Deals of the day-Mergers and acquisitions

(Adds: QXO, Malaysia Airports, I Squared Capital, Octopus Energy) Jan 15 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported by 1430 GMT on Wednesday: ** Building products distributor QXO QXO.O made public its $11 billion offer to buy Beacon Roofing Supply BECN.O and threatened a proxy fight after the roofing material supplier rebuffed its overture. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N3OB13V ** A takeover offer for Malaysia Airports MAHB.KL by a consortium comprising the country's sovereign wealth fund and BlackRock has been extended again to Jan. 24, a stock exchange filing showed. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N3OB0WK ** U.S.-based infrastructure investment firm I Squared Capital is weighing an offer for Hong Kong-listed broadband operator HKBN 1310.HK that could value it at up to $1 billion, two people with knowledge of the deal said. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N3OA122 ** Britain's Octopus Energy acquired the French business of Sweden-based OX2 that develops solar power plants on agricultural land, with Octopus planning to retain the French team and add to the current solar portfolio in development. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N3OB0LB ** Pfizer PFE.N will sell shares worth 2.50 billion pounds ($3.05 billion) in Haleon HLN.L , lowering its stake in the British consumer healthcare company to about 7.3% from 15%, its bookrunner JPMorgan said. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N3OA1DK ** King Risk Partners has acquired Bruce Hendry Insurance, expanding its presence in southwest Florida. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL6N3OA0PU ** France's Bureau Veritas BVI.PA and Switzerland's SGS SGSN.S are in merger talks to create a testing and certification giant worth more than $30 billion that would dwarf competitors. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N3OB0DF ** GeoPark GPRK.N will not go ahead with its planned $530 million acquisition of Spain-based Repsol's REP.MC oil and gas production assets in Colombia, the company said on Tuesday. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N3OA1PO (Compiled by Rajarshi Roy and Sneha S K in Bengaluru) (([email protected];))