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WORK LOCATION
 
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
FORM 144
 
NOTICE OF PROPOSED SALE OF SECURITIES
PURSUANT TO RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
 
ATTENTION:
Transmit for filing 3 copies of this form concurrently with either placing an order with a broker to execute sale or executing a sale directly with a market maker.
1 (a) NAME OF ISSUER (Please type or print)
 
Elephant Talk Communications, Inc.
(b) IRS IDENT. NO.
 
 95-4557538
(c) S.E.C. FILE NO.
 
 000-30061
    
1 ( d ) ADDRESS OF ISSUER                            STREET                     CITY                STATE                          ZIP CODE
(e) TELEPHONE NO.
 
                            19103 Centre Rose Blvd.                                              Lutz                     FL                              33558
 
AREA CODE
813
NUMBER
926-8920
2 (a) NAME OF PERSON FOR WHOSE ACCOUNT THE SECURITIES ARE TO BE SOLD
Alex Vermeulen
 
  
(b) RELATIONSHIP TO ISSUER
 
Secretary and General Counsel
(c) ADDRESS STREET      CITY          STATE        ZIP CODE
 
19103 Centre Rose Blvd.
Lutz, FL 33558

INSTRUCTION:  The person filing this notice should contact the issuer to obtain the I.R.S. Identification Number and the S.E.C. File Number.
 
3 (a)
  
(b)
  
SEC USE ONLY
  
(c)
    
(d)
    
(e)
  
(f)
  
(g)
  
Title of the
Class of
Securities
To Be Sold
  
Name and Address of
Each
Broker Through Whom
the
Securities are to be
Offered
or Each Market Maker
who is Acquiring the
Securities
  
 
Broker-Dealer
File Number
  
Number of
Shares
or Other
Units
To Be Sold
(See instr.
3(c))
    
Aggregate
Market
Value
(See instr. 3(d))
    
Number of
Shares
or Other Units
Outstanding
(See instr. 3(e))
  
Approximate
Date of Sale
(See instr. 3(f))
(MO. DAY YR.)
  
Name of
Each
Securities
Exchange
(See instr.
3(g))
  
Common Stock, no par value
  
Dawson James Securities, Inc.
925 South Federal Highway, 6th Floor
Boca Raton, FL 33432
         10,000 (1)   $ 30,670.90 (2)     106,080,053  
09/07/11-09/09/11
       (3)
 
 
 
 

INSTRUCTIONS:
    
3.
(a)
Title of the class of securities to be sold
1.
 (a)
Name of issuer
    
(b)
Name and address of each broker through whom the securities are intended
 
 (b)
Issuer’s I.R.S. Identification Number
      
to be sold
 
 (c)
Issuer’s S.E.C. file number, if any
    
(c)
Number of shares or other units to be sold (if debt securities, give the aggregate
 
 (d)
Issuer’s address, including zip code
      
face amount)
 
 (e)
Issuer’s telephone number, including area code
    
(d)
Aggregate market value of the securities to be sold as of a specified date within
 
 (f)
Approximate date on which the securities are to be sold
      
10 days prior to the filing of this notice
 
 (g)
Name of each securities exchange, if any, on which the securities are intended to be sold
    
(e)
Number of shares or other units of the class outstanding, or if debt securities the face amount thereof outstanding, as shown by the most recent report or statement published by the issuer
             
2. 
 (a)
Name of person for whose account the securities are to be sold
        
 
 (b)
Such person’s relationship to the issuer (e.g., officer, director, 10%  stockholder, or member of immediate family of any of the foregoing)
        
 
 (c)
Such person’s address, including zip code
        

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SEC 1147 (08-07)
 
 
 
 
TABLE I - SECURITIES TO BE SOLD
Furnish the following information with respect to the acquisition of the securities to be sold
and with respect to the payment of all or any part of the purchase price or other consideration therefor:
Title of
the Class
  
Date you
Acquired
  
Nature of Acquisition
Transaction
  
Name of Person from Whom
Acquired
(If gift, also give date donor
acquired)
  
Amount of
Securities
Acquired (7)
    
Date of
Payment
    
Nature of
Payment
  
Common Stock, no par value
  
6/30/2007
  
Employee Compensation
  
Elephant Talk Communications, Inc.
     156,032         (4)       (4)

 
INSTRUCTIONS:       If the securities were purchased and full payment therefor was not made in cash at the time of purchase, explain in the table or in a note thereto the nature of the consideration given. If the consideration consisted of any note or other obligation, or if payment was made in installments describe the arrangement and state when the note or other obligation was discharged in full or the last installment paid.
    

TABLE II - SECURITIES SOLD DURING THE PAST 3 MONTHS
Furnish the following information as to all securities of the issuer sold during the past 3 months by the person for whose account the securities are to be sold.
 
Name and Address of Seller
  
Title of Securities Sold
  
Date of
Sale
  
Amount of
Securities Sold
    
Gross Proceeds
  
Alex Vermeulen
19103 Centre Rose Blvd.
Lutz, FL 33558  
  
Common Stock, no par value
  
06/20/2011
     40,000     $ 120,000  
REMARKS:  
(1)  
Reporting person may sell up to this amount.
(2)  
As of September 7, 2011.
(3)  
The Issuer is listed on the over-the-counter markets and all sales will occur there.
(4)  
The shares of common stock were granted as employee compensation.
 
INSTRUCTIONS:
See the definition of “person” in paragraph (a) of Rule 144. Information is to be given not only as to the person for whose account the securities are to be sold but also as to all other persons included in that definition. In addition, information shall be given as to sales by all persons whose sales are required by paragraph (e) of Rule 144 to be aggregated with sales for the account of the person filing this notice.
  
ATTENTION:
The person for whose account the securities to which this notice relates are to be sold hereby represents by signing this notice that he does not know any material adverse information in regard to the current and prospective operations of the Issuer of the securities to be sold which has not been publicly disclosed.  If each person has adopted a written trading plan or given trading instructions to satisfy Rule 10b5-1 under the Exchange Act, by signing the form and indicating the date that the plan was adopted or the instruction given, that person makes such representation as of the plan adoption or instruction date.
 
9/8/10
  
/s/ Alex Vermeulen
DATE OF NOTICE
  
(SIGNATURE)
     
 DATE OF PLAN ADOPTION OR GIVING OF INSTRUCTION,  IF RELYING ON RULE 10B5-1
  
The notice shall be signed by the person for whose account the securities are to be sold.  At least one copy of the notice shall be manually signed.  Any copies not manually signed shall bear typed o  printed signatures.
 
ATTENTION:  Intentional misstatements or omission of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations (See 18 U.S.C. 1001)