Form of Agreement Regarding Initial Capital MERCANTILE CAPITAL ADVISORS, INC. Two Hopkins Plaza Baltimore, MD 21201

Exhibit 2(p)

Form of Agreement Regarding Initial Capital

MERCANTILE CAPITAL ADVISORS, INC.
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Xxxxxxxxx, XX 00000

•, 2005

Mercantile Absolute Return Fund for Tax-Exempt/Deferred Investors (TEDI) LLC 

Xxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxx 

Xxxxxxxxx, XX 00000 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

     Mercantile Capital Advisors, Inc. 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 thousand ($100,000.00) dollars. This letter will confirm that Mercantile Capital Advisors, Inc. 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 CAPITAL ADVISORS, INC.

By: 

 Name: 

 Title: 

ACCEPTED AND AGREED: 

MERCANTILE ABSOLUTE RETURN FUND

     FOR TAX-EXEMPT/DEFERRED
     INVESTORS (TEDI) LLC

By: 

 Name: 

 Title: