 In order to pay off debt and raise funding for acquisitions , CSG held an initial public offering in February 1996 , which valued the firm at five @-@ fold its original acquisition price . CSG grew from $ 80 million in annual revenues when it was acquired , to $ 132 @.@ 3 million when it went public in 1996 and $ 171 @.@ 7 million by 1997 . 
