The Wall Street Journal: Citrix Systems said to be close to $13 billion deal with Vista and Elliott to go private

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Cloud-computing company Citrix Systems Inc.
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close to a deal to be taken private, continuing a spate of big leveraged buyouts.

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Elliott Management Corp. and Vista Equity Partners are near an agreement to pay $104 a share, or roughly $13 billion, for the software company, according to people familiar with the matter.