diff --git a/amazon-kinesis-client/src/main/java/software/amazon/kinesis/retrieval/DataRetrievalUtil.java b/amazon-kinesis-client/src/main/java/software/amazon/kinesis/retrieval/DataRetrievalUtil.java
index 35ad2de6..ba743e61 100644
--- a/amazon-kinesis-client/src/main/java/software/amazon/kinesis/retrieval/DataRetrievalUtil.java
+++ b/amazon-kinesis-client/src/main/java/software/amazon/kinesis/retrieval/DataRetrievalUtil.java
@@ -1,3 +1,18 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2019 Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates.
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
 package software.amazon.kinesis.retrieval;
 
 import software.amazon.awssdk.services.kinesis.model.ChildShard;
diff --git a/amazon-kinesis-client/src/main/java/software/amazon/kinesis/retrieval/fanout/FanOutRecordsPublisher.java b/amazon-kinesis-client/src/main/java/software/amazon/kinesis/retrieval/fanout/FanOutRecordsPublisher.java
index b6299bbf..7e8932cf 100644
--- a/amazon-kinesis-client/src/main/java/software/amazon/kinesis/retrieval/fanout/FanOutRecordsPublisher.java
+++ b/amazon-kinesis-client/src/main/java/software/amazon/kinesis/retrieval/fanout/FanOutRecordsPublisher.java
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ import software.amazon.kinesis.common.RequestDetails;
 import software.amazon.kinesis.leases.exceptions.InvalidStateException;
 import software.amazon.kinesis.lifecycle.events.ProcessRecordsInput;
 import software.amazon.kinesis.retrieval.BatchUniqueIdentifier;
-import software.amazon.kinesis.retrieval.DataRetrievalUtil;
 import software.amazon.kinesis.retrieval.IteratorBuilder;
 import software.amazon.kinesis.retrieval.KinesisClientRecord;
 import software.amazon.kinesis.retrieval.RecordsDeliveryAck;
@@ -62,6 +61,7 @@ import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
 import static software.amazon.kinesis.common.DiagnosticUtils.takeDelayedDeliveryActionIfRequired;
+import static software.amazon.kinesis.retrieval.DataRetrievalUtil.isValidResult;
 
 @Slf4j
 @KinesisClientInternalApi
@@ -486,7 +486,7 @@ public class FanOutRecordsPublisher implements RecordsPublisher {
                 // Since the triggeringFlow is active flow, it will then trigger the handleFlowError call.
                 // Since the exception is not ResourceNotFoundException, it will trigger onError in the ShardConsumerSubscriber.
                 // The ShardConsumerSubscriber will finally cancel the subscription.
-                if (!DataRetrievalUtil.isValidResult(recordBatchEvent.continuationSequenceNumber(), recordBatchEvent.childShards())) {
+                if (!isValidResult(recordBatchEvent.continuationSequenceNumber(), recordBatchEvent.childShards())) {
                     throw new InvalidStateException("RecordBatchEvent for flow " + triggeringFlow.toString() + " is invalid."
                                                + " event.continuationSequenceNumber: " + recordBatchEvent.continuationSequenceNumber()
                                                + ". event.childShards: " + recordBatchEvent.childShards());
diff --git a/amazon-kinesis-client/src/main/java/software/amazon/kinesis/retrieval/polling/KinesisDataFetcher.java b/amazon-kinesis-client/src/main/java/software/amazon/kinesis/retrieval/polling/KinesisDataFetcher.java
index 3584dbf8..223ab367 100644
--- a/amazon-kinesis-client/src/main/java/software/amazon/kinesis/retrieval/polling/KinesisDataFetcher.java
+++ b/amazon-kinesis-client/src/main/java/software/amazon/kinesis/retrieval/polling/KinesisDataFetcher.java
@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@ import software.amazon.kinesis.retrieval.KinesisDataFetcherProviderConfig;
 import software.amazon.kinesis.retrieval.RetryableRetrievalException;
 import software.amazon.kinesis.retrieval.kpl.ExtendedSequenceNumber;
 
+import static software.amazon.kinesis.retrieval.DataRetrievalUtil.isValidResult;
+
 /**
  * Used to get data from Amazon Kinesis. Tracks iterator state internally.
  */
@@ -291,7 +293,7 @@ public class KinesisDataFetcher implements DataFetcher {
     public GetRecordsResponse getGetRecordsResponse(GetRecordsRequest request) throws ExecutionException, InterruptedException, TimeoutException {
         final GetRecordsResponse response = FutureUtils.resolveOrCancelFuture(kinesisClient.getRecords(request),
                 maxFutureWait);
-        if (!DataRetrievalUtil.isValidResult(response.nextShardIterator(), response.childShards())) {
+        if (!isValidResult(response.nextShardIterator(), response.childShards())) {
             throw new RetryableRetrievalException("GetRecords response is not valid for shard: " + streamAndShardId
                     + ". nextShardIterator: " + response.nextShardIterator()
                     + ". childShards: " + response.childShards() + ". Will retry GetRecords with the same nextIterator.");