The securities regulator said the shares will be sold via a public offering in Greece. It did not give the size of the stake the Hellenic Financial Stability Fund (HFSF) would sell in the bank.

Two sources close to the process have told Reuters that the HFSF was likely to sell its entire 27% stake in the bank in early March.

(Reporting by Angeliki Koutantou; Editing by Jane Merriman)