exhibit 10. 2 abx air announces amendment of hub and line - haul services agreement with dhl wilmington, ohio – august 9, 2005 – abx air, inc. ( nasdaq : abxa ) reported today that it has agreed to amend its hub and line - haul services agreement ( “ the hub services agreement ” ) to extend the initial term of the hub services agreement in exchange for temporarily placing more of its revenue potential under a cost - related incentive. the hub services agreement was amended as summarized below : • the initial term of the hub services agreement was extended for one year such that it will not be subject to annual renewals until august 15, 2007. • during the last six months of 2005, the base mark - up under the hub services agreement will be reduced from 1. 75 % to 1. 25 %. in 2006, the base - mark - up will revert to the previous level of 1. 75 %. • the maximum incremental mark - up that abx air can earn from costs incurred during the third and fourth quarters of 2005 from its quarterly cost - related incentives under the hub services agreement will be increased from approximately 0. 54 % to 1. 04 %. in 2006, the maximum incremental mark - up under the hub services agreement from the quarterly cost - related incentive will revert to the previous level of approximately 0. 54 %. the amendment does not impact the annual cost - related and service incremental mark - up incentives under the hub services agreement. the hub services agreement covers package handling, sorting, warehousing, line - haul logistics and maintenance services that abx air provides to dhl on a cost - plus basis in wilmington and at 18 other regional sorting hubs throughout the u. s. the hub services agreement had an initial term of three years, with automatic one - year renewals unless a ninety - day notice of non - renewal is given. this amendment increases the initial term by one year. the hub services agreement, as amended, continues to allow dhl to terminate specific services upon providing sixty - days notice. abx air also has an aircraft, crew, maintenance and insurance ( acmi ) agreement with dhl, under which it provides air cargo transportation services. the changes noted above do not affect the acmi agreement, which is a seven - year agreement that automatically renews for an additional three years, unless a one - year notice of non - renewal is given. “ extending the