EXHIBIT 2.2

                                   AGREEMENT
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     Extended Stay America, Inc. (the "Company") hereby agrees to furnish
supplementally to the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, a copy
of any omitted exhibit to the Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of January
16, 1997 by and among Extended Stay America, Inc., ESA Merger Sub, Inc., and
Studio Plus Hotels, Inc.

                                       EXTENDED STAY AMERICA, INC.

 
 
                                       By:  /s/ Robert A. Brannon
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                                          Robert A. Brannon
                                          Senior Vice President and
                                          Chief Financial Officer
Dated:  January 21, 1997