SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, DC 20549 SCHEDULE TO Tender Offer Statement Under Section 14(d)(1) or 13(e)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 FINAL AMENDMENT EXCELSIOR ABSOLUTE RETURN FUND OF FUNDS MASTER FUND, LLC (Name of Issuer) EXCELSIOR ABSOLUTE RETURN FUND OF FUNDS MASTER FUND, LLC (Name of Person(s) Filing Statement) LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY INTERESTS (Title of Class of Securities) N/A (CUSIP Number of Class of Securities) DAVID BAILIN Excelsior Absolute Return Fund of Funds Master Fund, LLC 225 High Ridge Road Stamford, CT 06905 (203) 352-4497 (Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications on Behalf of the Person(s) Filing Statement) With a copy to: Kenneth S. Gerstein, Esq. Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP 919 Third Avenue New York, New York 10022 (212) 756-2533 October 13, 2006 (Date Tender Offer First Published, Sent or Given to Security Holders) CALCULATION OF FILING FEE ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Transaction Valuation: $60,000,000.00 (a) Amount of Filing Fee: $6,420.00 (b) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (a) Calculated as the aggregate maximum repurchase price for Interests. (b) Calculated at $107.00 per million of Transaction Valuation. [ ] Check the box if any part of the fee is offset as provided by Rule 0-11(a)(2) and identify the filing with which the offsetting fee was previously paid. Identify the previous filing by registration statement number, or the Form or Schedule and the date of its filing. [ ] Amount Previously Paid: Form or Registration No.: Filing Party: Date Filed: [ ] Check the box if the filing relates solely to preliminary communications made before the commencement of a tender offer. Check the appropriate boxes below to designate any transactions to which the statement relates: [ ] third-party tender offer subject to Rule 14d-1. [X] issuer tender offer subject to Rule 13e-4. [ ] going-private transaction subject to Rule 13e-3. [ ] amendment to Schedule 13D under Rule 13d-2. Check the following box if the filing is a final amendment reporting the results of the tender offer: [X] This final amendment relates to the Issuer Tender Offer Statement on Schedule TO (the "Statement") originally filed October 13, 2006, by Excelsior Absolute Return Fund of Funds Master Fund, LLC (the "Fund") in connection with an offer by the Fund to purchase up to $60,000,000 of interests in the Fund ("Interests") on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Offer to Purchase and the related Letter of Transmittal. Copies of the Offer to Purchase and Letter of Transmittal were previously filed as Exhibits B and C to the Statement on October 13, 2006. This is the final amendment to the Statement and is being filed to report the results of the Offer. Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Offer to Purchase. The following information is furnished pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c)(4): 1. The Offer expired at 12:00 midnight, Eastern Time, on November 9, 2006. 2. The Valuation Date of the Interests tendered pursuant to the Offer was December 29, 2006. 3. $45,546,104.00 in Interests were validly tendered and not withdrawn prior to the expiration of the Offer, and all of those Interests were accepted for purchase and paid by the Fund in accordance with the terms of the Offer. SIGNATURE After due inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct. EXCELSIOR ABSOLUTE RETURN FUND OF FUNDS MASTER FUND, LLC By: /s/ David Bailin ----------------------------- Name: David Bailin Title: President and Manager March 2, 2007