NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuerof existing shares to which voting rights areattached:

NMC HEALTH plc

2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

Yes

An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached

An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights

Other (please specify):

3. Full name of person(s) subject to thenotification obligation:

H.E. Saeed Mohamed Butti Al Qebaisi

4. Full name of shareholder(s)

 (if different from 3.):

5. Date of the transaction and date on

which the threshold is crossed or

reached:

16 December 2016

6. Date on which issuer notified:

19 December 2016

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or

reached:

Below 18%

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type of

shares

if possible using

the ISIN CODE

Situation previous

to the triggering

transaction

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Number

of

Shares

Number

of

Voting

Rights

Number

of shares

Number of voting

rights

% of voting rights

Direct

Direct

Indirect

Direct

Indirect

33,539,008

33,539,008

36,419,091

36,419,091

17.83%

GB00B7FC0762

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial

instrument

Expiration

date

Exercise/

Conversion Period

Number of voting

rights that may be

acquired if the

instrument is

exercised/ converted.

% of voting

rights

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial

instrument

Exercise price

Expiration date

Exercise/

Conversion period

Number of voting rights instrument refers to

% of voting rights

Nominal

Delta

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

36,419,091

17.83%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the

financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:

Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease

to hold:

12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold

voting rights:

13. Additional information:

2,880,083 additional shares were acquired by H.E. Saeed Bin Butti as part of a share placing undertaken by the Company, however the new total shareholding of H.E. Saeed Bin Butti results in a small reduction in the percentage holding of shares in the Company to 17.83%.

14. Contact name:

Simon Watkins

Group Company Secretary

15. Contact telephone number:

+44 203 205 7313