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MERCANTILE BANKSHARES CORPORATION
Two Hopkins Plaza
Baltimore, MD 21201
May 10, 2006
Mercantile Absolute Return Fund for Tax-Exempt/Deferred Investors (TEDI) LLC
Two Hopkins Plaza
Baltimore, MD 21201
Ladies and Gentlemen:
     Mercantile Bankshares Corporation hereby offers to purchase interests in Mercantile Absolute Return Fund for Tax-Exempt/Deferred Investors (TEDI) LLC (the “Company Interest”) for an aggregate price of one hundred thirty-five thousand ($135,000.00) dollars.
     This letter will confirm that Mercantile Bankshares Corporation is purchasing the Company Interest for its own account for investment purposes only and not with a view to reselling or otherwise distributing such shares.
         
  Sincerely,

MERCANTILE BANKSHARES CORPORATION

 
 
  By:   /s/ Terry L. Troupe    
    Name:   Terry L. Troupe   
    Title:   Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer 
 
 
ACCEPTED AND AGREED:
         
MERCANTILE ABSOLUTE RETURN
    FUND FOR TAX-EXEMPT/DEFERRED
    INVESTORS (TEDI) LLC

 
 
By:   /s/ Kevin A. McCreadie    
  Name:   Kevin A. McCreadie   
  Title:   President