State of the Art Offer

IRVINE — Sage Group PLC said Tuesday it completed its tender offer for stock of accounting software maker State of the Art Inc. in Irvine. State of the Art will become a unit of Sage Group, which now owns 98.6% of the Irvine company’s outstanding shares. The British firm, a leading provider of accounting software for small- to mid-size businesses in Europe, paid $22 a share for State of the Art’s stock. The stock, which trades on the Nasdaq market, will be removed by the end of March, the company said.