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EXHIBIT 3.84
CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
OF
SILVER KING BROADCASTING OF VIRGINIA, INC.
FIRST. The name of the corporation is SILVER KING BROADCASTING OF
VIRGINIA, INC.
SECOND. Its registered office in the State of Delaware is to be located at
1209 Orange Street, in the City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, 19801. The
registered agent in charge thereof is The Corporation Trust Company.
THIRD: The purpose or purposes of the corporation are as follows:
(a) To engage in the business of transmitting, receiving, relaying
and/or distributing radio and/or television broadcasts, pictures, sounds,
signals, and messages of all kinds by means of waves, radiation, wire, cable,
radio, light or other means of communication of any type, kind or nature;
(b) To purchase or otherwise acquire (for cash, notes, stock or
bonds of this corporation or otherwise) assets used or useful in the aforesaid
business, and to undertake or assume the whole or any part of any obligations
and/or liabilities attendant thereto;
(c) In general, to carry on any other business in connection with
the foregoing; and
(d) To engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations
may be organized under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, and
to have and exercise all the powers conferred by the laws of the State of
Delaware.
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FOURTH. The amount of the total authorized capital stock of this
corporation shall be One Thousand (1,000) shares of voting common stock, with a
par value of One Cent ($0.01) per share.
FIFTH. The name and mailing address of the incorporator is as follows:
Sheryl P. Lepisto
1255 Twenty-Third Street, N.W.
Suite 500
Washington, D.C. 20037
SIXTH. In furtherance and not in limitation of the powers conferred by
statute, the Board of Directors of the corporation shall have the following
powers:
(a) To adopt, and to alter or amend the Bylaws, to fix the amount to
be reserved as working capital, and to authorize and cause to be executed
mortgages and liens (without limit as to the amount) upon the property of this
corporation; and
(b) With the consent in writing or pursuant to a vote of the holders
of a majority of the capital stock issued and outstanding, to dispose of, in any
manner, all or substantially all of the property of this corporation.
SEVENTH. The shareholders and directors shall have the power to hold their
meetings and keep the books, documents and papers of the corporation within or
outside the State of Delaware and at such place or places as maybe from time to
time designated by the Bylaws or by resolution of the shareholders or directors,
except as otherwise required by the laws of the State of Delaware.
EIGHTH. The objects, purposes and powers specified in any clause or
paragraph of this Certificate of Incorporation shall be in no way limited or
restricted by reference to or inference from the terms of any other clause or
paragraph of this Certificate of Incorporation.
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The objects, purposes and powers in each of the clauses and paragraphs of this
Certificate of Incorporation shall be regarded as independent objects, purposes
and powers. The objects, purposes and powers specified in this Certificate of
Incorporation are in furtherance and not in limitation of the objects, purposes
and powers conferred by statute.
NINTH. No director of the corporation shall have any personal liability to
the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for a breach of
fiduciary duty as a director unless it shall ultimately be determined in a civil
or criminal action, suit or proceeding that the director: (i) breached his duty
of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders, (ii) committed acts or
omissions which were not in good faith or which involved intentional misconduct
or a knowing violation of law, (iii) committed a breach of Section 174 of the
General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, or (iv) derived improper
personal benefit in any corporate transaction. The corporation shall have the
power to indemnify its officers, directors, employees and agents, and such other
persons as may be designated as set forth in the Bylaws, to the full extent
permitted by the laws of the State of Delaware.
TENTH. The corporation shall have perpetual existence.
The undersigned, Sheryl P. Lepisto, for the purpose of forming a
corporation under the laws of the State of Delaware, does hereby make, file and
record this Certificate of Incorporation and does hereby certify that the facts
herein stated are true, and has accordingly hereunto set her hand and seal.
/s/ Sheryl Lepisto
___________________________________
Sheryl P. Lepisto
Dated: July 25, 1986
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CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT
OF
CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
OF
SILVER KING BROADCASTING OF VIRGINIA, INC.
SILVER KING BROADCASTING OF VIRGINIA, INC., a corporation organized and
existing under and by virtue of the General Corporation Law of the State of
Delaware,
DOES HEREBY CERTIFY:
FIRST: That by Unanimous Written Consent, the Board of Directors of SILVER
KING BROADCASTING OF VIRGINIA, INC. (the "Corporation") duly adopted resolutions
setting forth a proposed amendment of the Certificate of Incorporation of the
Corporation and directed that the amendment be submitted to a vote of the sole
Shareholder. The resolution setting forth the proposed amendment is as follows:
"RESOLVED, that paragraph One of the Certificate of
Incorporation shall be amended in its entirety and restated as
follows:
'1. The name of the corporation
is HSN BROADCASTING OF VIRGINIA, INC.'"
SECOND: That thereafter, pursuant to resolutions of the Board of
Directors, the sole Shareholder of the Corporation by Written Consent waived any
and all notice and adopted a resolution in favor of the amendment.
THIRD: That the amendment was duly adopted in accordance with the
provisions of Section 242 of the General Corporation Law of the State of
Delaware.
FOURTH: That the capital of the Corporation shall not be reduced under or
by reason of the amendment.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused this Certificate to be
signed by James J. Flynn, its President, and Nando DiFilippo, Jr., its
Secretary, this 31st day of May, 1989.
SILVER KING BROADCASTING OF
VIRGINIA, INC.
By: /s/ James J. Flynn
_______________________________
James J. Flynn, President
Attest:
/s/ Nando DiFilippo
________________________________
Nando DiFilippo, Jr., Secretary
[SEAL]
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CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT
OF
CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
OF
HSN BROADCASTING OF VIRGINIA, INC.
HSN BROADCASTING OF VIRGINIA, INC., a corporation organized and existing
under and by virtue of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware,
DOES HEREBY CERTIFY:
FIRST: That by Unanimous Written Consent, the Board of Directors of HSN
Broadcasting of Virginia, Inc., duly adopted resolutions setting forth a
proposed amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation of the corporation, and
directed that the amendment be submitted to a vote of the sole shareholder. The
resolution setting forth the proposed amendment is as follows:
"RESOLVED, that paragraph one of the Certificate of Incorporation shall be
amended in its entirety and restated as follows:
'1. The name of the corporation is Silver King Broadcasting of Virginia,
Inc.'"
SECOND: That thereafter, pursuant to resolutions of the Board of
Directors, the sole shareholder of the Corporation by Written Consent waived any
and all notice and adopted a resolution in favor of the amendment.
THIRD: That the amendment was duly adopted in accordance with the
provisions of Section 242 of the General Corporation Law of the State of
Delaware.
FOURTH: That the capital of the Corporation shall not be reduced under or
by reason of the amendment.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused this Certificate to be
signed by Jeffrey McGrath, its President, and Michael Drayer, its Assistant
Secretary, this 1st day of October, 1992.
HSN BROADCASTING OF VIRGINIA, INC.
By: /s/ Jeffrey McGrath
_____________________________
Jeffrey McGrath, President
Attest:
/s/ Michael Drayer
_______________________________
Michael Drayer, Asst. Secretary
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CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT
OF
CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
OF
SILVER KING BROADCASTING OF VIRGINIA, INC.
* * * * *
Silver King Broadcasting of Virginia, Inc., a corporation
organized and existing under and by virtue of the General Corporation Law of the
State of Delaware,
DOES HEREBY CERTIFY:
FIRST: That the Board of Directors of said corporation, by the unanimous
written consent of its members, filed with the minutes of the
Board, duly adopted a resolution proposing and declaring advisable
an amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation of the Company,
and directed that the amendment be submitted to vote of the sole
shareholder. The resolution setting forth the proposed amendment
is as follows:
"RESOLVED, that paragraph one of the Certificate of
Incorporation be amended in its entirety and restated as
follows:
FIRST: The name of the corporation is USA Station Group of
Virginia, Inc."
SECOND: That in lieu of a meeting and vote of stockholders, the sole
shareholder of the Company by unanimous written consent adopted a
resolution in favor of the amendment in accordance with the
provisions of Section 228 of the General Corporation Law of the
State of Delaware.
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THIRD: That the aforesaid amendment was duly adopted in accordance with
the applicable provisions of Sections 242 and 228 of the General
Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.
FOURTH: That this Certificate of Amendment of the Certificate of
Incorporation shall be effective upon filing with the office of
the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, said Silver King Broadcasting of Virginia, Inc. has caused
this certificate to be signed by H. Steven Holtzman, its Secretary, this 20th
day of February, 1998.
Silver King Broadcasting of Virginia, Inc.
By /s/ H. Steven Holtzman
______________________
H. Steven Holtzman
Assistant Secretary