Tata Motors plans to raise about 1 billion euros ($1.14 billion) of equity to repay the loan funding its $4.5 billion offer to buy Iveco's trucks and bus business, the Indian automaker's chief financial officer said on Thursday.

The company is acquiring the commercial vehicle business of Iveco, excluding its defence business, through a voluntary tender offer at €14.1 per share, backed by bridge financing commitments from Morgan Stanley and MUFG.

Post-Iveco acquisition, the combined entity will become the world’s 4th largest truck maker by volume, a report stated.