SUBSEQUENT EVENTS	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2023
SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
SUBSEQUENT EVENTS	15. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS Quarterly Cash Dividend On February 14, 2024, our Board of Directors approved a cash dividend of $0.05 per common share to be paid on March 29, 2024 to stockholders of record on March 8, 2024.The ex-dividend date is expected to be on or around March 7, 2024. The dividend will be paid in cash. Antitrust Litigation The Company and certain of its subsidiaries were named in additional antitrust litigation after December 31, 2023; specifically, the Fierro Litigation, the McFall Litigation, the Latham Litigation, the Whaley Litigation, and the Boykin Litigation. The Boykin litigation was filed on February 16, 2024 as a putative class action complaint under the caption Boykin v. The National Association of Realtors, et al. (Case No. 2:24-cv-00340) in the United States District Court for the District of Nevada, naming as defendants the National Association of Realtors, certain regional Realtor associations, certain regional multiple listing services, certain real estate brokerages, and certain real estate brokerage owners, including eXp World Holdings, Inc. The Boykin Litigation complaint alleges that defendants conspired to restrain trade by causing certain home sellers to pay buyer broker fees and inflated commissions on the sale of homes all in violation of federal antitrust laws and Nevada unfair trade practices laws. The putative class representative seeks to represent a class of persons who paid a commission to a buyer’s broker in connection with the sale of a home from February 16, 2020, through the present. Plaintiff, on behalf of herself and the putative class, seeks a permanent injunction enjoining the defendants from engaging in the alleged unlawful acts described in the Boykin Litigation complaint. Plaintiff, on behalf of herself and the putative class, also seeks an award of declaratory relief, damages in an amount to be determined at trial, statutory interest and penalties, and attorneys’ fees, expenses and costs of suit. See Note 13 – Commitments and Contingencies to the consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this Annual Report for additional information about such litigation and other proceedings. Agent Equity Program Beginning March 1, 2024, agents and brokers may receive 5% of commissions earned from each completed residential real estate transaction in the form of common stock at a 5% discount recognized by the Company (which was previously 10% discount on all AEP purchases before March 1, 2024). Under the AEP, agents and brokers that have elected to receive portions of their commissions in common stock are entitled to receive the equivalent number of shares of common stock, based on the fixed monetary value of the commission payable.

SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2023

15. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

Quarterly Cash Dividend

On February 14, 2024, our Board of Directors approved a cash dividend of $0.05 per common share to be paid on March 29, 2024 to stockholders of record on March 8, 2024.The ex-dividend date is expected to be on or around March 7, 2024. The dividend will be paid in cash.

Antitrust Litigation

The Company and certain of its subsidiaries were named in additional antitrust litigation after December 31, 2023; specifically, the Fierro Litigation, the McFall Litigation, the Latham Litigation, the Whaley Litigation, and the Boykin Litigation.

The Boykin litigation was filed on February 16, 2024 as a putative class action complaint under the caption Boykin v. The National Association of Realtors, et al. (Case No. 2:24-cv-00340) in the United States District Court for the District of Nevada, naming as defendants the National Association of Realtors, certain regional Realtor associations, certain regional multiple listing services, certain real estate brokerages, and certain real estate brokerage owners, including eXp World Holdings, Inc. The Boykin Litigation complaint alleges that defendants conspired to restrain trade by causing certain home sellers to pay buyer broker fees and inflated commissions on the sale of homes all in violation of federal antitrust laws and Nevada unfair trade practices laws. The putative class representative seeks to represent a class of persons who paid a commission to a buyer’s broker in connection with the sale of a home from February 16, 2020, through the present. Plaintiff, on behalf of herself and the putative class, seeks a permanent injunction enjoining the defendants from engaging in the alleged unlawful acts described in the Boykin Litigation complaint. Plaintiff, on behalf of herself and the putative class, also seeks an award of declaratory relief, damages in an amount to be determined at trial, statutory interest and penalties, and attorneys’ fees, expenses and costs of suit.

See Note 13 – Commitments and Contingencies to the consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this Annual Report for additional information about such litigation and other proceedings.

Agent Equity Program

Beginning March 1, 2024, agents and brokers may receive 5% of commissions earned from each completed residential real estate transaction in the form of common stock at a 5% discount recognized by the Company (which was previously 10% discount on all AEP purchases before March 1, 2024). Under the AEP, agents and brokers that have elected to receive portions of their commissions in common stock are entitled to receive the equivalent number of shares of common stock, based on the fixed monetary value of the commission payable.