Benzinga's M&A Chatter for Thursday February 18, 2016

The following are the M&A deals, rumors and chatter circulating on Wall Street for Thursday February 18, 2016:

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EU antitrust regulators are expected to approve Dell's $67 billion acquisition of EMC Corp

without requiring concessions, according to sources as reported by

on Thursday. Dell announced the deal to acquire EMC on October 12, 2015. EMC closed at $25.12 on Thursday, up $0.14.

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The Boards of Directors of Lakeland Bancorp, Inc.

and Harmony Bank

announced Thursday, that Harmony Bank will be merged with and into Lakeland Bank, with Lakeland Bank as the surviving bank, in a transaction valued at approximately $32.0 million, or $12.79 per share.Harmony Bank shareholders will receive 1.25 shares of Lakeland Bancorp common stock for each share of Harmony Bank common stock that they own. Harmony Bank closed at $12.20 on Thursday, up 28.42%.

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IBM

Watson Health announced Thursday, plans to acquire provider of cloud-based healthcare data, Truven Health Analytics for $2.6 billion. The deal is expecte to close later this year. IBM closed at $132.45 on Thursday, up 5.04%.