A London High Court has ruled that the Spice Girls will only have to repay about $600,000 to Italian scooter manufacturer Aprilia rather than the estimated $1.5 million the company was seeking as a result of a faulty sponsorship deal.

The £400,000 ($597,680) ruling covers both damages as well as the company's legal fees, although the Spice Girls have already announced plans to appeal the amount before the Court Of Appeals, according to Reuters.

Thursday's order follows the High Court's original ruling in February that the Spice Girls had misled Aprilia about Geri "Ginger Spice" Halliwell's decision to leave the girl-power group.

Aprilia blamed the split for the failure of a marketing campaign for a "Spice Sonic" scooter that was built around the then five-person group (see "Spice Girls Lose Scooter Suit, Face $1.5 Million Bill").

Halliwell walked away from the Spice Girls in May 1998, right as the band was on the eve of the North American leg of a world tour in support of its second album, "Spiceworld." The outing was sponsored in part by Aprilia.

Recently, the Spice Girls have been telling the British media that their long-awaited third album is finally almost done and that they're hoping to have the record out by the end of the year (see "Spice Girls Could Return Before Year's End").

A spokesperson for Virgin Records has confirmed to MTV News that the label is tentatively scheduled to issue the new Spice Girls LP in November, but noted that it still could be pushed back to next year.