Since September, the world's largest medical glove maker has spent close to RM1.14bil to buy back its own shares from the market. — AFPShare buyback: A worker inspects disposable gloves at Top Glove factory in Shah Alam. Since September, the world's largest medical glove maker has spent close to RM1.14bil to buy back its own shares from the market. — AFP Top Glove Corp Bhd's aggressive share buybacks over the last few months is surely one for Malaysia's corporate history books. Since September, the world's largest medical glove maker has spent close to RM1.14bil to buy back its own shares from the market, indulging in the exercise almost everyday in the last two weeks. True, share buybacks are a perfectly legal way of rewarding shareholders. They are described as a way to return capital to shareholders. Even Apple and Berkshire Hathaway continue to aggressively buy back their shares.