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Aug 4 (Reuters) - World no.2 security services firm Securitas SECUb.ST reported a bigger than expected rise in second-quarter profits on Thursday helped by unusually high demand for guarding services at accommodations for asylum seekers in Europe.
* CEO Alf Goransson raised European, U.S. market forecasts for 2016 after Q2 operating profit before amortisation lands at 1.09 bln SEK ($128 mln) vs. year-ago 926 mln and mean forecast in a Reuters poll of 1.05 bln. FWN1AL0IO
* CEO said organic sales growth "exceptionally strong" at 8 pct vs. poll forecast 6 pct and year-ago 4 pct.
* CEO: "The increased need for security services due to the refugee situation and the terror attacks represented about half of the organic sales growth, predominantly impacting the Nordic countries, Belgium, France and Germany."
* Shares rise as much as 9.6 pct to all-time high.
* CEO however cautioned most of these extra needs for security are short term in their nature, and are expected decline during the second half of 2016.
* Demand related to terror fears following the Nice and Orlando attacks accounted for a smaller share of the Q2 extraordinary sales, while migrant related contracts accounted for the bulk, CEO told Reuters. Securitas, which has the bulk of sales in Europe followed by North America and Latin America, said it gained market share in the United States and Europe in Q2.
* Most of Securitas' revenues comes from manned guarding but the company is pushing to grow its share of sales of surveillance that includes technology based monitoring.
* Securitas, which trails Britain's G4S GFS. in size, is not affected by Britain's decision to exit the European Union, Goransson said.
($1 = 8.5515 Swedish crowns)