FRANKFURT, Nov 6 (Reuters) - German prosecutors searched the Munich offices of fund investor Blackrock (NYSE:BLK) on Tuesday in connection with an investigation of dividend stripping trades, a person with knowledge of the matter told Reuters.
A spokesman for Blackrock said: "Blackrock is fully cooperating with an ongoing investigation relating to cum ex transactions in the period 2007-2011."
State prosecutors in Cologne declined to comment.
(Writing by John O'Donnell, editing by Edward Taylor)