G4S H1 operating profit in line with consensus

COPENHAGEN Aug 27 (Reuters) - Anglo-Danish security services firm G4S (GFS.L) posted on Wednesday first-half operating earnings in line with consensus forecasts and said it remained confident for the rest of 2008.

G4S said earnings before interest, tax and amortisation of acquisition-related intangible assets was 174.8 million pounds ($322.6 million) compared with analysts' average forecast of 176 million and 138.9 million in 2007. The world's biggest security and guarding firm by market capitalisation said sales grew 26 percent to 2.70 billion pounds. (Reporting by Kim McLaughlin; editing by Sue Thomas)