Ontario Teachers 'pleased' with BCE court ruling

TORONTO (Reuters) - Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan is "pleased" with the Supreme Court of Canada's ruling in favour of telecoms company BCE (BCE.TO), a spokeswoman for the pension plan and its partners in the planned leveraged buyout said on Friday.

The Supreme Court reversed a Quebec appeal court decision in favour of BCE's bondholders.

"We're pleased with the Supreme Court decision, as you can imagine, and we're continuing to work to complete an acquisition of BCE," spokeswoman Deborah Allan said.

She said she could not comment on whether the deal would close by the buyers' previous target of June 30.

"Our hurdle was this decision, and we were glad to hear it this afternoon," she said.

Allan also declined to comment on the status of financing for the C$34.8 billion (17.3 billion pound) deal, which is being led by Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan and includes Providence, Madison Dearborn Partners, and a private-equity arm of Merrill Lynch & Co MER.N.

In a separate release, the large banks lending to the group of buyers said they stand behind their original commitment to the BCE transaction, and are negotiating financing documents in good faith.

(Reporting by Lynne Olver; Editing by Frank McGurty)