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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * DiMaria Matthew   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol SERENA SOFTWARE INC [SRNA] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director _____ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) V.P.-Worldwide Marketing (Last) (First) (Middle) 2755 CAMPUS DRIVE, 3RD FLOOR 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 03/10/2006 (Street) SAN MATEO, CA 94403-2538 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price Common Stock 03/10/2006   M(1)   32,432 A $ 22.52 (1) 32,432 D   Common Stock 03/10/2006   F(1)   30,433 D $ 24 (1) 1,999 D   Common Stock 03/10/2006   D   1,999 (2) D $ 24 0 D

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

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Code

V

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy)

$ 22.52

03/10/2006

M

32,432 (1)

(3)

02/24/2015

Common Stock

32,432 (1)

$ 1.48

67,568

D

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
DiMaria Matthew 2755 CAMPUS DRIVE, 3RD FLOOR SAN MATEO, CA 94403-2538			V.P.-Worldwide Marketing

Signatures

MATTHEW DiMARIA		03/16/2006
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	Immediately prior to the merger of Spyglass Merger Corp. with and into the Issuer, the Reporting Person exercised on a "cashless basis" an option to buy 32,432 shares of the Issuer's common stock for $22.52 per share. In connection with this cashless exercise, the exercise price for the exercise of such option was satisfied by the delivery to the Issuer of 30,433 shares of the Issuer's common stock in satisfaction of the exercise price.
(2)	In connection with the merger of Spyglass Merger Corp. with and into the Issuer, shares of the Issuer's common stock were converted into the right to receive $24.00 per share, without interest.
(3)	Prior to 3/10/06, such option would become vested and exercisable with respect to 1/4 of the shares underlying such option on 2/24/06 and the remaining shares underlying such option would become vested and exercisable in equal installments on each one-month anniversary of 2/24/06 until 2/24/09, at which time such option would be fully vested and exercisable. Immediately prior to the effective time of the merger of Spyglass Merger Corp. with and into the Issuer, the option became fully vested and exercisable with respect to all shares underlying such option that were not previously vested and exercisable.

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