments in its condensed consolidated balance sheets. The condensed consolidated statements of cash flows for the nine months ended September 30, 2004 and 2003 were restated to reflect the impact of the change.

In addition, certain reclassifications of items in the prior periods’ financial statements have been made to conform to the current period’s presentation. The Company reclassified investments in auction rate securities previously classified as cash equivalents to short-term investments. Also, in accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (“SFAS”) No. 95, Statement of Cash Flows, the Company reclassified its condensed consolidated statement of cash flows to separately present investing cash flows for available-for-sale investments and held-to-maturity investments and to separately present investing cash flows from sales of investments and maturities of investments. The accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets and statements of cash flows for all periods presented were adjusted to reflect the reclassification of these items.

The Company also reclassified the amortization of core and product technology previously classified as an operating expense to a component of cost of revenues in the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of income.

The changes to the Company’s presentation described above do not change the Company’s total cash and investments and have no impact on operating cash flows, total assets, net revenues or net income. All such changes have been consistently applied to all periods presented and a comparison of the amounts previously reported to the adjusted amounts presented in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q/A (in thousands):


	September 30, 2004						December 31, 2003
	As Reported			As Adjusted			As Reported			As Adjusted
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet Information
Cash and cash equivalents	$	197,655		$	92,823		$	359,343		$	182,969
Short-term investments		68,340			116,094			252,971			385,431
Total current assets		433,855			376,777			809,485			765,571
Restricted cash equivalents and investments		—			146,688			—			146,460
Long-term investments		274,927			185,317			285,957			183,411



	For the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2004
	As Reported			As Adjusted			As Reported			As Adjusted
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flow Information
Net income	$	79,248		$	79,248		$	90,668		$	90,668
Net cash provided by operating activities		185,072			185,072			186,392			186,392
Cash flows from investing activities:
Purchases of investments		(77,641	)		(138,480	)		(112,992	)		240,904
Proceeds from sales and maturities of investments		270,919			—			146,056			—
Proceeds from sales of available-for-sale investments		—			157,869			—			72,238
Proceeds from maturities of available-for-sale investments		—			50,081			—			94,928
Proceeds from maturity of held-to-maturity investments		—			195,350			—			—
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities		66,446			137,988			24,730			(82,072	)
Net cash used in financing activities		(413,206	)		(413,206	)		(89,353	)		(89,353	)
Change in cash and cash equivalents		(161,688	)		(90,146	)		121,769			14,967
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year		359,343			182,969			142,700			82,350
Cash and cash equivalents at end of year		197,655			92,823			264,469			97,317

Citrix Systems, Inc.

Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (As restated)

(Unaudited)

September 30, 2004


	For the Three Months Ended September 30,
	2004				2003
	As Reported		As Adjusted		As Reported		As Adjusted
Condensed Consolidated Income Statement Information
Net revenues	$	187,578	$	187,578	$	144,341	$	144,341
Total cost of revenues		5,396		8,775		5,350		8,151
Gross margin		182,182		178,803		138,991		136,190
Total operating expenses		135,859		132,480		100,275		97,474
Net income		38,448		38,448		30,995		30,995



	For the Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2004				2003
	As Reported		As Adjusted		As Reported		As Adjusted
Condensed Consolidated Income Statement Information
Net revenues	$	527,190	$	527,190	$	430,881	$	430,881
Total cost of revenues		14,557		24,568		15,117		23,429
Gross margin		512,633		502,622		415,764		407,452
Total operating expenses		412,521		402,510		303,622		295,310
Net income		79,248		79,248		90,668		90,668

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States for interim financial information and with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Rule 10-01 of Regulation S-X. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States for complete financial statements. All adjustments, which, in the opinion of management, are considered necessary for a fair presentation of the results of operations for the periods shown, are of a normal recurring nature and have been reflected in the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements. The results of operations for the periods presented are not necessarily indicative of the results expected for the full year or for any future period. The information included in these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” contained in this report and the consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes included in the Citrix Systems, Inc. (the “Company”) Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2003, as amended.

2. Significant Accounting Policies

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 condensed consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes. While the Company believes that such estimates are fair when considered in conjunction with the condensed consolidated financial position and results of operations taken as a whole, the actual amount of such estimates, when known, may vary from these estimates.

Citrix Systems, Inc.

Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (As restated)

(Unaudited)

September 30, 2004

Restricted Cash Equivalents and Investments

Restricted cash equivalents and investments at September 30, 2004 and December 31, 2003 include approximately $62.8 million in investment securities and cash equivalents that were pledged as collateral for specified obligations under the Company’s synthetic lease arrangement. In addition, at September 30, 2004 and December 31, 2003 approximately $83.9 million and $83.6 million, respectively, in investment securities were pledged as collateral for certain of the Company’s credit default contracts and interest rate swaps. The Company maintains the ability to manage the composition of the restricted investments within certain limits and to withdraw and use excess investment earnings from the restricted collateral for operating purposes. For further information, see Notes 8 and 13.

Revenue Recognition

The Company markets and licenses software products primarily through value-added resellers, channel distributors, system integrators and independent software vendors. The Company’s software licenses are generally perpetual. The Company also separately sells software license updates and services, which include product training, technical support and consulting services, as well as Web-based desktop access services.

The Company’s packaged products are typically purchased by medium and small-sized businesses with a minimal number of locations. In these cases, the software license is delivered with the packaged product. Electronic license arrangements are used with more complex multiserver environments typically found in larger business enterprises that deploy the Company’s products on a department or enterprise-wide basis, which could require differences in product features and functionality at various customer locations. Once the Company receives a software license agreement and purchase order, the enterprise customer licenses are electronically delivered. “Software activation keys” that enable the feature configuration ordered by the end-user are delivered separate from the software. Software may be delivered indirectly by a channel distributor, via download from the Company’s website or directly to the end-user by the Company.

Revenue is recognized when it is earned. The Company’s revenue recognition policies are in compliance with Statement of Position (“SOP”) 97-2 (as amended by SOP 98-4 and SOP 98-9) and related interpretations, Software Revenue Recognition. In addition, the Company’s Online division recognizes revenue in accordance with Emerging Issues Task Force (“EITF”) No. 00-3, Application of AICPA Statement of Position 97-2 to Arrangements That Include the Right to Use Software Stored on Another Entity’s Hardware.” The Company recognizes revenue when all of the following criteria are met: persuasive evidence of the arrangement exists; delivery has occurred and the Company has no remaining obligations; the fee is fixed or determinable; and collectibility is probable. The Company defines these four criteria as follows:

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Persuasive evidence of the arrangement exists. The Company recognizes revenue on packaged product upon shipment to distributors and resellers. For packaged product 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. For electronic and paper license arrangements involving software licenses and software license updates, the Company typically requires a purchase order from the distributor, reseller or end-user and an executed software license agreement from the end-user. For Web-based desktop access services, the Company requires the customer or reseller to electronically accept the terms of the on-line service agreement or execute a contract and also submit a purchase order. The Company requires a purchase order and agreement for technical support, product training and consulting services.

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

Citrix Systems, Inc.

Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (As restated)

(Unaudited)

September 30, 2004

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

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

Net revenues include the following categories: Software Licenses, Software License Updates and Services. Software Licenses primarily represent fees related to the licensing of our MetaFrame products, additional user licenses and management products (such as MetaFrame Presentation Server and MetaFrame Access Suite). These revenues are reflected net of sales allowances and provisions for stock balancing return rights. Software License Updates consists of fees related to the Subscription Advantage program (the Company’s terminology for post contract support) that are recognized ratably over the term of the contract, which is typically 12-24 months. Subscription Advantage is a renewable program that provides subscribers with automatic delivery of software upgrades, enhancements and maintenance releases when and if they become available during the term of subscription. Services consist primarily of technical support services and Web-based desktop access services revenue recognized ratably over the contract term, revenue from product training and certification, and consulting services revenue related to implementation of the Company’s software products, which is recognized as the services are provided.

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

Citrix Systems, Inc.

Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (As restated)

(Unaudited)

September 30, 2004

In the normal course of business, the Company does not permit product returns, but it does provide most of its distributors and value added resellers with stock balancing and price protection rights. Stock balancing rights permit distributors to return products to the Company by the forty-fifth day of the fiscal quarter, subject to ordering an equal dollar amount of the Company’s other products prior to the last day of the same fiscal quarter. Price protection rights require that the Company grant retroactive price adjustments for inventories of products held by distributors or resellers if it lowers prices for such products. The Company establishes provisions for estimated returns for stock balancing and price protection rights, as well as other sales allowances, concurrently with the recognition of revenue. The provisions are established based upon consideration of a variety of factors, including, among other things, recent and historical return rates for specific products and distributors, estimated distributor inventory levels by product, the impact of any new product releases and projected economic conditions. Actual product returns for stock balancing and price protection provisions incurred are, however, dependent upon future events, including the amount of stock balancing activity by distributors and the level of distributor inventories at the time of any price adjustments. The Company continually monitors the factors that influence the pricing of its products and distributor inventory levels and makes adjustments to these provisions when it believes actual returns and other allowances could differ from established reserves. The Company’s ability to recognize revenue upon shipment to distributors is predicated on its ability to reliably estimate future stock balancing returns. If actual experience or changes in market condition impairs the Company’s ability to estimate returns, it would be required to defer the recognition of revenue until the delivery of the product to the end-user. Allowances for estimated product returns amounted to approximately $2.2 million at September 30, 2004 and $3.0 million at December 31, 2003. The Company has not reduced and has no current plans to reduce its prices for inventory currently held by distributors or resellers. Accordingly, there were no reserves required for price protection at September 30, 2004 or December 31, 2003. The Company also records estimated reductions to revenue for customer programs and incentive offerings including volume-based incentives. If market conditions were to decline, the Company could take actions to increase its customer incentive offerings, which could result in an incremental reduction to revenue at the time the incentive is offered.

Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation

The Company’s stock-based compensation program is a broad based, long-term retention program that is intended to attract and reward talented employees and align stockholder and employee interest. At September 30, 2004, the Company had four stock-based employee compensation plans. The number and frequency of stock option grants are based on competitive practices, operating results of the Company, the number of options available for grant under the Company’s shareholder approved plans, and other factors. All employees are eligible to participate in the stock option program.

SFAS No. 123, Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation, as amended by SFAS No. 148, Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation—Transition and Disclosure, defines a fair value method of accounting for issuance of stock options and other equity instruments. Under the fair value method, compensation cost is measured at the grant date based on the fair value of the award

Citrix Systems, Inc.

Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (As restated)

(Unaudited)

September 30, 2004

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

The Company applies APB Opinion No. 25 and related interpretations in accounting for its plans and stock options granted to employees and non-employee directors and has complied with the disclosure requirements of SFAS No. 148, Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation—Transition and Disclosure. Except for non-employee directors, the Company has not granted any options to non-employees. The Company has elected to follow APB Opinion No. 25 because the alternative fair value accounting provided for under SFAS No. 123 requires use of option valuation models, including the Black-Scholes model, that were developed for use with traded options that have no vesting restrictions and are fully transferable, as opposed to employee stock options, which are typically non-transferable and last up to ten years. Currently, management believes there is not one agreed upon option valuation method that is comparable among all reporting companies. Specifically, the Black-Scholes model requires the input of highly subjective assumptions, including assumptions related to the expected stock price volatility over the expected life of the option. Because the Company’s stock-based awards to employees have characteristics significantly different from those of traded options and because changes in the subjective input assumptions can materially affect the fair value estimate, in management’s opinion, the existing pricing models do not necessarily provide a reliable single measure of the fair value of its stock-based awards to employees. Because the Black-Scholes model is based on statistical expectations, the calculation can result in substantial earnings volatility that may not agree, as to timing or amount, with the actual gain or loss accrued or realized by the option holder.

Had compensation cost for the Company’s four stock-based compensation plans been determined based on the fair value on the grant dates for grants under those plans consistent with SFAS No. 123, the Company’s cash flows would have remained unchanged, however net income and earnings per share would have been reduced to the pro forma amounts indicated below (in thousands, except per share information):


	Three Months Ended September 30,						Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2004			2003			2004			2003
Net income:
As reported	$	38,448		$	30,995		$	79,248		$	90,668

Deduct: Total stock-based employee compensation expense determined under fair value based method for all awards, net of related tax effects		(10,501	)		(19,997	)		(37,503	)		(67,409	)

Pro forma	$	27,947		$	10,998		$	41,745		$	23,259

Basic earnings per share:
As reported	$	0.23		$	0.19		$	0.47		$	0.55

Pro forma	$	0.17		$	0.07		$	0.25		$	0.14

Diluted earnings per share:
As reported	$	0.22		$	0.18		$	0.46		$	0.53

Pro forma	$	0.16		$	0.06		$	0.24		$	0.14

Citrix Systems, Inc.

Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (As restated)

(Unaudited)

September 30, 2004

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


	Stock options granted during the
	Three Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2004		2003		2004	2003
Expected volatility factor	0.40		0.61		0.40 – 0.49	0.61 – 0.68
Approximate risk free interest rate	3.4	%	3.0	%	3.0% – 3.5 %	2.5% – 3.0%
Expected lives (in years)	4.76		4.70		4.75 – 4.76	4.70 – 4.73

3. Earnings Per Share

Basic earnings per share is calculated by dividing income available to shareholders by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding during each period. Diluted earnings per share is computed using the weighted average number of common and dilutive common share equivalents outstanding during the period. Dilutive common share equivalents consist of shares issuable upon the exercise of stock options (calculated using the treasury stock method). Certain shares under the Company’s stock-based compensation programs, and common stock potentially issuable upon conversion of the Company’s convertible subordinated debentures were excluded from the computation of diluted earnings per share due to their anti-dilutive effect for the respective periods.

The following table sets forth the computation of basic and diluted earnings per share (in thousands, except per share information):


	Three Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2004		2003		2004		2003
Numerator:
Net income	$	38,448	$	30,955	$	79,248	$	90,668

Denominator:
Denominator for basic earnings per share — weighted-average shares		169,148		164,310		168,647		165,662
Effect of employee stock options		3,722		6,801		5,264		5,473

Denominator for diluted earnings per share — weighted-average shares		172,870		171,111		173,911		171,135

Basic earnings per share	$	0.23	$	0.19	$	0.47	$	0.55

Diluted earnings per share	$	0.22	$	0.18	$	0.46	$	0.53

Anti-dilutive weighted-average shares		35,129		43,843		32,877		43,346

The decrease in anti-dilutive weighted shares for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2004 compared to the three and nine months ended September 30, 2003 is due to the redemption of the Company’s convertible subordinated debentures during March 2004.

Citrix Systems, Inc.

Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (As restated)

(Unaudited)

September 30, 2004

4. Acquisition

On February 27, 2004, the Company acquired all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of Expertcity.com, Inc. (“Expertcity”), a market leader in Web-based desktop access, as well as a leader in Web-based training and customer assistance solutions.

The consideration for this transaction was approximately $230.6 million, comprised of approximately $112.6 million in cash and approximately 5.6 million shares of the Company’s common stock valued at approximately $118.0 million. In addition to the purchase price, there were direct transaction costs associated with the merger of approximately $4.4 million. The merger agreement provides for additional purchase price consideration of up to approximately 0.6 million shares of Citrix common stock to be issued to the Expertcity stockholders in the event certain revenue and other financial milestones are achieved by the Expertcity business in 2004. The fair value of the shares issued as additional purchase price consideration, if any, will be based on the market value of the Company’s common stock at the date that the shares are earned. Additional purchase price consideration, if any, is expected to be recorded as goodwill.

The results of operations of Expertcity are included in the Company’s results of operations beginning after February 27, 2004 and is the Company’s new segment, the Citrix Online division. The following unaudited pro forma information combines the consolidated results of operations of the Company and Expertcity as if the acquisition had occurred at the beginning of fiscal year 2003 (in thousands, except per share data):


	Three Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2004		2003		2004		2003
Revenues	$	187,578	$	153,732	$	534,880	$	455,827
Income from operations		46,323		35,629		91,862		101,318
Net income		38,448		28,851		72,519		83,014
Per share – basic		0.23		0.17		0.43		0.48
Per share – diluted		0.22		0.16		0.41		0.47

Citrix Systems, Inc.

Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (As restated)

(Unaudited)

September 30, 2004

Under the purchase method of accounting, the purchase price was allocated to Expertcity’s net tangible and intangible assets based on their estimated fair values as of the date of the completion of the acquisition. Independent valuation specialists conducted a valuation in order to assist the Company in determining the fair values of a significant portion of Expertcity’s net assets. The work performed by the independent valuation specialists was considered in management’s allocation of the purchase price summarized below (in thousands):


	Purchase Price Allocation		Asset Life
Current assets	$	26,085
Property and equipment		1,998	Various
In-process research and development		18,700
Intangible assets		50,800	3-7 years
Goodwill		161,221	Indefinite

Assets acquired		258,804

Current liabilities		14,019
Deferred tax liability		9,796

Total liabilities assumed		23,815

Net assets acquired, including direct transaction costs	$	234,989

Current assets and liabilities acquired from Expertcity consisted mainly of cash and investments, accounts receivable, deferred revenues and other current liabilities.

The fair values used in determining the purchase price allocation for certain intangible assets were based on estimated discounted future cash flows, royalty rates and historical data, among other information. Purchased in-process research and development (“IPR&D”) of approximately $18.7 million was expensed immediately upon closing of the merger in accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board Interpretation No. 4, Applicability of FASB Statement No. 2 to Business Combinations Accounted for by the Purchase Method, due to the fact that it pertains to technology that was not currently technologically feasible, meaning it had not reached the working model stage, did not contain all of the major functions planned for the product, was not ready for initial customer testing and had no alternative future use. The fair value assigned to in-process research and development was determined using the income approach, which includes estimating the revenue and expenses associated with a project’s sales cycle and by estimating the amount of after-tax cash flows attributable to the projects. The future cash flows were discounted to present value utilizing an appropriate risk-adjusted rate of return, which ranged from 17% to 20%. The rate of return included a factor that takes into account the uncertainty surrounding the successful development of the IPR&D.

5. Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets

Goodwill. As a result of the Expertcity acquisition during the nine months ended September 30, 2004, the Company recorded approximately $161.2 million of goodwill reflected in its new segment, the Citrix Online division.

Citrix Systems, Inc.

Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (As restated)

(Unaudited)

September 30, 2004

Intangible Assets. Intangible assets are recorded at cost, less accumulated amortization. Amortization is computed over the estimated useful lives of the respective assets, generally one to seven years. Intangible assets consist of the following (in thousands):


	September 30, 2004				December 31, 2003
	Gross Carrying Amount		Accumulated Amortization		Gross Carrying Amount		Accumulated Amortization
Amortized intangible assets:
Core and product technologies	$	123,128	$	73,102	$	82,486	$	63,092
Other		35,857		12,035		9,447		7,541

	$	158,985	$	85,137	$	91,933	$	70,633

Amortization expense for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2004 was $5.3 million and $14.5 million, respectively, and $2.9 million and $8.5 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2003, respectively. Estimated future amortization expense is as follows (in thousands):


Year ending December 31,
2004	$	19,773
2005		20,912
2006		15,765
2007		10,171
2008		7,799

6. Convertible Subordinated Debentures

In March 1999, the Company sold $850 million principal amount at maturity of its zero coupon convertible subordinated debentures (the “Debentures”) due March 22, 2019, in a private placement. On March 22, 2004, the Company redeemed all of the outstanding Debentures for a redemption price of approximately $355.7 million. The Company used the proceeds from its held-to-maturity investments that matured on March 22, 2004 and cash on hand to fund the aggregate redemption price. At the date of redemption, the Company incurred a charge for the associated deferred debt issuance costs of approximately $7.2 million.

7. Segment Information

The Company operates in a single market consisting of the design, development, marketing, sales and support of access infrastructure software and services for enterprise applications, as well as Web-based desktop access. The Company’s revenues are derived from MetaFrame product line sales and related services in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East and Africa (“EMEA”) and Asia-Pacific regions and from Web-based desktop access services sold by its Citrix Online division. These three geographic regions and the Citrix Online division constitute the Company’s four reportable segments.

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

Citrix Systems, Inc.

Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (As restated)

(Unaudited)

September 30, 2004

Net revenues and segment profit, classified by the Company’s four reportable segments are as follows (in thousands):


	Three Months Ended September 30,						Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2004			2003			2004			2003
Net revenues:
Americas (1)	$	86,718		$	75,598		$	245,857		$	219,433
EMEA (2)		68,426			54,748			204,804			171,812
Asia-Pacific		18,346			13,995			49,190			39,636
Citrix Online division		14,088			—			27,339			—

Consolidated	$	187,578		$	144,341		$	527,190		$	430,881

Segment profit (loss):
Americas (1)	$	52,699		$	43,526		$	147,401		$	118,427
EMEA (2)		41,421			33,246			122,104			104,398
Asia-Pacific		6,011			4,646			15,145			15,509
Citrix Online division		2,161			—			(2,493	)		—
Unallocated expenses (3):
Amortization of intangible assets		(5,273	)		(2,868	)		(14,504	)		(8,541	)
Research and development		(21,172	)		(15,656	)		(60,169	)		(47,025	)
In-process research and development		—			—			(18,700	)		—
Net interest and other income		3,307			1,021			1,163			4,099
Other corporate expenses		(29,524	)		(24,178	)		(88,672	)		(70,626	)

Consolidated income before income taxes	$	49,630		$	39,737		$	101,275		$	116,241

(1)	The Americas segment is comprised of the United States, Canada and Latin America.

(2)	Defined as Europe, the Middle East and Africa

(3)	Represents expenses presented to management on a consolidated basis only and not allocated to the operating segments.

Citrix Systems, Inc.

Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (As restated)

(Unaudited)

September 30, 2004

Identifiable assets classified by the Company’s four reportable segments are shown below (in thousands):


	September 30, 2004		December 31, 2003
Identifiable assets:
Americas	$	483,057	$	975,054
EMEA		429,211		328,689
Asia-Pacific		40,042		41,196
Citrix Online division		221,520		—

Total identifiable assets	$	1,173,830	$	1,344,939

8. Derivative Financial Instruments

Cash Flow Hedges. At September 30, 2004 and December 31, 2003, the Company had in place foreign currency forward sale contracts with a notional amount of $39.1 million and $37.2 million, respectively, and foreign currency forward purchase contracts with a notional amount of $141.6 million and $160.9 million, respectively. The fair values of these contracts at September 30, 2004 and December 31, 2003 were assets of $3.0 million and $12.8 million, respectively, and liabilities of $2.2 million and $4.9 million, respectively. A substantial portion of the Company’s anticipated overseas expense will 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 reduce its exposure to these potential changes. The terms of these instruments, and the hedged transactions to which they relate, generally do not exceed 12 months. Currencies hedged are Euros, British pounds sterling, Australian dollars, Swiss francs and Japanese yen. There was no material ineffectiveness of the Company’s foreign currency forward contracts for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2004 and 2003.

Fair Value Hedges. The Company uses interest rate swap instruments to hedge against the changes in fair value of certain of its available-for-sale securities due to changes in interest rates. At September 30, 2004, the instruments have an aggregate notional amount of $182.4 million related to specific available-for-sale securities and expire on various dates through September 2008. Each of the instruments swap the fixed rate interest on the underlying investment for a variable rate based on the London Interbank Offered Rate, or LIBOR, plus a specified margin. Changes in the fair value of the interest rate swap instruments are recorded in earnings along with related designated changes in the value of the underlying investments. The fair value of the instruments were liabilities of approximately $2.2 million and $4.2 million at September 30, 2004 and December 31, 2003, respectively. There was no material ineffectiveness of the Company’s interest rate swaps for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2004 or 2003.

Derivatives Not Designated as Hedges. The Company utilizes credit derivatives and other instruments for investment or hedging purposes that either do not qualify or are not designated for hedge accounting treatment under SFAS No. 133, Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities and its related interpretations. Accordingly, changes in the fair value of these contracts, if any, are recorded in other income, net. Under the terms of the credit contracts, the Company assumes the default risk, above a certain threshold, of a portfolio of specified high credit quality referenced issuers in exchange for a fixed yield that is recorded in interest income. In the event

Citrix Systems, Inc.

Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (As restated)

(Unaudited)

September 30, 2004

of default by underlying referenced issuers above specified amounts, the Company will pay the counterparty an amount equivalent to its loss, not to exceed the notional value of the contract. The primary risk associated with these contracts is the default risk of the underlying issuers. The risk levels of these instruments are equivalent to “AAA,” or better, single securities. The purpose of the credit derivatives is to provide additional yield on certain of the Company’s underlying available-for-sale investments.

At September 30, 2004, the Company is a party to three credit default contracts that have an aggregate notional amount of $75.0 million that expire on various dates through March 2008. The fixed yield earned on these contracts was not material at September 30, 2004 or December 31, 2003, and is included in interest income in the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of income. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2004, there was no significant change in fair value of these credit default contracts.

The Company has restricted approximately $83.9 million of investment securities as collateral its credit default contracts and certain of its interest rate swaps and interest rate swaps, which is included in restricted cash equivalents and investments in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheet. The Company maintains the ability to manage the composition of the pledged investments within certain limits and to withdraw and use excess and investment earnings from restricted collateral are available for operating purposes. As of September 30, 2004, the Company had $3.0 million of derivative assets and $4.3 million of derivative liabilities, representing the fair values of the Company’s outstanding derivative instruments, which are recorded in other current assets, other assets, accrued expenses and other liabilities in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets. The change in derivatives recognized in other comprehensive income presented in the table below (in thousands) includes unrealized gains (losses) that arose from changes in market value of derivatives that were held during the period, and gains (losses) that were previously unrealized, but have been recognized in current period net income due to termination or maturities of derivative contracts. This reclassification has no effect on total comprehensive income or stockholders’ equity.


	Three Months Ended September 30,						Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2004			2003			2004			2003
Unrealized gains (losses) on derivative instruments	$	1,023		$	1,040		$	(526	)	$	4,998
Reclassification of realized gains		(906	)		(2,354	)		(5,947	)		(4,771	)

Net change in other comprehensive income due to derivative instruments	$	117		$	(1,314	)	$	(6,473	)	$	227

Citrix Systems, Inc.

Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (As restated)

(Unaudited)

September 30, 2004

9. Comprehensive Income

The components of comprehensive income, net of tax, are as follows (in thousands):


	Three Months Ended September 30,					Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2004		2003			2004			2003
Net income	$	38,448	$	30,995		$	79,248		$	90,668
Other comprehensive income:
Change in unrealized gain (loss) on available-for-sale securities		328		(88	)		(268	)		423
Net change due to derivative instruments		117		(1,314	)		(6,473	)		227

Comprehensive income	$	38,893	$	29,593		$	72,507		$	91,318


The components of accumulated other comprehensive income, net of tax, are as follows (in thousands):


	September 30, 2004		December 31, 2003
Unrealized gain on available-for-sale securities	$	358	$	626
Unrealized gain on derivative instruments		711		7,184

Accumulated other comprehensive income	$	1,069	$	7,810

10. Income Taxes

The Company maintains certain operational and administrative processes in overseas subsidiaries and its foreign earnings are taxed at lower foreign tax rates. The Company does not expect to remit earnings from its foreign subsidiaries. The Company’s effective tax rate remained relatively constant at 21.8% for the nine months ended September 30, 2004 compared to 22.0% for the same period in the prior year. The current year’s effective tax rate is primarily impacted by the redemption of the Company’s convertible subordinated debentures and the impact of amortization of intangibles from the Expertcity acquisition.

11. Stock Repurchase Programs

The Company’s board of directors has authorized an ongoing stock repurchase program with a total repurchase authority granted to the Company of $800 million, the objective of which is to manage actual and anticipated dilution. At September 30, 2004, approximately $81.0 million was available to repurchase common stock pursuant to the stock repurchase program. All shares repurchased are recorded as treasury stock.

The Company is authorized to make open market purchases of its common stock using general corporate funds. Additionally, from time to time, the Company has entered into structured stock repurchase arrangements with large financial institutions using general corporate funds as part of its stock repurchase program in order to lower the average cost to acquire shares. These programs include terms that require the Company to make up front payments to a counter-party financial institution and result in the receipt of stock during the period of the agreement or the receipt of either stock or cash at the maturity of the agreement. Delivery of stock under certain programs may be dependent on market conditions.

Citrix Systems, Inc.

Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (As restated)

(Unaudited)

September 30, 2004

The Company expended $82.8 million and $123.9 million during the first nine months of 2004 and 2003, respectively, under stock repurchase transactions, net of all premiums received. During the nine months ended September 30, 2004, the Company took delivery of a total of 4,012,646 shares of outstanding common stock with an average per share price of $18.50, and during the nine months ended September 30, 2003, the Company took delivery of a total of 8,187,701 shares of outstanding common stock with an average per share price of $15.26. Some of these shares were received pursuant to prepaid programs that were initiated in prior periods. Since the inception of the stock repurchase programs, the average cost of shares acquired was $16.50 per share compared to an average close price during open trading windows of $19.52 per share.

12. Legal Proceedings

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

13. Commitments

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

The lease payments vary based on LIBOR plus a margin. If the Company chooses not to purchase the property at the end of the lease term, it has guaranteed a residual value to the lessor of approximately $51.9 million and possession of the buildings will be returned to the lessor. If the fair value of the building were to decline below $51.9 million, the Company would be responsible for the difference under its residual value guarantee, which could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s results of operations and financial condition.

The synthetic lease includes certain financial covenants including a requirement for the Company to maintain a pledged balance of approximately $62.8 million in cash and/or investment securities as collateral, which is classified as restricted cash equivalents and investments in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets. The Company maintains the ability to manage the composition of the restricted investments within certain limits and to withdraw and use excess investment earnings from the restricted collateral for operating purposes. Additionally, the Company must maintain a minimum cash and investment balance of $100.0 million, excluding the Company’s collateralized investments and equity investments, as of the end of each fiscal quarter. As of September 30, 2004, the Company had approximately $293.9 million in cash and investments in excess of those required levels. The synthetic lease includes non-financial covenants including the maintenance of the properties and adequate insurance, prompt delivery of financial statements to the lender of the lessee and prompt payment of taxes associated with the properties. As of September 30, 2004, the Company was in compliance with all material provisions of the arrangement.

During 2002 and 2001, the Company took actions to consolidate certain of its offices, including the exit of certain leased office space and the abandonment of certain leasehold improvements. The Company has certain lease obligations related to existing operating leases until 2025 with a total remaining obligation of approximately $26.5 million at September 30, 2004, of which $3.8 million, net of anticipated sublease income, was accrued for as of September 30, 2004, and is reflected in accrued expenses and other liabilities in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets. In estimating this accrual, the Company evaluated market information, including the estimated vacancy periods and sublease rates and opportunities. If actual circumstances prove to be different than management has estimated, the total charges for these vacant facilities could be material to our financial position, results of operations and cash flows.

ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

Overview

We develop, market, license and support access infrastructure software and services that enable effective and efficient enterprise-wide deployment, management and access of applications and information, including those designed for Microsoft Windows operating systems, for UNIX operating systems, such as Sun Solaris, HP-UX or IBM-AIX, and for Web-based information systems, as well as Web-based desktop access. Our MetaFrame products permit organizations to provide access to Windows based, Web-based, and UNIX applications regardless of a user’s location, network connection or type of client hardware platforms. We market and license our products primarily through multiple channels such as value-added resellers, channel distributors, system integrators and independent software vendors. We also promote our products through relationships with a wide variety of industry participants.

Acquisition

On February 27, 2004, we acquired all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of Expertcity.com, Inc., or Expertcity, a market leader in Web-based desktop access, as well as a leader in Web-based training and customer assistance solutions. The results of operations of Expertcity are included in our results of operations beginning after February 27, 2004 and are included in our new segment, the Citrix Online division.

The consideration for this transaction was $230.6 million, comprised of approximately $112.6 million in cash and approximately 5.6 million shares of our common stock valued at approximately $118.0 million. In addition to the purchase price, there were direct transaction costs associated with the merger of approximately $4.4 million. The merger agreement provides for additional purchase price consideration of up to approximately 0.6 million shares of our common stock to be issued to the Expertcity stockholders in the event certain revenue and other financial milestones are achieved by the Expertcity business in 2004. The fair value of the shares issued as additional purchase price consideration, if any, will be based on the market value of our common stock at the date that the shares are earned. Additional purchase price consideration, if any, is expected to be recorded as goodwill.

Under the purchase method of accounting, the total purchase price was allocated to Expertcity’s net tangible and intangible assets based on their estimated fair values as of the date of the completion of the acquisition. Independent valuation specialists conducted a valuation in order to assist us in determining the fair values of a significant portion of Expertcity’s net assets. We considered the work performed by the independent valuation specialists in our allocation of the purchase price summarized below (in thousands):


	Purchase Price Allocation		Asset Life
Current assets	$	26,085
Property and equipment		1,998	Various
In-process research and development		18,700
Intangible assets		50,800	3-7 years
Goodwill		161,221	Indefinite

Assets acquired		258,804

Current liabilities		14,019
Deferred tax liability		9,796

Total liabilities assumed		23,815

Net assets acquired, including direct transaction costs	$	234,989

Current assets and liabilities acquired from Expertcity consisted mainly of cash and investments, accounts receivable, deferred revenues and other current liabilities.

Intangible assets are comprised primarily of core and product technology, trade names, covenants not to compete and customer relationships. The valuation of core and product technology was based on the estimated discounted future cash flows associated with Expertcity’s existing products. The valuation of the trade names was determined based on assigning a royalty rate to the revenue stream that was expected from the services using the trade name. The pre-tax royalty rate was applied to the product revenue and discounted to a present value. The value of customer relationships was determined based on estimated future discounted cash flows of the relationships in place after considering historical attrition rates.

We expensed purchased in–process research and development of approximately $18.7 million immediately upon closing the merger. For more information regarding the in-process research and development acquired from Expertcity, see “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations – Results of Operations” and note 4 to our condensed consolidated financial statements.

Revenue Recognition

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

We sell most of our software products bundled with an initial subscription for software license updates that provide the end-user with free enhancements and upgrades to the licensed product on a when and if available basis. Customers may also elect to purchase technical support, product training or consulting services. We allocate revenue to software license updates and any other undelivered elements of the arrangement based on vendor specific objective evidence, or VSOE, of fair value of each element and such amounts are deferred until the applicable delivery criteria and other revenue recognition criteria described in note 2 to our condensed consolidated financial statements have been met. The balance of the revenue, net of any discounts inherent in the arrangement, is allocated to the delivered software product using the residual method and recognized at the outset of the arrangement as the software licenses are delivered. If we cannot objectively determine the fair value of each undelivered element based on VSOE, we defer revenue recognition until all elements are delivered, all services have been performed, or until fair value can be objectively determined. We must apply judgment in determining all elements of the arrangement and in determining the VSOE of fair value for each element, considering the price charged for each product or applicable renewal rates for software license updates.

In the normal course of business, we do not permit product returns, but we do provide most of our distributors and value added resellers with stock balancing and price protection rights. Stock balancing rights permit distributors to return products to us by the forty-fifth day of the fiscal quarter, subject to ordering an equal dollar amount of our other products prior to the last day of the same fiscal quarter. Price protection rights require that we grant retroactive price adjustments for inventories of our products held by distributors or resellers if we lower our prices for such products. We establish provisions for estimated returns for stock balancing and price protection rights, as well as other sales allowances, concurrently with the recognition of revenue. The provisions are established based upon consideration of a variety of factors, including, among other things, recent and historical return rates for specific products and distributors, estimated distributor inventory levels by product, the impact of any new product releases and projected economic conditions. Actual product returns for stock balancing and price protection provisions incurred are, however, dependent upon future events, including the amount of stock balancing activity by our distributors and the level of distributor inventories at the time of any price adjustments. We continually monitor the factors that influence the pricing of our products and distributor inventory levels and make adjustments to these provisions when we believe actual returns and other allowances could differ from established reserves. Our ability to recognize revenue upon shipment to our distributors is predicated on our ability to reliably estimate future stock balancing returns. If actual experience or changes in market condition impairs our ability to estimate returns, we would be required to defer the recognition of revenue until the delivery of the product to the end-user. Allowances for estimated product returns amounted to approximately $2.2 million at September 30, 2004 and $3.0 million at December 31, 2003. We have not reduced and have no current plans to reduce our prices for inventory currently held by distributors or resellers. Accordingly, there were no reserves required for price protection at September 30, 2004 or December 31, 2003. We also record estimated reductions to revenue for customer programs and incentive offerings including volume-based incentives. If market conditions were to decline, we could take actions to increase our customer incentive offerings, which could result in an incremental reduction to our revenue at the time the incentive is offered.

Stock-Based Compensation Disclosures

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

Statement of Financial Accounting Standards, or SFAS, No. 123, Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation, as amended by SFAS No. 148, Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation—Transition and Disclosure, defines a fair value method of accounting for issuance of stock options and other equity instruments. Under the fair value method, compensation cost is measured at the grant date based on the fair value of the award and is recognized over the service period, which is usually the vesting period. Pursuant to SFAS No. 123, companies are not required to adopt the fair value method of accounting for employee stock-based transactions. Companies are permitted to account for such transactions under Accounting Principles Board, or APB, Opinion No. 25, Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees, but are required to disclose in a note to the consolidated financial statements pro forma net income and per share amounts as if a company had applied the methods prescribed by SFAS No. 123.

As of September 30, 2004, we had four stock-based compensation plans. We grant stock options for a fixed number of shares to employees and non-employee directors with an exercise price equal to or above the fair value of the shares at the date of grant. As discussed above and in note 2 to our condensed consolidated financial statements, we apply the intrinsic value method under APB Opinion No. 25 and related interpretations in accounting for our plans. Accordingly, no compensation cost has been recognized for our fixed stock plans and our stock purchase plan. However, the impact on our condensed consolidated financial statements from the use of options is reflected in the calculation of earnings per share in the form of dilution (see note 3 to our condensed consolidated financial statements).

The following table (in thousands, except option price) provides information as of September 30, 2004 about the securities authorized for issuance to our employees and non-employee directors under our fixed stock-based compensation plans, consisting of our Amended and Restated 1995 Stock Plan, the Second Amended and Restated 1995 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, the 1995 Non-Employee Director Option Plan and the Second Amended and Restated 2000 Director and Officer Stock Option and Incentive Plan:


	(A)	(B)		(C)
Plan	Number of securities to be issued upon exercise of outstanding options, warrants and rights	Weighted-average exercise price of outstanding options, warrants and rights		Number of securities remaining available for future issuance under equity compensation plans (excluding securities reflected in column (A))
Equity compensation plans approved by security holders	39,148	$	24.43	43,415
Equity compensation plans not approved by security holders	—		—	—

Total	39,148	$	24.43	43,415

The following table provides information about stock options granted for the nine months ended September 30, 2004 and for the year ended December 31, 2003 for employees, non-employee directors and for certain executive officers. The stock option data for listed officers relates to our Named Executive Officers. The “Named Executive Officers” for the nine months ended September 30, 2004 and the year ended December 31, 2003 consist of our chief executive officer and the four other most highly compensated executive officers who earned a total salary and bonus in excess of $100,000 in 2003, as reported in our Proxy Statement dated April 2, 2004 and who are current employees as of September 30, 2004:


	Nine Months Ended September 30, 2004		Year Ended December 31, 2003
Net grants to all employees, non-employee directors and executive officers as a percent of outstanding shares (1) (2)	1.40	%	1.03	%

Grants to Named Executive Officers as a percent of outstanding shares (2)	0.13	%	0.24	%

Grants to Named Executive Officers as a percent of total options granted	4.75	%	6.89	%

Cumulative options held by Named Executive Officers as a percent of total options outstanding (3)	9.70	%	10.08	%

(1)	Net grants represent total options granted during the period net of options forfeited during the period.

(2)	Calculation is based on outstanding shares of common stock as of the beginning of the respective period.

(3)	Calculation is based on total options outstanding as of the end of the respective period.

The following table presents our option activity from December 31, 2002 through September 30, 2004 (in thousands, except weighted-average exercise price). Some amounts may not add due to rounding.


			Options Outstanding
	Options Available for Grant		Number of Shares		Weighted Average Exercise Price
Balance at December 31, 2002	30,001		41,221		$	24.51
Granted at market value	(5,575	)	5,575			16.19
Granted above market value	(349	)	349			12.00
Exercised	—		(4,723	)		11.64
Forfeited/cancelled	4,199		(4,199	)		28.14
Reduction in plan shares (1)	(500	)	N/A			N/A
Additional shares reserved	9,249		N/A			N/A

Balance at December 31, 2003	37,025		38,222			24.56
Granted at market value	(4,424	)	4,424			20.14
Exercised	—		(1,730	)		11.84
Forfeited/cancelled	1,768		(1,768	)		25.65
Additional shares reserved	9,046		N/A			N/A

Balance at September 30, 2004	43,415		39,148			24.43

(1)	The number of shares reserved for issuance under our Amended and Restated 2000 Director and Officer Stock Option and Incentive Plan was reduced by 500,000 shares pursuant to an amendment to such option plan authorized by our Board of Directors on May 15, 2003.

A summary of our in-the-money and out-of-the-money option information as of September 30, 2004 is as follows (in thousands, except weighted average exercise price):


	Exercisable			Unexercisable			Total
	Shares	Weighted Average Exercise Price		Shares	Weighted Average Exercise Price		Shares	Weighted Average Exercise Price
In-the-money	9,216	$	12.57	4,795	$	10.34	14,011	$	11.81
Out-of-the-money (1)	18,121		35.31	7,016		21.54	25,137		31.47

Total options outstanding	27,337		27.65	11,811		17.00	39,148		24.43

(1)	Out-of-the-money options are those options with an exercise price equal to or above the closing price of $17.52 per share for our common stock at September 30, 2004.

The following table provides information with regard to our stock option grants during the nine months ended September 30, 2004 to the Named Executive Officers:


	Individual Grants (1)
	Number of Securities Underlying Options Grant (#)	Exercise Price ($/share)		Expiration Date
Mark Templeton	37,500 37,500	$ $	22.47 17.55	April 12, 2009 August 1, 2009
John Burris	25,000 25,000	$ $	22.47 17.55	April 12, 2009 August 1,2009
David Henshall	17,500 17,500	$ $	22.47 17.55	April 12, 2009 August 1, 2009
Robert Kruger	15,000	$	22.47	April 12, 2009
Stefan Sjostrom	12,500 22,500	$ $	22.47 17.55	April 12, 2009 August 1, 2009

(1)	These options vest over four years at a rate of 25% of the shares underlying the option one year from the date of the grant and at a rate of 2.08% monthly thereafter.

The following table presents certain information regarding option exercises and outstanding options held by Named Executive Officers as of and for the nine months ended September 30, 2004:


	Shares Acquired on Exercise (#)	Value Realized ($)(1)		Number of Securities Underlying Unexercised Options at September 30, 2004 Exercisable/Unexercisable	Values of Unexercised In-the-Money Options at September 30, 2004 ($) Exercisable/Unexercisable (2)
Mark Templeton	—		—	1,988,907 / 213,593	$	2,269,097 / $596,653
John Burris	—		—	454,346 / 131,404	$	467,523 / $388,818
Robert Kruger	6,500	$	95,060	285,420 / 127,672	$	232,587 / $372,957
David Henshall	—		—	70,834 / 164,166	$	223,835 / $408,165
Stefan Sjostrom	—		—	240,168 / 122,082	$	309,192 / $297,329

(1)

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

(2)	Value is based on the difference between the option exercise price and the fair market value at September 30, 2004 ($17.52 per share), multiplied by the number of shares underlying the option.

For further information regarding our stock-based compensations plans, see note 2 to our condensed consolidated financial statements.

Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

Our discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations are based upon our condensed 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. Please refer to “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates” included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2003, as amended, for further information regarding our critical accounting policies and estimates.

The notes to our consolidated financial statements and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2003, as amended, the unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements and the related notes to the unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements included in Item 1 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q/A and the factors and events described elsewhere in “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations,” including in “Certain Factors Which May Affect Future Results,” contain additional information related to our accounting policies and should be read in conjunction with the following discussion and analysis relating to the individual financial statement captions and our overall financial performance, operations and financial position.

Results of Operations

The following table sets forth our condensed consolidated statements of income data and presentation of that data as a percentage of change from period-to-period (in thousands):


													Increase/(decrease) for the
	Three Months Ended September 30,						Nine Months Ended September 30,						Three Months Ended September 30, 2004 vs. September 30, 2003		Nine Months Ended September 30, 2004 vs. September 30, 2003
	2004			2003			2004			2003
Revenues:
Software licenses	$	88,455		$	90,069		$	263,597		$	279,144		(1.8	)%	(5.6	)%
Software license updates		70,406			43,406			196,284			118,205		62.2		66.1
Services		28,717			10,866			67,309			33,532		164.3		100.7

Total net revenues		187,578			144,341			527,190			430,881		30.0		22.4

Cost of revenues:
Cost of software license revenue		853			3,593			3,022			10,372		(76.3	)	(70.9	)
Cost of service revenues		4,543			1,757			11,535			4,745		158.6		143.1
Amortization of core and product technology (a)		3,379			2,801			10,011			8,312		20.6		20.4

Total cost of revenues(a)		8,775			8,151			24,568			23,429		7.7		4.9

Gross margin		178,803			136,190			502,622			407,452		31.3		23.4
Operating expenses:
Research and development		21,832			15,656			63,043			47,025		39.4		34.1
Sales, marketing and support		82,612			61,331			237,544			183,592		34.7		29.4
General and administrative		26,142			20,420			78,730			64,464		28.0		22.1
Amortization of other intangible assets(a)		1,894			67			4,493			229			*		*
In-process research and development		—			—			18,700			—			*		*

Total operating expenses(a)		132,480			97,474			402,510			295,310		35.9		36.3

Income from operations		46,323			38,716			100,112			112,142		19.6		(10.7	)
Interest income		2,587			5,302			10,840			15,477		(51.2	)	(30.0	)
Interest expense		(7	)		(4,558	)		(4,360	)		(13,630	)	(99.8	)	(68.0	)
Write-off of deferred debt issuance costs		—			—			(7,219	)		—			*		*
Other income, net		727			277			1,902			2,252		162.5		(15.5	)

Income before income taxes		49,630			39,737			101,275			116,241		24.9		(12.9	)
Income taxes		11,182			8,742			22,027			25,573		27.9		(13.9	)

Net income	$	38,448		$	30,995		$	79,248		$	90,668		24.0	%	(12.6	)%

*	Not meaningful.

(a)	We reclassified the amortization of core and product technology previously classified as an operating expense to a component of cost of revenues. See note 1 to our condensed consolidated financial statements.

Net Revenues. Our operations consist of the design, development, marketing and support of access infrastructure software and services that enable effective and efficient enterprise-wide deployment and management of applications and information.

Net revenues include the following categories: Software Licenses, Software License Updates, and Services. Software Licenses primarily represent fees related to the licensing of our MetaFrame products, additional user licenses and management products. These revenues are reflected net of sales allowances and provisions for stock balancing return rights. The MetaFrame Presentation Server product accounted for approximately 93.3% of our Software License revenue for the three months ended September 30, 2004 and 95.0% for the nine months ended September 30, 2004 and 97.8% of our Software License revenue for the three months ended September 30, 2003 and 98.3% for the nine months ended September 30, 2003. Software License Updates consists 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 (our terminology for post contract support) is a renewable program that provides subscribers with automatic delivery of software upgrades, enhancements and maintenance releases when and if they become available during the term of the subscription. Services consist primarily of technical support services and Web-based desktop access services revenue recognized ratably over the contract term, revenue from product training and certification, and consulting services revenue related to implementation of our software products, which are recognized as the services are provided.

Net revenues increased $43.2 million for the three months ended September 30, 2004 compared to the three months ended September 30, 2003 and increased $96.3 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2004 when compared to the

nine months ended September 30, 2003. Software Licenses revenue decreased $1.6 million for the three months ended September 30, 2004 compared to the three months ended September 30, 2003 and decreased $15.5 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2004 compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2003 due to a weakness in our packaged product sales which are typically purchased by medium and small-sized businesses. Software License Updates revenue increased $27.0 million for the three months ended September 30, 2004 compared to the three months ended September 30, 2003 and increased $78.1 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2004 compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2003 due to a larger base of subscribers and increasing renewal rates related to our Subscription Advantage program. Services revenue, which now includes revenues from our Citrix Online division, increased $17.9 million for the three months ended September 30, 2004 compared to the three months ended September 30, 2003 and increased $33.8 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2004 compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2003 due primarily to the Expertcity acquisition. We expect Subscription Advantage to continue to be of strategic importance to our business in 2004 because it fosters long-term customer relationships and gives us improved visibility and predictability due to the recurring nature of this revenue stream.

In January 2004, we launched our Advisor Rewards Program which gives sales incentives to resellers for the sale of certain license types. In the third quarter of 2004, we extended our Advisor Rewards Program to a broader range of license types, which we anticipate will continue to stimulate demand for our MetaFrame products from smaller customers and projects. Revenues associated with our Advisor Rewards Program is partially offset by the associated incentives to our resellers.

Deferred revenues, primarily related to Citrix Subscription Advantage and Services revenues, increased approximately $37.2 million as compared to December 31, 2003. This increase was due primarily to increased renewals of Citrix Subscription Advantage and the Expertcity acquisition. We currently expect increases in annual contract adoptions related to services from our Citrix Online division and Subscription Advantage renewals for the remainder of 2004 and as a result we currently expect deferred revenue to also increase during the remainder of 2004.

International and Segment Revenues. International revenues (sales outside of the United States) accounted for approximately 51% of net revenues for the three months ended September 30, 2004 and approximately 52% for the three months ended September 30, 2003 and approximately 52% of net revenues for the nine months ended September 30, 2004 and 53% of net revenues for the nine months ended September 30, 2003. For detailed information on international revenues, please refer to note 7 to our condensed consolidated financial statements appearing in this report. Our Citrix Online division segment was established as a result of the acquisition of Expertcity in February 2004. The Citrix Online division provides Web-based desktop access and Web-based training and customer assistance through its GoToMyPC, GoToAssist and GoToMeeting families of services.

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


									Increase for the
	Three Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended September 30,				Three Months Ended September 30, 2004 vs. September 30, 2003	Nine Months Ended September 30, 2004 vs. September 30, 2003
	2004		2003		2004		2003
Americas (1)	$	86,718	$	75,598	$	245,857	$	219,433	14.7%	12.0%
EMEA (2)		68,426		54,748		204,804		171,812	25.0	19.2
Asia-Pacific		18,346		13,995		49,190		39,636	31.1	24.1
Citrix Online division		14,088		—		27,339		—	*	*

Net revenues	$	187,578	$	144,341	$	527,190	$	430,881	30.0%	22.4%

*	Not meaningful.

(1)	Our Americas segment is comprised of the United States, Canada and Latin America.

(2)	Defined as Europe, Middle East and Africa.

With respect to our segment revenues, the increase in net revenues for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2004 compared to the three and nine months ended September 30, 2003, was due primarily to the same factors that led to an increase in overall revenues across all segments. For additional information on segment revenues, please refer to note 7 to our condensed consolidated financial statements.

Cost of Revenues. Cost of revenues consists primarily of amortization of product and core technology, compensation costs and other personnel-related costs of providing services, as well as costs of product media and duplication, manuals, packaging materials, shipping expense, service capacity costs and royalties.

Cost of revenues software licenses decreased $2.7 million for the three months ended September 30, 2004 compared to the three months ended September 30, 2003 and decreased $7.4 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2004 compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2003 due primarily to a decrease in cost of royalties due to the expiration of certain royalty agreements. Cost of services revenues increased $2.8 million for the three months ended September 30, 2004 compared to the three months ended September 30, 2003 and increased $6.8 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2004 compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2003 due to the Expertcity acquisition. Amortization of core and product technology increased $1.7 million when comparing the nine months ended September 30, 2004 to the nine months ended September 30, 2003 primarily due to an increase in core and product technology resulting from the Expertcity acquisition.

Gross Margin. Gross margin as a percent of revenue was 95.3% for the three months ended September 30, 2004 and 94.4% for the three months ended September 30, 2003 and 95.3% for the nine months ended September 30, 2004 and 94.6% for the nine months ended September 30, 2003. We currently anticipate that in the next 12 months, gross margin as a percentage of net revenues will remain relatively unchanged as compared with current levels. However, gross margin could fluctuate from time to time based on a number of factors attributable to the cost of revenues as described above.

Research and Development Expenses. Research and development expenses consists primarily of personnel-related costs. We expensed substantially all development costs included in the research and development of software products and enhancements to existing products as incurred except for certain purchased core technologies. Research and development expenses increased approximately $6.2 million for the three months ended September 30, 2004 compared to the three months ended September 30, 2003 and $16.0 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2004 compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2003, primarily due to increased headcount and related personnel costs, as well as an increase in staffing and associated personnel costs related to the Expertcity acquisition. For the remainder of 2004, we expect research and development expenses to increase as we continue to make investments in our business and hire personnel to achieve our product development goals.

Sales, Marketing and Support Expenses. Sales, marketing and support expenses increased approximately $21.3 million for the three months ended September 30, 2004 compared to the three months ended September 30, 2003 and increased approximately $54.0 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2004 when compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2003, primarily from additional sales personnel and related commissions and personnel costs as well as an increase in staffing and associated personnel costs related to the Expertcity acquisition. In addition, there was an increase in marketing program costs resulting from our worldwide brand awareness and advertising campaign and from the marketing of services related to our Citrix Online division, which were introduced in the first quarter of 2004. For the remainder of 2004, we expect sales, marketing and support expenses to increase as we continue to make investments in our business and hire personnel to achieve our strategic goals.

General and Administrative Expenses. General and administrative expenses increased $5.7 million for the three months ended September 30, 2004 as compared to the three months ended September 30, 2003 and $14.3 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2004 as compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2003 due to an increase in external consulting and services associated with regulatory compliance requirements and information systems, an increase in headcount and related personnel costs as well as an increase in staffing and associated personnel costs related to the Expertcity acquisition.

Amortization of Other Intangible Assets. Amortization of other intangible assets increased $1.8 million for the three months ended September 30, 2004 compared to the three months ended September 30, 2003 and increased $4.3 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2004 compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2003, primarily due to the acquisition of certain finite-lived intangible assets associated with Expertcity and core technology we licensed from third parties. For more information regarding the Expertcity acquisition see “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operation – Acquisitions” and note 4 to our condensed consolidated financial statements.

In-process Research and Development. In February 2004, we acquired Expertcity, and $18.7 million of the purchase price was allocated to in-process research and development (IPR&D) and was written off at the time of acquisition. The amounts allocated to IPR&D were for projects that had not yet reached technological feasibility and had no alternative future use. For more information regarding the Expertcity acquisition, see “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations – Acquisitions” and note 4 to our condensed consolidated financial statements.

Our efforts with respect to the acquired technologies currently consist of design and development that may be required to support the release of the technologies into updated versions of existing service offerings and potentially new product and service offerings by our Citrix Online division. We currently expect that we will

successfully develop new products or services utilizing the acquired in-process technology, but there can be no assurance that commercial viability of future product or service offerings will be achieved. Furthermore, future developments in the software industry, changes in technology, changes in other products and offerings or other developments may cause us to alter or abandon product plans. Failure to complete the development of projects in their entirety, or in a timely manner, could have a material adverse impact on our financial condition and results of operations.

The fair value assigned to IPR&D was based on valuations prepared using methodologies and valuation techniques consistent with those used by independent appraisers. All fair values were determined using the income approach, which includes estimating the revenue and expenses associated with a project’s sales cycle and by estimating the amount of after-tax cash flows attributable to the projects. The future cash flows were discounted to present value utilizing an appropriate risk-adjusted rate of return, which ranged from 17% to 20%. The rate of return included a factor that takes into account the uncertainty surrounding the successful development of the IPR&D.

Interest Income. Interest income decreased $2.7 million for the three months ended September 30, 2004 compared to the three months ended September 30, 2003 and decreased $4.6 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2004 compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2003 due to lower levels of cash and investments held in 2004 that resulted from our use of approximately $355.7 million for the redemption of our convertible subordinated debentures in March 2004 and our payment of approximately $112.6 million in cash for the Expertcity acquisition. We currently believe that our lower cash and investment balances during 2004 will reduce our interest income during the remainder of 2004. For more information see “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations - Acquisitions” and “ – Liquidity and Capital Resources” and notes 4 and 6 to our condensed consolidated financial statements.

Interest Expense. Interest expense decreased $4.6 million for the three months ended September 30, 2004 compared to the three months ended September 30, 2003 and decreased $9.3 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2004 compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2003 primarily due to the redemption of our convertible subordinated debentures on March 22, 2004. We currently expect interest expense to decrease during the remainder of 2004 due to the redemption of our convertible subordinated debentures. For more information see “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations – Liquidity and Capital Resources” and note 6 to our condensed consolidated financial statements.

Other Income, Net. Other income, net is primarily comprised of remeasurement and foreign currency transaction gains (losses) and realized gains (losses) on the sale of our investments.

Income Taxes. We maintain certain operational and administrative processes in overseas subsidiaries and our foreign earnings are taxed at lower foreign tax rates. We do not expect to remit earnings from our foreign subsidiaries. Our effective tax rate remained relatively constant at 21.8% for the nine months ended September 30, 2004 compared to 22.0% for the same period in the prior year. The current year’s effective tax rate is primarily impacted by the redemption of our convertible subordinated debentures and the Expertcity acquisition.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

EXPLANATORY NOTE

In response to comments received from the staff (the “Staff”) of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) in connection with the Staff’s normal periodic review of our filings, we are restating our accompanying September 30, 2004 and December 31, 2003 condensed consolidated balance sheets to correct an error in the classification of certain cash equivalents and investments that are pledged as collateral under our synthetic lease arrangement, credit default contracts and interest rate swaps to classify such assets separately as restricted cash equivalents and investments. In our filings with the SEC, we previously disclosed in narrative form the specific amounts pledged under our synthetic lease arrangement, credit default contracts and interest rate swaps from the inception of each arrangement and are now separately classifying the aggregate amounts pledged as long-term restricted cash equivalents and investments in our condensed consolidated balance sheets. Please refer to Note 1 to the accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements for additional information.

During the nine months ended September 30, 2004, we generated positive operating cash flows of $185.1 million. These cash flows related primarily to net income of $79.2 million, adjusted for, among other things, tax benefits from the exercise of non-statutory stock options and disqualifying dispositions of incentive stock options of $19.8 million, non-cash charges, including depreciation and amortization expenses of $30.1 million, the write-off of in-process research and development associated with the Expertcity acquisition of $18.7 million, provision for product returns of $4.4 million, the accretion of original issue discount and amortization of financing costs on our convertible subordinated debentures of $4.3 million, the write-off of deferred debt issuance costs on our convertible subordinated debentures of $7.2 million and an aggregate increase in cash flow from our operating assets and liabilities of $20.2 million. Our investing activities provided

$138.0 million of cash consisting primarily of the net proceeds, after reinvestment from sales and maturities of investments of $264.8 million, partially offset by the expenditure of $19.3 million for the purchase of property and equipment, the expenditure of $16.8 million related to the purchase of certain licensing agreements and core technology and cash paid for the Expertcity acquisition, net of cash acquired, of $90.8 million. Our financing activities used cash of $413.2 million related primarily to our expenditure of $355.7 million to redeem our convertible subordinated debentures and the expenditure of $82.8 million related to stock repurchase programs, partially offset by the proceeds received from the issuance of common stock under our employee stock-based compensation plans of $25.3 million.

During the nine months ended September 30, 2003, we generated positive operating cash flows of $186.4 million. These cash flows related primarily to net income of $90.7 million, adjusted for, among other things, tax benefits from the exercise of non-statutory stock options and disqualifying dispositions of incentive stock options of $16.7 million, non-cash charges, including depreciation and amortization expenses of $26.6 million and the accretion of original issue discount and amortization of financing costs on our convertible subordinated debentures of $13.6 million and an aggregate increase in cash flow from our operating assets and liabilities of $36.9 million due primarily to an increase in deferred revenue of $40.6 million. Our investing activities used $82.1 million of cash consisting primarily of the net purchases, after proceeds from sales and maturities, of investments of $73.7 million and expenditures of $7.0 million for our purchase of property and equipment. Our financing activities used cash of $89.4 million related primarily to our expenditure of $124.6 million for our stock repurchase programs, partially offset by the proceeds received from the issuance of common stock under our employee stock compensation plans of $34.6 million.

Cash and Investments

As of September 30, 2004, we had $394.2 million in cash and investments, including $92.8 million in cash and cash equivalents, as compared to $751.8 million at December 31, 2003. In addition, we had $83.2 million in working capital at September 30, 2004 as compared to $146.8 million at December 31, 2003. The decrease in working capital and cash and investments as compared to December 31, 2003, was due primarily to the redemption of our convertible subordinated debentures and to expenditures related to the Expertcity acquisition. See “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations— Liquidity and Capital Resources—Convertible Subordinated Debentures” and note 4 to our condensed consolidated financial statements for further information. We generally invest our cash and cash equivalents in investment grade, highly liquid securities to allow for flexibility in the event of immediate cash needs. Our short and long-term investments primarily consist of interest bearing securities.

We are a party to a synthetic lease arrangement for our corporate headquarters office space in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The synthetic lease includes certain financial and non-financial covenants including a requirement for us to maintain a pledged balance of approximately $62.8 million in cash and/or investment securities as collateral. We maintain the ability to manage the composition of the restricted investments within certain limits and to withdraw and use excess investment earnings from the restricted collateral for operating purposes. Additionally, we must maintain a minimum cash and investment balance of $100.0 million, excluding our collateralized investments and equity investments. As of September 30, 2004, we were in compliance with all provisions of the arrangement.

In December 2000, we invested $158.1 million in held-to-maturity investments managed by an investment advisor. Our investments matured on March 22, 2004, and we received $195.4 million, all of which was used to redeem a portion of our convertible subordinated debentures.

We have invested in instruments with credit risk features. This means that these investments are at risk to the extent that the entities issuing the underlying securities have credit events above specified amounts that result in a loss to the counterparty. There have been no credit events associated with the entities issuing the underlying securities that have resulted in a loss to us. See note 8 to our condensed consolidated financial statements for further information.

Restricted Cash Equivalents and Investments

As of September 30, 2004, we had $146.7 million in restricted cash equivalents and investments. Approximately $62.8 million in investment securities and cash equivalents were pledged as collateral for specified obligations under our synthetic lease and approximately $83.9 million in investment securities were pledged as collateral for certain of our credit default contracts and interest rate swaps. We maintain the ability to manage the composition of the restricted cash equivalents and investments within certain limits and to withdraw and use excess investment earnings from the pledged collateral for operating purposes.

Convertible Subordinated Debentures

In March 1999, we sold $850 million principal amount at maturity of our zero coupon convertible subordinated debentures due March 22, 2019, in a private placement. On March 22, 2004, we redeemed all of the outstanding debentures for a redemption price of approximately $355.7 million. We used the proceeds from our held-to-maturity investments that matured on March 22, 2004 and cash on hand to fund the aggregate redemption price. At the date of redemption, we incurred a charge for the associated deferred debt issuance costs of approximately $7.2 million.

Stock Repurchase Program

Our board of directors has authorized an ongoing stock repurchase program with a total repurchase authority granted to us of $800 million, the objective of which is to manage actual and anticipated dilution. At September 30, 2004, approximately $81.0 million was available to repurchase common stock pursuant to the stock repurchase program. All shares repurchased are recorded as treasury stock.

We are authorized to make open market purchases of our common stock using general corporate funds. Additionally, from time to time, we have entered into structured stock repurchase arrangements with large financial institutions using general corporate funds as part of our stock repurchase program in order to lower our average cost to acquire shares. These programs include terms that require us to make up front payments to a counter-party financial institution and result in the receipt of stock during the period of the agreement or the receipt of either stock or cash at the maturity of the agreement. Delivery of stock under certain programs may be dependent on market conditions.

We expended $82.8 million during the first nine months of 2004 for stock repurchase transactions. We expended $123.9 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2003, net of premiums received, under all stock repurchase transactions. During the nine months ended September 30, 2004, we took delivery of a total of 4,012,646 shares of outstanding common stock with an average per share price of $18.50; and during the nine months ended September 30, 2003, we took delivery of a total of 8,187,701 shares of outstanding common stock with an average per share price of $15.26. Some of these shares were received pursuant to prepaid programs that were initiated in prior periods. Since inception of the stock repurchase programs, the average cost of shares acquired is $16.50 per share compared to an average close price during open trading windows of $19.52 per share. In addition, a significant portion of funds used to repurchase stock was funded by proceeds from employee stock option exercises and the related tax benefit.

We remain committed to our ongoing stock repurchase program. As of September 30, 2004, we have prepaid approximately $23.4 million for stock repurchases under our structured stock repurchase arrangements. We expect to receive the stock related to these prepaid programs on various dates through the first quarter of 2005.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

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

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

The synthetic lease includes certain financial covenants including a requirement for us to maintain a pledged balance of approximately $62.8 million in cash and/or investment securities as collateral, which is classified as restricted cash

equivalents and investments in our accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheet. We maintain the ability to manage the composition of the restricted investments within certain limits and to withdraw and use excess investment earnings from the restricted collateral for operating purposes. Additionally, we must maintain a minimum cash and investment balance of $100.0 million, excluding our collateralized investments and equity investments, as of the end of each fiscal quarter. As of September 30, 2004, we had approximately $293.9 million in cash and investments in excess of those required levels. The synthetic lease includes non-financial covenants including the maintenance of the properties and adequate insurance, prompt delivery of financial statements to the lender of the lessee and prompt payment of taxes associated with the properties. As of September 30, 2004, we were in compliance with all material provisions of the arrangement.

Commitments

During 2002 and 2001, we took actions to consolidate certain of our offices, including the exit of certain leased office space and the abandonment of certain leasehold improvements. Lease obligations related to these existing operating leases continue until 2025 with a total remaining obligation of approximately $26.5 million, of which $3.8 million, net of anticipated sublease income, was accrued for as of September 30, 2004, and is reflected in accrued expenses and other liabilities in our condensed consolidated balance sheets. In estimating this accrual, we evaluated market information, including the estimated vacancy periods and sublease rates and opportunities. If actual circumstances prove to be different than management has estimated, the total charges for these vacant facilities could be material to our financial position, results of operations and cash flows.

During 2004 and 2003, significant portions of our cash inflows were generated by operations. Although we believe existing cash and investments together with cash flow expected from operations will be sufficient to meet operating and capital expenditure requirements for the next 12 months, future operating results and expected cash flow from operations could vary if we experience a decrease in customer demand or a decrease in customer acceptance of future product offerings. We continue to search for suitable acquisition candidates and could acquire or make investments in companies we believe are related to our strategic objectives. Such investments could reduce our available working capital. We could from time to time seek to raise additional funds through the issuance of debt or equity securities, although there can be no assurances that additional funds would be available at an acceptable cost of capital or at all depending on market conditions and other factors.

Certain Factors Which May Affect Future Results

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 could contain “forward-looking” information that involves risks and uncertainties. In particular, statements contained in this Form 10-Q, and in the documents incorporated by reference into this Form 10-Q, that are not historical facts, including, but not limited to statements concerning new products, inventory, product development and offerings, product pricing, product and price competition, deferred revenues, interest expense, interest income, economic and market conditions, revenue recognition, Subscription Advantage, Citrix Online, profits, growth of revenues, strategic and technology relationships, reinvestment of foreign earnings, gross margins, goodwill, impairment charges, anticipated operating and capital expenditure requirements, leasing and subleasing activities, acquisitions, investment transactions, liquidity, working capital, litigation matters, intellectual property matters, distribution channels, stock price, third party licenses, Citrix Advisor Rewards Program, research and development expenses, sales, marketing and support expenses and potential debt or equity financings constitute forward-looking statements and are made under the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements are neither promises nor guarantees. Our actual results of operations and financial condition have varied and could in the future vary significantly 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 Form 10-Q, in the documents incorporated by reference into this Form 10-Q 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.

Our business could be adversely impacted by the failure to renew our agreements with Microsoft Corporation for source code access and future compatibility risks between Microsoft’s products and ours.

Our relationship with Microsoft Corporation, or Microsoft, is subject to the following risks and uncertainties, some of which could cause a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition:

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Our Agreements with Microsoft are Short in Duration. In May 2002, we signed an agreement with Microsoft that provides us access to Microsoft Windows Server source code for current and future Microsoft server operating systems, including access to Windows Server 2003 and terminal services source code, during the term of the agreement. There can be no assurances that our current agreements with Microsoft will be extended or renewed by Microsoft after their respective expirations. In addition, Microsoft could terminate the current agreement before the expiration of the term for breach or upon our change in control. The early termination or the failure to renew certain terms of these agreements with Microsoft in a manner favorable to us could negatively impact the timing of our release of future products and enhancements.

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Compatibility. Future product offerings by Microsoft may not provide for compatibility with our products, upon release of such offerings from Microsoft. The lack of compatibility between future Microsoft products and our products could negatively impact the timing of our release of future products and enhancements.

Our long sales cycle for enterprise-wide sales could cause significant variability in our revenue and operating results for any particular period.

In recent quarters, a growing number of our large and medium-sized customers have decided to implement our enterprise customer license arrangements on a department or enterprise-wide basis. 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.

We have a long sales cycle for these 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;

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

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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

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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.

The continued long sales cycle for these large-scale deployment sales could make 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.

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

We compete 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 the Citrix MetaFrame product line, and its individual products including: Citrix MetaFrame Presentation Server, Citrix MetaFrame Secure Access Manager, Citrix MetaFrame Conferencing Manager and Citrix MetaFrame Password Manager, and other future product offerings could be affected by Microsoft’s licensing and pricing scheme for client devices, servers and applications. Further, the announcement of the release, and the actual release, of new Windows-based server operating systems or 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 secure, remote access in the Internet software and hardware markets directly and indirectly compete with our current Citrix MetaFrame product line and our Web-based desk-top access products, including GoToAssist, GoToMyPC and GoToMeeting and anticipated future product offerings.

Existing or new products that extend Internet software and hardware to provide Web-based information and application access or interactive computing can materially impact our ability to sell our products in this market. Our current competitors in this market include Microsoft, Oracle Corporation, Sun Microsystems, Inc., Cisco Systems, Inc., Webex Communications, Inc., Symantec Corporation, and other makers of secure remote access solutions.

As the markets for our products continue to develop, additional companies, including companies with significant market presence in the computer hardware, 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.

Sales of products within our MetaFrame product line constitute a substantial majority of our revenue.

We anticipate that sales of products within our MetaFrame product line and related enhancements will constitute a substantial majority of our revenue for the foreseeable future. Our ability to continue to generate revenue from our MetaFrame product line will depend on market acceptance of Windows Server Operating Systems and/or UNIX Operating Systems. Declines in demand for our MetaFrame products could occur as a result of:

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new competitive product releases and updates to existing products;

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price competition;

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technological change;

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decreasing or stagnant information technology spending levels;

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general economic conditions; or

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lack of success of entities with which we have a strategic or technology relationship.

If our customers do not continue to purchase our MetaFrame products as a result of these or other factors, our revenue would decrease and our results of operations and financial condition would be adversely affected.

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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rapid technological change;

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evolving industry standards;

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fluctuations in customer demand;

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changes in customer requirements; and

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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 to our existing products and services, 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;

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

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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.

For example, we cannot guarantee that our access infrastructure software will achieve the broad market acceptance by our channel and entities with which we have a strategic or technology relationship, customers and prospective customers necessary to generate significant revenue. 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 business could be adversely impacted by conditions affecting the information technology market.

The demand for our products depends substantially upon the general demand for business-related computer hardware 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. Fluctuations in the demand for our products could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition. In 2003, adverse economic

conditions decreased demand for our products and negatively impacted our financial results. Future economic projections for the IT sector are uncertain. If the weakened environment persists and slow IT spending continues, it could continue to negatively impact our business, results of operations and financial condition.

The anticipated benefits to us of acquiring Expertcity may not be realized.

We acquired Expertcity, now known as Citrix Online, with the expectation that the acquisition would result in various benefits including, among other things, enhanced revenue and profits, greater market presence and development, and enhancements to our product portfolio and customer base. We expect that the acquisition will enhance our position in the access infrastructure market through the combination of our technologies, products, services, distribution channels and customer contacts with those of Citrix Online, and will enable us to broaden our customer base to include individuals, professionals and small office/home office customers as well as extend our presence in the enterprise access infrastructure market. We may not realize any of these benefits and the acquisition may result in the deterioration or loss of significant business. For example, if our business or Citrix Online’s business fails to meet the demands of the marketplace, customer acceptance of the products and services of the combined companies could decline, which could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations and financial condition. Costs incurred and potential liabilities assumed in connection with the acquisition also could have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition and operating results.

Achieving the expected benefits of the acquisition will depend in part on the integration of Citrix Online’s and our businesses in a timely and efficient manner. The challenges involved in this integration include difficulties integrating Citrix Online’s operations, technologies and products as well as coordinating the efforts of Citrix Online’s sales organization with our larger and more widely dispersed sales organization. The integration of the two businesses could be complex, time consuming and expensive, may disrupt business and may result in the loss of customers or key employees or the diversion of the attention of management which could have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition and operating results.

In addition, we may not achieve the anticipated benefits of the acquisition as rapidly as, or to the extent, anticipated by our management and certain financial or industry analysts, or other analysts may not perceive the same benefits of the acquisition as we do. For example, in the first half of this year, Citrix Online was dilutive to our profits. Given Citrix Online’s uncertain sales and earnings stream, there is no guarantee that it will not be dilutive in the future beyond the current expectations of our management. If these risks materialize, our stock price could be materially adversely affected.

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 our ability to introduce new products on a timely basis. We intend to continue to address the need to develop new products and enhance existing products through acquisitions of other companies, product lines and/or technologies.

Acquisitions, including those of high-technology companies, are inherently risky. We cannot assure anyone that our previous acquisitions or any future acquisitions will be successful in helping us reach our financial and strategic goals either for that acquisition or for us generally. The risks we commonly encounter are:

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

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

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the risk of diverting management’s attention from normal daily operations of the business;

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

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risks of entering markets in which we have no or limited direct prior experience and where competitors have stronger market positions;

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the potential loss of key employees of the acquired company; and

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an uncertain sales and earnings stream from the acquired company, which could unexpectedly dilute our earnings.

These factors could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition. We cannot guarantee that the combined company resulting from any acquisition can continue to support the growth achieved by the companies separately. We must also focus on our ability to manage and integrate any acquisition. Our failure to manage growth effectively and successfully integrate acquired companies could adversely affect our business and operating results.

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 and core technology, related to our acquisition of Sequoia Software Corporation in 2001 and Expertcity in 2004. We do not amortize goodwill and intangible assets that are deemed to have indefinite lives. However, we do amortize certain product and core technologies, trademarks, patents and other intangibles. We periodically evaluate our intangible assets, including goodwill, for impairment. As of September 30, 2004 we had $313.6 million of goodwill. We review for impairment annually, or sooner if events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount could exceed fair value. Fair values are based on discounted cash flows using a discount rate determined by our management to be consistent with industry discount rates and the risks inherent in our current business model. 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 could change in the future, which could result in non-cash charges that would adversely affect our results of operations and financial condition.

At September 30, 2004, we had $73.8 million, net, of unamortized identified intangibles with estimable useful lives, of which $9.3 million consists of core technology we purchased in the acquisition of Sequoia, $23.0 million relates to product and core technology purchased in the Expertcity acquisition and $17.7 million represents core technology purchased under third party licenses. We have commercialized and currently market the Sequoia and other licensed technology through our secure access infrastructure software, which includes Citrix MetaFrame Secure Access Manager and Citrix MetaFrame Password Manager. However, our channel distributors and entities with which we have technology relationships, customers or prospective customers may not purchase or widely accept our new line of products. If we fail to complete the development of our anticipated future product offerings, if we fail to complete them in a timely manner, or if we are unsuccessful in selling these new products, we could determine that the value of the purchased technology is impaired in whole or in part and take a charge to earnings. We could also incur additional charges in later periods to reflect costs associated with completing those projects that could not be completed in a timely manner. If the actual revenues and operating profit attributable to acquired product and core technologies are less than the projections we used to initially value product and core technologies when we acquired it, such intangible assets may be deemed to be impaired. If we determine that any of our intangible assets are impaired, we would be required to take a related charge to earnings that could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations.

We recorded approximately $212 million of goodwill and intangible assets in connection with our acquisition of Expertcity. If the actual revenues and operating profit attributable to acquired intangible assets are less than the projections we used to initially value these intangible assets when we acquired them, then these intangible assets may be deemed to be impaired. If we determine that any of the goodwill or other intangible assets associated with our acquisition of Expertcity are impaired, then we would be required to reduce the value of those assets or to write them off completely by taking a related charge to 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 adversely affected.

If we fail to manage our operations and grow revenue or fail to continue to effectively control expenses, 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. To manage our growth, if any, effectively, 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. Our future operating results could also depend on our ability to manage:

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our expanding product line;

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our marketing and sales organizations; and

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our client support organization as installations of our products increase.

In addition, to the extent our revenue grows, if at all, we believe that our cost of revenues and certain operating expenses could also increase. We believe that we could incur additional costs and royalties as we develop, license or buy new technologies or enhancements to our existing products and services. These added costs and royalties could increase our cost

of revenues and operating expenses. However, we cannot currently quantify the costs for such transactions that have not yet occurred. In addition, we may need to use a substantial portion of our cash and investments or issue additional shares of our common stock to fund these additional costs.

We attribute most of our growth during recent years to the introduction of the MetaFrame software for Windows operating systems in mid-1998. We cannot assure you that the access infrastructure software market, in which we operate, will grow. We cannot assure you that the release of our access infrastructure software suite of products or other new products will increase our revenue growth rate.

We cannot assure you that our operating expenses will be lower than our estimated or actual revenues in any given quarter. If we experience a shortfall in revenue in any given quarter, we likely will not be able to further reduce operating expenses quickly in response. Any significant shortfall in revenue could immediately and adversely affect our results of operations for that quarter. Also, due to the fixed nature of many of our expenses and our current expectation for revenue growth, our income from operations and cash flows from operating and investing activities could be lower than in recent years.

We could change our licensing programs, which could negatively impact the timing of our recognition of revenue.

We continually re-evaluate our licensing programs, including specific license models, delivery methods, and terms and conditions, to market our current and future products and services. We could implement different licensing models in certain circumstances, for which we would recognize licensing fees over a longer period. Changes to our licensing programs, including the timing of the release of enhancements, discounts 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.

As our international sales and operations grow, we could become increasingly subject to additional risks that could harm our business.

We conduct significant sales and customer support operations in countries outside of the United States. For the three months ended September 30, 2004, we derived approximately 51% of our revenues from sales outside the United States and for the nine months ended September 30, 2004, we derived approximately 52% 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 expand international sales, we must establish additional foreign operations, hire additional personnel and recruit additional international resellers. 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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compliance with foreign regulatory and market requirements;

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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 United States export laws;

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longer accounts receivable payment cycles;

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potentially adverse tax consequences;

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difficulties in protecting intellectual property; and

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burdens of complying with a wide variety of foreign laws.

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

Our results of operations are also subject to fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates. In order to minimize adverse impacts on our operating results, we generally initiate our hedging of currency exchange risks one year in advance of anticipated foreign currency expenses. As a result of this practice, foreign currency denominated expenses will be higher or lower in the current year depending on the weakness or strength of the dollar in the prior year. 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. Because the dollar was generally weak in 2003, particularly against the Euro and British pound sterling, operating expenses are higher in 2004, but further dollar weakness in 2004 will not have an additional material impact on our operating expenses until 2005.

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 operating results.

Our proprietary rights could offer only limited protection. Our products could infringe third-party intellectual property rights, which could result in material costs.

Our efforts to protect our proprietary rights may not be successful. We rely primarily on a combination of copyright, trademark, patent and trade secret laws, confidentiality procedures and contractual provisions, to protect our proprietary rights. The loss of any material trade secret, trademark, trade name, 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 or reverse engineer certain portions of our products or to otherwise obtain and use our proprietary information. If we cannot protect our proprietary technology against unauthorized copying or use, we may not remain competitive. 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 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:

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Differences in International Law; Enforceability of Licenses. The laws of some foreign countries do not protect our intellectual property to the same extent as do the laws of the United States and Canada. For example, we derive a significant portion of our sales from licensing our packaged products under “shrink wrap” or “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.

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Third Party Infringement Claims. As we expand our product lines and the number of products and competitors in our industry segments increase and the functionality of these products overlap, we could become increasingly subject to infringement claims and claims to the unauthorized use of a third-party’s code in our products. Companies and inventors are more frequently seeking to patent software and business methods because of developments in the law that could extend the ability to obtain such patents. As a result, we could receive more patent infringement claims. Responding to any infringement claim, regardless of its validity, could result in costly litigation; injunctive relief or require us to obtain a license to intellectual property rights of those third parties. Licenses may not be available on reasonable terms, on terms compatible with the protection of our proprietary rights, or at all. In addition, attention to these claims could divert our management’s time and attention from developing our business. If a successful claim is made against us and we fail to develop or license a substitute technology, our business, results of operations, financial condition or cash flows could be materially adversely affected.

We are subject to risks associated with our strategic and technology relationships.

Our business depends on strategic and technology relationships. We cannot assure you that those relationships will continue in the future. In addition to our relationship with Microsoft, we rely on strategic or technology relationships with such companies as SAP, International Business Machines Corporation, Hewlett-Packard Company, Dell Inc. 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. If any entities in which we have a strategic or technology relationship are unable to incorporate our technology into their products or to market or sell those products, our business, operating results and financial condition could be materially 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:

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

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

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infringement actions brought by third party licensees;

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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.

The market for our Web-based training and customer assistance products is volatile, and if it does not develop or develops more slowly than we expect, our Citrix Online division will be harmed.

The market for our Web-based training and customer assistance products is new and unproven, and it is uncertain whether these services will achieve and sustain high levels of demand and market acceptance. Our success with our Citrix Online division will depend to a substantial extent on the willingness of enterprises, large and small, to increase their use of application services in general and for GoToMyPC, GoToMeeting and GoToAssist, in particular. Many enterprises have invested substantial personnel and financial resources to integrate traditional enterprise software into their businesses, and therefore may be reluctant or unwilling to migrate to application services. Furthermore, some enterprises may be reluctant or unwilling to use application services because they have concerns regarding the risks associated with security capabilities, among other things, of the technology delivery model associated with these services. If enterprises do not perceive the benefits of application services, then the market for these services may not further develop at all, or it may develop more slowly than we expect, either of which would significantly adversely affect our financial condition and the operating results for our Citrix Online division.

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

We must retain and continue to expand our ability to reach and penetrate large enterprise customers by adding effective channel distributors and expanding our 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 generally have longer sales cycles, which could negatively impact our revenues. By granting special pricing, such as bundled pricing or discounts, to these large customers, we may have to defer recognition of some portion 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 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.

Our success may depend on our ability to attract and retain small-sized customers.

In order to successfully attract new customer segments to our MetaFrame products and expand our existing relationships with enterprise customers, we must reach and retain small-sized customers and small project initiatives within our larger enterprise customers. We have begun a marketing initiative to reach these customers that includes extending our Advisor Rewards program to include a broader range of license types. We cannot guarantee that our small-sized customer marketing initiative will be successful. Our failure to attract and retain small sized customers and small project initiatives within our larger enterprise customers could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition. Additionally, as we attempt to attract and retain small sized customers and small project initiatives within our larger enterprise customers, we may need to increase corporate branding and broaden our marketing activities, which could increase our operating expenses. These efforts may not proportionally increase our operating revenues and could reduce our profits.

Our business could be adversely affected if we are unable to expand and diversify our distribution channels.

We currently intend to continue to expand our distribution channels by leveraging our relationships with independent hardware and software vendors and system integrators to encourage them to recommend or distribute our products. In addition, an integral part of our strategy is to diversify our base of channel relationships by adding more channel members with abilities to reach larger enterprise customers. This will require additional resources, as we will need to expand our internal sales and service coverage of these customers. If we fail in these efforts and cannot expand or diversify our distribution channels, our business could be adversely affected. In addition to this diversification of our base, we will need to maintain a healthy mix of channel members who cater to 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 accessPARTNER network, Citrix Authorized Learning Centers and other programs, we are currently investing, and intend to continue to invest, significant resources to develop these channels, which could reduce our profits.

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. We do not control our distributors and resellers. Additionally, our distributors and resellers are not obligated to buy our products and could also represent other lines of products. Some of our distributors and resellers maintain inventories of our packaged products for resale to smaller end-users. If distributors and resellers reduce their inventory of our packaged products, our business could be adversely affected. 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 or defaults could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition.

Our products could contain errors that could delay the release of new products and 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, 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.

Our synthetic lease is an off-balance sheet arrangement that could negatively affect our financial condition and results.

In April 2002, we entered into a seven-year synthetic lease with a lessor for our headquarters office buildings in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The synthetic lease qualifies for operating lease accounting treatment under SFAS No. 13, Accounting for Leases, so we do not include the property or the lease debt on our consolidated balance sheet. In January 2003, the FASB issued FIN No. 46, Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities (revised), which was effective immediately for certain disclosure requirements and variable interest entities referred to as special-purpose entities for periods ending after December 15, 2003 and for other types of entities for financial statements for periods ending after March 15, 2004. We have determined that we are not required to consolidate the lessor entity, the leased facility or the related debt upon adopting of FIN No. 46, as amended. Accordingly, there was no impact on our financial position, results of operations or cash flows from adoption. However, if the lessor were to change its ownership of our property or significantly change its ownership of other properties that it currently holds, we could be required to consolidate the entity, the leased facility and the debt at that time.

If we elect not to purchase the property at the end of the lease term, we have guaranteed a minimum residual value of approximately $51.9 million to the lessor. Therefore, if the fair value of the property declines below $51.9 million, our residual value guarantee would require us to pay the difference to the lessor, which could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations and financial condition.

If our security measures are breached and unauthorized access is obtained to our Citrix Online division customers’ data, our services may be perceived as not being secure and these customers may curtail or stop using our service.

Use of our GoToMyPC, GoToMeeting or GoToAssist services involves the storage and transmission of customers’ proprietary information, and security breaches could expose us to a risk of loss of this information, litigation and possible liability. If our security measures are breached as a result of third-party action, employee error, malfeasance or otherwise, and, as a result, someone obtains unauthorized access to one of our online customers’ data, our reputation will be damaged, our business may suffer and we could incur significant liability. 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. If any compromises of security were to occur, it could have the effect of substantially reducing the use of the Web for commerce and communications. Anyone who circumvents our security measures could misappropriate proprietary information or cause interruptions in our services or operations. The Internet is a public network, and data is sent over this network from many sources. In the past, computer viruses, software programs that disable or impair computers, have been distributed and have rapidly spread over the Internet. Computer viruses could be introduced into our systems or those of our customers or suppliers, which could disrupt our network or make it inaccessible to our Citrix Online division customers. If an actual or perceived breach of our security occurs, the market perception of the effectiveness of our security measures could be harmed and we could lose sales and customers for our Citrix Online division, which would significantly adversely affect our financial condition and the operating results for our Citrix Online division.

Evolving regulation of the Web may adversely affect our Citrix Online division.

As Web commerce continues to evolve, increasing regulation by federal, state or foreign agencies becomes more likely. For example, we believe increased regulation is likely in the area of data privacy, and laws and regulations applying to the solicitation, collection, processing or use of personal or consumer information could affect our online customers’ ability to use and share data and restricting our ability to store, process and share data with these customers. In addition, taxation of services provided over the Web or other charges imposed by government agencies or by private organizations for accessing the Web may also be imposed. Any regulation imposing greater fees for Web use or restricting information exchange over the Web could result in a decline in the use of the Web and the viability of Web-based services, which would significantly adversely affect our financial condition and the operating results for our Citrix Online division.

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

Our ability to generate sufficient cash flow from operations to fund our operations and product development, 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 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 “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Liquidity and Capital Resources.”

If we lose key personnel or cannot hire enough qualified employees, 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. Except for certain key employees of acquired businesses, we do not have long-term employment agreements with any of our key personnel. Any officer or employee can terminate his or her relationship with us at any time. The effective management of our growth, if any, could depend upon our ability to retain our highly skilled technical, managerial, finance and marketing personnel. If any of those employees leave, we will need to attract and retain replacements for them. We also need to add key personnel in the future. The market for these qualified employees is competitive. We could find it difficult to successfully attract, assimilate or retain sufficiently qualified personnel in sufficient numbers. Furthermore, we may hire key personnel in connection with our future acquisitions; however, any of these employees will be able to terminate his or her relationship with us at any time. If we cannot retain and add the necessary staff and resources for these acquired businesses, our ability to develop acquired products, markets and customers could be adversely affected. Also, we may need to hire additional personnel to develop new products, product enhancements and technologies. 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.

If stock balancing returns or price adjustments exceed our reserves, our operating results could be adversely affected.

We provide most of our distributors with stock balancing return rights, which generally permit our distributors to return products to us up to the forty-fifth day of the fiscal quarter, subject to ordering an equal dollar amount of our products prior to the last day of the same fiscal quarter. We also provide price protection rights to most of our distributors. Price protection rights require that we grant retroactive price adjustments for inventories of our products held by distributors if we lower our prices for those products within a specified time period. To cover our exposure to these product returns and price adjustments, we establish reserves based on our evaluation of historical product trends and current marketing plans. However, we cannot assure you that our reserves will be sufficient to cover our future product returns and price adjustments. If we inadequately forecast reserves, our operating results could be adversely affected.

Our stock price could be volatile, and you could lose the value of your investment.

Our stock price has been volatile and has fluctuated significantly to date. The trading price of our stock is likely to continue to be highly volatile and subject to wide fluctuations. Your investment in our stock could lose value. Some of the factors that could significantly affect the market price of our stock include:

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actual or anticipated variations in operating and financial results;

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analyst reports or recommendations;

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changes in interest rates; and

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

The stock market in general, The Nasdaq National Market and the market for software companies and technology companies in particular, have experienced extreme price and volume fluctuations. These broad market and industry factors could materially and adversely affect the market price of our stock, regardless of our actual operating performance.

Our business and investments could be adversely impacted by unfavorable economic political and social conditions.

General economic and market conditions, and other factors outside our control including terrorist and military actions, could adversely affect our business and impair the value of our investments. Any further downturn in general economic conditions could result in a reduction in demand for our products and services and could harm our business. These conditions make it difficult for us, and our customers, to accurately forecast and plan future business activities and could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations. In addition, an economic downturn could result in an impairment in the value of our investments requiring us to record losses related to such investments. Impairment in the value of these investments may disrupt our ongoing business and distract management. As of September 30, 2004, we had $431.8 million of short and long-term investments, including restricted investments, with various issuers and financial institutions. In many cases we do not attempt to reduce or eliminate our market exposure on these investments and could incur losses related to the impairment of these investments. Fluctuations in economic and market conditions could adversely affect the value of our investments, and we could lose some of our investment portfolio. A total loss of an investment could adversely affect our results of operations and financial condition. For further information on these investments, please refer to “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations —Liquidity and Capital Resources.”

ITEM 3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

There have been no material changes with respect to the information on Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk appearing in Part II, Item 7A to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2003.

ITEM 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

As of September 30, 2004, the Company’s management, with the participation of the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and the Company’s Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, evaluated the effectiveness of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures pursuant to Rule 13a-15(b) promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). Based upon that evaluation, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and the Company’s Vice President and Chief Financial Officer concluded that, as of December 31, 2003, the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures were effective in ensuring that material information required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s rules and forms, including ensuring that such material information is accumulated and communicated to the Company’s management, including the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and the Company’s Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. During the period covered by this report, there have been no changes in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.

On March 7, 2005, the Company announced that it was restating its consolidated balance sheets and statements of cash flow for fiscal years 2003 and 2002 and for the first three quarters of 2004 to correct the presentation of cash and investments on the Company’s balance sheet. Previously, the Company presented collateral pledged under the Company’s synthetic lease, credit default contracts and interest rate swaps in cash equivalents, short-term investments and long-term investments. As a result of a normal periodic review of the financial reports of the Company by the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Company concluded that such pledged collateral should be presented as restricted cash equivalents and investments. In the fourth quarter of 2004, the Company corrected the presentation of cash and investments on its balance sheet. The Company has reflected such correction in its restated condensed consolidated balance sheets as of September 30, 2004 and December 31, 2003 and condensed consolidated statements of cash flows for the nine months ended September 30, 2003 and 2002 presented in this amended Annual Report on Form 10-Q/A. Please refer to Note 1 to the accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements for additional information.

As a result of the reststement of its consolidated balance sheets and statement of cash flows, the Company determined that there was a significant deficiency in its internal control over financial reporting as of September 30, 2004 related to its presentation on its balance sheet of collateral pledged under the Company’s synthetic lease arrangement, credit default contracts and interest rate swaps. The Company determined that such significant deficiency did not rise to the level of a material weakness in its internal control over financial reporting. Because the Company corrected its presentation of cash and investments in the fourth quarter of 2004, the Company believes that it corrected this significant deficiency.

PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

ITEM 1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

ITEM 2. UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS

Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities


	Total Number of Shares (or Units) Purchased ⁽¹⁾	Average Price Paid per Share			Total Number of Shares (or Units) Purchased as Part of Publicly Announced Plans or Programs	Maximum Number (or approximate dollar value) of Shares (or Units) that may yet be Purchased under the Plans or Programs
July 1, 2004 through July 31, 2004	1,645,980	$	18.44	⁽²⁾	1,645,980	$	116,773
August 1, 2004 through August 31, 2004	575,820	$	15.88	⁽²⁾	575,820	$	81,049
September 1, 2004 through September 30, 2004	731,023	$	17.80	⁽²⁾	731,023	$	81,049	⁽³⁾

Total	2,952,823	$	17.78	⁽²⁾	2,952,823	$	81,049

(1)

Represents shares received under the Company’s prepaid stock repurchase programs and shares acquired in open market purchases. The Company expended $39.6 million during the quarter ended September 30, 2004 for repurchases of the Company’s common stock. For more information see note 11 to the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements.

(2)	These amounts represent the cumulative average price paid per share for shares acquired in open market purchases and received under the Company’s prepaid stock repurchase programs, some of which extend over more than one fiscal period.

(3)

Although the Company acquired additional shares during September 2004, the remaining dollar amount the Company has to repurchase shares pursuant to its stock repurchase program did not decrease from August 31, 2004 to September 30, 2004 because the shares acquired in September 2004 were received under the Company’s prepaid stock repurchase programs.

ITEM 6. EXHIBITS

(a) List of exhibits


Exhibit No.		Description
10.1 (1)		2000 Director and Officer Stock Option and Incentive Plan, Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreement

10.2 (1)		2000 Director and Officer Stock Option and Incentive Plan, Incentive Stock Option Agreement

31.1		Rule 13a-14(a) / 15d-14(a) Certification

31.2		Rule 13a-14(a) / 15d-14(a) Certification

32.1		Section 1350 Certifications

(1)	Previously filed.

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements 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 on this 7^th day of March 2005.


CITRIX SYSTEMS, INC.

By:		/s/ DAVID J. HENSHALL
		David J. Henshall
		Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
		(Authorized Officer and Principal Financial Officer)

EXHIBIT INDEX


Exhibit No.		Description
10.1 (1)		2000 Director and Officer Stock Option and Incentive Plan, Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreement

10.2 (1)		2000 Director and Officer Stock Option and Incentive Plan, Incentive Stock Option Agreement

31.1		Rule 13a-14(a) / 15d-14(a) Certification

31.2		Rule 13a-14(a) / 15d-14(a) Certification

32.1		Section 1350 Certifications

(1)	Previously filed.