By Aditi Shah NEW DELHI (Reuters) -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.

JLR owner Tata Motors will acquire Italian truck manufacturer Iveco Group in a £3.3bn deal. Prior to the agreement, Iveco Group sold its defence division to Italian defence group Leonardo for £1.5bn.

Iveco Group NV agreed to break itself up, selling its defense unit to Leonardo SpA and the rest of the Italian truck maker to Tata Motors Ltd in deals totaling about €5.5 billion ($6.3 billion).