Overview
- Several outlets report Companies House documents dated November 3 list Malik as an active director of PPM Music Limited alongside Harry Styles, Louis Tomlinson and Niall Horan.
- Complex, citing the latest filings, says no reinstatement is shown and describes the change as an address update, noting the band members were recorded as resigned directors in 2022.
- Complex reports the active directors on PPM Music Limited are industry executives Lawrence Engel and Alan McEvoy, with a separate recent filing removing Liam Payne as a person of significant control after his death in 2024.
- Media coverage attributes renewed private contact among the surviving members to Payne’s death, though no official statement has announced any musical reunion.
- Reports say Malik and Tomlinson have been filming a U.S. docu-style series that is not yet confirmed, and Malik has scheduled a Las Vegas residency for January 2026.