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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)
(b) IRS IDENT. NO.
(c) S.E.C. FILE NO.
     
           
Elephant Talk Communications Corp.
95-4557538
000-30061
     
1 (d) ADDRESS OF ISSUER
STREET
CITY
STATE
ZIP CODE
(e) TELEPHONE NO.
19103 Centre Rose Blvd.
 
Lutz
FL
33558
AREA
CODE
NUMBER
926-8920
         
813
 
2 (a) NAME OF PERSON FOR WHOSE ACCOUNT THE
SECURITIES ARE TO BE SOLD
 
(b) RELATIONSHIP TO ISSUER
(c) ADDRESS STREET
CITY
STATE
ZIP CODE
 Wilhelmus van den Brink
Chief Commercial Officer
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
     
18,699
   
$
54,601
(1)
   
112,882,980
(2)
01/09/2012
   
(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 to be sold
 
 (b)
Issuer’s I.R.S. Identification Number
       
 
 (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 face amount)
 
 (d)
Issuer’s address, including zip code
       
 
 (e)
Issuer’s telephone number, including area code
   
(d)
Aggregate market value of the securities to be sold as of a specified date within 10 days prior to the filing of this notice
 
 (f)
Approximate date on which the securities are to be sold
       
 
 (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
       
 
Potential persons who are to respond to the collection of information contained in this form
are not required to respond unless the form displays a currently valid OMB control number.
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
Date of
Payment
Nature of
Payment
Common Stock, no par value
April 21, 2011
Payment in shares in lieu of compensation for services as an officer
Elephant Talk Communications Corp.
18,699
(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
         
REMARKS:  
 
(1)
As of January 6, 2012.
 
(2)
As of November 9, 2011.
 
(3)
The Issuer is listed on NYSE Amex and all sales will occur there.
 
(4)
The shares of common stock were granted as compensation for services rendered as an officer of the Issuer from October 2010 to March 2011.
 
 
 

 
 
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 such 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.
 
01/09/2012
  
/s/  Willem van den Brink
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)