UPDATE 1-Learning Tree Q3 posts results below market view

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Aug 5 (Reuters) - Learning Tree International Inc (LTRE.O), a developer of information technology training courses, posted lower-than-expected quarterly results, hurt by rise in operating expenses.

For the latest third quarter ending June 27, the company posted earnings of $4.2 million, or 25 cents a share.

The company had costs of $0.6 million related to its potential sale. Including these charges, earnings was $3.8 million, or 23 cents a share, compared with $3.7 million, or 22 cent a share, a year earlier.

Revenue for the quarter were $46.9 million, a 10 percent increase.

Analysts on average had expected earnings of 26 cents a share, excluding items, on revenue of $47.5 million, according to Reuters Estimates.

Operating expenses rose 12 percent to $22 million.

Shares of the company were down 2 percent at $15.38 in trading after the bell. They closed down 22 cents at $15.75 in regular session earlier. (Reporting by Amulya Nagaraj in Bangalore; Editing by Gopakumar Warrier)