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)

                                 STEVEN L. SUSS
            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 12, 2007
                       (Date Tender Offer First Published,
                       Sent or Given to Security Holders)





                            CALCULATION OF FILING FEE

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Transaction Valuation:  $35,000,000.00 (a)   Amount of Filing Fee: $1,074.50 (b)
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(a)   Calculated as the aggregate maximum repurchase price for Interests.

(b)   Calculated at $30.70 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 12, 2007, by Excelsior
Absolute  Return Fund of Funds Master Fund, LLC (the "Fund") in connection  with
an offer by the Fund to  purchase up to  $35,000,000  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 12, 2007.

          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, 2007.

          2.    The Valuation Date of the Interests  tendered pursuant to the
Offer was December 31, 2007.

          3.    $34,999,845.08  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/ Steven L. Suss
                                            ------------------------------
                                            Name:  Steven L. Suss
                                            Title: Chief Financial Officer

March 17, 2008