The sale of 2.16 million shares in NMC, United Arab Emirates' largest private healthcare provider, at 12.50 pounds per share, also comes days after two major shareholders launched a discounted share sale in the London-listed group.

The bank is NMC's ninth-largest investor according to Refinitiv data.

(Reporting by Noor Zainab Hussain in Bengaluru; Editing by Shailesh Kuber)