Item 8.01Other Events.

On June 7, 2022, eXp World Holdings, Inc. (the "Company") entered into a Stipulation of Compromise and Settlement (the "Settlement Agreement") with respect to Solak v. eXp World Holdings, Inc., C.A. No.: 2020-1066-PAF, a stockholder derivative lawsuit against certain current and former directors of the Company. The lawsuit is pending in the Delaware Court of Chancery (the "Court"). The Settlement Agreement is subject to court approval.

The lawsuit challenges certain historical compensation practices for the defendant directors and the nature of the Company's disclosure of such practices in past proxy statement filings. Additional information with respect to Solak v. eXp World Holdings, Inc. may be found in the Notice (defined below) attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.

The individual defendants deny all of the wrongdoing alleged in the lawsuit. Defendants are entering into the Settlement Agreement solely to eliminate the uncertainty, distraction, disruption, burden, risk, and expense of further litigation. Under the Settlement Agreement, all claims against all defendants will be dismissed. In exchange, the Company has agreed to pay an award of attorneys' fees and expenses to plaintiff's counsel of $500,000. The Company has also agreed to implement or continue certain governance measures.

On January 19, 2023, the Court entered an order preliminarily approving the Settlement Agreement. The Court has scheduled a hearing for the consideration of final approval of the Settlement Agreement on April 17, 2023, as described in the Notice of Pendency of Settlement of Action (the "Notice"), a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1. The Company is required to file this current report and the attached Notice pursuant to the terms of the Settlement Agreement in order to provide notice of the settlement hearing date to the Company's stockholders.

The foregoing summary of the Settlement Agreement does not purport to be a complete description of such agreement and is subject to and qualified in its entirety by reference to the text of the Settlement Agreement, which can be found pursuant to the instructions set forth in the Notice attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.



(d)    Exhibits.



Exhibit No.   Description
99.1            Notice of Pendency of Settlement of Action
104           Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the inline XBRL
              document)

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