April 23 (Reuters) - Lakeland Bancorp Inc LBAI.O :
* Reports 16% increase in net income and raises cash dividend
* Q1 earnings per share $0.22
* Q1 earnings per share view $0.20 -- Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S
* Increases quarterly dividend by 13 percent
* Says loans totaling $2.69 billion at March 31, 2015 increased by $36.1
million from December 31, 2014
* Net interest margin in the first quarter of 2015 was 3.56%, which compared to
3.58% for the fourth quarter of 2014
* Provision for loan and lease losses in first quarter of 2015 was $0.9 million
compared to $1.5 million for the same period in 2014
* Net interest income for the first quarter of 2015 was $28.5 million, as
compared to $27.8 million
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